You will become familiar with every last screw in your bike.
With a mechanics management system never before seen in a motorcycle simulation, you can dismantle all your bike’s parts to maintain them after each race or to upgrade them and boost your performance. They are true rough diamonds that only need a few cuts to shine their brightest! Recreated with an unmatched level of detail thanks to close collaboration with each manufacturer, these bikes also provide a highly accurate and realistic riding experience. In RiMS Racing, you can ride the world’s 8 most powerful European and Japanese motorcycles: Ducati Panigale V4 R, MV Agusta F4 RC, Aprilia RSV4, BMW M 1000 RR, Suzuki GSX-R1000R, Honda CBR1000RR, Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR, Yamaha YZF-R1. Your adventure starts by choosing your dream bike. Traction, angle, braking, torque, trajectory, speed… every factor must be considered before heading to the workshop to change certain components and configuring the optimal set-up.
Not one for the casual gamer or someone that likes to collect vehicles, this is a genuine hardcore title.Xbox Series X|S version of RiMS Racing NOT playable on Xbox One.Ī race is not won purely on the track, so you need to become more than a rider by understanding motorcycle behaviour like a real engineer. The constant need to focus on the upkeep and performance will either make it or break it for you. RiMS Racing is an absolutely unique combo of engineer simulation and road race action and a breath of fresh air in the bike sim marketplace. At times there was a bit of framerate choppiness, and it isn’t the most detailed environmental experience around, but overall I found this to be a smooth, half decent looking game. There are also plenty of fully licensed tracks and roads to experience, ranging from the Circuit Paul Ricard and Silverstone to careering through the Victoria Desert. You have to manually input a series of button presses to achieve well-timed pitstops which is another idea I really liked. And in career mode that means you knacker your bike too so the stakes are raised even higher. Just like the real high-speed sport upon which it is based, a slight clip of a kerb or straying onto a verge can result in disaster. Anyone used to some of the more forgiving Milestone games will find it a big leap. Tyres wearing out? Expect to get some road rash, and soon. And you really feel the effects of disintegrating or damaged parts. The braking – both front and rear can be controlled – is spot-on. There is a great physics engine at play, and a real sense of weight to the motorbikes.
So, you know how to look after your trusty steed – what is the actual racing aspect of RiMS like? The answer is: tough, realistic, and rewarding. You can even use your earned Team Credits to get someone to do your bike maintenance for you. Even the bike parts are licenced, for goodness sake. There are bags of licensed gear to pick up from recognisable companies like Alpinestars. Real bike enthusiasts, or those savant tech guys that enjoy seeing how machinery works will absolutely love this aspect of the game. This is a novel and original idea – and adds a sense of accomplishment once you have had a tinker. Replacing stuff is about buying (and selling) parts, and then actually fitting them yourself, using button commands to do so. This is a fantastic idea.īrake pads are the first thing you learn about. You can even get live action updates when pausing the action that tell you how the various bits of machinery are coping under the intense race conditions. As you race, your mount breaks down gradually. You have to look after it, maintaining it the same way you would in real life. In career mode, you choose a bike, which then becomes your eternal companion throughout the game. And the game explores each of them in explicit, almost overwhelming detail, as we will discover. Ducati Panigale V4 R, Kawasaki Ninja ZX10-RR, MV Agusta – you get the idea. The dev doesn’t waste your time with oodles of weak-ass bikes.
The selections are instantly recognisable two wheeled behemoths, even to a layman in the street. As such there are just eight motorcycles to choose from. Unlike a lot of racing simulations, RaceWard Studio have decided that less is more. but that doesn’t mean I am not impressed. I will admit to being slightly turned off by how in-depth RiMS is. But then treating that bike with the same level of respect, nurture and husbandry as someone would dish out to a beloved horse. This is one for anyone who has dreamed of owning a high performance motorcycle. RiMs is as niche a motorcycle based videogame as you will ever encounter during your time on Earth.