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Moto GP:
Ultimate Racing Technology 2
for Xbox and Xbox LiveDistributed by
THQ
Posted: May 10th, 2003.
DOING IT FOR THE SKIDS
THQ Announces Release Of MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 2 For Xbox andXbox Live As May 16th
THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) have announced that MotoGP: Ultimate RacingTechnology 2 will start at the front of the grid when it is released forXbox and Xbox Live! on 16th May. The two-wheeled wonder has won highpraise scoring top marks across the computer gaming media and is expectedto be one of the biggest performers for the Xbox to date.
Developed by Brighton-based Climax, MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 2offers Xbox and Xbox Live players eight rubber-burning racing modesincluding stunt, GP, time trial, training challenges, tag, Live andmulti-player. All this is parked alongside 16 real-world tracks, all ofthe 500cc bikes and riders from the 2002 MotoGP series, an intuitive,arcade-style control system for the hardcore racing fan, customisablebikes and the option for budding racers to design their very ownpersonalised bike livery.
MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 2 really comes into its element whenplayed on Xbox Live, where players will be able to create custom ridersand race them online at a helmet-boggling 60 frames per second with up to16 riders on one track during a single race. Players can also useMicrosofts online voice communication to talk banter with the nearestcompetitor at speeds that will make their voices crack and their kneestremble.
MotoGP, owned and controlled by Dorna, is the worlds fastest, mostadvanced form of motorcycle racing, watched in 208 countries around theworld with an average audience of 329 million television viewers perevent. Leading motorcycle manufacturers, including Honda, Suzuki andYamaha, all participate with their own state-of-the-art, high-techmotorcycles unique to the MotoGP Championships.
MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 2 is the perfect fix of speed,excitement and technology with realistic bike physics and intensemultiplayer modes making this one of the most in-depth motorcycle racinggames to date.
MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology 2 will be published for Xbox by THQ onMay 16th 2003.
News page content input by Dominic Robinson, 2003.
Reviewer of movies, videogames and music since 1994. Aortic valve operation survivor from the same year. Running DVDfever.co.uk since 2000. Nobel Peace Prize winner 2021.