MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology | |
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Developer(s) | Visual Impact (GBA) Climax Brighton (Windows, Xbox) Cybiko (Mobile) THQ (N-Gage) |
Publisher(s) | THQ |
Platform(s) | Game Boy Advance, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Mobile game, N-Gage |
Release | Game Boy Advance Xbox Windows
June 13, 2003 N-Gage |
Genre(s) | Racing |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
MotoGP: Ultimate Racing Technology, known in the United States as simply MotoGP, is a Grand Prix motorcycle racing video game for Game Boy Advance, Xbox,[3] Microsoft Windows, mobile phones, and N-Gage. It is based on the 2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
The game's features include weather effects, a dynamic replay mode and custom soundtracks. The game includes 10 real-world race tracks and all the riders and bikes from the 2001 MotoGP season. The menu theme music is Psynn by Shawn Hargreaves .
An online-enabled demo of MotoGP shipped with Xbox Live starter kits in 2002.[4] Players who didn't own the full game could access 23 riders and three courses while players who did own the full game could access all the content they had unlocked.[5]
Aggregator | Score | ||||
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GBA | mobile | N-Gage | PC | Xbox | |
GameRankings | 68%[33] | N/A | 36%[34] | 78%[35] | 87%[36] |
Metacritic | 67/100[37] | N/A | 31/100[38] | N/A | 84/100[39] |
Publication | Score | ||||
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GBA | mobile | N-Gage | PC | Xbox | |
Edge | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10[6] |
Electronic Gaming Monthly | N/A | N/A | 4/10[7] | N/A | 8.67/10[8] |
Eurogamer | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 9/10[9] |
Famitsu | 27/40[10] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Game Informer | 5/10[11] | N/A | N/A | N/A | 8/10[12] |
GamePro | N/A | N/A | 1.5/5[13] | N/A | N/A |
GameSpot | 7.1/10[14] | N/A | 2.7/10[15] | N/A | 8.5/10[16] |
GameSpy | 60%[17] | N/A | 1/5[18] | N/A | 4.5/5[19] |
GameZone | 7.3/10[20] | N/A | 4.9/10[21] | N/A | 9.3/10[22] |
IGN | 6.9/10[23] | 5/10[24] | 3/10[25] | N/A | 8.8/10[26] |
Jeuxvideo.com | 8/20[27] | N/A | 7/20[28] | 14/20[29] | 14/20[30] |
Nintendo Power | 3.6/5[31] | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Official Xbox Magazine (US) | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 7.9/10[32] |
The Xbox version received "favorable" reviews, and the Game Boy Advance version received "average" reviews, while the N-Gage version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[37][38][39] In Japan, where the GBA version was ported and published by MTO on October 25, 2002, Famitsu gave it a score of 27 out of 40.[10]
MotoGP was nominated for GameSpot's annual "Best Graphics (Technical)" and "Best Driving Game" among Xbox games, and was a runner-up for the publication's "Best Driving Game on Game Boy Advance" prize.[40] The game was also a nominee for "Console Racing Game of the Year" at the AIAS' 6th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, which ultimately went to Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2.[41]