Info about RIDE 5: Official game description: SPECIAL EDITION =============== About the Game ============== Rev up your engine and get ready to hit the track with RIDE 5. An adrenaline-filled gaming experience that is so authentic it will make you feel like you're truly racing at break-neck speed. Find your favorite bikes and check out new ones in the ultimate motorcycle game! Race on over 35 tracks and collect more than 200 motorcycles from world-renowned manufacturers, each element is designed to feel like you're riding a real bike. IT'S A LONG ROAD ---------------- It's not just speed that wins races - Endurance mode rewards perseverance and strategy. Time is no longer the issue, ride to your heart's content with the option of saving, exiting and jumping back in later. Just make sure you keep an eye on fuel and pit-stops - these helplines can quickly become your worst nightmare! FROM ZERO TO HERO ----------------- Start out in your garage, climb the ranks and become the best world racer in the new Career mode. Race against increasingly skilled Rivals, true obstacles who will stand between you and the finish line. Learn to master different bikes and handle every situation. It won't be easy though... The road to victory is laden with challenges and it's up to you to decide which one you want to take - the harder the challenge, the greater the reward! WIN UNDER ANY CONDITION ----------------------- It doesn't matter how good you are, there is always one factor you can't control: the weather. Clear blue skies can turn into heavy downpours and then back to sunshine, rolling clouds will follow you as you dash through the bends, giving you ever-changing views and landscapes. You will have to deal with unexpected situations and use your skill to tackle both wet and dry conditions - the improved physics makes for an even more life-like experience! TEST. LEARN. RIDE. ------------------ Not sure which line to follow or when to slam on the brakes? Use the new riding aids and get customized support when needed the most. Learn to better handle the bike and the tricks of the trade to become the best rider you can be. TAKE CONTROL ------------ You can tell a true motorcycle aficionado not just from the bike but also from their garage - collect your favorite models and customize them to your liking. Share your designs with other players and showcase your style! Don't get caught up on cosmetics only. With Race Creator you can build an endless number of scenarios, from single races to complete championships, choose your bikes and tracks, and act as a Race Director to set your own rules. FEEL THE COMPETITION -------------------- Split screen is back! Now you can challenge a friend and win live! And if you want to show the world what you're worth, Endurance races will really put you to the test. Release date: 24 Aug, 2023 Categories: Racing Simulation, Single-player Racing, Endurance Racing, Competitive Multiplayer, Vehicle Customization, Physics Simulation - Hardware Profile: No data Feature extractions: - Community Price: No data - Playtime Metrics: No data - Time-to-fun: No data - Player Archetypes: No data Below are summaries of things people say about the game per category. Each point is assigned a weight that represents how often it is mentioned across all reviews. What players like: - Impressive Graphics & Visuals (weight 0.97): The game receives high marks for its stunning and detailed graphics, including bike models, environments, and dynamic weather effects. Many players consider the visuals a significant upgrade from previous iterations, enhancing immersion. - Realistic Physics & Handling (weight 0.9): Players consistently praise the game's realistic physics, handling, and overall simulation quality, noting significant improvements over previous titles. The game successfully balances realism with accessibility, making it enjoyable for both hardcore enthusiasts and newcomers. - Significant Improvement Over Ride 4 (weight 0.87): Many reviews highlight that the game is a substantial improvement over its predecessor, Ride 4, in terms of physics, graphics, and overall polish. It is often considered the best entry in the Ride series. - Engaging & Fun Gameplay (weight 0.87): The game offers a highly engaging and fun gameplay experience, with a robust career mode and enjoyable multiplayer options. Players appreciate the challenging yet rewarding progression and the high replayability, often spending many hours in the game. - Vast Bike Selection & Detail (weight 0.35): Players are very satisfied with the extensive and varied roster of licensed motorcycles, noting the impressive detail, accurate sounds, and realistic representation of each bike. The ability to customize bikes further enhances the experience. - Good Track Variety (weight 0.05): The game features a good selection of tracks, including new additions and variants, contributing to the overall content and replayability. Common complaints: - Difficult and Unresponsive Controls (weight 0.7): Many players find the game's controls and handling extremely difficult, unresponsive, and unnatural, leading to frequent crashes and a steep learning curve, especially for new players. This makes the game frustrating and hard to enjoy. - Aggressive and Inconsistent AI (weight 0.31): The AI is consistently described as problematic, exhibiting aggressive, 'kamikaze' behavior, ramming players off the track, and showing inconsistent difficulty. This makes races frustrating and unrealistic, as the AI often ignores player presence and cheats with physics. - Boring and Repetitive Career Mode (weight 0.24): The career mode is widely criticized for being bland, repetitive, linear, and lacking variety or a compelling narrative. Players are often forced to race bikes or participate in events they dislike, leading to boredom and a feeling of wasted time. - Weak and Unresponsive Braking (weight 0.14): Players report that the braking system is weak, unresponsive, and lacks proper feedback, making it difficult to stop effectively or feel connected to the bike. This often leads to overshooting corners and contributes to the overall control issues. - Inactive Online Multiplayer (weight 0.1): The online multiplayer mode is largely reported as 'dead' or empty, with very few active lobbies and frequent stability issues like crashes. This severely limits the ability to find competitive races and enjoy the game with other players. - Tedious Endurance Mode (weight 0.09): The Endurance mode is a source of frustration due to its excessive length, repetitive nature, and perceived lack of reward. Players also report bugs and unrealistic fuel consumption issues that hinder progress and make these races tedious. - Poor Bike Sound Design (weight 0.08): Many players are disappointed with the game's sound design, particularly the bike engine and exhaust sounds. They are often described as inaccurate, weak, muffled, or lacking variety, failing to provide realistic audio feedback. - Frequent Crashes and Launch Issues (weight 0.07): A significant number of users report critical technical issues, including frequent game crashes (CTD), failure to launch, and unrecoverable save data. These problems render the game unplayable for many, regardless of system specifications. - Overpriced with Excessive DLC (weight 0.05): Players feel the game is overpriced for the content it offers, especially given the perceived lack of significant improvements over previous titles. The extensive use of expensive DLCs for content that should be in the base game is also a major point of contention, leading to accusations of a 'cash grab.' Gameplay feedback: - Steep Learning Curve (weight 0.12): The game has a steep learning curve, especially for newcomers to motorcycle racing games. Players need patience to master controls, understand bike characteristics, and learn track layouts, with initial hours dedicated to getting comfortable with cornering and braking techniques. - Extensive Content & Customization (weight 0.11): The game offers a vast array of content, including over 280 licensed motorcycles and around 40 tracks, some with dynamic weather and time. It features diverse race types, an extensive campaign mode, and customization options for creating unique racing series. - Mixed Bike Handling & Physics (weight 0.1): Bike handling is a mixed bag; while each bike feels distinct, some players find the physics too forgiving, making it hard to induce realistic slides or lose traction even with assists off. The rear brake's effectiveness and the ability to skid the rear wheel are also points of contention. - Adjustable Yet Inconsistent Difficulty (weight 0.1): The game provides adjustable difficulty settings, allowing players to tailor the experience from very easy to extremely challenging. However, some players report inconsistencies in AI difficulty scaling, particularly at higher settings, and automatic resets to high difficulty in certain modes. - Simulation vs. Arcade Debate (weight 0.05): There's a debate among players regarding the game's core physics model, with some perceiving it as more simulation-oriented and others finding it leans towards an arcade style. This suggests the game might strike a balance between the two or have inconsistent physics across different aspects. - Buggy Rewind & Race Mechanics (weight 0.04): The rewind feature is available but can be buggy, especially in endurance races where it may prevent the race from ending. There are also issues with pit stop timings for AI in endurance races and penalties for track limits. - Assists Off for Realism (weight 0.04): Many experienced players recommend turning off most or all rider aids (like ABS, traction control, and anti-wheelie) to achieve a more realistic and challenging simulation experience, suggesting that the game's depth is best explored without assists. - Robust Multiplayer Options (weight 0.04): The game supports both online and split-screen multiplayer modes, allowing players to race against others or with friends, including the option to add AI bots to races. - Modifiable Driving Aids & Parts (weight 0.03): The game allows for various modifications, including numerous driving aids and basic vehicle strengthening through parts like exhaust and tires. Wheelie control is a notable adjustable aid due to the game's tendency for bikes to wheelie. - Questionable Design Choices (weight 0.02): Some players express dissatisfaction with certain game design choices, such as the removal of enjoyable entry-level bikes, the lack of dirt bikes/tracks, and illogical track selections for specific bike categories. Performance notes: - Mixed but generally good performance (weight 0.08): Player feedback on overall game performance is mixed but generally positive. Many users report smooth gameplay and good frame rates on a variety of hardware, including mid-range PCs and handhelds like the Steam Deck. However, some users with specific setups, including high-end GPUs, report lower than expected FPS or lag, suggesting potential inconsistencies in optimization. - Occasional in-race stuttering (weight 0.03): Several players noted occasional stuttering, particularly during long races, environmental changes, or at the start of races. While some found it not game-breaking, others reported it could be problematic, especially with high-speed bikes. - Menu optimization issues (weight 0.02): There are reports of specific optimization issues within the game's menus, leading to increased GPU usage and temperature spikes. This suggests a need for optimization outside of core gameplay. - Conflicting Ride 4 comparison (weight 0.01): There is conflicting feedback regarding performance compared to the previous title, Ride 4. Some players claim it's worse, while others state it's an improvement, indicating a subjective or varied experience. - Limited FSR 1.0 support (weight 0.01): The game currently only supports FSR 1.0, which is an older version of AMD's upscaling technology. This limits options for performance enhancement on compatible hardware. - Vertical sync option available (weight 0.01): The game offers a vertical sync option for a smoother experience, though screen tearing was not widely reported even without it, suggesting it's a minor visual concern. - Lengthy start sequence (weight 0.01): One user specifically mentioned a 'long and ridiculous start sequence,' which could refer to unskippable intros or lengthy loading times before gameplay. - Potential AMD driver issues (weight 0.01): One user mentioned having 'AMD 1.0,' which could indicate an issue with older AMD hardware or drivers, potentially contributing to performance problems for a specific subset of users. Recommendations: - Mixed Recommendation, Price Sensitive (weight 0.56): Player sentiment on game recommendation is mixed, with many recommending it, especially for motorcycle enthusiasts or when on sale. However, a significant portion advises against full-price purchase, suggesting older titles like Ride 4 or Ride 3 as better alternatives or waiting for deep discounts. - Refunds Due to Control Issues (weight 0.09): Several players reported refunding the game due to control issues, particularly when not using a controller. Some also expressed regret over their purchase, wishing they had waited for reviews or a demo. - Specific Mode Recommendations (weight 0.01): Players have specific preferences for game modes, with some recommending the time trial mode for its focus, while others suggest starting with the career mode to get into the game. - Desire for More Content (weight 0.01): There's a desire for more diverse content, specifically new motorcycle brands, including Chinese domestic models, and the addition of highway tracks with traffic for a different riding experience. - Varying Race Mode Preferences (weight 0.01): One player suggests avoiding solo races, implying a preference for multiplayer or other modes, while another expresses a desire for others to experience the game's 'fun' with them. Other player notes: - Positive reception as bike simulator (weight 0.08): The game is generally well-received and seen as a unique motorcycle simulation, often compared to Gran Turismo or Forza for bikes. It appeals to a broad audience and can even inspire real-world riding interest, despite being a niche title. - Strong desire for open-world free-roam (weight 0.06): A significant number of players desire an open-world or free-roam mode, ideally with multiplayer capabilities. This would allow for casual riding, testing bikes, and social interaction beyond structured races. - Demand for more bike variety (weight 0.06): Players consistently request a greater variety of motorcycles, including current models, classic bikes, and smaller displacement bikes (50cc, 125cc, scooters). This indicates a strong desire for more content in the vehicle roster. - Mixed opinions on franchise quality (weight 0.04): Player opinions on the best installment in the Ride franchise are divided, with some preferring Ride 4 for its graphics and physics, while others consider Ride 2 or even Ride 3 to be superior in terms of gameplay. - Appeals to real-life riders (weight 0.02): Some reviewers are real-life motorcycle enthusiasts who appreciate the game's realism but also have specific requests for classic bikes, reflecting their personal passion. - Request for cross-platform multiplayer (weight 0.02): Players are keen on cross-platform play and improved social features, such as direct chat and easier ways to connect with friends. This would enhance the online multiplayer experience. - Need for more maps and tracks (weight 0.02): There's a clear demand for more diverse maps and circuits, including new tracks and different environments like street and mountain roads, to expand the gameplay experience. - Inconsistent graphics perception (weight 0.02): There are mixed opinions and some confusion regarding the game's graphics quality, with some suggesting specific settings for better visuals, while others feel the actual graphics don't match promotional materials or justify the price. - Request for more language support (weight 0.01): Players from non-English speaking regions are requesting support for additional languages, specifically Turkish and Korean, to improve accessibility and immersion. - Mixed opinions on game price (weight 0.01): Player perception of the game's price varies, with some finding it expensive due to exchange rates, while others found it to be a great deal when purchased on sale. - Concerns about long-term support (weight 0.01): There is some concern among players about the long-term support for the game and the future direction of the franchise, with a suggestion to combine elements from previous titles. - High demand for mod support (weight 0.01): Players express a strong interest in official or community-driven mod support, which would allow for greater customization and content creation, similar to games like Assetto Corsa. - Players use custom background music (weight 0.01): Players enjoy customizing their experience by playing their own music in the background, suggesting that in-game music options might be less important or that players prefer personal soundtracks. - Requests specific riding mechanics (weight 0.01): A specific gameplay mechanic, 'dragging and scraping knee,' was requested, suggesting players want more detailed and realistic rider animations and physics. - Suggests motorcycle steering wheel support (weight 0.01): A suggestion was made to support motorcycle-specific steering wheel peripherals to enhance immersion, indicating a desire for more specialized control options. - Noted physics differences in past games (weight 0.01): A comment noted that Ride 1 and 2 had distinct physical differences, implying a desire for more noticeable evolution in physics between game iterations. - Game described as 'mid' (weight 0.01): One review simply described the game as 'mid,' which is a vague and unconstructive piece of feedback. - No online play feedback (weight 0.01): One reviewer explicitly stated they do not play online and therefore cannot comment on the online features, indicating a segment of the player base that focuses on single-player content. - Advise to backup save files (weight 0.01): A practical tip was given to back up save files, indicating potential issues with save data or a general best practice for PC gaming. Emotions: - Satisfaction (weight 0.29): Players are highly satisfied with the game's realistic physics, improved graphics, and immersive sound design, which contribute to an authentic motorcycle racing experience. The extensive content, including a wide variety of bikes and tracks, along with robust customization options and a well-implemented career mode, further enhances their enjoyment and replayability. - Disappointment (weight 0.21): Players express disappointment primarily due to a bland and repetitive career mode, a perceived lack of innovation and new content compared to previous titles, and issues with online multiplayer. Concerns also arise from less realistic physics in certain aspects, missing features, and graphics that do not meet next-gen expectations. - Frustration (weight 0.19): Frustration stems from challenging and inconsistent AI behavior, particularly in collisions and difficulty spikes, as well as poor optimization leading to low FPS and frequent crashes. Players also find the controls difficult to master, especially for beginners, and are annoyed by unskippable intros and a grindy progression system. - Excitement (weight 0.06): Excitement is driven by the game's immersive first-person view, realistic physics, and the thrilling sense of speed it provides. Players are also excited by the vast collection of iconic bikes and tracks, the potential for long-term engagement, and the overall high quality of the simulation experience. - Anger (weight 0.04): Anger is caused by perceived poor game quality, including broken mechanics, unrealistic physics, and game-breaking bugs. Players are also angry about aggressive and unfair AI behavior, the high price for what they consider an unfinished product, and a general feeling of wasted money and time due to design flaws. - Joy (weight 0.04): Joy is derived from the game's fun and enjoyable gameplay, particularly the accurate bike sounds and the excitement of racing with many bikes. Players also find joy in mastering the game's initial difficulty and the overall positive experience it provides. - Desire (weight 0.03): Players desire more content, specifically an open-world mode, additional bike types (including classic and specific models), and more tracks. They also express a strong desire for improved customization options, mod support, and better cross-platform multiplayer features. - Enjoyment (weight 0.02): Enjoyment comes from the immersive first-person view, the engaging career mode, and the fun of playing with friends in multiplayer. Players also enjoy the challenge and the satisfaction of adapting to the game's physics and mechanics. - Challenge (weight 0.02): Players appreciate the game's difficulty and the steep learning curve, finding enjoyment in mastering the controls and demanding gameplay without assists. The challenging AI and realistic simulation aspects contribute to a rewarding experience for those seeking a tough ride. - Appreciation (weight 0.01): Players appreciate the stunning visuals, nuanced physics, and overall depth of the game, recognizing Milestone's efforts in improvements and optimization. The game's ability to teach real-life riding mechanics and its detailed, realistic elements are also highly valued. - Annoyance (weight 0.01): Annoyance is caused by poor sound design, mandatory and unskippable tutorials, and crashes. Players are also annoyed by the anti-cheat system, in-game advertisements, and the repetitive nature of endurance races. - Love (weight 0.01): Players express love for the game due to their overall enjoyment, its significant impact on their interest in motorcycles, and its status as a favorite title. This emotion reflects a deep positive connection to the game's overall experience. - Boredom (weight 0.01): Boredom arises from the repetitive nature of the career mode, particularly the endless and unskippable endurance races and cutscenes. The lack of long-term excitement and varied track lengths also contribute to this feeling. - Confusion (weight 0.01): Confusion stems from technical issues like Steam/Epic integration problems, unclear graphics quality, and pixelated light effects. Players also express confusion regarding others' complaints about the game and the reasons behind crashes. - Hope (weight 0): Players express hope for future updates and improvements, including potential social features and additional content. There is also a specific hope for the inclusion of Korean language support. - Neutral (weight 0): A neutral stance is often taken when comparing the game to other titles like Forza, or when acknowledging initial difficulty and the effort required to play. This emotion reflects a balanced perspective without strong positive or negative feelings. - Enthusiasm (weight 0): Enthusiasm is driven by the game's overall high quality and its strong appeal to motorcycle and sportbike enthusiasts. This indicates a strong positive anticipation and engagement with the game's core offerings. - Relaxation (weight 0): Players experience relaxation as the game provides a mental escape and a calming effect. The overall experience of playing the game contributes to a sense of ease and tranquility. - Caution (weight 0): Caution is advised due to the game's steep learning curve and high difficulty. Players recommend new players approach the game with an understanding that it will require significant effort to master. - Mild disappointment (weight 0): Mild disappointment is noted regarding the limited and outdated bike variety, suggesting a desire for a more extensive and current selection of motorcycles in the game.}