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Castrol Honda Superbike Racing

March 17, 2024

Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- Superbike Racing (short: Castrol HONDA Superbike Racing) is a licensed motorcycle racing game, developed by Interactive Entertainment Ltd. The game features the Honda RVF750 RC45 and the riders Aaron Slight and Colin Edwards of the 1998 Superbike World Championship season.

Castrol Honda Superbike Racing
Developer(s)Interactive Entertainment Ltd.
Publisher(s)
Director(s)James Bailey[2]
Producer(s)Tony Love[2]
Designer(s)Tuan Pingster Nguyen[2]
Programmer(s)Dan Azzopardi, Alex Jakes,[3] John Rees,[3] Vladislav Kaipetsky[2]
Artist(s)Imran Hussain[2]
SeriesCastrol HONDA Superbike
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
  • NA: May 25, 1999[1]
  • UK: October 22, 1999
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer

Gameplay edit

The player controls a motorcyclist (default names are A.Slight and C.Edwards) in races on various international race tracks. Game types are "Practice Session" (solo practice), "Trainer Session" (where the player has to follow the trainer's bike to learn the optimum racing line), "Single Race" (one race on a chosen track against contestants) and "Championship" (race the whole season). The latter two consist in three parts: "Practice Session", "Qualifying" and "Race". In each race, a field of eight bikers races simultaneously, including the human players. Game options include Difficulty (Rookie, Novice, Amateur, Semi Professional, Professional, Ace), number of laps (3, 5, 10 laps or "full race" which is 100 km). In the bike setup, gearbox (automatic or manual), final drive for each gear and gear sprocket can be modified.

Reception edit

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.[4] John Lee of NextGen said of the game, "You might learn a bit about bike racing, but after you've zipped around the same track a dozen or so times, this is just plain dull."[14] In Japan, where the game was ported and published by Success as part of the SuperLite 1500 series on April 27, 2000, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40.[8] GamePro said, "If you're a huge fan of superbike racing, you may want to check out Castrol to feed your superbike need, but you'd be smart to rent before buying. Everyone else should stick with Moto Racer 2 for solid morotcycle racing."[17][c]

The game was reviewed by the German multiformat console magazine "MAN!AC" and received a rating of 58%. The review considered the game a "mediocre racer with many racing tracks but simple visuals and little realism in controls".[18] Janice Tong of The Sydney Morning Herald said, "For anyone who is into Superbike racing, this game will be a lot more meaningful and I suppose there is always the nostalgic element of playing the role of your favourite rider."[16]

Sequels and Spin-offs edit

There are three other games in the Castrol HONDA Superbike series of which each one was produced by Midas Interactive Entertainment:

Note: Although the PlayStation version (by Bubble Boy Ltd) and the PC version (with the name suffix "2000") were released the same year, they are individual games (as the different titles suggest) and not just versions of the same game.

Notes edit

  1. ^ Four critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 6.5/10, 5/10, 3/10, and 4/10.
  2. ^ In GameFan's viewpoint of the game, one critic gave it a score of 45, and the other 82.
  3. ^ GamePro gave the game two 2.5/5 scores for graphics and sound, 4/5 for control, and 3/5 for fun factor.

References edit

  1. ^ . Electronic Arts. May 25, 1999. Archived from the original on November 6, 1999. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e The names of developers can be found in the ingame credits.
  3. ^ a b This person worked for Bubble Boy Ltd and participated in the console conversion.
  4. ^ a b . GameRankings. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Sutyak, Jonathan. . AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 14, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  6. ^ Mahood, Andy (July 13, 1999). . Gamecenter. CNET. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  7. ^ Davison, John; Hager, Dean; Chou, Che; Ricciardi, John (July 1999). "Castrol Honda Superbike Racing" (PDF). Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 120. Ziff Davis. p. 127. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  8. ^ a b "SuperLite 1500 シリーズ Castrol HONDA スーパーバイクレーシング [PS]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  9. ^ "Castrol Honda Superbike Racing". Game Informer. No. 74. FuncoLand. June 1999.
  10. ^ Weitzner, Jason "Fury"; Stockert, Bruce "Reubus" (June 1999). "Castrol Honda [Superbike] Racing". GameFan. Vol. 7, no. 6. Shinno Media. p. 72. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  11. ^ Johnson, Sean (August 1999). "Castrol Honda Superbike Racing Review". GameRevolution. CraveOnline. from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  12. ^ MacDonald, Ryan (June 18, 1999). "Castrol Honda Superbike Racing Review [date mislabeled as "April 28, 2000"]". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. from the original on March 24, 2005. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  13. ^ Perry, Douglass C. (June 1, 1999). "Castrol Honda Superbike Racing". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  14. ^ a b Lee, John (September 1999). "Castrol Honda Superbike Racing". NextGen. No. 57. Imagine Media. p. 87. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  15. ^ Kujawa, Kraig (June 1999). "Castrol Honda Superbike [Racing]". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. Vol. 2, no. 9. Ziff Davis. p. 95. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  16. ^ a b Tong, Janice (October 2, 1999). . The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Archived from the original on October 13, 2000. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
  17. ^ Air Hendrix (July 1999). "Castrol Honda [Superbike Racing]". GamePro. No. 130. IDG. p. 80. from the original on August 20, 2004. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  18. ^ "Castrol Honda Superbike Racing". MAN!AC (in German). Cybermedia Vertlag. August 1999. p. 68.

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Castrol HONDA World Superbike Team Superbike Racing short Castrol HONDA Superbike Racing is a licensed motorcycle racing game developed by Interactive Entertainment Ltd The game features the Honda RVF750 RC45 and the riders Aaron Slight and Colin Edwards of the 1998 Superbike World Championship season Castrol Honda Superbike RacingDeveloper s Interactive Entertainment Ltd Publisher s NA Electronic ArtsEU THQDirector s James Bailey 2 Producer s Tony Love 2 Designer s Tuan Pingster Nguyen 2 Programmer s Dan Azzopardi Alex Jakes 3 John Rees 3 Vladislav Kaipetsky 2 Artist s Imran Hussain 2 SeriesCastrol HONDA SuperbikePlatform s PlayStationReleaseNA May 25 1999 1 UK October 22 1999Genre s RacingMode s Single playerMultiplayer Contents 1 Gameplay 2 Reception 3 Sequels and Spin offs 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksGameplay editThe player controls a motorcyclist default names are A Slight and C Edwards in races on various international race tracks Game types are Practice Session solo practice Trainer Session where the player has to follow the trainer s bike to learn the optimum racing line Single Race one race on a chosen track against contestants and Championship race the whole season The latter two consist in three parts Practice Session Qualifying and Race In each race a field of eight bikers races simultaneously including the human players Game options include Difficulty Rookie Novice Amateur Semi Professional Professional Ace number of laps 3 5 10 laps or full race which is 100 km In the bike setup gearbox automatic or manual final drive for each gear and gear sprocket can be modified Reception editReceptionAggregate scoreAggregatorScoreGameRankings54 4 Review scoresPublicationScoreAllGame nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 5 CNET Gamecenter6 10 6 Electronic Gaming Monthly4 625 10 7 a Famitsu26 40 8 Game Informer6 25 10 9 GameFan64 10 b GameRevolutionD 11 GameSpot3 8 10 12 IGN4 10 13 Next Generation nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 14 Official U S PlayStation Magazine nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 15 The Sydney Morning Herald nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 16 The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings 4 John Lee of NextGen said of the game You might learn a bit about bike racing but after you ve zipped around the same track a dozen or so times this is just plain dull 14 In Japan where the game was ported and published by Success as part of the SuperLite 1500 series on April 27 2000 Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40 8 GamePro said If you re a huge fan of superbike racing you may want to check out Castrol to feed your superbike need but you d be smart to rent before buying Everyone else should stick with Moto Racer 2 for solid morotcycle racing 17 c The game was reviewed by the German multiformat console magazine MAN AC and received a rating of 58 The review considered the game a mediocre racer with many racing tracks but simple visuals and little realism in controls 18 Janice Tong of The Sydney Morning Herald said For anyone who is into Superbike racing this game will be a lot more meaningful and I suppose there is always the nostalgic element of playing the role of your favourite rider 16 Sequels and Spin offs editThere are three other games in the Castrol HONDA Superbike series of which each one was produced by Midas Interactive Entertainment Castrol HONDA SuperBike World Champions 1998 for PC Castrol HONDA World Superbike Team Superbike 2000 1999 for PC Castrol HONDA World Superbike Team VTR 2001 for PlayStation Note Although the PlayStation version by Bubble Boy Ltd and the PC version with the name suffix 2000 were released the same year they are individual games as the different titles suggest and not just versions of the same game Notes edit Four critics of Electronic Gaming Monthly gave the game each a score of 6 5 10 5 10 3 10 and 4 10 In GameFan s viewpoint of the game one critic gave it a score of 45 and the other 82 GamePro gave the game two 2 5 5 scores for graphics and sound 4 5 for control and 3 5 for fun factor References edit ELECTRONIC ARTS SHIPS CASTROL HONDA SUPERBIKE RACING FOR THE PLAYSTATION Electronic Arts May 25 1999 Archived from the original on November 6 1999 Retrieved July 6 2023 a b c d e The names of developers can be found in the ingame credits a b This person worked for Bubble Boy Ltd and participated in the console conversion a b Castrol Honda Superbike Racing for PlayStation GameRankings CBS Interactive Archived from the original on May 1 2019 Retrieved September 30 2020 Sutyak Jonathan Castrol Honda Superbike Racing Review AllGame All Media Network Archived from the original on November 14 2014 Retrieved October 1 2020 Mahood Andy July 13 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing Gamecenter CNET Archived from the original on August 16 2000 Retrieved July 6 2023 Davison John Hager Dean Chou Che Ricciardi John July 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing PDF Electronic Gaming Monthly No 120 Ziff Davis p 127 Retrieved July 6 2023 a b SuperLite 1500 シリーズ Castrol HONDA スーパーバイクレーシング PS Famitsu in Japanese Enterbrain Retrieved September 30 2020 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing Game Informer No 74 FuncoLand June 1999 Weitzner Jason Fury Stockert Bruce Reubus June 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing GameFan Vol 7 no 6 Shinno Media p 72 Retrieved September 30 2020 Johnson Sean August 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing Review GameRevolution CraveOnline Archived from the original on September 19 2015 Retrieved October 1 2020 MacDonald Ryan June 18 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing Review date mislabeled as April 28 2000 GameSpot CBS Interactive Archived from the original on March 24 2005 Retrieved September 30 2020 Perry Douglass C June 1 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing IGN Ziff Davis Retrieved September 30 2020 a b Lee John September 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing NextGen No 57 Imagine Media p 87 Retrieved September 30 2020 Kujawa Kraig June 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing Official U S PlayStation Magazine Vol 2 no 9 Ziff Davis p 95 Retrieved October 1 2020 a b Tong Janice October 2 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing The Sydney Morning Herald Fairfax Media Archived from the original on October 13 2000 Retrieved March 27 2022 Air Hendrix July 1999 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing GamePro No 130 IDG p 80 Archived from the original on August 20 2004 Retrieved October 1 2020 Castrol Honda Superbike Racing MAN AC in German Cybermedia Vertlag August 1999 p 68 External links editCastrol Honda Superbike Racing at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Castrol Honda Superbike Racing amp oldid 1163888116, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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