MotoGP 22, the tried and tested of the new official MotoGP game
MotoGP 22
The 2022 season has started in the best way for Italian motorcycling: in the inaugural Grand Prix in Losail, the Italian flag is waved in all three displacements. In Moto3 and Moto2, two riders from the VR46 Academy, Andrea Mingo and Celestino Vietti, won, while Enea Bastianini won for the first time in the premier class, crowning the beautiful rebirth of the Gresini team.Milestone did not want to to waste time and, as if to celebrate the success of our flag, he gave us a code for the MotoGP 22 test. As easily understood, this is the official title of the most prestigious motorcycle championship and its two lower categories, Moto2 and Moto3; therefore, all the riders who took to the track in Qatar are present.
First in ...
El Diablo Quartararo is the reigning champion, but the Yamaha 2022 seems to be in trouble. immediately that the version of the game provided proved to be a bit immature, sometimes crashing during the loading phase and presenting some audio problems. It could be a lack of optimization of the game with the Windows 11 operating system used for the test, or more simply a build still to be refined. Nonetheless, we were still able to try firsthand the one that interests fans most, namely the driving model. The Milanese developer, for some years now, has decided to adopt the Unreal Engine and the progress compared to the past has been tangible with each new edition, in particular starting from that relating to the 2020 season.First-rate work has been done on physics. While there continue to be some questionable oversights (such as the evolution of the rider falling off the bike), the riding model of the MotoGP 22 turns out to be extremely convincing, but also just as difficult. At each change of direction, the mass of the bike is perceptible, as is the strength required of the centaurs to tame these beasts of over 250 horsepower and 150 kilograms. The Ride Hieght Device makes its appearance, the so-called lowering device introduced for the first time in 2018 by Miller's Ducati Pramac, to improve outgoing acceleration, but the whole part relating to the suspension as a whole has undergone some refinement work. Of course, tires and their management continue to play a central role, as does that of fuel consumption.
... Gas hammer ...
Marc Marquez in his season more difficult: after the arm problems, he also defeated the diplopia Extreme concentration is required during braking: not only must the braking point be found precisely, but it is necessary to balance the front and rear brakes even when traveling, because understeer is always around the corner. It is just as challenging to keep the chord of the curve, especially in fast bends, while the rears in acceleration remain less marked than at the extremes of some editions ago.Offer Amazon MotoGP 22 - Day One Edition - PlayStation 4 € 69.99
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Don't think then to keep the gas at a hammer, as the good Guido Meda would say (official voice of this edition too, which as always is limited to the chronicle of the starting grid and the podium), until the last second. No lightning-fast braking in Formula 1: you have to continuously choke on the accelerator to avoid ending up inexorably on the scree. For starters, there are a number of driving aids that sweeten the learning curve, but they are not always well implemented. At the Red Bull Ring the assisted braking takes away power in the middle of the straight, with the result that even at the lowest difficulty level, two seconds are lost in a couple of corners.
On the other hand, the new tutorial that helps to familiarize yourself with the driving model is appreciable. Variable weather has also been introduced, which may require you to return to the pits to change the bike; also confirmed the long lap penalty suffered after cutting corners too often.
... Unleash hell!
Pecco Bagnaia with the official Ducati: he will be the heir by Valentino Rossi? Speaking of artificial intelligence: it continues to be aggressive, bordering on Marc Marquez's income from its heyday, but perhaps a little less Garibaldian than last year. Certainly even CPU-controlled opponents do not skimp on falls. The regret remains that the "crashes" do not permanently eliminate the driver from the race, as instead would like a greater dose of realism that still permeates the entire production of Milestone. Unfortunately, the visual rendering of the faces of the centaurs which, in the selection menu are no longer represented by photos but by polygonal models, is still not satisfactory. From this point of view the improvements are minimal and we would have expected a greater attention from the designers.As everyone knows, for the first time since 1996 this year Valentino Rossi is not on the grid: the fans However, they need not worry about the doctor because Milestone has made available motorcycles and riders who have marked the evolution of the premier class since the nineties and in this list the yellow 46 can only stand out, the only one to have imposed itself both with half a liter than with the MotoGP bikes. In addition to Rossi, we find other iconic bikes of the past decades, such as the Hondas of Mick Doohan and Marco Simoncelli, the Suzuki of Kevin Schwantz, the Ducatis of Capirossi and Gibernau, for a period ranging from 1992 to 2011. Obviously, the model of riding is a little more approximate than that of the current MotoGP bikes and in the races between the old glories there will be models temporally very distant from each other (such as the Cagiva of Lawson of 1992 and the Yamaha of Biaggi of 2001), with the consequence that the values are a little leveled, but it is certainly a pleasant novelty.
The tribute
The variable weather of MotoGP 22 will always be an element to keep in mind Not only that: to add further substance to an already very rich dish, a historical modality has been introduced that traces the salient moments of the 2009 season, probably one of the most fought in recent years. This section, entitled Nine Season 2009, is one of the many tributes to Valentino, who won his ninth and last career laurel in that year. In this case, the game will make us relive some of the highlights of each of the 17 races of that season, such as Stoner's last seven laps in the opening race in Qatar, and only by completing certain objectives will it be possible to unlock the following Grand Prix (in the in this case, to win with at least five seconds ahead of the second classified).A lot of other meat awaits us on the brazier of MotoGP 22: the developers have taken advantage of the criticisms on the completeness of the contents of the previous one and have therefore re-proposed a substantial modality career, not available in our release, which promises to start from Moto3 with its own customized team, complete with a selection of technicians and satellite teams. In addition, the vertical split screen mode is back by great demand to challenge your sofa neighbor. Finally, there will be cross play between consoles of the same family. The final release date is scheduled for April 21 for all major systems: PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One and X / S, Nintendo Switch and of course PC.
MotoGP 22 promises to be a new reference , further improving an excellent driving model and adding content that was a bit lost in the 2021 release.
