Ducati Moto is the first bike racing game to make it to N-Gage and brings with it all the spills and thrills of these gas guzzlers. We thought it was time to strap on the leathers and hit the open road to see how well the game plays. Find out how we got on with our N-Gage: Ducati Moto review…
Racing games are great fun and the best ones are those that simply let you press the pedal to the metal and see how long you can hold on for. Sure, with N-Gage: Ducati Moto you need to set up your character but for the most part, this is a fairly straightforward ‘see how fast you can go’ racing game.
Ducati Moto is the first racing game to be released for N-Gage but this isn’t an original platform game, as the game first saw like of day of the Nintendo DS. Like all bike racing games, Ducati Moto on N-Gage follows the standard format of giving you a third-person view of the race track.
You get to choose between five different events, such as Time Attack, Race, Eliminator, Race Line, and even Stunt Challenge. We’ve only tried out the straight racing so far and found it certainly lives up to expectations.
With 15 different tracks across five varied locations ranging from Hong Kong to Morocco and even Italy, there is a fair selection of tracks to get accustomed to. The graphics are nicely pleasing, with some great close ups on the 11 different bikes you can choose from.
We’ve been playing it on the Nokia N86 8MP and found that it runs extremely smoothly. The sound quality is a little varied as the music is fine but the engine noise, while loud, is rather weedy for what is a super-bike. It takes a little while to get accustomed to handling the bike, as instincts tell you to react to every bend. However, the controls are quite sensitive, so the odd nudge is often enough to keep you in a straight line or get you around most bends.
You don’t really need to keep too close an eye on the action, as the AI gives you the benefit of the doubt on most corners and will steer you round. That said, this does mean you slow down considerably and will eventually fall off.
We quite enjoyed Ducati Moto on N-Gage as it has all the feeling of a good racing game, it gets you right in the action and while it’s not the most advanced bike game on the market, we think it’s well worth the £6 entrance fee.
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