RIDE franchise is one of the most consolidated in Milestone’s portfolio, a series of titles dedicated to all motorbikes’ fans. The series has established itself as a tribute to the motorbike culture, recognized as unique in its genre thanks to the extremely wide offer, with RIDE 2 winner of the Guinness World Record for Most licensed bikes in a videogame, and to the game experience it offers.
While continuing the franchise’s tradition, Ride 3 has been revised especially in terms of realism, customization and for the variety of content included: a mix of elements that make this third edition of RIDE the ultimate motorbike encyclopedia, a realistic and adrenalin-packed title dedicated to those addicted to racing.
Ride 3 has a whole new heart, Unreal Engine 4, and a completely revised experience: whilst maintaining the identity of the series, this title brings a bunch of new features and elements that will make the player feel the adrenaline like a real rider. The list of tracks has been increased to satisfy everyone's tastes and needs: there will be GPs and Supermoto tracks for those who wants to feel like professional riders, Country and City circuits to ride in the most iconic places around the world, Road Races to race on road circuits and Drag Races for those who love acceleration races that take place on straight tracks.
The new Ride 3 Extreme Customisation trailer showcases the endless customisation features included in the Livery Editor, a powerful tool that allows player to create their own bike livery and to speed on track with a unique style.
Customisation reaches new levels in RIDE 3 and goes beyond the 500+ mechanical and aesthetic parts you can modify to change bikes’ behaviour on track. With the new Livery Editor players can now unleash their imagination to create the livery of their dreams.
Tools available give them extreme creative freedom: race lovers have many official manufactures and aftermarket stickers to create their own racing livery, while creative talents can create real artworks on 2 wheels, with the layer system allowing to draw any image on the bike, the only limit is their creativity! All liveries can be shared online, to let friends and the community race with them and to get extra XP points and in-game credits. With a handy filters system, it’s easy to navigate among all available liveries to select the most popular, the latest or those for a specific bike model.
Together with the new trailer, Milestone also announces Ride 3 Special Editions, available both in physical and digital versions at launch.
Physical Editions:
Digital Editions:
- Standard Edition which includes the full game
- Special Edition which includes Season Pass and an exclusive Ducati Panigale V4 Steelbook
Today also marks the beginning of digital pre-orders, with two editions available:
- Standard Edition which includes the full game
- Gold Edition which includes Season Pass, Sport Bikes Pack (4 bikes, 10 events and 3 trophies/achievements), BMW R 1200 GS Pack (with the iconic bike, it includes 5 events and 3 trophies/achievements) and the Credits Multiplier that doubles credits achieved after every event in any game mode.
Ride 3 Season Pass will include 12 Premium DLCs, with 120 additional events, 36 trophies/achievements and 60 bikes, including the exclusive Mr. Martini Supercustom and iconic models of the different manufacturers included in the game (for more than 12 hours of gameplay). Extra contents don’t stop here: after launch there will be also 12 free DLCs with 12 bikes and 60 additional events (for more than 6 hours gameplay).
- Standard Edition which includes the full game and the Sport Bikes Pack
- Gold Edition which includes also Season Pass, Sport Bikes Pack, BMW R 1200 GS Pack, Credits Multiplier, a dynamic theme with the Ducati Panigale V4 (available only on PS4) and 3 days early access
Engagement of players will be brought to the next level in this chapter of the series, especially thanks to the innovative customization options which include an innovative Livery Editor, to expand the customization to a completely new standard, where players will be given a unique limit when customizing their bikes: their creativity.
These are only some of the innovations that RIDE 3 is set to bring to the players, and if that’s not enough, key features of the game will also include:
- More than 230 bikes at DayOne divided into 7 categories, including a new one;
- 12 brand new tracks, for a total amount of 30 tracks;
- Diverse customization possibilities, which will enable players to customize their bikes both from a mechanical and aesthetic point of view.
- Mechanical customization options will include more than 500 customizable bike parts: players will be able to create their perfect ride deciding whether to pimp their engine or intervene on brakes and suspensions, as well as modify the transmissions or adjust the wheels as they prefer. Aesthetic customization will include an innovative Livery Editor for limitless creativity, to design the livery of your dreams and share it online;
- Extreme realism reached thanks to the introduction of Unreal Engine 4, used for the first time in a RIDE title, which ensures a great visual rendering as well as detailed particle and lighting effects and a photorealistic level of the environments. Moreover, with the new graphic engine Milestone’s team has been able to include night modes for the first time in a ride title. Last but not least, the Drone Scanning System has been used to reproduce all tracks down to the smallest detail;
- A completely revised career mode based on volumes, a unique experience that tells the story of a specific bike category, manufacturers or iconic tracks;
- Improved AI, a new physics simulation and a revised collision system.
Ride 3 will be release for PS4, Xbox One and PC on Nov. 30, 2018.
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