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.
Milestone announces the list of 30 tracks where players will race in RIDE 3.
Players will speed on the most iconic race tracks all over the world, on renowned city circuits and through breath-taking panoramas, to enjoy riding pleasure in all its shades. Many tracks are also available in different variants, for a more varied gameplay.
Using aerial photogrammetry and drone-scanning, development team has gathered all the data needed to faithfully recreate environments and details of tracks, for an extremely immersive game experience.
Here’s the list of track categories available at launch:
GP – cutting edge speed on iconic circuit such as Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza, Donington Park Circuit, Circuit De Nevers Magny-Cours, Nürburgring and many others.
COUNTRY – to race immersed in some of the most beautiful panoramas all over the world, on the most favorite bikers’ roads such as Garda Lake and Tenerife.
CITY CIRCUIT – one of the hardest challenges, a night race on the streets of Macau.
SUPERMOTARD – to drift properly you need to race on tracks that allow to make the most from that type of bike, such as Autodromo di Franciacorta e Pista South Milano – Ottobiano, where you can race off-road as well, and Castelletto Circuit.
ROAD RACING – city streets on some occasions become circuits for high speed race bikes, such as Ulster GP, Southern 100, Imatra and many others.
DRAG RACE – high horsepower, a long straight road and one goal, to be the fastest. Have you ever heard about Route 66 or Salt Flats?The life of a real biker is made up of many emotions and RIDE 3 will give you a lot to get excited. Enjoy all the tracks and start imagining which bike will take you to the next adventure:
Airport UK Brands Hatch Circuit UK Castelletto Circuit Italy Cadwell Park Circuit UK Daytona International Speedway USA Donington Park Circuit UK Autodromo di Franciacorta – Daniel Bonara Italy Garda Lake Italy Imatra Finland Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari Imola Italy WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca USA Macau China Circuit De Nevers Magny-Cours France Autodromo Nazionale Di Monza Italy Nürburgring Nordschleife Germany North West 200 Ireland Nürburgring GP-Strecke Germany Okayama International Circuit Japan Pista South Milano – Ottobiano Italy Oulton Park Circuit UK Autódromo Internacional do Algarve Portugal Road America USA Route 66 USA Salt Flats USA Southern 100 – Billown Circuit Isle of Man Sportsland SUGO Japan Tenerife Spain The Snake USA Ulster GP Ireland Autodromo Vallelunga “Piero Taruffi” Italy
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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