There’s even an option that forces you to manually tear off the sticky layer on your visor when it gets too muddy, which adds a wonderful sense of immersion in the first-person camera mode. Turning the physics to the advanced mode and turning off joint breaks certainly tweaks the difficulty up a notch but rewards the player with greater overall control over their bike and rider, allowing for much faster lap times with some practise. In addition to customising race length, the player is given the option to alter a variety of assists to make the game as user friendly or hardcore as possible. We can probably point some of the blame for this at the yearly release window, but MXGP 2021 is a full price game and should, therefore, meet full price standards.įor Motocross aficionados, this is great, and I honestly think that some bigger-name racing games could learn from Milestone here – they frequently offer the option to go full-on simulation length racing in their games and it can be a great way to while away a Sunday afternoon. Milestone is clearly aware of this, that much is obvious in their attempts to add content to their series, but over the years it has seemed like they just don’t have the budget to match the needs of the modern-day gamer, as their games have typically been good, but barebones affairs, with a great deal of re-used content.

We are in the midst of a generation where hundreds of hours of content is the norm, games are expected to be playable for years without much more than a patch and maybe some DLC, and thanks to excellent work from the likes of Digital Foundry, standards are higher than ever when it comes to graphics and framerates. MXGP 2021 brings players once again on a journey through the international world of offroad motorcycle racing boasting all eighteen official tracks from the 2021 MXGP series plus four classic tracks, such as the fantastic Águeda in Portugal (due to return in the 2022 season.) In addition to the expected roster of tracks, we have all of the usual bikes from the likes of Yamaha and KTM, and over forty riders from the MXGP and MX2 classifications (including current champions Tim Gajser and Maxime Renaux.) The game has all the names and places you would expect from an officially licensed product, then, but these days a few famous names and some recognisable branding is far from enough to satisfy the hordes of ravenous gamers who are excitedly sipping on a can of Monster Energy in anticipation of a new Motocross game.

Mxgp 2021 race schedule