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Director(s)
  
James Bailey

Designer(s)
  
Tuan Pingster Nguyen

Initial release date
  
24 March 1998

7.5/10
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Producer(s)
  
Tony Love

Artist(s)
  
FAD

Genre
  
Racing

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Developer(s)
  
Interactive Entertainment, Ltd.

Programmer(s)
  
Dan Azzopardi, John Rees, Alex Jakes, Vladislav Kaipetsky

Platforms
  
Microsoft Windows, PlayStation

Publishers
  
Midas Interactive Entertainment, Electronic Arts

Similar
  
Castrol Honda Superbik, Castrol Honda Superbik, Castrol Honda VTR, Asghan: The Dragon S, Clandestiny

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Castrol HONDA SuperBike World Champions is a licensed motorcycle racing game, developed by Interactive Entertainment, Ltd. and published by Midas Interactive. The game features the Honda RVF750 RC45 and the riders of the 1997 Superbike World Championship season. The game title was chosen because John Kocinski won the 1997 World Superbike Championship on a Castrol Honda.

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Gameplay

The player controls a motorcyclist in races on various international race tracks. Game modes are "Practice" and "Championship". Each race has three parts: "Practice Session", "Qualifying" and "Race". There are closed-circuit Grand Prix tracks and street race tracks. The degree of "realism" can be modified (4 to 24 riders; 3 to 10 laps or "full race" which is 100 km). The bike setup offers tweaking of the gear sprockets. It is possible to play with five other players via network or splitscreen.

Supported functions

Functions that are supported by the game:

  • Local versus: 2 player splitscreen
  • Network play: up to six players
  • Controller support: Joystick, mouse, keyboard, racing wheel, joypad
  • Difficulty: Rookie, Novice, Amateur, Semi Professional, Professional, Ace

    • Features

    The game features ten racing tracks in total:

    Reception and reviews

    The game received a score of 67.30% on GameRankings, based on ten individual reviews. The game was reviewed by the German magazine "PC Games" and received a rating of 74%. The reviewer concluded that while the game represented a bright spot among racing games, he was hoping for more simulation aspects.

    Sequels and Spin-offs

    There are four games in the Castrol HONDA Superbike series, each one was produced by Interactive Entertainment Ltd:

  • Castrol HONDA SuperBike World Champions (1998 for PC)
  • Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- Superbike Racing (1999 for PlayStation)
  • Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- Superbike 2000 (1999 for PC)
  • Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- VTR (2001 for PlayStation)

    • References

    Castrol Honda SuperBike World Champions Wikipedia
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