9 /10 1 Votes
88% Metacritic Initial release date 6 October 2000 Publisher Electronic Arts | 4.5/5 Download Genre(s) Motorcycle racing Developer Milestone S.r.l. Platform Microsoft Windows | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Modes Single-player video game, Multiplayer video game Similar Milestone Srl games, Racing video games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Superbike 2001 is a motorcycle racing video game developed by Milestone S.r.l., published by Electronic Arts (EA), and released in 2000 for Microsoft Windows. It is part of EA's Superbike video game series.
Contents
The game features all tracks and motorcycles that existed on the 2000 Superbike World Championship season, and allows players to race in either single races or longer blocks of weekend races or championship races to access more of the game's content.
Gameplay
Superbike 2001 is a simulation game which aims to deliver a realistic motorcycle racing experience. The user controls a motorcycle through races on various paved courses; it features tracks and motorcycles from the 2000 Superbike World Championship season. The game allows the player to choose between three game modes: Quick Start, Single Race, and Championship mode. Quick Start allows the user to quickly pick up a game and begin to play. Single Race lets the player play over one weekend, including practice laps and other race modes. Championship mode takes place over 32 weekends, or a full season of play, and includes detailed statistics. Superbike 2001 features four different difficulty modes, which make the game switch from a more casual experience to a realistic one.
Statistics and bike attributes are completely customizable, and can be adjusted by the user to find a good balance. The physics engine allows for realistic crashes to occur, such as losing a bike from underneath the rider.
Reception
The game received "favorable" reviews according to video game review aggregator Metacritic. IGN's Dan Adams hailed the game as an outstanding fusion of arcade and realistic simulation games. GameSpot's Scott Osborne felt that it showed the best of what the motorcycle racing genre had to offer in a video game. David Long of Computer Games Magazine awarded the game a perfect score and praised the game's graphics, describing them as "almost photo-realistic."