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I purchased this game because I ride a Harley-Davidson. I've owned my current bike for 21 years. I like the company and like Harley-Davidson products. I've always wanted to tour the USA on my H-D but don't ever expect to have the funds. I thought the game would show me some of the best riding routes in the USA. Also I like bike/racing games. I'd just bought a second hand PS2 on ebay and needed a game to play on it and when I did a search this was one of the games that presented on Ebay. I thought it'd be a good game (second hand) to add to my collection of H-D things as well as entertainment. Too bad for me the game was from the USA and was NTSC format. It arrived quickly and well packed the cover even had a place for a memory card. But it wouldn't play on my PAL formatted PS2. Lesson Learned. Why governments persist in this type of censorship is beyond my understanding a universal format would ease the load on everyone! So I looked for a PAL version and found another second hand one in Queensland up the road from where I live a few hundred miles away. It arrived quickly as well but Censorship takes it's toll in many forms the cover was blue plastic not black like the USA one there was no memory card slot the quality of the printed cover was alot less vivid than the USA cover. SO I swapped the covers. The game started OK. Trouble was I couldn't set up the controller the way I wanted and had to accept the fixed controller set up the game came with. I couldn't select any type of bike but I had to win bikes and modifications by winning races. I only had three characters to choose from and was stuck with their names. The game is similar to Road Rash (PC game ) I like but no chains, baseball bats etc. to hit other racers with. You can kick or knock down the other riders by crashing into them which is not as realistic. When you crash in a head on the effect on the rider and bike is realistic minus blood. You get extra credit for doing daring deeds like ramp jumping wheel stands or near misses. There's also a boost button that accelerates the bike about 3 times faster than normal. Not being able to set up the contoller makes it more difficult as I prefer to have the controls as similar as possible from one game to the next, makes game play easier. The colors and graphics aren't too bad but your stuck to the track from what I can see. Traffic goes in both directions and there's toll gates to blast through and I can split lanes and ride on the wrong side of the road as I would on the real road. I've only played it a couple of times as yet because I'm playing Gran Turismo 4 which was left in the PS2 I bought and was having fun setting up an FPR GT and a 2005 GT40 to destroy the competion. But it looks like a good game. Cornering is left only to leaning which isn't the way I ride. I use the handlebars similar to small degrees of opposite lock to toss the bike down for corners, Road Rash gives you lean and handlebar control which is more realistic because if you just leaned a bike you'd have a hard time getting around some corners especially when going fast. A small push forward on the left bar grip turns the bike left and leans it and vice a versa (emergency turning). But you still have throttle control so reducing speed in a corner can get me around. Like I said I bought it because it had Harley Davidson on it also it was reduced to only a few dollars as it was used and for a PS2. Not a bad game for some fun.Read full review
This is actually a gift for my 10 year old son. My husband got a Harley for his 40th birthday, so my son is all about Harley right now. When the game arrived, I had my 16 year old "test" it to make sure it worked. Apparently it worked a little too well...He hasn't given it back yet, and said that it is AMAZING!
Like the idea of all bikes being Harleys. There are several levels, which is good. Graphics are ok, but expected a little better. Overall, good game to play. 9 Also like the auto-save feature!)
This would be a good game if it was a 2-player game. Actually when I bought this for my son and husband it stated that it was a 2-player game, but when my son put it in his playstation, we found out it was one player. I see no reason why playstation couldn't make it for two players. It would be the difference between being great game and a disappointing game. My son does play it occassionally, but not like he would if him and his dad could play together.
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