Castrol Honda

by Air Hendrix
January 01, 2000 00:00 AM PST

If you're a huge fan of suberbike racing, you may want to check out Castrol to feed your suberbike needs, but you'd be smart to rent before buying. Everyone else should stick with Moto Racer 2 for solid motorcycle racing.

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With a kick-ass motorcycle racing game like Moto Racer 2 in its lineup, you gotta wonder why EA bothered with Castrol Honda Superbike Racing. Yeah, it's got some appealing features and gameplay, but the weak graphics and sounds bury this racer in the back of the pack.

Wipes Out
First, the good points. Racers climb aboard the Castrol Honda RC45 bike and dive into single race or season action on 14 tracks. Castrol's impressive range of difficulty settings and braking/steering aids let you take these bikes out in everything from braking-is-for-wusses arcade action to demanding high-end sim battles. That depth of gameplay makes Castrol suitable for any breed of racing fan, and the excellent controls respond well, particularly with a dual-analog controller.

Unfortunately, the two-player split-screen action chugs a little too much, though it's definitely playable. Where Castrol really blows a flat is its graphics and sounds. The bland tracks provide little detail, suffering from a pixelated, muddy look. The racers are animated jerkily, too, artificially twitching through turns and collisions. As for sounds, there's no music or announcer, and while the sound effects of the engine and tires are realistic, they get boring pretty quickly.

Yellow Flag
If you're a huge fan of superbike racing, you may want to check out Castrol to feed your superbike need, but you'd be smart to rent before buying. Everyone else should stick with Moto Racer 2 for solid motorcycle racing.