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4.7

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Negative: 7 out of 14
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  1. Nov 11, 2016
    3
    It's always nice to see an old-school arcade racer. No open world, fast paced gameplay, easy to pick up, split screen - it's all here. And unfortunately it's all bad. The controls suck, graphics are bad, difficulty is just unfair and frustrating and the sounds are horrible! There are some nice ideas in this game but it's just no fun. Just buy the fantastic trackmania turbo instead.
  2. Nov 22, 2016
    2
    I wanted to like this. I wanted a good motorbike VR game, and the VR mode in moto race 4 ps4 is actually nice enough, even though the graphics are low res and blurry, compared to it's non-vr mode (but this is excepted with PS4 VR anyways). But what bugs me so much I had to write this is that there are only two short tracks for VR mode and more can be unlocked only by playing the non-vrI wanted to like this. I wanted a good motorbike VR game, and the VR mode in moto race 4 ps4 is actually nice enough, even though the graphics are low res and blurry, compared to it's non-vr mode (but this is excepted with PS4 VR anyways). But what bugs me so much I had to write this is that there are only two short tracks for VR mode and more can be unlocked only by playing the non-vr mode, or at least this is what I assume having never got very far in the career mode, while being a hardcore arcade/driving gamer (trackmania, driveclub, nfs, ...) And here's where MR4 gets nightmarish, the non-vr career game is AWFUL, the controls are awkward: the bike responds to control with a lag, the physics are buggy: when you bump AI driver off the road, sometimes you suddenly fly great distances to completely different way you were going, graphics are in some parts very laggy (c'mon this is playstation 4! game should not lag this much!), sounds are just annoying (this large bike engine should have a low growling sound and not a high noise like a teenager's scooter or electric kitchen appliance), and the game has incredibly idiotic rating system where you before driving rate your own performance beforehand and If you don't meet it exactly, you get MINUS POINTS. I can't just figure out what the developers where thinking with this, what possible reason there could be for this ?? Overall feel of the game is very unfinished (I hope!) tested only by developers themselves and none actual real driving gamers (I know this is how it is in today's industry, but for a driving game, where the physics and playability are the nro. 1 thing, you'd except a lot more polished commercial product). I want more VR tracks but the game is so buggy, laggy and stupid-hard it makes me so angry and frustrated - why can't I just play all the VR tracks ! If all above faults were fixed and the vr mode made fully accessible, this would be actually a good game - but I except the full career VR mode targeted to PS4 Pro for more GPU juice - If something like that is coming in near future. Expand
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49

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

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  2. Negative: 4 out of 11
  1. Feb 13, 2017
    50
    Moto Racer 4 is a prime example of a missed opportunity. The gameplay is enjoyable in small bursts, but it’s packaged in such a terrible way that it becomes hard to recommend even to longtime fans of the series. With some extra polish and a different structure it could’ve been a surprisingly fun throwback package, but in its current state it reeks of being rushed to release.
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    Jan 27, 2017
    40
    Entirely unremarkable. [Issue#182, p.81]
  3. Dec 19, 2016
    50
    Moto Racer 4 is the return of a franchise. The game starts out nicely, but quickly loses its charm. The same tracks keep returning and the career mode is no career mode. And with the illogical elements in the game it's no more than a mediocre racer.