MGP18 MotoGP 18 Confirmed for June Release

[Paul Jeffrey]

Milestone Games have confirmed the next MotoGP title will release on the 7th June - promising a "complete reboot of the series".

Utilising the increasingly popular and somewhat spectacular Unreal 4 engine, MotoGP 18 is set to become the most ambitious and impressive official MotoGP racing game to date when it launches on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC later this year.

Using the powerful Unreal Engine 4 for the very first time, MotoGP 18 will also benefit from laserscanned circuits and looks set to be "re-designed and rebuilt up from the very basics", marking a very serious statement of intent from the development team behind this long running officially licenced franchise of bike racing games.

According to Lead Designer, Matteo Pezzotti, the upcoming new title has received plenty of love and attention over the last few months as Milestone look to break new ground with MotoGP 18:

“It will simply be the greatest and purest MotoGP™ experience for all the fans. This title marks the arrival of the series on the Unreal Engine, a leap forward in terms of technological innovation, ensuring enhancements in the visual quality, realistic and impressive lighting effects and completely reworked physics: the game faithfully reproduces all the distinctive behavior of the bikes, thereby reducing the gap between fiction and reality, while making it accessible also to casual gamers through the introduction of interactive riding aids and tutorials. More details about the technological features will be unveiled soon, but with all these new advancements our goal is to offer our fans the most realistic and immersive MotoGP™ experience.”
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Initially releasing on PC, Xbox and PlayStation this June 7th, MotoGP 18 will also arrive on the Nintendo Switch platform at a as yet unspecified date later in the year, making the most of the flexibility of the Unreal 4 engine and cross platform development experience acquired during the design and build phase of the recent Supercross: The Game title.

MotoGP 18 Game Modes

Career
Start as a rookie and climb up the ladder from Red Bull MotoGP™ Rookies Cup to MotoGP™.

Single Race
Immerse yourself in a real MotoGP™ race within seconds.

Championship
Create your own competition. Choose your favorite category, rider, tracks, number of races and laps.

Time Attack
Learn each track like the back of your hand and compete against yourself to beat your best time. Download other players ghosts see if you can beat them.

Tutorial
Learn every techniques, from the very basics to the most advanced, and reach the top spot of the podium.

MotoGP 18 Multiplayer Modes

Championship
Make your own championship with your own rules, and challenge other players.

Single Race
Who’s best? Challenge others in a quick race.

MotoGP™ eSport Championship
More info coming soon.

MotoGP 18 will be available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC this June 7th, with Nintendo Switch release to follow later in the year.

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Looking forward to MotoGP 18? Do you think this new title could be a step up in quality over previous MotoGP licenced games? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[sagnok]

thanks guys ehy jonix do you think that the helmet model see on the imagines of mir is new? or the same of last year? it seems more sharped or maybe not and i must control my eyes? ahaahah

 

[Jonix]

-Outlap is back
-Mir is not holding the handlebar with both arms during the pit exit, which many riders do. So it adds to realism--Animations are mocap so much more realistic
-We get Tv-like graphics

I think the partnership with Dorna for the eSports will be benificial to the all of us. They pushed Milestone to improve a lot

thanks guys ehy jonix do you think that the helmet model see on the imagines of mir is new? or the same of last year?

Helmets models are old

 

[sagnok]

-Outlap is back
-Mir is not holding the handlebar with both arms during the pit exit, which many riders do. So it adds to realism--Animations are mocap so much more realistic
-We get Tv-like graphics

I think the partnership with Dorna for the eSports will be benificial to the all of us. They pushed Milestone to improve a lot



Helmets models are old

thanks jonix have just booked an eye examination ahahahahah

 

[CrashBandicoot]

PIT START OR ROLLING START? HELL YEAH! Pit start all the way. Way more realistic, i get to let other riders through and ruin other laps for riders i don't like MUAHAHAHAH

 

[Giovaneveterano]

PIT START OR ROLLING START? HELL YEAH! Pit start all the way. Way more realistic

Hoping for realistic tyre warm up then..

 

[CrashBandicoot]

Hoping for realistic tyre warm up then..

That would be the best thing ever!

 

[Ayem22]

the best bike game strikes again

 

[sagnok]

question for all of you guys, have noticed that in one screenshot from motogp18 rossi is on wet track with slic tyres? maybe implemented flag to flag races?
yesterday i have see on facebook official page that the team answer to a guy that would be not managerial career in motogp18. that's all for today ahahahahah

 

[Jonix]

I think we're getting a gameplay this weekend. They usually show stuff during the Jerez weekend

 

[Giovaneveterano]

I think we're getting a gameplay this weekend. They usually show stuff during the Jerez weekend

Generally played from a guy that can't keep the bike into the track for more than a corner.

 

[sagnok]

Generally played from a guy that can't keep the bike into the track for more than a corner.

ahahahah but maybe is always better than me i'm always don't turn with your mods
(i'm joking ahahahah love your mod...when i can turn!)

 

[CrashBandicoot]

question for all of you guys, have noticed that in one screenshot from motogp18 rossi is on wet track with slic tyres? maybe implemented flag to flag races?
yesterday i have see on facebook official page that the team answer to a guy that would be not managerial career in motogp18. that's all for today ahahahahah

That's the image you're talking about i'm sure. I really hope we get flag to flag, would be the only reason i would increase the race distance for more than 50% that i do now

EDIT: There's one more, so yeah there it is.

 

[Jonix]

That's the image you're talking about i'm sure. I really hope we get flag to flag, would be the only reason i would increase the race distance for more than 50% that i do now

EDIT: There's one more, so yeah there it is.

Or maybe wet tyres textures weren't ready at the time (that's an old screenshot).
The only reason I don't think we're getting it is that they would have advertised it alot..

 

[CrashBandicoot]

Or maybe wet tyres textures weren't ready at the time (that's an old screenshot).
The only reason I don't think we're getting it is that they would have advertised it alot..

Exactly. Oh i guess it's okay, at least i get my pit starts back

 

[Jonix]

Temperature, driving style, consumption. Take everything into consideration when picking your tyres. A wrong choice might cost you the first place!

 

[Dyego JhOu]

They also said AI was made from scratch for MGP17...
They don't get me anymore... I want gameplay footage!

 

[sagnok]

Temperature, driving style, consumption. Take everything into consideration when picking your tyres. A wrong choice might cost you the first place!

thanks jonix is the first one screenshot real interesting for me,
the proportions are different the bike model is real more quality also the tyres model si little bit different,need it in mouvement but i consider it a real starting to hipe

 

[sagnok]

waiting a gameplay video, i take some new sceenshots from steam page of the game,so jonix you are better than me to explain graphics improuvement, i have noticed that the rider positioning on the bike is different from rider to rider for example rossi si on bike little different from pedrosa

 

[Jonix]

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waiting a gameplay video, i take some new sceenshots from steam page of the game,so jonix you are better than me to explain graphics improuvement, i have noticed that the rider positioning on the bike is different from rider to rider for example rossi si on bike little different from pedrosa

It seems so, but maybe that was the rider controlled by the player. When you release throttle or brake the game plays an animation (rider standing a bit up and widening elbows).

Rider models look different but I think they're the suit models. Rossi is very short and his body is different from Lorenzo's (probably because one is the Alpinestars model, the other is the Dainese).

Here a comparison :/

Rossi's butt is very weird, like in past games. That part of the body is too...small?

But anyway this isn't crucial. We need good AI and physics for now. All the details and further improvements can wait for the next year

In conclusion...hard to tell without a gameplay video

 

[Jonix]

Here we can see that they made different fairings for Marquez and Pedrosa (they use different fairings in real life. This year Crutchlow has his own fairing as well)

EDIT
Also interesting: Marquez has the aero fairing in this race, Pedrosa doesn't.