Castrol Honda Superbike Racing


Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- Superbike Racing is a licensed motorcycle racing game, developed by Interactive Entertainment Ltd. The game features the Honda RVF750 RC45 and the riders Aaron Slight and Colin Edwards of the 1998 Superbike World Championship season.

Gameplay

The player controls a motorcyclist in races on various international race tracks. Game types are "Practice Session", "Trainer Session", "Single Race" and "Championship". The latter two consist of three parts: "Practice Session", "Qualifying" and "Race". In each race, a field of eight bikers races simultaneously, including the human players. Game options include Difficulty, and number of laps. In the bike setup, the gearbox, final drive for each gear and gear sprocket can be modified.

Reception

The game received mixed reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. John Lee of NextGen said of the game, "You might learn a bit about bike racing, but after you've zipped around the same track a dozen or so times, this is just plain dull." In Japan, where the game was ported and published by Success as part of the SuperLite 1500 series on April 27, 2000, Famitsu gave it a score of 26 out of 40. GamePro said, "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 morotcycle racing."
The game was reviewed by the German multiformat console magazine "MAN!AC" and received a rating of 58%. The review considered the game a "mediocre racer with many racing tracks but simple visuals and little realism in controls". Janice Tong of The Sydney Morning Herald said, "For anyone who is into Superbike racing, this game will be a lot more meaningful and I suppose there is always the nostalgic element of playing the role of your favourite rider."

Sequels and Spin-offs

There are three other games in the Castrol HONDA Superbike series of which each one was produced by Midas Interactive Entertainment:Castrol HONDA SuperBike World Champions Castrol HONDA World Superbike Team Superbike 2000 Castrol HONDA World Superbike Team VTR
Note: Although the PlayStation version and the PC version were released the same year, they are individual games and not just versions of the same game.