After selling us a MotoGP 21 particularly disappointing last year, in particular because of several annoying flaws such as perfectible ANNA AI and a major lack of finish at launch, Milestone formalized yesterday without much surprise the release of MotoGP 22 next April 21 on PC and consoles.
Umpteenth update or real new episode in sight?
As indicated on its official website, this opus promises to integrate a scripted game mode entitled (NINE) Season 2009. This will invite us to relive the key events of the 2009 MotoGP season through a docu-film commented by the British documentary maker and director Mark Neale including more than 50 minutes of original images and offering us to take up various challenges. riding the motorcycles of Valentino Rossi, Dani Pedrosa, Casey Stoner and Jorge Lorenzo.
The developers also announced that the title will contain other new features such as a reworked tutorial, a revamped MotoGP Academy and the addition of an adaptive difficulty system.
Various adjustments will also be made to the suspension compression control (RHD), which can be adjusted manually, to the temperature of the brakes and tires, which will now be impacted by the wake of the players and the AI, at the deformation of the rubbers, which should be more realistic, the way the surface of the track on which you drive can affect the handling of the vehicle and the 3D facial animations.
And that’s not all since, in addition to supporting cross-play between consoles of the same family (PS4 and PS5 drivers will be able to play together for example), this episode will (finally!) host local split-screen multiplayer on all platforms except Switch.
MotoGP 22 will be available on April 21, 2022 on PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.