Review: FIM Speedway Grand Prix 4

Strange laps on the Speedway field

The FIM Speedway series now have a long history. The history is maybe not so positive and the latest installment in the series does not hold up.

Got to hold on: It's not hard to crash in this game, trust me!

The positive things first. The game has licenses for real speedway stadiums and also a lot of real drivers, from all around the world. When starting this up, it doesn’t look so all bad, in the in-game menus. You actually have a lot of opportunities and you can click yourself in to training to start racing a little. The first race was a disaster. The controllers didn’t pay any attention to what i did, so i entered the setting from simulation mode to arcade. It helped a lot.

Licenses: The real drivers are in FIM Speedway Grand Prix 4.

If it helped, it still wasn’t good enough. And when you race in a game like this, it doesn’t take you long before you get bored. The career mode has a little bit more to it. You can shop and buy things when you not are on the race field, but otherwise, the game doesn’t add anything big to show here. The controllers feels weird and the motion that shows up on the screen doesn’t look natural. No, i don’t suspect a high score for this game!

Glory: The first victory, who also became the last.

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FIM Speedway Grand Prix 4 (2011)

Graphics: The speedway bikes you ride on have gotten quite some job, and also the riders. It’s also not that bad if you look around the stadiums. The motions in this game is a whole another thing and everything seems to look like it’s made of plastic, when it’s not standing still. 5/10

Audio: Could have added a commentary to a game like this, but it’s not done. The music in the menus are boring and the sounds at the stadiums to give you good feeling are miles away. 2/10

Gameplay: Not enough modes, not enough fun to keep playing on and also to hard. No problem in playing this for an hour or so, but after that, you will never touch this again!. 2/10

Controls: Weird controls. The bike doesn’t always go where you tells it to go, but it gets a little better if you switch from “simulation mode” to “arcade mode”. The controllers are pretty good set up for the keyboard though.  3/10

Overall Score: The game actually looked better, when i saw a video of it, rather than testing it myself. The biggest problem in this game, that destroys the good feeling for once and for all, is the gameplay and the controllers. They are both weird, so if you want to keep playing this on, you got to be a hardcore speedway fan! 3/10

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