The imaginatively named Valentino Rossi: The Game was a tribute to the legendary rider that introduced new disciplines you don’t normally see in a MotoGP game, such as dirt bike racing at the Rossi ranch and rallying events at Monza. To Italian developer Milestone’s credit, last year’s MotoGP game was a valiant attempt to reinvent the series.
Short development times often mean that annual licensed racing games offer incremental improvements rather than revolutionary updates.