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!

 

[swaty]

wonder how the new track will be like

 

[Jonix]

Update. I'll be playing with Supercross files, but it looks like you can edit 3d models as well, not just textures.
Unfortunately, AI or scripts in general might not be moddable

 

[Marg]

Giovanniveterano was worried about AI in Milestone games... hm, maybe it is time to worry - watching today's race it seemed that Milestone's AI spirit came into M.Marquez in Argentina... maybe he played too much MotoGP17 during offseason?

 

[Jonix]

Giovanniveterano was worried about AI in Milestone games... hm, maybe it is time to worry - watching today's race it seemed that Milestone's AI spirit came into M.Marquez in Argentina... maybe he played too much MotoGP17 during offseason?

I have raced online many times in my life (mainly with 4 wheels on rFactor). Nasty things may happen online, but I think Marquez today topped the worst online races.
Probably they should force him to play with ghost collisions..

 

[swaty]

in his defense... the ai was too slow... nah.. there is no defense this time...

 

[CrashBandicoot]

Update. I'll be playing with Supercross files, but it looks like you can edit 3d models as well, not just textures.
Unfortunately, AI or scripts in general might not be moddable

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT. NOOOOOOOO. That means that if the AI and physics are SHITE, we can't edit them? Go back to the old engine i don't care about f*cking graphics

 

[Jonix]

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT. NOOOOOOOO. That means that if the AI and physics are SHITE, we can't edit them? Go back to the old engine i don't care about f*cking graphics

I'm not sure, it's going to be different. Maybe we can tweak it. Hard to tell before the game is out

 

[CrashBandicoot]

I'm not sure, it's going to be different. Maybe we can tweak it. Hard to tell before the game is out

Man this worries me waayyyy to much. If that's the case, then i will go back to motogp 15, probably the best of the milestone games for me.

 

[SalGP46]

I'm very excited about the newly announced game, especially the new graphics and physics, which will be redesigned from scratch as announced.

I wonder if the graphics will actually make a big leap or will the level of Gravel or Monster Energy Supercross be expected?

And what about physics...what can we really expect?

What do you think?

 

[Giovaneveterano]

What do you think?

I think they'll use the same physics as last year that was ok, but lacks in depth.

 

[Jonix]

They're leaning towards simulation with MXGP Pro, it would be nice if GP18 was closer to real life, less arcade at least. Full simulation isn't possible, but a realistic yet enjoyable game would be welcomed

 

[Jonix]

Cover arts

 

[Dyego JhOu]

It should be the winner of last championship in the front... but it's fine!

 

[Jonix]

Curious to see some gameplay footage. I hope they get the kerbs right, since when they make new tracks they don't modify the 3D models afterwards (They've been using the same tracks made in 2012 for MotoGP 13 for years!)

 

[Dyego JhOu]

Dude... I hope they do so many things in the right way in this year that it could be a book!

 

[Giovaneveterano]

Please be good!

 

[Dyego JhOu]

It no need to be a GP Bikes... but it didn't must be a physics of a game from 90's!

 

[Jonix]

Too realistic would be frustrating in my opinion. They should implement an arcade style for casual players and an advanced sim-oriented mode for hardcore fans.
Graphics seem okay and sound cannot be worse than 17, which was really good. The only worries come from physics and AI, which I fear is going to be slow

 

[Louis19]

I hope you only have 1 team mate in career mode as no one has 3 riders in a team nowadays.

 

[sagnok]

Too realistic would be frustrating in my opinion. They should implement an arcade style for casual players and an advanced sim-oriented mode for hardcore fans.
Graphics seem okay and sound cannot be worse than 17, which was really good. The only worries come from physics and AI, which I fear is going to be slow

are you sure about graphics are ok? alls the screenshots on official site are 50 per cent fake and they also written "actual in game work in progress" are they kidding?? the bikes 3D models are of motogp 2017 i'm sure of that also the riders, maybe the tracks? and how is the referred opinion? the level of detail?, so you are sure that this kind of developers are enough experienced to do a better level of phisics for the new game? mmmmmhh
i'm would be more believer if you and biker would be in the developer team cause only in that case the game probably became more interesting, why? cause the passion that have you and biker is mutch more of the entire milestone developer team. the game is about one and half month to release date and we have see only some kind of sceenshot and a trailer of real motogp scenes mostly so it's the same media way to do every year,and every year we survive the game after release with the modders passion