this or the 1st one?

[Raziel]

hello,

I'm looking to buy either this or the 1st TT as a gift for a friend but I see some conflicting reviews and opinions about which one is actually the better game.


how are both games in terms of actual content? track/bikes etc.
which one would you say is more realistic/arcadey?
is VR supported in either one?

thanks.

[Frey]

this 300%, and Ride 4.

[Lord Codswallop]

This 4 sure. (still pretty ordinary), but best IOM ever. Haven't got ride 4 yet but will be.

[xWar_88x]

this by far, 1st one is good but this has improved leaps and bounds and has a little open world map, something that people have been asking for for ride 4. the roam map gives you a feel for the game and the handling mechanics ect. it's been a blast so far and the sense of speed is amazing, something ride 4 is bad at. played all the rides and imo this is the best bike game on the market, might not have a huge list of bikes like ride 4 has but it's makes up for it with the amazing tracks, sense of speed, realism, graphics, just feels a blast to race in this game compared to ride 4. it's 1.99 right now.

[spitting feathers]

its only £2.09 cd keys absolute bargain grab it while u can

[Sir Motorsheep]

My 2 cents:

What elevates TT2 over TT1 aside from the graphics are the gyro physics. After some getting used to, they make it very intuitive to predict how quickly you are going to lean over at which speed, and they make transitions from one side to the other feel more realistic especially when you're braking.

One huge downside is the wheelie behavior, which imho has been dumbed down massively. Many bikes would do power wheelies very easily in TT1. Hardly any of them do anymore in TT2 unless you're going over a bump. And when they do, it's next to impossible to counter it, before you're falling off whereas in TT1 you often had time to see it coming and react.

A neutral point:
The grip physics. Rear tyre behavior is terribly wonky in TT1. The way you lose grip under power feels sort of believable, but once you've lost it, there's almost no getting it back. The bike will skid left and right like on ice. You'll also often lose rear wheel grip for no apparent reason.
By contrast, TT2 doesn't really have any grip physics at all. You can just full throttle it out of any corner without starting to drift.
The Ride games are far superior in that respect, but they also lack the sense of speed and you still get arcadey physics - just in different ways than TT1 and TT2.

[Graham]

Ive got both on Xbox one X, I like both but there is an odd bug on the Xbox version of 2 which I think may also exist on PC? For some reason the wind noise volume cannot be adjusted and this is quite an annoyance as it overpowers the other sounds considerably at speed and seems too intense.

For me, first person view is the only way to play as external views feel like just a toy. First person gives an incredible sense of speed like I have never experienced in any other game.

Both 1 and 2 can be found very cheaply as part of 2 Fanatical bundles with a few other racing games for around $5 at the moment. Here's one of the bundles with TT 2 in it https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/nitro-bundle-2

[Stickleback]

Originally posted by Raziel:

hello,

I'm looking to buy either this or the 1st TT as a gift for a friend but I see some conflicting reviews and opinions about which one is actually the better game.


how are both games in terms of actual content? track/bikes etc.
which one would you say is more realistic/arcadey?
is VR supported in either one?

thanks.

Ride 4 if you want Multiplayer, forget IOMTT 2 for online racing, it`s completely dead. Ride 4 brings in alot of nobheads who just want to crash people out..no winning really.