Software:MotoGP 4

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MotoGP 4
MotoGP 4 PS2 Cover.jpeg
Cover art featuring Valentino Rossi (in front) and Nicky Hayden
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)Namco
Composer(s)Tetsukazu Nakanishi
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • EU: May 27, 2005
  • JP: September 15, 2005
  • NA: June 20, 2006
Genre(s)Racing
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer

MotoGP 4 (often stylized as MotoGP4) is the fourth and last MotoGP game released on the PlayStation 2 published and developed by Namco.

Features

The game features are based on the 2004 MotoGP season. The game allows the player to race in 5 game modes: Quick Race, Time Attack, Championship, Challenges and Multiplayer in a variety of difficulties and weather conditions.

Notable teams and riders

MotoGP

  • Yamaha Team
    • Italy Valentino Rossi
    • Japan Norick Abe
  • Telefónica Movistar
    • Spain Sete Gibernau
    • United States Colin Edwards
  • Honda Team
    • Italy Max Biaggi
    • Japan Makoto Tamada
  • Repsol Honda
    • Brazil Alex Barros
    • United States Nicky Hayden
  • Ducati
    • Italy Loris Capirossi
    • Australia Troy Bayliss
  • Tech 3 Yamaha
    • Italy Marco Melandri
    • Spain Carlos Checa
  • Kawasaki Motors Racing
    • Germany Alex Hofmann
    • Japan Shinya Nakano
  • d'Antin MotoGP
    • United Kingdom Neil Hodgson
    • Spain Rubén Xaus
  • Suzuki MotoGP
    • United States Kenny Roberts
    • United States John Hopkins
  • MS Aprilia
    • United Kingdom Jeremy McWilliams
    • United Kingdom Shane Byrne
  • Proton Team KR
    • United States Kurtis Roberts
    • Japan Nobuatsu Aoki
  • Harris WCM
    • Italy Michel Fabrizio
    • Japan Youichi Ui
    • United Kingdom Chris Burns

250cc

  • Telefónica Movistar Junior Honda
    • Spain Daniel Pedrosa
    • Japan Hiroshi Aoyama
  • Repsol Aspar Aprilia
    • Argentina Sebastián Porto
    • Spain Fonsi Nieto
  • Safilo Carrera - LCR Honda
    • France Randy de Puniet
  • Honda Team
    • Spain Toni Elías
    • Italy Roberto Rolfo
  • Aprilia Racing 250
    • San Marino Alex de Angelis
  • Aprilia Team
    • San Marino Manuel Poggiali
  • Team Zoppini Abruzzo
    • Australia Anthony West
    • France Hugo Marchand
  • Troll Honda BQR
    • Spain Alex Debón
    • France Eric Bataille
  • Aprilia Germany
    • United Kingdom Chaz Davies
    • Sweden Johan Stigefelt
  • Campetella Honda
    • Italy Franco Battaini
    • Spain Joan Olivé
    • France Sylvain Guintoli
  • Yahama Kurz
    • Japan Naoki Matsudo
    • France Erwan Nigon
  • Aspar Junior Team
    • Spain Héctor Faubel
    • Germany Dirk Heidolf
  • Equipe de France-Scarab GP
    • France Arnaud Vincent
    • France Grégory Lefort

125cc

  • Team Scot Honda
    • Italy Andrea Dovizioso
    • Italy Simone Corsi
  • Seedorf Racing Aprilia
    • Spain Héctor Barberá
    • Spain Álvaro Bautista
  • Safilo Carrera - LCR Aprilia
    • Italy Roberto Locatelli
    • Italy Mattia Pasini
  • Derbi
    • Spain Jorge Lorenzo
    • Spain Ángel Rodríguez
  • KTM Red Bull
    • Australia Casey Stoner
    • Finland Mika Kallio
  • Master-Mxonda-Aspar Team
    • Spain Pablo Nieto
    • Spain Sergio Gadea
  • Worldwide Communications
    • Germany Steve Jenkner
    • Italy Marco Simoncelli
  • Matteoni Racing
    • Italy Mirko Giansanti
    • Spain Jordi Carchano
  • Angaia Racing
    • Spain Julián Simón
    • Italy Mattia Angeloni
  • Gilera Racing Team
    • Italy Fabrizio Lai
    • Italy Stefano Perugini
  • Semprucci Malaguti Racing
    • Hungary Gábor Talmácsi
    • Italy Manuel Manna
  • Elit Grand Prix
    • Switzerland Thomas Lüthi
    • Germany Dario Giuseppetti
  • Ajo Motorsport Honda
    • Czech Republic Lukáš Pešek
    • Denmark Robbin Harms
  • Road Racing Team Hungary Aprilia
    • Hungary Imre Tóth
    • Finland Vesa Kallio

Circuits

  • Phakisa (South Africa South African Grand Prix)
  • Jerez (Spain Spanish Grand Prix)
  • Le Mans (France French Grand Prix)
  • Mugello (Italy Italian Grand Prix)
  • Catalunya (Catalonia Catalan Grand Prix)
  • Assen (Netherlands Dutch TT)
  • Nelson Piquet (Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix)
  • Sachsenring (Germany German Grand Prix)
  • Donington Park (United Kingdom British Grand Prix)
  • Brno (Czech Republic Czech Republic Grand Prix)
  • Estoril (Portugal Portuguese Grand Prix)
  • Motegi (Japan Japanese Grand Prix)
  • Losail (Qatar Qatar Grand Prix)
  • Sepang (Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix)
  • Phillip Island (Australia Australian Grand Prix)
  • Valencia (Template:Country data Valencia Valencian Grand Prix)
Round Grand Prix Circuit
1 South Africa betandwin.com Africa's Grand Prix Phakisa Freeway
2 Spain Gran Premio Marlboro de España Circuito de Jerez
3 France Grand Prix Polini de France Bugatti Circuit
4 Italy Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia Mugello Circuit
5 Catalonia Gran Premi Gauloises de Catalunya Circuit de Catalunya
6 Netherlands Gauloises TT Assen Assen
7 Template:Country data Rio de Janeiro Cinzano Rio Grand Prix Autódromo Internacional Nelson Piquet
8 Germany Veltins Motorrad Grand Prix Deutschland Sachsenring
9 United Kingdom Cinzano British Grand Prix Donington Park
10 Czech Republic Gauloises Grand Prix České republiky Brno Circuit
11 Portugal Grande Prémio Marlboro de Portugal Autódromo do Estoril
12 Japan Camel Grand Prix of Japan Twin Ring Motegi
13 Qatar Marlboro Grand Prix of Qatar Losail International Circuit
14 Malaysia Marlboro Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix Sepang International Circuit
15 Australia Cinzano Australian Grand Prix Phillip Island Circuit
16 Template:Country data Valencia Gran Premio Marlboro Comunitat Valenciana Circuit de Valencia

Additional circuits:

  • Circuit Paul Ricard in 1990s form,
  • Suzuka Circuit in 2002 form,
  • Training circuit (this is the one used at the start of the game for tutorials)

Reception

Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic71/100[1]
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comB+[2]
Eurogamer6/10[3]
Famitsu31/40[4]
GameSpot7.6/10[5]
GameSpy3.5/5 stars[6]
GameTrailers7.2/10[7]
GameZone7/10[8]
IGN7/10[9]
OPM (US)8.5/10[10]
PSM6/10[11]
The Sydney Morning Herald3.5/5 stars[12]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[1] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of one seven and three eights for a total of 31 out of 40.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "MotoGP 4 for PlayStation 2 Reviews". Metacritic. https://www.metacritic.com/game/motogp-4/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-2. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 
  2. Mielke, James (June 20, 2006). "MotoGP 4". 1UP.com. http://www.1up.com/reviews/motogp-4. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 
  3. Reed, Kristan (July 28, 2005). "MotoGP 4". Eurogamer. http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_motogp4_ps2. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Famitsu review scores". Green Hill Zone. September 7, 2005. http://www.greenhillzone.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=1698. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 
  5. Mueller, Greg (June 19, 2006). "MotoGP 4 Review". GameSpot. http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/motogp-4-review/1900-6152921/. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 
  6. Speer, Justin (June 28, 2006). "GameSpy: MotoGP 4". GameSpy. Archived from the original on July 4, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060704140013/http://ps2.gamespy.com/playstation-2/motogp-4/715438p1.html. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 
  7. "MotoGP 4 Review". GameTrailers. June 27, 2006. Archived from the original on August 8, 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070808012435/http://www.gametrailers.com/gamepage.php?id=2555. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 
  8. Bedigian, Louis (October 29, 2006). "MotoGP4 - PS2 - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on December 30, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20081230214548/http://ps2.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r26321.htm. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 
  9. Roper, Chris (June 22, 2006). "MotoGP4". IGN. http://www.ign.com/articles/2006/06/22/motogp4. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 
  10. "MotoGP 4". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine: 76. September 2006. 
  11. "Review: MotoGP 4". PSM: 86. October 2006. 
  12. Wilcox, Mike (June 4, 2005). "Burning rubber". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/Games/Burning-rubber/2005/06/02/1117568310783.html. Retrieved June 18, 2016. 

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