Release Date: October 31, 1997
A racing game in which ten participants compete with each other on special air scooters, able to move both above the ground and above the water. Twenty tracks have been made available to players, ten of which come from the previous version of the series, entitled Jet Moto. A characteristic feature of production is the very high level of difficulty of the competition.
Jet Rider 2 (known as Jet Moto 2 in North America) is a continuation of the racing game Twisted Metal 2, among others.
In Jet Rider 2, released on PS1, the player participates in a series of air scooter races, held on twenty different tracks. Ten tracks have been moved directly from the first part of the series, while the other ten are completely new locations, distinguished by greater diversity. The latter include a city destroyed by an earthquake, ice-bound mountains, a desert canyon or a mountain railway in an amusement park.
Ten competitors participate in the races at the same time, which is less than in Jet Moto. Reducing the number of participants has allowed the developers to produce a constant frame rate and to increase the difficulty level by improving the artificial intelligence of their opponents. Individual characters - differing in statistics - were divided into teams, advertising sponsors such as Mountain Dew or JetSki. You can play Jet Rider 2 either alone or with a friend in split-screen mode.
It is worth mentioning that the version of the game released in the United States as part of the Greatest Hits series is quite significantly different from the other releases. As a result of a mistake, the CD didn't include the standard edition of Jet Moto 2, but a modified version entitled Jet Moto 2: Championship Edition. In this version, the number of participants in the race has been reduced to four, which has further improved the smoothness of the gameplay. In addition, players have access to all tracks from the first part of the series from the very beginning of the game, while in the original version they had to be unlocked.
Platforms:
PlayStation 4 February 20, 2024
PlayStation 1 October 31, 1997
PlayStation 5 February 20, 2024
Developer: SingleTrac
Publisher: Sony Interactive Entertainment
Age restrictions: none
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