RIDE 3

RIDE 3 is for riders who want track racing, lap times, and a garage full of motorcycles rather than open-road fantasy. By our assessment, its strongest point is the sheer focus on motorcycle handling and the long practice of shaving seconds off a circuit. The downside is equally clear: this is a sim-minded racing game, so it asks for patience and a taste for repetition before it gives much back. In use it has the feel of tuning, learning, and trying again, which is satisfying if the craft of racing is the draw. Against arcade bike games it leans much more toward precision, and that keeps it narrower but also more specific. The 3 in the title is just part of the name, not a score.