Holy crap they just posted it on live right now

downloading as we speak!

I can't wait to try this game out. I'll be downloading this as soon as I get off work.

Impressions are appreciated guys

Downloading now ill post impressions afterwards.

wow almost 900MB demo. Getting now.

They need to add a feature to Xbox.com where we can remotely turn on our 360 and queue up some downloads...

That way when I get home tonight it will be waiting for me instead of me wasting hours sitting around waiting for it to download.

Wow it reminds me of the old motogps at the menu it has like the background video and I haven't raced yet I just paused it and the graphics are like whoooa for the racers.

Edit: IS it just me or is this the same exact level as moto gp 2 demo?

youre playing it alreaady??

i found this as soon as they posted it (cuz i was downloading other stuff)
and ive been downlading it since then... only 41% done so far...

Yea im playing it right now I actually seen your post and got on and downloaded it went real fast every 1 or 2 seconds it went up 1 or 2%

im not too keen on the framerate & it seems like it has some tearing too, i hope they fix this for the final game

it shows up most in the replays

with xbox everwhere you will be able to do that, well mr gates said that so it will be awsome

What they really need to come up with is a download queue. You could choose 5 files you want to download, tell your 360 to download them all and turn off once they are all done. I hate when I see 3 things I want and have to download them individually.

cant wait for the full game to come out. demos real good.

so finally it got to 99% and my internet connection died >_<

anyway, finished downloading a bit a go, and played it
its pretty tough, Ive never been good at MotoGP. The race track map looks kind of plain. The road has a blurry texture, and whole map feels rather flat. The Tokyo track however, looks really nice. Lots of little details and stuff.

Definately some framerate issues, but not too major.

900mb, that will take like half my life to get with as slow as live is now....

im glad someone else noticed them because i was starting to think its was my 360

sad thing is i know its not my connection, cause i ca download some off my computer 4GB in size probably twice before id get a fucking E3 trailer

shit i havent even gotten a %1 increase on my lostplanet demo in the past 10minutes

wait scratch that it jumped %3

Is this next gen? Wow, those grapx blows!! Too bad, the racing is very cool itself, "feels" like driving the bike urself. Bot no, wont spending money on sucj crap. Is this supposed 2 come out this month? It makes me sad, really

this game sux ass. i mean is the same crap on Xbox!!! doesn't look nextgen at all

heh, you guys got me reallllly excited to play this!
guess ill have to judge for myself.

Yes.. this game has potential. But not for the "Buy-it play-it" gamer who just gets rid of it after a week. The skill requird to play this game is steep.

You must be kidding? I think you need a HDTV, cuz those graphics look good to me.


Lol... How can you compare it to motogp3. I mean, play wise itss the same game. What else did you expect? The game does look great tho, compared to the prevoius. I'll say it again, HDTV!

yeah, the screen tearing is kinda annoying on anygame... wasnt too impressed.

Ok i'm in heven Between this and Test Drive, I think I got all the racing I need(big racing buff, if you didn't notice ). I'm not sure why ppl say this game looks like crap. Watch a replay with the shaker cam...if I didn't know better, I would say I'm chasing my friend on the BQE Also this game is hard, nothing you will pick up and just play if you didn't paly the previous one.

PS- I meant MotoGp2, not 3 earlier... Also, how come everyone says XBL is slow.. I pulled Motogp in like 20 mins(I do have 10mbits down tho)

I didnt expect much from this game and by jeebus I wasnt even pessimistic enough.

I love superbikes and this game is a joke. More like Podracer 06. The "engine" sound was the first amusement, its been a few years since I've heard such pathetic engine sounds, and this for an excess of 2 million dollars superbike makes it even more pathetic.

Second was the fact that the triggers arent gas and break by default, so its on/off arcade racing from the get-go.

Third was the way the "bike" acts like its anchored to a rigid hexagon rail in tokyo, absolutely NO dampening from suspension or otherwise, it just jerks rigidly up and down on the lowpoly track in elevation changes.

Fourth was the pathetic loading time-to-appearance ratio. Looks more like a PS2 game and loads twice or thrice as long as PGR3 which absolutely annihilates this game in graphics.

My god what a game. You are allowed to like it but I'll be damned if I play this crap.

I think the graphics are great, but i'm sooooooooooo terrible at this game, I doubt that I'll spend money on purchasing, maybe rental, not sure yet.

i do have HDTV.

this game is only using high resolution, with few tweaks here and there and updated season, i'm sure if the Xbox version was backward compatible this game would be worthless.

gameplay i do like, but not gonna spend my pounds on this crap.

..downloading as we speak.

Just hearing you guys is so funny.
2 months ago or more when the pictures were out.. everyone was like OMFG.
Now... its crap.

I love how hyped people get .. then to hear this.

I'm still D/Ling despite the negative reviews. Haven't been a fan of motoracers in the past...
I just want to see the eye candy (if there is any)

Is there anyone who loves the demo AND is going to buy it?

are you sure you guys have good TV's. I mean I have an HDTV and I see zero tearing in any game or demo I've played.

65 inch mitsu. only 2 games ive noticed tearing on were both demos, blazing angels and moto gp

had tearing on a PC monitor, as the camera was panning over the starting line just before the race started, and during replay.

MotoGP Demo was quite the boring experience. maybe for $9.99 I might get some enjoyment out of it.

just finished DLing and about to play, if its anything like the other motoGP's its going to be great

for the gripes about the controls, you really have to play the other ones to full appreciate them

I always used up on the right joystick for accelleration, down for both brakes, and left trigger for rear break and right trigger for front break. Click down on left joystick for down shift and click on the right for upshift. It will grow on you

Ill give my impressions in a second

Last I check bikes have two breaks (front and back). Not to mention they need to be proportional. Try pushing the x and y at the same time, especially when you want 75% front and 50% rear.

PS- I have seen zero tearing.. Hate or love it. But if you're a racing fan(especialy bikes), you should love it.

Yea that first track is mugello its been on every demo of the game since the original

Right from the start the graphics look at least 10x from motogp3 and seeing as how it is coming out less than a year after motogp3 i am greatly impressed. I experienced some tearing but im sure they will smooth it out by release. The bike sounds are good still not perfect but it is unimportant to me.

This is a definate purchase for me but i own all of them so they may or not say very much

Ehm, I have hdtv, thats why I'm so dissapointed...

strange that this game is getting a hard time. im no fan boy of most games but this looks absolutely stunning my 40 Samsung LCD (VGA connection).

the gameplay is perfect too. a perfect combination of difficulty/learning curve/dirveability. I mean this game is seriosuly good and it's a 1 track demo.

i suspect, with respect, that the people who dislike it are the same as the ones i saw crashing on every single corner last night. persevere

its taken me just under 2 hours on a 512kbs down / 256kbs up connection just to give some time indecation to people who are wondering how long its gonna take to DL

Anyone that thinks this game looks like crap, need to do this. Do the 1000 race, and use the offset camera view. Then just stop in the sun, and start doing donuts. Also notice the detail on the rear tire when you're stopped. If you can't see the improvements compared to the previous game(on a decent HDTV), then you need you eyes checked. The detail is no comparison to Motogp2(and that used to support 720p if I remember correctly)

Well, i also downloaded the motoGP demo and i have to say i'm not as impressed as i hoped i would be.
The gfx are allright, but not as slick as i thought they would be. And before you'll all start yelling i should get a better tv, i'm the proud owner of a philips 37pf9830 (37" lcdtv with 1920x1080 native res. and full 1080p support)
I'm not saying they gfx are BAD, but they're definetly not as impressive as pgr3, or fight night 3 for example. Although i have not seen any tearing btw.
The gameplay is allright, as it's basically the same as all other motoGP games.
What really pissed me off was the sound. When i first heard the sound i had to hold myself back not to turn the xbox off immediatly.
So i finished a few laps and then turned it off because the sound was just too horrible.
I've been a motoGP fan for as long as i can remember and i visit the dutch TT in assen for around 13 years now (i'm 23 years old), and this game sounded nothing at all like the real thing.

Overall impression:
Graphics: 7
Gameplay: 7
Sound: CRAP

PS. They should have called it motoGP '05 since there's nothing about this game that says 2006. Would have been better if they made some new skins for the bikes and riders so it would match up to this years motoGP season.

I got a hold of this last night...

As a previous owner of MotoGP 1, 2 and 3 I can say this game does those justice...

the graphics overall are a big improvement over the previous titles. they may not stack up against other currently available 360 titles but they are a clear improvement over the Xbox 1 counterparts.

The bike and rider graphics are fantastic. The scenery graphics, particularly the textures still have a lot to be desired. I also found the animation to be HORRID. watching the replay and playing close attention to the bike's and the rider's movements, when they lean, shift their position, crash etc... all of it seems very blocky and unnatural. if you lean at just the right angle the guys arm will wig out and "twitch" at an in human speed between tucked in and stuck out.

I thought the graphics on the Xbox 1 titles were pretty impressive for their time, and this IS an improvement in terms of the bike and rider... but as I said the Animation need A LOT of work as do the track textures. I'd even go as far as to say the animations are WORSE then the older titles.

Normally I wouldn't rag on the graphics for an unreleased title this much but the game is due out this month, we should be seeing something better then this. I really truly hope this is a demo that's been sitting on a shelf somewhere for months, because if this is a near complete build it's pretty sad. Especially considering this is turning out to be a seasonal game, the gameplay is exactly the same as previous titles, so unless they're adding some whiz-bang new XBL features (MGP3 was pretty feature filled, they'd be hard pressed to top it) or a whole bunch of new tracks... all we're getting is a roster update and a graphics update... with that into consideration and the fact that this is an exclusive title we should be some of the best 360 graphics to date here... They're not the worst graphics I've seen on this console, but they're no where near the best either.

yawn yawn YAWWWWNNNNN


yet A N O T H E R rehash of a PC/Xbox Title......

And now that all the good damn titles have been pushed to November.... i do believe my 360 is getting sold.
i didnt buy this thing to pay MORE money for games that i already can play on my PC or xbox..

its not even an impressive looking game.
gameplay ? sure its ok.. but yet again... yawn.. rehash... been there done that...

the last Moto game i played that really wow'd me and mademe play it all the way thru was EA's Superbike 2000.

when this game releases it better look like the trailers of gameplay ive seen where you can see the guy clutching and shifting gears. ill give thq the benifit of the doubt that the real game will look better. the screenshots ive seen for this game are much much better than the demo. but it is a demo so well have to wait and see

I won't even dignify another frame tearing piece of crap with even a download.

well may be a game I won't get since i suck pretty bad lol. But people have no concept of what it is to pass. If people plan on playing bumper cars with bikes then scratch this game off my list.

lol, what the crap are you talking about?
The reason for this is so you can have control over the front brake and rear brake, which is essential for steering a bike around corners. Theres no real other way to map out the controls otherwise. This has always been the way MotoGP has been set up.

the winshield view is wicked, i bet not one person can make an entire lap at a normal racing speed and not wipe out in this view

Havent downloaded the game, but having a motorcycle myself, its cool to hear that it has both front and rear brake triggers!

it would be silly to only have one, because you control both brakes independantly on a bike so you dont crash and die!

It's nice to have front and rear brakes controlled independantly, even tho most motoGP riders actually don't use the rear brake at all.
I remember john hopkins saying it should be painted red and marked "for emergency use only".
But since the demo features nicky hayden it's a good thing to have the rear brake because if anybody is a hero on the rear brake it's nicky hayden. (or gary McCoy in his better days)

/me runs back to the TV since the Chinese motoGP is about to start. GOOOOO VALE !!

Just saw it. Downloading now. Really, reallyyyyy slow. Cant wait to try it

Its pretty good but There are only 2 Tracks. I love the demo, if I have enough money after Hitman Ill buy it.