''Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- VTR'' (short: ''Castrol HONDA VTR'') is a licensed

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, co-developed by Interactive Entertainment Ltd and Bubble Boy Ltd and released in Europe and Japan for

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. The game features the Honda VTR1000 SP-1 and the riders

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and

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of the

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Gameplay

The player controls a motorcyclist (default names are A.Slight and C.Edwards) in races on various international race tracks. Game modes are "Single Race" (practice a single course), "Championship" (race the whole season), "2 Player Race" (splitscreen against human player on a single course) and "2 Player Championship" (splitscreen against human player of the whole season). The field consists of 24 riders including human participants, however, because of the limitations of PlayStation hardware, a maximum of seven AI riders are viewed simultaneously. Game options include "Difficulty" (Novice, Amateur, Professional), "Length of race" (3, 5, 10 laps or "full race" of 100 km). Under "Skill Tests" (Amateur, Professional), steering assistance, braking assistance and damage can be activated. In the bike setup, gearbox (automatic or manual), gear ratios and tyres can be modified. The game features some graphical special effects like sun lens flares, earth trails when driving on grass and metallic glare effects on the bikes in replay mode.

Sequels and Spin-offs

There are four games in the ''Castrol HONDA Superbike'' series of which each one was produced by Interactive Entertainment Ltd: * '' Castrol HONDA SuperBike World Champions'' (1998 for PC) * '' Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- Superbike Racing'' (1999 for

) * '' Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- Superbike 2000'' (1999 for PC) * ''Castrol HONDA -World Superbike Team- VTR'' (2001 for PlayStation)

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* 2001 video games Interactive Entertainment games Midas Interactive Entertainment games Motorcycle video games Multiplayer and single-player video games PlayStation (console) games PlayStation (console)-only games Racing video games Superbike World Championship Video games developed in the United Kingdom {{motorcycle-racing-videogame-stub