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developed and published by

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. The game was released on March 27, 2015, in Europe, and on October 6, 2015 in North America for

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, and

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Development

On September 15, 2014,

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announced the development of ''Ride'', a

. The studio had previously developed racing games within the licensed series ''

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'', ''

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'', '' SBK'' and ''

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''.

Reception

Many reviewers described the game as "''

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'' with bikes." It was also noted as being more accessible to newcomers than other bike games. One complaint was the long loading times. The game reached number 10 in the UK PS3 sales charts, and number 13 in the PS4 charts.

Sequels

''Ride 2'' was released for PC on October 7, 2016, and for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on February 14, 2017. It features around 200 bikes from 15 different categories (as opposed to the 4 categories in the original game) with additional bike customization options. Tracks include Macau and Ulster. ''Ride 3'' was released on November 30, 2018 for Xbox One, PS4 and Microsoft Windows. The game features 230 bikes, from 1966 to current-day. The track list was expanded to 30, including Garda Lake, Imatra, and Tenerife. ''Ride 4'' was announced on December 4, 2019 on the official Ride page on Facebook and was released on October 8, 2020 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One, for

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and

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on January 21, 2021, and for

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on April 8, 2021, with features dynamic weather, time of day, endurance racing and pitstops. In September 2021, a gameplay video went viral, with the wet-weather graphics looking so good that people confused it with real life. The video amassed more than 3 million views in just over a week. It was nominated for "Best Italian Game" at the Italian Video Game Awards.

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