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Tourist Trophy Interview

Tuesday, April 18th, 2006

Bytesector.com have posted an interview with the producers of Tourist Trophy, Taku Imasaki and Maya Rogers. Quite a lot of what is discussed will be old news to anyone who already owns the game, but there are a few interesting titbits regarding a possible sequel and even a new bike-specific controller for the game.

On the […]

European Release Date Confirmed

Friday, April 14th, 2006

Amazingly it hasn’t even been pushed back! Tourist Trophy will be in the shops in Europe in a month and half, on the 26th of May. Read on for the full press release.

Tourist Trophy – the Real Riding Simulator – Experience the true essence of motorcycle racing – 180 licensed sports bike models, 35 […]

Four excellent new TT videos

Tuesday, April 11th, 2006

RC45 recorded some great Tourist Trophy videos which he’s kindly shared on our forums. If you’d like to download them (and you should) then we have a mirror online with the full 150ish mb of footage.

More updates

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Gamespy have posted their Tourist Trophy review, awarding it 8.5/10.

“Tourist Trophy is a great first-attempt at motorcycle racing from Polyphony. The actual driving mechanic is fantastic, and the way that the game manages to instill the sense of speed, weight, stability and so forth from a bike is phenomenal. The single-player component isn’t set up […]

TT Reviews, Round Two

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

A few more reviews for your consumption:

Gamespot (8.2/10)

Tourist Trophy feels very familiar, but at the same time it doesn’t just feel like motorcycles were forced into a Gran Turismo game. The motorcycles all look and handle great, and there are plenty of events, challenges, and courses to keep you coming back for more. If you’re […]

TT - Your thoughts?

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

As many of you will be getting your hands on TT in the next couple of days, it’d be good to hear some feedback on the game from someone other than the bog-standard wet-behind-the-ears never-sat-on-a-real-bike gaming journo.

You can post your comments on our Tourist Trophy forum and if you register you’ll be able to upload […]

Tourist Trophy Reviews

Monday, April 3rd, 2006

The site’s been a little quiet lately, but with TT’s release in the US just a day away things should pick up a bit. In the meantime, here are a few reviews to keep you ticking over:

Gaming Horizon Review (8.2/10)
1up Review (8.0/10)
The Toronto Star

Apparently the UK magazine ‘Edge’ has also reviewed Tourist Trophy this month, […]

Tourist Trophy confirmed for European release

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Sony have at last confirmed Tourist Trophy’s European release. The game will be out in shops ‘this May’ for PS2. The press release:

“Compare different bikes and manufacturers including 34 different models from Honda from the CBR1100XX to the CB1300 SUPER BOL D’OR RacingModify; 30 from Yamaha spanning 25 years from the 1980 RZ250 to the […]

New IGN Preview & Vids

Tuesday, February 14th, 2006

IGN have posted another Tourist Trophy preview complete with 8 new videos showing in-game, menu and replay footage.

Unlike previous videos, it looks as though whoever’s playing has actually been playing for more than 10 minutes and as a result the game’s looking better.

Tourist Trophy’s release date now stands at April the 4th in the US […]

TT Updates

Monday, January 30th, 2006

As Tourist Trophy’s Asian release nears, quite a few people have received their pre-ordered copies of the game. Here are a few links to some of the updates that have been been posted so far:

Tourist Trophy box, DVD and manual images
TT Photomode images
TT Prize list

Additionally, the official Tourist Trophy site has been updated with some […]