MX vs ATV Untamed preview PS3

Get off road this spring with MX vs ATV Untamed, as the racing series goes next-gen. We've been hands on with the game this month, and it's a great ride through an open world of dirt tracks, mud, water hazards, mud, hills and more mud. There is a host of vehicles, both two and four wheels, and you'll need to master them all to come in top of the heap. With plenty of new features, some challenging new modes and a promising online multiplayer, MX vs ATV Untamed looks like a dirt-racing treat not to be missed.

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MX vs ATV Untamed preview PS3

If there's one thing Rainbow Studios know well, it's how to make a good off-road game. Beginning their developing careers with the brilliant Motocross Madness, the team have gone on to produce MX after ATV game after MX vs ATV game for the past few years. Now, with the latest game, MX vs ATV Untamed, the team are looking to kick things up a notch, as the series makes its next gen debut. And while it may seem the PS3's off-road market has been firmly wrapped up by the seminal Motorstorm, MX vs ATV Untamed does enough to distance itself from the pack, and is an impressive package on its own.

Like Motorstorm, each race will pit a mix of vehicles against each other on the track, joshing it out for position as they career over hills, valleys, streams, mud pits and more in each of the well-designed courses. Thanks to a nifty physics engine, the game also manages to get the balance between realism and arcade-style handling just about right. This means that while it's possible to pull off all sorts of fancy jumps and mid-air spins, you'll also have to worry about gravity pulling you back down to earth a bit too soon, though the game is nothing if not forgiving.