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The same goes for negotiating the rhythm sections, where the suspension preload control comes into play.

Swinging to the inside is good for cutting off leaders, but you can lose some speed if you turn too sharp, so there's a balance to be found in your cornering strategy. The tracks are usually pretty wide, enough for three or four riders abreast most of the time, so you can pick a lot of different lines, and use positioning to your advantage some of the time. This makes negotiating the bumps and turns a lot more interesting than it has been in PlayStation motocross games, because you have to pay a lot more attention to maintaining your speed, choosing a line, and picking the right rhythm through the jumps.

ATV's tracks are rendered in considerable detail, both visually and as collision detection is concerned - there's a lot of smooth, realistic nuance to how your vehicle interacts with the ground. The control, physics, and some very thoughtful track design combine to create a surprisingly deep racing game. The standard motocross controls are there - analog steering, basic acceleration and braking - but they're joined by some extra arcade-ish touches, which are in turn balanced by a very detailed physics model. A thinking man's motocross game - who would have thought? Gameplay For a simulation of such a loud, brash, over-the-top sport (or at any rate, that's how Sony's deciding to market it in this context), Offroad Fury has a relaxed feel and a pretty subtly-designed control scheme. Someone has finally developed a strong physics model for a game like this that also happens to be fun to play, and they've put effort into the kind of track design that makes you learn how to ride properly, rather than just blazing through the courses in an arcade-spawned hammer-down frenzy. The apple hasn't fallen very far from the tree, which is a lucky thing for us, because like MCM Offroad Fury is in fact quite good. ATV Offroad Fury, in any event, descends from an entirely different pedigree - it was created by Rainbow Studios, developers of Motocross Madness for the PC. We will at this juncture quietly pass over the minor, but unpleasant legacy of such games as Quad Power Racing. Luckily, since this is actually an ATV game, I can handily put aside the quandary over how a motocross game can be good.