Half the wheels twice the thrills, right? Anyone who's been watching the merry go round of this year's MotoGP season will tell you as much, and it's not just been about the errant seagulls being nutted to death or the feuds at the head of the field that have descended into Road Rash madness. Compared to the relative anonymity of the automobile, there's something more raw and more human about seeing someone contorting themselves and the laws of physics in the pursuit of speed. Bikes, quite simply, are fun.
Funny, then, that they haven't made for the best bedfellows with video games, and for years it's been Milestone and Milestone alone that have pursued the discipline, with the likes of the enjoyable Ride and the officially licensed MotoGP series providing adequate results. The surprise announcement of DriveClub Bikes (well, actually, shouldn't that be RideClub now) is the most high profile take on two wheels in some time. This expansion for Evolution's PlayStation 4 exclusive racer works, and it does a little more besides too.
DriveClub Bikes functions as either a standalone or an expansion, and is slim or generous depending on which angle you're coming at it from. As an expansion, you're getting 12 bikes picked from a slim pool - there's a firm emphasis on sports bikes, with plenty of panache but not much in the way of variety in the selection - and an all-new tour that folds in DriveClub's existing locations. If you're coming completely fresh to this as a standalone, you're getting a broad and persuasive look at how Evolution's once troubled racer has blossomed into something fairly special.
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