RIDE 5 - Full Review 

My favourite addition to this game is a minute but super cool one in my opinion. Watching a race replay, under heavy braking.. Your front tyre deforms under the forces acted upon it. Super cool

I’m not creative at all but I look forward to seeing the designs people create.

Great video, Ride4 is my fav bike game so I’ve been waiting for this! I hope you’ll do Day 1 patch video because those are often interesting.

awesome Matt, glad you got the copy to review, you defo deserve it, great review as always!!!👍🏻

Had 100 hours in Ride 4 in the last 2 months. What an amazing game. Absolutely loved it. Can't wait to play Ride 5.

Very excited for this game...I'm dying to try the bimota tesi...2 more days...if it feels like a moto2, then I will love it! I love how the moto 2 feel in MotoGP 23! Cheers doc! Can't wait to see Moore!

I cannot wait to grind on ride 5. Although, from the review I did not like how the r1shifts up when you were comparing between the AI characteristics.. Let's see for now. Great review and video as always. Mayhem and carnage awaits for the Dr. Ace championship on ride 5

The R1 sounds wild🔥 Love it

I cannot stop playing this game , def worth the pre order ! I do miss the tuck though

Great review! Thank you! I was not gonna buy RIDE 5 but now curious, after you mentioned contact with AI won't cause a crash so easily & i do like contact 👍

Great review! short and to the point while still covering everything!

Hi DrAce great review!! one question, is there any qualifying session before race in multiplayer?

Never played ride 4 so this will be my first ride game. What caught my attention was the split screen. I want to master it and make fun of my uncle crashing in the first corner while the AI and Me zoom past him lol

Good review. Loving your enthusiasm for Race Creator. One question whats the minimum amount of laps you can have in a championship and is it changeable per track?

I am eating GOOD this month. RIDE 5, Armored Core 6, Baldurs gate 3 like damn

Great review! One question: Have they expanded on the controller settings like all the games that came after Ride4? I know Ride4 didn't have the ability to tune trigger and stick sensitivities/curves/deadzones and it is one of the biggest QoL features that is a necessity in these games imo.

Thanks for the review DrAce! I didn't find you mention the bike upgrading at all? Is it not in the game? Can we upgrade bikes with parts in Ride5 like we could in Ride4? Thanks!

Do slick tyres leave little black lines when accelerating out of corners? That’s one thing I noticed following other bikes on track days, but never seen it added to RIDE, it would be a subtle but immersive feature. The only time I’ve seen skid marks is when doing donuts, but a clean track which eventually has black lines out of corners through the race would be nice

Thanks for the review Ace, but I have a question ... is there a controller calibration option for linearity etc like in moto gp 23 ? I couldn't find it. I'm on PS5.. Thanks in advance :)

I was not going to get this one but after getting Ride 4, I was playing with the Zx14r and decided i missed my old 2006, and bought a 2021. Now after seeing the bike list Ride 5 has the exact color scheme as the bike i have. So i guess I am going to pick it up now lol.

Best Review i watched so far👌. What can you tell about the Engine-Sound, is it an Improvement ? Everything else looks awesome👌

Played Ride 4 a lot and liked it, i think Ride 5 is a must have for me... but i will miss Phllip Island... :(

I could never get the physics down to be good at ride 4. I'm wondering if the breaking mechanics feel better? Sense of speed does look better here. In 4 I felt like I was over slowing to make apexes.

Cant wait to play myself. I hoped for Most beeing added and maybe some european suit brands like Damen or PSI. But other then that it Sees a worthy entry to the franchise

Ok that custom championship mode is what I've been waiting for for a long time. I think that might have just sold me on the game

Consistent as always thanks!

Just upgraded from Ride 4 only to find out my favorite two bikes are gone 😢 the cbr300 and the R3....i loved those little bikes. The new physics though, much better...

Great review, 👍 and looking forward to the game release. 🙂

Ok, this game is definitely going to be a permanent install on the ps5 (at least until ride 6 comes out). I’ve been loving the gameplay and I even enjoy how seriously the writing and voice over takes itself, which is pretty funny/cringe, but somehow works for me. Unfortunately, I ran into a pretty frustrating glitch in career mode at the first endurance race at Sugo. For some reason, the AI who pit at the end of the race (and it’s specifically those AI) jump places from the back of the pack to the front when they exit the pit, which sucks when I’m at the end of a 20 min race with a clear lead, only to end up in 6th or 7th, half a lap behind, with only two and a half minutes left to gain 30+ sec on AI who watched one too many Mario Kart speedruns and discovered a way skip an entire lap (I’m sure the Dr. could still beat them, but I’m nowhere near that good yet, even with the difficulty at the lowest setting 😂). Other than that, this game has been a blast!

I wonder why Milestone couldn't just port the circuits from their other games. Kinda odd that Philip Island is missing from the game too despite they're included in the previous game and the MotoGP games.

My first bike was a '19 ZX14R. Got it last July. Truck pulled out in front of me at an intersection while I was going about 40mph. Broke my left femur and right Tibia and Fibia. Bike is long gone. I just play Ride now. Definitely picking up #5

So u can change the riding style of the rider, can you change the size of him as well? overall it seems like it still have not really caught up to TouristTrophy for ps2 :)

I came into MotoGP/Ride series late, and never understood some things. Can someone or DrAce, tell me what's the difference between manual and auto tuck in and joint or split brakes? besides preference?

The bikes all around me like a pack of wolfs dropping me and riding on not another bike down, does p me off and stops me playing so glad thats fixed, there are a lot of disabled players out there (I am one of them) and we can't do seperate brakes we do not have the finesse so joint brakes for us really helps and lets us have a game (there is a MotoGP were the joint brakes were removed, I couldn't play it waste of money), think of it like bowling we like to throw the ball if we hit a pin great, Game looks good mate looking forward to more vids on it, Well Done !!

Does cross play work between ps5 and Xbox? I’m close to pulling the trigger but want to know this works first, want to put some laps in with mates on Xbox

I platinumed almost every game and in RIDE 4 I found it quite annoying that the races from the beginning to the middle of the game were 5 laps. Race length reduced to 3 laps in the RIDE 5? Is there any option to reduce?

Great review. Are there 4 riding styles now? I bought R4 im the sales with all the DLC. I must say its an amazing game! A nice change of pace from the Moto GP series.

when riding alone i dont notice tire scrubbing. but its so noticeable with other AI. they need to put in tires scrubbing when riders accelerate. otherwise it looks strange floating bikes

Dear Dr Ace, Is pre order cheaper than "normal version"? In other words: Will the game cost a bit less if I wait to 24th of August?

the upshifts on the r1 can be improved, ride 4 did a good job in the upshifts

Great review. Like your honesty

Awesome review. Nice and detailed. Definitely gonna buy it. :D

Hi, I don't know if you will be able to answer this but one of the most irritating things in ride 4 for me is when in first person view with some bikes the hands of the character are off the clip ons and in my opinion is just very off putting whilst playing the game. I know this is a small detail but I thought that these sort of errors would be a thing of the past, its 2020's people not 1990s! Have you noticed that issue with ride 5? I'd like to get the game but I'm also thinking of Motogp 23 too and trying to decide which one to get.

cant wait for this game to officially release, thanks for the review DrAce

Thank you for the review 👍

i wish they had like a track day mode like in assetto corsa

No P.I.? That's sacriledge. I lodge a formal protest.

Nice review....as an avid rider, this game looks phenomenal

As a Ride 4 player I must say, its not bad at all. The sound can be bit more robust. I will give this game an honest chance.

Good review but I think I'm going to hold off buying this on release day. It's a small issue I have with ride 5 but I hate 'pop in', it's always put me off games so hopefully it'll get patched but I will wait until then.

Thanks a lot, it's look great, is it possible to see the Nordschlief please !

I loved ride 4…my big worry regarding ride 5 though is the new content, is there a decent amount of new tracks and bikes? I beleive ride 4 has the best track list of any game but, new tracks would be nice. Is it worth the £70 price tag when ride 4 is so good?

How is it that your bike control is so impeccable? On a real motorcycle you look way far ahead of a corner and That's how you know where your corner entry is going to be. But that doesn't seem possible with a video game. Are you supposed to just memorize track layouts or is there some other way of reading corners? Also I'm having a really hard time maintaining a consistent line on both straights and corners without overcorrecting. What's your secret?

Is there a way to transfer stickers from Ride 3? I made a pretty legit monster energy logo and would like to use it in Ride 5.

Would you recommend Ride 4 or Ride 5? Keep in mind that I have never touched this series before; I just thought it was neat looking and am considering buying it lol.

Thanks for the review, game looks very very nice.

Thanks for the review mate 👍

So how is the difficulty...is it still as hard and unforgiving as Ride4 or is it more accessible this time around...

Love the content!

As mentioned on another clip lot of offroad enduro riding without consequences.

Congrats on the Early Access Key :) I am unsure of this one. It is already the 5th Ride game and while it seems to get better, it is only that much, that is just feels like an full Price Update of the previous Games. Game looks fine. I am more interested in how it feels. But also: The Maps do a lot look like they have been modded in from other, older Games. Just the Vibe. Looks like a Racing game from 10 Years ago with better Lighting and Textures. 10 Years ago i would def. be more interested in Costomisation of the Rider. But not anymore. But i guess thats good, because a lot of poeple want that. Also it does not hurt to have that. I i would use it in the end i guess. I am happy that there are still some Open Road Tracks, because that what i am interested in. I am not interested in GP or Races like that. I am more interested in the Bikes and the riding, rather than racing them against others. And i like Sounds. I played Ride 1 when it came out, but i wasn't a huge fan. I mean. There was not that much in regards to realism feeling. Then i tried Ride 3. Better. But still not what i was looking for. TT3 gave me something special. I was hoping for Ride 5 now. But tbh. In the core it just looks like a Ride 4 to me. I will have to look for myself in the end, but i do not know. I do not know what i wanted to expect from the Game. The Trailers somekind made me think they want to sell it as some kind of a "reboot" of the Series. Maybe just because it is popular now. I guess on the long run, Ride as a Series will die out like F Horizon did. Does. Not in Data for sold games, but in longterm demand. They made themselves some drug addicts that only play when there is new stuff to buy or just new stuff. All i always read is just "content content content". Hell. Drive. But it became Call of Duty and Fifa :( Sorry for the rant. I am not interested in Forza Horizon with Bikes. I want (modded) Assetto Corsa, but with Bikes. (Jes jes, we HAVE Bikes in AC. But you know. Something that is not a janky Mod (in this case. But it is still great with Soundmod, too.) So now i used your Video as a rant. I am sorry for that. Cheers!

Graphics look brilliant and the bikes but i seriously doubt the feeling is better than TT3

It’s hard to tell the aggressiveness when you’re ahead of the pack. Next time you film something like that it would help to be in the action where racers actually would need to fight for position in the middle of the pack

A great review, mate 👍 I have tried R5. I am nowhere as good as you, but I try. Is the cross platform for all 3 platforms?

This series was made for Those who never got to enjoy Tourist Trophy on Ps2

I did not notice much changes from Ride 4 I would buy new Ride game if it's like Forza Horizen which is open world highways speed traps and overtaking cars. that kind of Bike games I would like. and I hope the physics are not like The Crew 2

Hi, great job man. Have to ask you something: did you noticed that in Ride 4 if you to from zero to full throttle bike tips backwards (like in reality) while in Ride 5 bike starts running gradually and stays on the ground (more arcade than real, like Moto GP 22/23) ?? I tried disabling throttling aids but it nothing changed about that, can't believe they did it .... also in ride 5 I can do wheelies for kilometres just putting back the lever, bike magically stops in the right position...in ride 4 wheelies required an hard balance between throttle and lever

Wish they added more new tracks and the option to change ai names so we can actually setup a bsb championship

Sooo instead of giving us a proper DIVERSE bike roster (like in Ride 3), they gave us basically Ride 4's roster... Lame. I'll maybe get the full version on a massive discount

What’s ur suspension etc setup? The cornering in ride 5 reminds me of motogp an is a bit hard.

Wtf Phillip island is a favorite 😢

Milestone is the most environment-conscious company in the world, with all the recycling they did.

Your videos are the one thing that draws me away from gt7!

Looks like they made a few decent changes from Ride 4 but I was really hoping for at least a slight graphical upgrade after all of Milestone’s “Next Gen optimization” hype. If you watch some of the Ride4/5 side by side comparisons, it looks like Ride 4 was graphically superior in nearly every way. As usual, all Milestone did was play around with the color/lighting filters so people would think they actually made some graphical upgrades. There’s simply no way to justify such lackluster track surface and trackside detail in 2023. The race editor options do sound fun though so I may still pick up 5 if I catch a sale. My days of paying triple AAA prices for Milestone’s predominantly cut and paste sequels are definitely over though.

Initial impression was kinda bad, but it's starting to grow on me. The bike selection is still weak. Sumos at the very least should be included and maybe something different like baggers. Bagger racing is a thing nowadays.

Dang supermotos gone.. I don't know about that one... Not even a honda grom

realistic under breaking and cornering too, but otherwise the bikes are glued to the track, they don't spin even without traction control, and I'm worried Milestone will make the driving even easier because gamers are going to cry and complain that it's too hard, and that the bike understeers..... like they've always done

Did ride5 In the future have macau track"?

Can someone help me please why cant I keep me wheel warm no some tracks

I played Ride 4 for 200hours and love it…now I’m playing Ride 5 and,hmm…I don’t feel bikes as good as it was in Ride4. Pleyed on extreme difficutlty, now I can’t win on 80%. Collision system is some misunderstanding. I know that little cnotact is possible but, those bikes hit each other all the time with extreme speed. Unfortunately is like in arcade game. I hope they fix it.

Thanks for the review! As far as I can tell, they seem to create this game too easy on the physics. (No, rubber-banding, cheating AI does not equal "hard" it equals "annoying". ) what would I prefer? If you switch every help&electronics off, and you give too much power too soon in a corner, you should crash. If you go to the grass while leaning just a tiny bit and travelling 100+ MPH, you should crash. If you put full throttle on a known "wheelie machine" bike like an MT09 on its first 3 gears or so, it should wheelie the hell out. And I could continue forever. Bike games are too forgiving. And they make most under-130BHP bikes plain dead and boring. Take an MT07 for example. IRL it's one of the most liked fun-bikes on the market, most testers admire how easy it is to wheelie it, how fast it feels despite its less-powerful engine, etc.. In Ride4 it was a dull, slow, boring bike. And anything on 2 wheels with at least about 90BHP should be far, far, FAR from being boring. That's the feeling no bike games I tried were able to capture. I repeat: when you play with all helps and electronics off. I wanna FEEL they are monsters (as they are). 130+ BHP is no joke, never was. If you're not gentle enough with the throttle on a 1000 in a corner, you die. If you slam the front brake too hard too fast, you die. If you don't trail brake correctly into a corner, as you add more lean angle, the front wheel should lose traction. Or if you pull in the brake hard mid-corner. In ride4, most 130BHP bikes are almost impossible to crash with most of the above mentioned things, and you need to really provoke them to wheelie. Even the known wheelie kings, which are known that they are hard to keep their front wheels DOWN... I guess none of the above work like they should in this game, they just polished some of ride4's phisics and that's it - but Ace, please, please prove me wrong! ;) Is riding a 1000cc bike from around 2000 hard in this game? (Every help switched off, as they did not have any fancy stuff back then... Not even ABS) It should be, but I feel it is not, and that's a shame.

Game si nice, but no advanced curves for analogue axis and no yamaha r3 any more? :( Edit: got myself a better controller, Gamesir t4k Kaleid and it's a life changer!!

❓Do you have to online to play? Like new motogp games?

Why do I never see anyone ever mention the disparity between the bikes in game and their real world counterparts? In some cases the differences are so big it's upsetting. Example, the 2008 zx10r in game sounds nothing like the real thing. The cbr1000rr-r in game after you mod it to the max loses 1 kg, just one... the carbon wheels in game are the same weight as the magnesium ones... who tested this game and gave it a pass???

I love GT 7, but RIDE 4 was just too difficult for me. I’ve heard RIDE 5 have more aids to the driving, and that it’s more forgiving to bike newcomers.

Do the brakes work in this version?

Are there no dirt bikes anymore?

Now let's hope they don't screw up the physics with the first patch like they did with Ride 4...

No drag race like in ride 3 ?

I need to upgrade my GPU to play this game. Well That's life.

They didn't give steam users early access for special edition . How hard can it be...

Is there no bike performance modifications like exhausts , tires , suspension gearbox or anything??? No one is mentioning this in their reviews???

how the fuck cant the old zx10r one from 2006 have a 871score, that ist better than the new M1000RR (846) or the Pani Superlegera (866)

Why did they remove Philip island and Macau?

Sounds like a purchase . Didnt particular care for R4.

Ride 2 is still the pinnacle of the series tbh.

such a shame its no coming to ps4

🤣

I loved Ride 3 but hated 4. It was just bland, the driving tests were so hard I couldn't continue at some point, and the handling went way too far towards realism where it wasn't fun. Maybe that's what people want but I just want a fun game with hundreds of bikes, parts, cool cosmetics, and a ton of tracks. After Ride 4 I'm out. I'd rather ride bikes in Motorfest.

Have they copy pasted over the characters and editor from MotoGP23? geez! pop up should be a thing of the past on PS5. what's going on there?