If you've got a fairly high-end system, you'll be able to appreciate all the special touches like real-time shadows and spectacular skies. Much work obviously went into creating realistic, detailed landscapes - and it shows.

You can spend hours tearing through the Arizona trailer parks or chasing down UFOs in Roswell, New Mexico. Rainbow Studios has created some of the best environments ever seen in a racing game. In fact, a lot of fun can be had just cruising around, checking out the sights. Of course, with practice you will learn the shortcuts necessary to master the tracks, and you'll be having so much fun you probably won't even care if you're in last place. While this is certainly a refreshing change from the usual tunnel-style racers, it can be a chore learning the tracks and trying to guess where the next gate is going to be. The game does away with the conventional tracks of other racers, opting instead for huge wide-open areas that beg to be explored. With a tonne of tracks, several gameplay options, and some of the most gorgeous graphics ever seen, Microsoft proves that when it comes to frenetic two-wheel action, Motocross Madness 2 is definitely the leader of the pack. The high-flying, neck-breaking excite-ment of dirt bike racing is back in Motocross Madness 2.

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