Jet Moto

Jet Moto is a video game that consists of 1 release

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Hover bikes, big airtime, a surf-rock soundtrack and a few Xtreme corporate sponsorships. This is Jet Moto.

Overview

Jet Moto is a racing game from SingleTrac Entertainment featuring hover bikes which appear to be a hybrid between an ATV and a personal watercraft. The game contains 10 tracks in locations varying from beaches to swamps to glaciers to stratospheric freeways, as well as racing teams sporting corporate logos from youth-targeted brands such as Mountain Dew and Butterfinger. The game is noteworthy for its introduction of so-called Suicide Tracks where the players race head-on against each other, crashing frequently.

Gameplay

The game features several terrains and the Motos handle appropriately on each of them. Riding over water causes the player to slow down, riding on dirt or asphalt provides a fast and stable ride, and riding on glaciers is as slippery as would be expected. The game features a largely unwieldy Magnetic Grappling mechanic which is intended to help players traverse switchbacks and sharp corners but often ends up leaving players pointing in the wrong direction or slamming them into a wall.

The tracks were designed to frequently get players airborne, whether in short hops or large jumps, which encourages players to compensate for the frequent air time by learning the courses and planning a fast and reliable strategy. Most of the tracks also contain several routes -- usually of varying difficulty and altitude -- which is a trend not commonly found in racing games at the time.

Suicide Tracks were an innovation brought to the genre by Jet Moto in which players raced on a linear course as opposed to a circular one. Once players reached either end of a Suicide Track, they would turn around and head in the opposite direction, often directly into the face of oncoming traffic. This was a particularly fun race mechanic to enjoy while playing in split-screen mode with a friend as you attempt to target each other.

Teams and Riders

In alphabetical order:

Team Axiom

Blackjack
Shirow
Stone
Technician
Tetsujin

Team Butterfinger

Team Butterfinger

Arroyo
Bomber
Mace
Masala
Rhino

Team K2

Team K2

Chien
Gunner
Harris
Quick Jessie
The Max

Team Mountain Dew

Team Mountain Dew

Dakota
Irons
Miko
Shannara
Wild Ride

Courses

In order of ascending difficulty:

Joyride

Joyride course layout

Blackwater Falls

Blackwater Falls course layout

Suicide Swamp

Suicide Swamp course layout

Ice Crusher

Ice Crusher course layout

Cliffdiver

Cliffdiver course layout

Hammerhead

Hammerhead course layout

Cypress Run

Cypress Run course layout

Willpower

Willpower course layout

Snow Blind

Snow Blind course layout

Nightmare

Nightmare course layout

General Information Edit

Game Name	Jet Moto
Platform(s)	PSP PlayStation PC
Publisher(s)	Sony Computer Entertainment America Sony Online Entertainment
Developer(s)	SingleTrac Entertainment Technologies, Inc.
Genres	Add a new genre Driving/Racing
Themes	Add a new theme
Original US Release	Nov. 1, 1996 need a fuzzy date?
Original US Release	know the real date?
Aliases	Jet Rider
ESRB	ESRB: E