Trials 2 Second Edition - Review

Trials 2 Second Edition
RedLynx has extended its hugely popular Trials 2 motorcycle game into a completely new level.
Trials 2 Second Edition includes 40 different tracks, own player profiles, team building, statistics,
achievements, global high-scores, online replays and much, much more.
Trials 2 Second Edition is a motorcycle game that emphasizes balance, skill and control over
speed. You, as the player, try to tackle indoor obstacle tracks with minimum faults, as fast as
possible. The tracks consist of logs, truck tires, horizontal ladders, metal ramps, jumps over
concrete pipes, scaffoldings reaching staggering heights, etc. To succeed, you need to
simultaneously control the bike and the driver’s posture, sometimes advancing inch by inch,
sometimes hitting full throttle to jump over flaming barrels.


Trials 2 Second Edition is launched with a free to download PC demo, Full PC game (19,90
USD), online community (www.redlynxtrials.com) and a free flash-based game version available
to any website.


Game features
* 4 game types (race, flip, wheelie, dynamic)
* Race: Race against other players to compete levels as fast as possible.
* Flip: Try to make as many backflips or frontflips with your bike to reach a top score.
* Wheelie: Drive on your backwheel for longest distance possible.
* Dynamic: Navigate through tracks with various dynamic obstacles and puzzles.
* 40 tracks to play:
3 Tutorial tracks
11 Easy difficulty tracks
8 Medium difficulty tracks
8 Hard difficulty tracks
3 Flip tracks
3 Wheelie tracks
4 Dynamic physics tracks
* Global highscores
All time and weekly high score lists
Filtering by team and country


* Online replays. Watch a replay of any high score on global high score list.
* Ghost challenge. Play against the ghost of any other player in high score list.
* Online player profiles with team, country and player statistics.
* 25 achievements to unlock.
* 3D ragdoll. When the player makes a fault he drops off the bike in realistically painful way.
* Custom replay recording. Players can record their rides to a file that can be shared.
* Ingame chat room
* Gamepad support with force feedback (rumble) based on physics response
* Several camera modes (multiple side view modes, 1st person, 3rd person, cinematic)


Engine features
* Next-generation graphics engine utilizing deferred rendering
* Advanced per pixel lighting and material system
* Realistic pixel perfect dynamic shadows from all light sources
* High resolution textures designed for Full HD (1920x1080) resolution and beyond
* High quality post process filters: Motion blur, depth of field and overexposure light bloom
* Dynamic screen space ambient occlusion for ultra high end graphic cards
* Volumetric soft particles
* 7.1 positional surround sound with doppler and reverb effects


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