TT Suberbikes for PS2 Faq by Rezeguet Copyrighted to Rezeguet Version 1.00 Authors Email: [email protected] ----------------- Table of Contents ----------------- 1) Legal info 2) Version history 3) Game Info 4) Introduction 5) Review 6) What should be changed in the game 7) Controls 8) Bikes 9) Game modes 10) Tips, Tricks n' Hints 11) Funny things 2 do 12) Cheats (PAL version only!) * 13) Frequently Asked Questions 14) Update Info-Wanted 15) Contact info 16) Credits * There are only PAL (european version) cheats available at this time. Ntsc (US version) cheats are not released yet. ------------ 1)Legal Info ------------ This document has been written by Rezeguet and copyrighted to him. It is strictly forbiden by international copyright laws to post this document to any website or publish it in any magazine without my strict permission or copy, sell, distribute or plagiarize in any way this document. If you want to publish this document somewhere else then you have to mail me and ask. Also, you're NOT permitted to link directly to this FAQ without my permission This walkthrough is available ONLY at www.gamefaqs.com, www.neoseeker.com, www.cheatcc.com and lastly www.Supercheats.com If you see it at any other website please contact me the soonest possible. This FAQ is copyright 2002-2003 Giannis Galatsanos. All rights reserved. All copyrights mentioned in the guide belong to their respective owners. ----------------- 2)Version History ----------------- 0.46 Basic FAQ 0.50 Some general improvements. ''Update'' section added 0.52 Some more improvements 0.60 'Funny things' section added. General improvements 0.69 some improvements in the FAQ section and in the Tips section 0.77 general updates plus some updates in the FAQ section. Review section added, plus some improvements in fttd section. Possibly the greatest update of all till now 0.78 Very small improvements plus the comment in the FAQ section 0.79 Only the note in the cheats section 0.84 General improvement of the FAQ and modified due to the ntsc cheats problem 0.92 Great general improvements, some more notes and a visual imrpovement. Tips, Funny things 2 do, legal info, intro, bikes and changes sections have been improved and partially renewed. 1.00 At last a temporary final version of this FAQ. All around improvements and great visual improvements. For now, this is the last version of this FAQ and it will not be updated, at least not until the NTsc cheats come out or I get some email with ideas or notes about updates of this faq. ----------- 3)Game info ----------- Release Schedule European (PAL) release: 29th April 2005 American (NTSC) release: 4th August 2005 Game's Website: http://www.jesterinteractive.com/ttsuperbikes/ Game's Official Forum: http://www.jesterinteractive.com/forums -------------- 4)Introduction -------------- In my humble opinion, this is the absolutely best motorcycle simulation game out there, far better than all other games till now. The basic thing a motor- cycle simulation needs are excellent motorcycle physics, and this game is surely not bad at all in that matter. Excellent graphics and many real bikes and 6 categories plus sidecars, as well as many videos and extras, visual improvements for your bikes and a 1 to 1 copy of the real Island of Man racetrack! What else can a gamer ask for?:D If you're still not convinced why it is the best game, let's take the best PS2 bike games and compare them to TT: -MotoGP4: great graphics and fully licensed plus all world race tracks available, but the physique engine is ridiculous, ruining the game -MotoGP3: better physique engine but still it's nothing compared to the one of TT. Same graphics. -Riding Spirits: The career mode is excellent, one of the best bike game concepts. There are supermotos and mega scooters too, plus a great career mode. Still the graphics and the animations are ridiculous and the physique is silly too, making the game very boring. -Suzuki Racing: You can't be serious :P -Midnight Club3: Ok there are some bikes but come on this isn't a bikes game. Besides that, the physique engine is the worst of all games (excluding Suzuki Racing game) And besides those there is no other bikes racing simulation, and that makes TT the best bike simulator out there. Too bad it's underrated... -------- 5)Review -------- Ok heres a small review by me for those who intend to buy it -Graphics 7.6/10 Good but could be better. Especially the colors of the bikes could be better as well as the animation of the rider when falling of the bike. I am aware that I ask too much but I have played MotoGP4 lately and compared to that one, TT is looking quite old. -Music 4.9/10 The worst part of the game. Only about 10 tracks which are really boring and become really annoying after you have heard them about 100 times each. -Gameplay: since this gameplay is far too complex I'll list some sub-categories -Physics: 9.1/10 Absolute awesome physics. They would get 10 but there is room for improvement. Of course compared to MotoGP4 the physics are about 3 times beter, but I will only give it a 10 when its extremely close to reality. (Moto GP 4 would get only about 4-5 in this section) -Controlls: 8.3/10 Well neither better nor worse controlls than any other simulation game. The only thing I do not like is the X (throttle) button which is...a button and not a stick, and that means that it is quite impossible to control the throttle like you should be able to do in a realistic bike simulation. Throttle control means bike control. -Track design: 10/10 Well its the Island of Man TT track 1 to 1 transfered to your screen folks! -Variety of tracks: 7.2/10 Well, even though the whole track of TT is huge, the tracks in the game tend to repeat over and over, not to mention the large number of times which you have to repeat the same stage until you pass it. Frustating... -Difficulty stars: 4.2/5, very hard The game IS very hard no matter wich difficulty you use. Of course it's even harder when playing on expert difficulty, but still I recommend playing every race on that difficulty setting because I believe this difficulty setting is perfect for such a realistic racing game. -Replayability Well I wont give any grades here because this term is not right for this game. There are MANY challenges and you have to play all stages more then one time so you HAVE to play the game ''through'' at least 2 times before unlocking most things. If you want to unlock everything including Mad Sunday you will have to play the game ''through'' at least 10 times :) Also if you really like bikes you WILL race a track or two once in a while, even if you have finished the game through and unlocked everything ;) General: 8.9/10 A really fantastic game which isnt perfect but could become in the future. Do not get this wrong, I would give Moto Gp4 a 4.5 so you can imagine this is a great game. If you like bikes you HAVE to buy this game ;) And once again don't get me wrong about moto gp 4, its just that it is a really BAD bike simulation, especially if you know how bikes behave and/or you've played TT. And I wouldn't really mind about that game if it wouldnt be so damn popular. TT is WAY better but WAY more underrated. That's why I compare those two games all the time, and of course prefer TT. It is like comparing fifa 2001 with pro evolution soccer 1. The first one is a best seller but the second one is WAY better, but underrated. ------------------------------------ 6)What should be changed in the game ------------------------------------ Well I actually liked almost anything! The speed, the bikes, the track, the physics, the graphics, everything was excellent! Still there is room for improvement. The thing I missed most was an interesting career mode, which would make the game MUCH more interesting. For example, they could add MANY more bikes and performance improvements as well as visual improvements (besides the few available) which could be bought by the rider and allpied to your own bike afterwards in your own garage, with money gained by winning races. The graphics could be slightly better as well, and the colors of the bikes should be more realistic. The physique engine is great but something that annoyed me were the wheelies which caused the rider to fall down way before he should actually fall from the bike in real life, and a general improvement of the engine would be good. And last but not least, the mega boost modus was cool but the physics changed dramatically making the game more an arcade racing game than a simulation. That should be changed. And not to forget, a STUNT modus would be absolute fantastic, where you could take some customized superbikes and do everything you tried to do in the race mode and couldn't do, like huge wheelies, turning stoppies and other things they do at Mad Sunday :P And, not to forget, the lame music should be better next time as well! ;) Oh yes, the AI should be changed as well. It is ridiculusly hard to win in most stages. That can be really frustating. And if you have something to add or to syggest to jester send them an email to Jester's Interactive email adress for suggestions for the 2nd title of TT : [email protected] ---------- 7)Controls ---------- X-throttle O- look backwards ^- change view []- rear brake R2-front break L2-rear brake L1-gear down R1- gear up R3-auto pilot (when available) L3-Boost/Mega boost (when available) Left analog stick: turning-cornering (left-right), weight shift (frwd-bkwd) ------- 8)Bikes ------- 125: Small bikes with relatively good braking and accelaration abillity due to the small weight, but they do many unwanted wheelies and dont have great high speeds (around 180km/h max) -Honda RS125R (comes in two versions) -Yamaha TZ 125 -Honda RS125R (Lloyds TSB) Notes: the TSB edition is the best 125 followed by the TZ. 250: Slightly heavier bikes with better engines and good all-around performance. Better controll more horsepower and great high speeds. -Yamaha TZ250 -Honda RS250R -Honda RS250R (Chris Palmer's) Notes: Chris Palmer's bike is much better than the rest of course. 400: The slowest bikes in the game, they have a ridiculous acceleration, but they've got a good top speed. Very easy to controll due to the low speeds. -Kawasaki ZXR 400 -Honda VFR NC30 -Honda CBR 400RR -Honda CBR 400RR (R. Britton's) -Honda RVF RR NC35 -Yamaha FZR 400 Notes: You just have to love the RVF and VFR rear systems :) Besides that, this is the only class where medium gear ratio would make sence... (due to low acceleration) 600: Very well balanced bikes, not too much power but enough power to ride at high speeds. They have a decent acceleration without making unwanted wheelies normaly. -Triumph Daytona 600 TT -Suzuki GSXR 600 K2 -Triumph Daytona 600 TT (A. Valmoto's) -Honda CBR 600RR -Kawasaki ZX6R (2 editions) -Suzuki GSXR 600 K2 (S. Harris') -Yamaha YZF R6 03' Notes: The R6, ZX6R and GSXR racing editions are the best. They're pretty much the same so choose wichever you prefer. 750: Very good bikes, heavier than the 600's but more powerful too. -Honda RVF RC45 -Kawasaki ZX7R -Suzuki GSXR 750 K2 -Yamaha YZF R7 Notes: GSXR750 is the best one. Still, the RVF is really cool! 1000: The master class, absolute performance and excellent power/weight ratio. Extreme top speeds and acceleration but they're very hard to control. -Suzuki GSXR 1000 (two editions, K3 and K2) -Aprilia RSV Mille Factory -Benelli Tornado TRE 900 -Monster Mob 998 -Honda CBR 1000RR -Honda VTR 1000 SP-1 -Honda VTR 1000 SP-2 -Yamaha R1 (comes in 4 editions: 03', 04', Speedfreaks, J.Griffiths) -Kawasaki ZX10R -Suzuki GSXR 1000 TAS Notes: I really love the two Italians but they are much weaker than the rest. The GSXR TAS is the strongest and most difficult to controll in the game. Monster Mob IS a real bike, its the legendary Ducati 998 in a moster mob package :D . Shane Byrne won the British Superbikes Championship with it too. (thanks to Rob M for this info) Honda SP-2 is one of the best bikes in the game and much better than SP-1. I prefer choosing this one instead of the TAS because its power is much easier to handle and because V2's RULE! :D Sidecars : Fast ''bikes'' which are extremely hard to maneuver. Personally I don't like them much. -Honda sidecar (3 editions) -Yamaha sidecar (3 editions) -Kawasaki sidecar (3 editions) Notes: All 9 sidecars are exactly the same, the only thing that differs are the graphics and colors. ------------ 9)Game modes ------------ 1)Arcade: The arcade modes are: -Alpinestars southern 100 (125-Sidecars) -Avon Castletown Cup (125-Sidecars) -Duke Tourist Trophy (125-Sidecars) -Breil Time Attack (125-1000) -Mad Sunday (only 1000's with Boost) 2)Challenge The challenges are: -Castrol Master Class (125-Sidecars) -Dunlop Novice Cup (125-Sidecars) -Southern 100 (125-Sidecars) -Men + Motors Intermediate Trophy (125-Sidecars) -Ohlins Castletown Road Race (125-Sidecars) -Arai Expert Gold Cup (125-Sidecars) -Manx GP (Ultra Lightweight, Lightweight, Junior, Senior) -Isle of Man TT (Sidecar A+B, Ultra Lw, Production 600+1000, Junior, Senior,F1) -Shoei Pro Match Races (6 different rider challenges) -Bidgestone Checkpoint (6 different rider challenges) -King of Mountain (1 race) 2Player The stages are: -Alpinestars southern 100 (125-Sidecars) -Avon Castletown Cup (125-Sidecars) -Duke Tourist Trophy (125-Sidecars) -Mad Sunday (only 1000's with Boost) ------------------------ 10)Tips, Tricks n' Hints ------------------------ Ok since this game has got an absolute realistic physiks engine, almost everything that applies to real bikes riding applies to this game as well. With that said, lets start by setting up your bike: -----Set up your bike before the race (and I don't mean visual improvements) 1) Always have enough gasoline. The tank empties VERY slowly (with a full tank you could race over 12 hours in real time, that would be 30 times the track of TT) but still don't go with 1-2 L expecting that the gasoline wont finish. Also, more gasoline means more weight, thus slowing braking and decreasing acceleration, but since the weight of the tank is forward, the stability is increased when breaking, and wheelies are being avoided much easier. I suggest almost full tanks in bikes that tend to make wheelies. 2) Use Medium tyres or soft ones if the track is small (in challenges). That improves braking and cornering. You could use hard tyres, but only if the track is really HUGE like a whole TT round. Use soft tyres most times 3) If the Track's got long straights use low pressure. That improves stability in high speeds but is bad for braking. Medium pressure is the best option for most tracks, and high pressure is ok too. 4) Suspension should be on medium most times, or some times on soft if you can't stay in the middle of the track. You could use hard only if you are very good and only if the road is quite straight. 5) Gear ratio should be most times on high. That improves high speed and helps avoiding wheelies, making the control of the bike much easier. Medium and low gear ratios are useless, except for some stages in the 400cc class with many corners. (400cc have very low acceleration, so they can use some more acc) -----Ok, now lets go to some basic riding tips: 1) NEVER brake while cornering, and especially NO front breaks when cornering 2) Never press full throttle while cornering. This will cause a high siding or a slip of the rear wheel. You should especially avoid doing this while riding 1000ccSuperbikes. When in a corner you slowly open the throttle when you reach the middle of the turn, and once you are coming out of the turn press the throttle fully (still trying avoiding wheelies) 3) When you start the race don't press the throttle fully. This will cause the rear wheel to spin or make a wheelie (which could easilly result to a crash) 4) Wheelies are cool but avoid them as much as possible because they only make you lose time and they can easily result to a crash. Sometimes a wheelie is unavoidable but still try to lower the front wheel as soon as possible by leaving the throttle and pressing forward the left analog stick until the wheel touches the ground) ***Note from Ian Stratford about wheelies**** For the fastest start, hold full throttle, lean forward fully, and when you start to wheelie tap the back brake to control the power to the back wheel. This means you can get the maximum power possible down and helps smooth the awesome power of some of the big capacity bikes. You can use this technique when accelerating over bumps and out of slow corners to control wheelies. *******End of Note************ This hasn't been checked out by me so I don't know if it works. Still allow me to disagree slightly because in real life the rear brake can lower the front wheel (by shifting the weight of the motorcycle forward) but still you lose some time, so I'm not sure if this is the best way. Anyways, it may be usefull so try it ;) 5) ALWAYS have the weight shifted to the front (that means keep pressing the left analog stick constantly forward). This will avoid wheelies, help you making good starts, increase acceleration and top speed. The Easy difficulty setting forces the rider automatically to be all the time leaned forward. 6)If you break, break with BOTH breaks (first whith the front and half a second later with the rear) and shift your weight backwards so the braking doesn't result in a stoppie (and a sure crash afterwards) 7) Never hit on walls houses etc if you can avoid it by going slower, braking more or turning tighter. You lose WAY too much time by hitting a wall and falling down. Better take a slower turn than risking crashing on a wall, especially when you're leading. 8) While cornering, don't let go of the throttle. If you leave the throttle completely while cornered you will fall. -----Now some general tips for the game 1) Watch the line of the bikes in front of you. Brake when they brake and turn when they turn. Later on you will be able to find your own line but until then learn from the npcs, they usually take the ideal line. 2) When you're leading try to close the opponents behind you so they cannot pass you. This even includes braking later or sooner to block other bikes. If youre nasty try breaking later when someone else is leading so you can fall on his bike ruining his line or even crashing him. 3) Most times you will fail to succeed the challenge, but don't get angry. Just study the track. Learn when and where you have to break and how much you can press the throttle. If you study the track you will succeed eventually and later on you will surely race that part of the track again, so if you have learned how to finish that part of the track properly, later on you will find most tracks much easier. Most challenges need about 4-5 times to be memorized and only then they can be passed. The AI is much too good. 4) Practice a lot with your bike in single player arcade practice mode, so you can learn how the bike feels and turns. Try different settings for your bike, try making some wheelies and stoppies, crazy cornering and high sidings to see how it works. This will make you better in controlling your bike. 5) If you cant get past some stages use the mega boost or boost cheat. That way you can win almost every race easily and unlock many things (and NEVER do the unlock cheats. Unlock everything yourself!) Auto pilot cheat sucks don't use it! Especially if you use auto pilot with boost or mega boost u will crash all the time... xD -------------------- 11)Funny things 2 do -------------------- First of all ''funny'' is a subjective term. That means that some people may think these things are not funny at all, so if you think that those things aren't funny you are one of those people :D . Anyways here are some things you can do if you're bored of the tiresome racing. 1)While you are not moving hold R2 and then press X. This will make a burnout. After that you can do 2 things. Continue holding down X, pressing the left analog right or left and releasing R2. This will make a rolling burnout. Also you could release R2, continue pressing X and pressing first left then right the left analog, and continue pressing left and right. This will make a rolling slding burnout for about 3-5 secs and then let you go straight or result in to a fall from the bike. For better results try pressing the L3 button to enable boost or mega boost, if you have enabled them, before doing the tricks. This will make the burnouts much faster and funnier. 2) Make huge and long stoppies while being at 250-300km/h. This is absolute cool. Alsotry making stoppies while you are 1st and just some meters away from the finishing line. This will result to a major kick-ass finishing (only do this when you are first with a distance of minimum 5 secs from the 2nd guy). Also try doing a stoppie by pressing R2 until you fall down so you can pass the finishing line after your bike does. 3) Whlie being still hold [] and afterwards X. This will make some very funny things with the bike. Try doing this and pressing left or right fully, and the bike will make a cornering of 70-80 degrees without moving! This is absolutely cool but not realistic at all of course. Also try shifting your weight forward-backward after you've reached 70-90km/h with this trick. This tricks the physics engine and makes some really funny things. 4)take soft tyres and put low pressure in them. Then make a rolling burnout for about 5 mins. This will destroy your rear tyre completely. Afterwards try cornering or braking :D ! (you can see when your rear tyre is destroyed by looking to the lower left of the screen where the green bike is. If the tyre turns red it means it cant be used anymore) 5) Just try to fall as many times as you can. After a while the whole bike turns slowly to black until it becomes spotted and afterward it becomes pitch black. ------------------------------- 12)Cheats (PAL version only!) * ------------------------------- * There are only PAL (european version) cheats available at this time. Ntsc (US version) cheats are not released yet. When they do I will list them here. (if they exist) Like I said before, don't use cheats, it sucks. The only cheat you could use is the boost or mega boost cheat, and only in case you cant win a race no matter what you try. That way youll be much faster than they and have better chances to win a race. Anyway, since I want this FAQ to be as good as possible, I will list all (PAL) cheats here: *****Warning, these are ONLY for the european version (PAL)*************** In the main menu press R1 R2 L1 L2 R1 R2 L1 L2 and then type SPEEDFREAKS Unlock all events (except Mad Sunday) AUTO PILOT enable auto pilot cheat (by pressing in race R3) BOOST enable boost in all events (L3 in race) ENERGY enable mega-boost in all events (R3 in race) FUNKY MOPEDS unlock all bikes GOODIES unlock all collection book items BONE DOME unlock all helmets GRAVEL RASH unlock all leathers HOOPS unlock all wheels WINGS unlock Mad Sunday events WORLD CHAMP unlocks everything *****Warning, these are ONLY for the european version (PAL)*************** ----------------------------- 13)Frequently Asked Questions ----------------------------- Q)What is Isle of Man? A) It is an island in the British coastline belonging to Great Britain. Q)Is it an real, official championship? A) Yes it is. Q)Is this race really dangerous? A) Yes it is a very dangerous race and there have been many injuries and even deaths. There are many deaths at the isle of man tt, and I've been told that there have been over 100 deaths altogether.. So you can see its quite dangerous and risky to participate there... I guess you've noticed tha too after crashing at least 100 times, duh... (Thanks to Sam Waller for the info) Q) What is Mad Sunday? A) Mad Sunday is the Sunday between the 2 weeks of the TT championship, and its more a show, not a race. People do all crazy stuff there with or without bikes and its like a showdown between the races. In the game it's a weird mode with 1000cc Superbikes with Nitro and traffic on the road, but there is no such race in reality. Comment by Dave Kingston about Mad sunday: ''Mad Sunday takes place on the Sunday between the 2 weeks (Practice & Race Weeks)of the TT not the last, in fact a lot of people leave after the programmed last race on Saturday, and sometimes miss it if it has had to be postponed due to weather(like this year). Although not a race, what happens is that the roads are closed to traffic between Ramsay Hairpin and just before Kates Cottage (over the mountain) and the public are at liberty to go mad in one direction, no speed limits, no fines for stunts etc.'' Q) Can you disable the time limit at Mad Sunday? A) As far as I know this is not possible. Still, I'm not very sure about that. Anyways, if you want to you can always play 2-player Mad Sunday, where time is disabled. You dont even need 2 controllers to do this, just unplug and plug the 1st controller to the second slot when you're choosing bikes. The downside is that the screen is split, but thats the only way. *************************************************************************** Q)Are there any cheats for the American Version? A) No, there are only PAL (european version) cheats available at this time. Ntsc (US version) cheats are not released yet. When they do I will list them here. *************************************************************************** Q) Why are there no Ntsc cheats? Are they planned to come out someday soon? A) Jester decided not to include these cheats in the ntsc version. The reasons have not been anounced so they stay unclear. It isn't known if they come out someday soon, not even if there are any, so you have to pass the game on your own if you own the ntsc version. ;) --------------------- 14)Update Info-Wanted --------------------- For now, this is the last version of this FAQ and it will not be updated, at least not until the NTsc cheats come out or I get some email with ideas or notes about updates of this faq. Wanted: Some frequently asked questions, and some info about which stages you think are the hardest, so i can write a walkthrough about them. Also, anyone who knows some more things about TT can feel free to mail me and inform me. Maybe I will add a section about the TT history and some infos about the Island of Man later. --------------- 15)Contact info --------------- Contact me at: [email protected] for questions, comments, feed-back, permissions or any other reason. Still, before you contact make sure that you don't send viruses spam or advertisements, and that you already have the last version of this FAQ. Usually the last version is at www.Gamefaqs.com where I post it first, and afterwards the other sites (neoseeker & cheatcenter) get the update. (I'm not sure how fast they get the updates, but the updates could be the posted on all sites at the same time). The FAQ is getting updated quite often so check it out once in a while and especially before writting an email to me. *********************************************************************** NOTE: (once again) Don't contact me about american version (NTSC) CHEATS, look at the faq or cheats section. Thank you. *********************************************************************** ---------- 16)Credits ---------- -Jester Interactive for making this game and for working 3 years to develop such a great (but sadly underrated) game -Myself :P -The guys from www.moto.gr/forum for teaching me so much things about motorcycles. Cheers! -Gamefaqs for publishing it in the first place (and all the others publishing it afterwards, I guess) -Thewhiteowl for helping me making this FAQ acceptable for reviewing :) After-first-Version credits -Rob M for correcting me in some matters like the monster mob and the gears -Ian Strattford for his comment about the wheelies -Dave Kingston for the info about Mad Sunday -Sam Waller for the info about deaths in TT Championship. -Jarrod for first noticing me about the american cheats