Rims Racing

Imagine growing up in urban Philadelphia, the only daughter of a veteran motorcycle cop who was killed in action when you were a young girl. Your dad’s beloved bikes sit shrouded like corpses in the garage until one day in your late teens, something compels you to pull off the tarp and sit on one of his motorcycles. It feels like home, and so you beg one of your dad’s cop buddies to teach you to ride. You’re a natural, it makes you feel strong and confident and somehow you can imagine your dad’s guiding presence when you ride. You start to race, and soon you start to win those races. They call...

RiMS Racing is an enticing prospect for motorbike racing fans. It’s got great audio and visuals, convincing physics, and eight of the world’s most desirable bikes recreated in stunning detail. Even better, the actual act of racing is challenging, but highly enjoyable. It’s just a shame that one of the features that makes it truly unique – fiddling with components to make sure your bike is in tip-top shape – quickly becomes rather tedious thanks to the long string of button inputs required. Thankfully you can get around it with a little bit of effort, then you’ll have a much better time.

There is now some competition heating up in the superbike racing genre! Read our RiMS Racing PS5 review to see if this newcomer can shake things up in all the right ways.

When the issues of a game are rolled and stomped by its greatness, then it’s something to invest on if you have some spare.

Do I like RiMS Racing? As a fan of motorbikes, I do. It's hard not to appreciate a game that puts as much thought and attention into its core subject as this does. The question then is if I like RiMS Racing for its name? Well, that's a subject I'm not going to broach, if only so my browsing history doesn't take a turn to the pornographic... for now. The final, and far less important question, is if I like RiMS Racing as a game? Why don't we find out?

Whether you are a motorcycle racing veteran or just curious about RiMS Racing, our review of the game will help you decide if it’s worth it.

I would love to know why there are so many motorbike racing games in the market. Is it because it’s easier to render, and cheaper to license: a Kawasaki Ninja than a Porsche 911? Is it because there are very few high performance models in the market, meaning that you don’t need to spend that much money and manpower on them? RiMS Racing is yet another title on a very saturated niche, but thankfully, it does have some features that make it stand out from its peers.

RiMS Racing has a heart in the right place, wanting to offer a solid biking simulation that offers an in-depth look into every last piece of the bike and how they all come together on the asphalt. Unfortunately, an unimpressive driving model, various undercooked game features, and a severe lack of content don’t allow Nacon’s newest title to quite compete with the competition, but it does work as a statement of intent if not else: there’s a new player in town, and if the developers manage to iron out the issues, there’ll be plenty of fun to have for bike enthusiasts. As of now, however, there a...

RiMS Racing makes an honorable attempt at raising the bar for customization but it comes at the cost of nearly everything else.