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MotorStorm for PlayStation 3
MotorStorm for PlayStation 3 is an off-road racing game set at a rough festival in Monument Valley. Bikes, ATVs, buggies and heavy trucks race together over mud, sand and rocks. You choose not just a vehicle but a route that suits it. A narrow edge may help a light bike while a large truck takes another passage. Contact with rivals and uneven ground make every overtake a judgement call.
Boost gives temporary acceleration, but holding it heats the engine. Push too far and the vehicle can explode. You plan short bursts and cooling periods, especially where the track leaves little room for mistakes. Vehicle tracks change the ground during a race. A previously useful line may therefore become less comfortable later. Damage and collisions are part of fighting for the front.
Good festival results unlock further races. The original MotorStorm has no local split-screen racing: on one console you play this instalment alone. Official online services have ended, but offline festival races remain playable. This PS3 release is the first Monument Valley adventure. The tropical island, monster trucks and local four-player split-screen of later games are not included.
Region and language
Our PlayStation 3 games are European editions and come with a Dutch or English box, unless stated otherwise. By default, you receive the version for the European market. We note it in the product details if the region is different or the box is in another language. In almost all cases, the game is playable at least in English, and often in the other five common European languages too.
Manual
MotorStorm for PlayStation 3 includes the manual unless the product title states otherwise. If the booklet is missing, the title says “No Manual”. This lets you see before ordering whether the game comes with a manual.
The manuals included with our games usually contain at least English and often around six European languages. The exact languages vary by edition, so Dutch is not always included. The booklet explains the controls and the main rules. You can use it to check how to control the game, which actions are available and how its different features work.
The history of MotorStorm
Evolution Studios developed MotorStorm, brought by Sony to European PlayStation 3 in 2007 after an earlier Japanese release. The studio had rally experience from WRC but chose a festival where different vehicle types race together. Monument Valley supplied sand, rock walls and muddy passages. Terrain therefore became an active factor alongside speed, braking and rivals’ positions.
The vehicle mix explains tracks with more than one useful line. A fast bike route may be awkward for a heavy truck. Mud tracks and deformable vehicles suited a race that grows rougher as it unfolds. Boost also carried risk through engine temperature. The design asked you to read terrain rather than memorise one ideal asphalt line.
Sony acquired Evolution in 2007. Pacific Rift followed in 2008 with an island and local four-player races; Apocalypse moved to a city amid disaster in 2011. The first MotorStorm retains its desert festival and rules. Official online support has since ended. Standard and Platinum packaging provide the same original offline foundation, not later games or separate download packs.
Similar games for PlayStation 3
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift moves PS3 racing to a tropical island with water, jungle and lava. It retains mixed classes and risky boost, but water cools engines while heat warms them faster. Local four-player racing is also new. MotorStorm keeps its dry, muddy desert festival without split-screen.
MotorStorm: Apocalypse collapses buildings during PS3 races, changing routes mid-event. The first uses mud tracks and vehicle choices rather than that urban destruction. Both mix vehicles and boost, but Apocalypse has a story-led festival and local four-player play instead of single-player on one console.
Blur uses real car brands and collectible powers such as shields and attacks on PS3. MotorStorm derives conflict more from contact, terrain and vehicle differences. Both require overtaking timing, but Blur lets you use stored tools against rivals. It also offers local four-player races; original MotorStorm stays solo on one console.
Split/Second: Velocity rewards skilful PS3 driving with energy to trigger destruction. You decide when hazards strike rivals. MotorStorm lacks comparable Power Play attacks; its chaos comes mainly from vehicles and terrain. Split/Second uses a television season and local two-player races, where MotorStorm offers an off-road festival with solo events.
Ridge Racer 7 centres on controlled drifting and nitrous on PS3 asphalt circuits. MotorStorm asks you to read uneven ground and vehicle classes. Acceleration differs: Ridge Racer charges nitrous through drifting; MotorStorm limits boost through temperature. Ridge Racer 7 offers local two-player racing and car customisation, not MotorStorm’s mixed bikes and heavy trucks.
