Motorstorm 2 = Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
by Ludwig Kietzmann 
{ May 6th 2008 at 7:30PM }
Speaking at Sony's PlayStation Day 2008 event, the creative director at Evolution Studios talked up some of the features in the upcoming Motorstorm: Pacific Rift. Boasting twice the number of tracks and four times as many racers in local multiplayer (total: four) than the PlayStation 3 launch title, Pacific Rift puts racers in a tropical locale, one filled with interactive vegetation technology. It's a fancy way of saying that when you're playing chicken with a rather large tree, you'd best be inside one of the game's new monster trucks. Another benefit of hurtling through lush island terrain can be found in bodies of water -- splashing through them can cool down your engine temperature.
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Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio @ May 6th 2008 7:42PM
They should have called it Mo2storm.
Hyams @ May 6th 2008 7:46PM
I hope you're aware that you're going to burn in hell for that pun.
Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio @ May 6th 2008 7:48PM
I know:(
DBuck_Eye @ May 6th 2008 8:54PM
I don't get it. I thought it should be Motorstorm: Pacific 2ift.
Zeus.:God @ May 7th 2008 12:00AM
2 Fast 2 Motorstorm.
Hyams @ May 6th 2008 7:45PM
Don't like the new name (makes it sound like an expansion pack rather than a true sequal), but everything else about the game is awesome.
I loved the origional, but was put off by the lack of splitscreen. 4 player splitscreen makes this an insta-buy for me.
The new tropical setting is another big plus for me too. I hope they can get it to look half as good as the car chase sequence in Uncharted.
How Do You Rise @ May 6th 2008 7:57PM
This looks cool, but I'm really not looking forward riding through the dirtier parts of New Jersey in Motorstorm 3: Atlantic Seaboard.
Nick the Hero of Canton @ May 6th 2008 7:53PM
Sounds like it could be sweet.
Wonder if Microsoft will come out with a rip-off (in which I hope to be good).
umm....hello??? @ May 6th 2008 8:00PM
'bout time we get local splitscreen. might be worth picking up this time!!!!!
aReEeNeN @ May 6th 2008 8:22PM
No split screen multiplayer before? Bring back the Multi-Tap! :-P
Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ May 7th 2008 1:07AM
You need more than seven controllers hooked up at a time? My god, man.
Darth Abe @ May 6th 2008 8:42PM
I wonder if they'll show us another pre-rendered video with fantastic production qualities and say it's in-game.
el serpiente @ May 6th 2008 9:44PM
I wonder if yet another douche will whine about pre-rendered video in a PS3 thread. There isn't even a video here, troll boy.
Einhanderkiller @ May 6th 2008 8:46PM
wut
http://xs227.xs.to/xs227/08193/wut432.jpg
Ninjakamster (PSN: Chin-Poh) @ May 6th 2008 8:52PM
Seriously, how the hell could they not put split screen in the original?
Call me crazy, but I really feel that the PS3 is not local multiplayer friendly, at least the 360 beats it handily in that aspect. : (
umm....hello??? @ May 6th 2008 9:34PM
well, Burnout: Paradise wasn't splitscreen multiplayer for x360 or PS3 either....bastards. (yeah, I know different developers, but still!!!! c'mon, this is 2008!!!!!!!!!!!)
Ninjakamster (PSN: Chin-Poh) @ May 6th 2008 9:38PM
Seriously!? Damn, and I was thinking of getting that game, I'll get it anyways but whats with the lack of splitscreen?
I much rather prefer that than online myself, its either single player or splitscreen for me. Probably in the real small minority here. : /
Danny @ May 6th 2008 9:04PM
Joystiq:
Yesterday's news, today!
Matt B @ May 6th 2008 9:32PM
I like this better than MS2. Motorstorm should be a great new racing franchise for years to come.
Jonah Falcon @ May 6th 2008 9:41PM
PS3 Fanboy reported this a few days ago, Joystiq. Keep up!
Ludwig Kietzmann @ May 7th 2008 5:22AM
See, now that would have been a useful tip to send in.
xGeneral DEATHx @ May 7th 2008 8:01AM
Geez, Joystiq! Don't try to have lives or girlfriends or eat food or use the bathroom or sleep in your own homes! Gosh!
Jonah Falcon @ May 7th 2008 10:41AM
Are you saying that I don't submit helpful tips, Lud? :p
Besides, PS3 Fanboy is in your webring. I always assume you check them automatically.
Poisoned Al @ May 6th 2008 10:14PM
I'll believe that screen-shot when I see it up and running. If the game really does look like that, that'll be awesome, but I'm too jaded by Sony's bullshit of the past to believe it without question.
Hyams @ May 7th 2008 7:06AM
The picture above is pre-rendered. No one has ever claimed otherwise.
Consolcwby @ May 7th 2008 6:48AM
Yes, there's a video.
Yes, it's pre-rendered.
Yes, that photo is from the pre-rendered video.
No, there isn't anything from ingame out yet.
And finally-
No, there is no such thing as Santa Clause.
Sorry folks, but I had to let the truth come in tonight! ='(
Hyams @ May 7th 2008 7:08AM
Here's an in-game video for you:
http://gamersyde.com/stream_7074_en.html
(So, does this mean there IS a Santa Claus?)
marauder800 @ May 7th 2008 8:56AM
Motorstorm is the only PS3 game I play regularly. I'm looking forward to a sequel that improves menu navigation and offers more play modes.
Maverick Saturn @ May 7th 2008 11:43AM
Yay! Destruction! Thats all I needed to hear!
RyGy @ May 9th 2008 1:01PM
I can't wait to play this, I played the demo for the first one and loved it.
http://spincookie.blogspot.com/2008/05/monster-truck-mayhem.html
PlasmaShark @ May 11th 2008 7:20PM
Just what I was hoping for. More car combat where the tracks are so big the cars spend more time fighting the course then each other. Good job Motorstorm 2 team, you screwed up what could have been a great game again! I guess I will keep playing the Motorstorm I demo which is the only course that actually makes the game fun.