The vehicles handle similarly to the first game; and while that's great for those who loved the first game, it's the worst possible news for those who didn't. The frequent crashes, which were cause for great frustration and annoyance in the first game, also return. You would expect an SUV travelling in excess of 100 mph to easily break through a wooden fence, but instead in MotorStorm, it will result in your vehicle ending up in five different pieces, while the fence remains intact.
As an aggressive off-road racer, you shouldn't have to be faced with painful slow motion crashes every time you hit a small rock or wooden fence. It goes against everything that MotorStorm stands for, and more importantly, in interrupts the flow of the race way too often. And no matter how well you master the vehicle control, due to the track design and the chaotic and frantic nature of the races, these crashes are bound to occur.
Boost plays an important role in vehicle control and you will often need it more around corners than in a straight line. Turning at high speed won't always work as you would expect due to varying track surfaces and the different behaviour of different vehicles. That's when using boost can help you bring your vehicle under control if you feel it slipping away from the racing line.
The different classes handle quite differently as well. Bikes and ATVs are incredibly fast, but are also very hard to handle at high speed as they tend to bounce around a bit on rough terrain. They are also easily pushed around by the bigger vehicles. The monster trucks and big rigs are slow off the mark and aren't ideally suited for big jumps and elevated paths, but to even things out, they are equipped with more boost and can easily shove smaller vehicles out of the way. Also, once they gather speed, they can quite easily match the more nimble vehicles in a straight line.
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