Ducati World Racing Challenge
{{Short description|2001 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|image= Ducati World Racing Challenge cover.jpg
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|caption=
|developer= Attention to Detail
|publisher= Acclaim Entertainment
|designer=
|engine=
|released=PlayStation
{{vgrelease|NA|January 2, 2001{{cite web |url=http://www.acclaim.com/company/pressReleases/product/DucatiPSXShips.html |title=ACCLAIM'S DUCATI WORLD RACING CHALLENGE FOR PLAYSTATION® GAME CONSOLE ROLLS INTO STORES January 2nd |website=Acclaim Entertainment |date=January 2, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825234052/http://www.acclaim.com/company/pressReleases/product/DucatiPSXShips.html |archive-date=August 25, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 8, 2022}}|EU|February 9, 2001}}Windows
{{vgrelease|NA|February 9, 2001|EU|February 16, 2001}}Dreamcast
{{vgrelease|NA|February 13, 2001|EU|March 9, 2001}}
|genre=Racing
|modes=Single-player, multiplayer
|platforms=PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, Dreamcast
|alt =
}}
Ducati World Racing Challenge, known in Europe as Ducati World, is a racing game developed by Attention to Detail and published by Acclaim Entertainment for PlayStation, Microsoft Windows, and Dreamcast in 2001.
Development
The game was announced in June 2000.{{cite web |last=Fudge |first=James |date=June 22, 2000 |url=http://www.cdmag.com/articles/028/115/ducati.html |title=Acclaim Announces Ducati Motorcycle Game |website=Computer Games Strategy Plus |publisher=Strategy Plus, Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021215115252/http://www.cdmag.com/articles/028/115/ducati.html |archive-date=December 15, 2002 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 30, 2022}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
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| PC = true
| PS = true
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| MC_SDC = 40/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/ducati-world-racing-challenge/critic-reviews/?platform=dreamcast |title=Ducati World Racing Challenge for Dreamcast Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=Red Ventures |access-date=May 8, 2022}}
| EGM_SDC = 4/10{{cite magazine |title=Ducati World Racing Challenge (DC) |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=142 |date=May 2001}}
| EGM_PS = 5.33/10{{cite magazine |last1=Hager |first1=Dean |last2=Dudlak |first2=Jonathan |last3=Kujawa |first3=Kraig |url=http://www.zdnet.com/egm/stories/main/0%2C11589%2C2668357%2C00.html |title=Ducati World Championship [sic] (PS) |magazine=Electronic Gaming Monthly |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=139 |date=February 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010211031257/http://www.zdnet.com/egm/stories/main/0,11589,2668357,00.html |archive-date=February 11, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 8, 2022}}{{efn|In Electronic Gaming Monthly{{'}}s review of the PlayStation version, two critics gave it each a score of 5/10, and the other gave it 6/10.}}
| GI_PS = 5.5/10{{cite magazine |title=Ducati World Racing Challenge (PS) |magazine=Game Informer |publisher=FuncoLand |issue=94 |date=February 2001}}
| GamePro_PS = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |author=Dr. Zombie |date=January 5, 2001 |url=http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/10320.shtml |title=Ducati World Racing Challenge Review for PlayStation on GamePro.com [score mislabeled as "4.5/5"] |magazine=GamePro |publisher=IDG Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041122034904/http://www.gamepro.com/sony/psx/games/reviews/10320.shtml |archive-date=November 22, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 8, 2022}}
| GameRev_SDC = D{{cite web |author=G-Wok |date=March 2001 |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/review/32275-ducati-world-racing-challenge-review |title=Ducati World Racing Challenge Review (DC) |website=GameRevolution |publisher=CraveOnline |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923235822/http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/ducati-world-racing-challenge |archive-date=September 23, 2015 |url-status=live |access-date=May 8, 2022}}
| GSpot_PC = 5.4/10{{cite web |last=Ajami |first=Amer |date=February 24, 2001 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/ducati-world-racing-challenge-review/1900-2689632/ |title=Ducati World Racing Challenge Review (PC) |website=GameSpot |publisher=Red Ventures |access-date=May 8, 2022}}
| GSpy_SDC = 82%{{cite web |last=Tsotsos |first=Alex |date=March 21, 2001 |url=http://www.sportplanet.com/features/reviews/ducati/ |title=Ducati World Racing Challenge (DC) |website=SportPlanet |publisher=GameSpy Industries |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030219140116/http://www.sportplanet.com/features/reviews/ducati/ |archive-date=February 19, 2003 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 8, 2022}}
| IGN_SDC = 2.7/10{{cite web |last=Justice |first=Brandon |date=March 5, 2001 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2001/03/06/ducati-world-racing-challenge-2 |title=Ducati World Racing Challenge (DC) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=May 8, 2022}}
| OPM_PS = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Rybicki |first=Joe |url=http://www.zdnet.com/opm/stories/main/0%2C11891%2C2667603%2C00.html |title=Ducati World Championship Racing [sic] |magazine=Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine |publisher=Ziff Davis |issue=41 |date=February 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010220225543/http://www.zdnet.com/opm/stories/main/0,11891,2667603,00.html |archive-date=February 20, 2001 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 8, 2022}}
| PCGUS_PC = 28%{{cite magazine |last=Mahood |first=Andy |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/ducati_world_ra.html |title=Ducati World Racing [Challenge] |magazine=PC Gamer |publisher=Imagine Media |volume=8 |issue=5 |date=May 2001 |page=77 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315142110/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/ducati_world_ra.html |archive-date=March 15, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=May 8, 2022}}
| rev1 = BBC Sport
| rev1_PC = 87%{{cite web |last=Gibbon |first=David |date=February 2, 2001 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/funny_old_game/1125883.stm |title=Let's play: Duccati [sic] World (PC) |website=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |access-date=May 8, 2022}}
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The PlayStation and PC versions received "mixed or average reviews", while the Dreamcast version received "unfavorable" reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. BBC Sport gave the PC version a favorable review, a few weeks before its release date.
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/ducati-world-racing-challenge}}
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Category:Acclaim Entertainment games
Category:Attention to Detail games
Category:Motorcycle video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation (console) games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
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