Interview: TT Isle of Man 2, the motorcycle video game made in France is back !
The second version of the Tourist Trophy video game arrives in stores on March 19, 2020. Site visited the offices of the French studio KT Racing to interview its creative director, Alain Jarniou. Interview.
Two years ago, the official video game of, this famous and because dangerous motorcycle racing event which has been held every spring for more than 100 years on the roads of the Isle of Man.
- Interview Julien Toniutti :
"We are very happy with its success", naturally congratulates its creator, the French studio KT Racing specializing in motorsports, "but we were aware that progress was possible". Some players and bikers indeed found that the behavior of motorcycles could be improved….
Site for example, has never been convinced by the too inconstant grip modeled by this first opus. Tired of his unexpected and irreparable loss of control, Le Journal moto du Net quickly gave up any hope of winning the Tourist Trophy … and preferred to continue stacking new MotoGP titles. !
The second version of the game on the "TiTi" could however re-motivate MNC: the teams of developers based in Paris and Lyon have extensively revised their racing simulation in order to satisfy the most demanding "gamers" and pilots. To help them, two pilots were also consulted.
Julien Toniu-TiTi at the helm !
Well known to Site readers for having run under our colors in road rallies – a discipline in which he has won no less than five national titles! – Julien Toniutti is a perfectly logical and terribly practical recruit: he is the fastest French on Isle of Man and its comments speak for themselves !
Site was able to speak at length with this exceptional pilot. In a smart-video interview, n ° 56 will come back for us on his experience "at the" Tourist Trophy: the virtual that he tried to improve … and the real in which he participated in 2016, 2017 and 2018 (not in 2019 at the Dakar) and !
Internationally, Davey Todd was arguably the best tester and ambassador for this game: "in 2018, as he prepares for his first Isle of Man TT, Davey decides to train on the console of his brother for two months in order to perfect his knowledge of the legendary route, 60 km long ", relates KT Racing (see video interview below).
Controllers in hand, the young English pilot born September 14, 1995 is so diligent and talented that he ends up setting the second best time for players around the world. Even stronger, Davey became a few days later the second fastest "newcomer" of all time in the real race. !
Entered in 2019 in the very "select" club of 131 mph, Mister Todd this year won a factory handlebars for the Tourist Trophy 2020: he will pilot for Honda the all new Fireblade CBR-1000RR-Rrrrrr even if in the new TT2 game , he drives his private BMW S1000RR…
Why is the new TT star on the cover of the game – and inside – at the controls of his old bike and not at the handlebars of the future? KT Racing Creative Director Alain Jarniou answers this question and many more. Interview.
MNC smart-video: interview with Alain Jarniou (KT Racing)
Official video: interview with Davey Todd
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