The optimization is impressive all around. Thankfully, Riders Republic’s fast travel is free and genuinely fast, only taking a few seconds to load in areas even on last-gen hardware like the base Xbox One. It’s quite similar to the Forza Horizon series map there are even points of interest and other discoverables that encourage exploration. What’s not inconvenient is that at any time players can hit the Select button on their controller and zoom out to a full map littered with icons for races, trick competitions, and sponsored events that can be fast traveled to. Thankfully, these are relatively minor inconveniences that should be able to be fixed with an update. There are a couple quality of life issues here that get more frustrating the longer one plays, like the fact that there’s no option to quick swap from one training module to another, or that accessing the online events requires players to walk their character over to a specific area instead of just selecting it from the menu. It all starts at the Riders Ridge, a hub that has everything players will need when they first spawn into the game: a tutorial area to get a handle on the controls and practice tricks, quick access to online racing and trick competitions, and a shop filled with rotating items players can use to deck out their avatar (more on that later).

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