I assumed this just meant pulling back on the thumbstick during jumps to prevent the rider from falling forward off the bike, as well as pulling the stick left or right to make a turn. You are told to “control your rider’s weight” using the left thumbstick, yet they don’t explain or demonstrate what they mean by that. Beyond the very basics of telling you how to accelerate and brake, the tutorial race does very little to instruct you in any other way. It turns out I could have just skipped it. I, however, decided this would be a good next step, as I’m still newer to Supercross games. Veteran players will obviously skip past this.

The purpose of the race is to introduce you to the game mechanics and give you a feel for what you have to look forward to. Once you’ve got your rider and your bike settled, you’ll be asked if you’d like to do a quick tutorial race. After setting up your rider, you’ll switch over to your starting bike selection where you’ll be presented with a handful of brand options to choose from, like Yamaha and Husqvarna.

It is a small oversight, but also very amusing. By the way, according to this character creation screen, the United States is a continent and every state is a country. You start off with a fairly basic character creator where you choose what your rider will look like as well as filling in some background information about where your rider is from. Supercross 6 feels far more inviting than last year’s Supercross 5. I decided, however, to give the Monster Energy Supercross games another chance this year, and I am pleased to say that Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 6 (Supercross 6 going forward) is a definite step up from last year. I slowly got a little better, but overall it was a rough experience. There wasn’t much in the way of a tutorial to help me understand the game mechanics beyond how to accelerate or hit the brakes, at least not that I’d come across while playing. The bike would constantly pitch back and forth at the slightest touch of the thumbstick. Last year, I tried to jump into Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame 5, and, while the game looked phenomenal on my PlayStation 4, I struggled so much just trying to complete a race or qualifier. Most of them have been really hard for me to get into and were even less successful at holding my attention once they had it. I am not the biggest fan of racing games.

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