When it comes to supercross, Monster Energy Supercross: The Official Videogame is out there in its own league. Being the official supercross game, it comes with all the big names of the real world like Ryan Dungey, Ken Roczen and Cole Seely to name a few.
This game allows gamers to enjoy the world’s most competitive off-road motorcycle racing championship. The tracks are all deduced from the 2017 season which gives the game a very realistic and an immersive feel.
Speaking from a visual standpoint, the Unreal Engine 4 and the photographic techniques allow for the capturing of the above-mentioned stars, to name a few. In total, there are a total of 60 players. The stadiums are pretty realistic, and most importantly, the bikes also have features that make them sound, look and feel real. The modes in the game come in two main categories, offline and online. One can test their racing skills in the offline mode to prepare for the online challenge which is certainly more challenging. There are four different modes in the offline category and these are Single Event, Official Championship, Career Mode and Time Attack.
Issues Faced During Gameplay
Apart from the gameplay undergone a significant amount of hardwork, the game does come with some issues that many gamers have reported. The first impressions given by many are that the game is buggy and has many glitches. Having been bumped by other riders, the camera glitches. FPS also drop every now and then which can also be the cause for the lags faced by many. Also, the Artificial Intelligence factor of the game is not so intelligent! This is because other bikers tend to make decisions that they should have done better without. Recurring issues like save game, sound, menu options freeze often and several other bugs have made this game a horrendous launch.
The sound bug just mentioned above is regarding that sometimes when the race starts, the only sound gamers can hear is that of the crowd cheering. No sound of the bikes can be heard. Indeed, there are no complaints regarding the visuals of the game which tend to be fantastic but these bugs are what make it a huge nuisance. A very specific complaint made by one professional gamer of this game is that the handling of the bike is something that could have been much better. When you are at a dead stop, you cannot lock the front brakes to be able to swing the rear of the bike. This helps when the player is stuck in a big pile up.
In the online mode, one bug being mentioned is that in a 250 career, the rider can be seen riding a 450 for some strange reason. This also leads to another problem which is being unable to customize 250, because of the fact that it changes to 450 every time. The same user also reported that they are not able to back out of the Career mode screen. This leads to them having to force quit the game and start over.
One major and a very common issue that many players have reported is that the game freezes quite often. In trying to observe the pattern with which this happens, most have said it occurs every time they play Career mode and the progression has reached 68%. The same issue persists despite the user verifying the integrity of the installation files.
Solutions to Lags and Freezes
Thankfully, these issues aren’t a dead end from which one cannot get around. There is always a way to get help and here we are trying to help you with possible fixes. The lag issue being faced can be tried to solve using the following simple method.
- In the game, go to the Video Options menu.
- Now, you need to change the In Window option to Yes.
- Choose the Refresh Rate to be at 60 frames.
- Otherwise, let it be Dynamic in which case it will depend on your monitor.
- Finally, you should turn the Vsync on.
When it comes to the game freezes, one proper solution is to let the customer support know so that they can start investigating and help you out. To be able to do this, you need to follow the procedure we will just describe shortly. You need to create a dump file first. Please note that you should perform this right after the freeze occurs while also letting the pop up regarding the crash remain open.
- Press Windows Key + R simultaneously.
- A small box will open at the bottom left, type in sysdm.cpl and hit Enter.
- Next, go to the Advanced tab.
- Click the Startup and Recovery Settings button. Also, you need to make sure that the Automatically Restart is unchecked.
- You will find a Write Debugging Information header, go to it and then select Small Memory Dump (256KB).
- Hit OK.
- Restart your system for the changes to be implemented.
- Now, start the game again with the error page still open.
- Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys to open the Task Manager.
- Find the name of the game in the Task Manager and right-click it after which you are supposed to select Create Dump File.
- Copy all of the files from the dump file, making a compressed folder of them and paste them in %systemroot%\Minidump.
Lastly, you need to make a Dxdiag. To do this, follow the simple steps below
- Type in dxdiag after repeating step #1 from the above-mentioned series of steps.
- Now click on Save all information and save this file on the desktop.
Pack up all this and then go to the milestone.it website. Find the Customer Support section and open up a ticket where you specify the issues you are facing and also attaching the information that we just described how you can collect. They will launch their investigation and will come back to you with solutions.