MAVRIX by Matt Jones

Not the best mountain bike game on the market. There is so many other good ones like: Descenders and Cranked. The game in itself runs really bad even on low settings. And don't even get me started on the physics. It is animation based which means its not free whips or tricks like backflips and such. The trails doesn't match well with the physics. If you are into a really unrealistic arcade game then this is definitely for you.

What a let down... so much potential, but bad decisions in the dev process ruined the fun. Progress reset for the third time.. I have spent more hours being forced to find trails to unlock than actually getting to have fun riding the trails... Not to mention the very time consuming grind for better brakes etc that I'd have to do again too.. Two progress resets in a short amount of time have ruined this game for me. Also little things never get fixed like the reset point being backwards.. And if you bring any of this up in their discord you get told why you are wrong with an attitude. Just a sad echo chamber of yes men in the devs ears unfortunately..

Tried to like the game but the controls are so terrible i cant. "boosting" feels terrible and makes zero sense, boosting mid air? whaaat? Bunny hopping consistency is so terrible, who tested that? Just doesnt jump half the time

TERRIBLE EVERY TIME I TRY AND LOAD IT IT JUST CRASHES DO NOT BUY THIS GAME UNLESS YOU WANT A GAME YOU CANT EVEN PLAY

yano what after 1k hours i can finally say my bit i love this game yes its had its ups and downs and its little bug here and there but over all the game is sick what matt and jono and TKG are doing with this game is sick iv watched this game grow in to what it is today and helped along the way truly if your looking for a challenging mtb game to play id recommend this also a sick community as well and with going in to 1.0 its only getting better

Very nice game BUT... I can't cope with the mind numbing exploration the devs force on you. Don't get me wrong there is a fast travel option! You can you just have to grind the ♥♥♥♥ out of the game to reach lvl 30. By that time, you'll have completed the game twice. Last update's progression reset absolutely killed me. I would refund if i could.

Maybe it's great for those just starting. But having played through pre-release, it feels like a punishment. They reset our progress once. It was a grind to unlock the map one time. Two times was pushing it. But having to do it a third time? That's just a poor decision and a terrible "reward" to those that supported it this entire time.

Mtb animations trash bikes and physics are good

Something just feels off with this, unfortunately. Graphics are lacking any real art direction and animations are lacking in flow. Speaking of animations, that's all you get in terms of control over the bike - everything you do on the bike besides steering is all scripted animations triggered by 'gestures' with the control sticks rather than 'free' physics-based control over the bike with regards to scrubs, whips, boosting, squashing, flips, tricks, bunnyhops etc. The tracks range from okay to quite good, with some challenging sections and meaningful choice of lines to be found, and some of the tracks are recognisable from real life, though there's not as many of them as I'd expect and the open world feels rather empty and devoid of life or anything meaningful to see or do outside of the tracks themselves. Riding between tracks and chair lifts feels like a sign-following chore rather than fun exploration. The events and races are fun, and the integration of worldwide leaderboards for each event is a really good addition, there will be a skill gap emerging between players based on line choice and speed carried, but races can quickly turn frustrating when you get flung off your bike randomly mid-run or suddenly reset for cutting while still well within the taped track limits. The game does have a career mode where you unlock new sponsors, but I've not played enough yet to be able to comment on this. The bike selection appears to be lacking - you can choose between an enduro bike and a downhill bike. That's it, no sign of any slopestyle bikes despite slopestyle being one of the two event types in the game. The cosmetics are cool, you can spend your earned 'moolah' on new jerseys, pants, shoes, helmets, goggles, gloves and Marin bike skins. You have to spend your 'moolah' to buy fast travel points though, which seems like an odd choice until you discover the 'buy currency' shop where you can spend quite a lot of your real world money for in-game money. The best part of the game is the general vibe - Rob Warner commentating your race runs and Matt Jones talking you through the tutorial is really cool, and the 'Jones Bros Radio' is a cool touch and adds some life to the game. The soundtrack is subjectively good too, with some cool licensed music to vibe to as you ride. Performance-wise the game is underwhelming. For how it looks, it should be running much more smoothly than it is. For reference, I'm on an RTX 4090, and have to enable DLSS Quality and drop some of the settings from Epic to High to keep it smooth at all times. Not ideal. All in all, there's fun to be had here but I'm still waiting for a really great MTB game to be made. Skaters and Motocross riders have been eating well over the years (please, developers, for the love of god, look at what made the likes of Skate and MX vs ATV Reflex so good!), but MTB has yet to have any truly excellent games that capture the feeling of actually riding in an authentic and satisfying way. Riders' Republic is basically this game but less janky and with loads more to do so I'd probably recommend that over this. I'd certainly look at Cranked and Descenders first before this as well.

Sadly had to give the game back. I'm from germany and the races with other players have been imposible to play. It wa slaggy and buggy, wasn't able to finish a single time. ANd also when i was just free riding, I had massive lags every now and then, which made the game experiance really frustrating. Maybe this game needs some bug fixes and more server support. If everything gets fixed, I would love to maybe buy th egame again in the future.