Trials Rising review – a global adrenaline rush

PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch; RedLynx/Ubisoft Kiev
Pure two-wheeled thrills drive this motorbike racing game, as you hurtle over spectacularly wild tracks around the world. Just avoid the acorns

After playing Trials Rising's first few tracks, which send you careening wildly down huge ramps, backflipping through the air and revving enthusiastically on an agile motorbike, you'd be forgiven for thinking this was a high-thrills racing game. In fact, it's as much a puzzle game as a racer, requiring careful, precise control of the throttle, your rider's weight and your own temper to bunny-hop through tricksy obstacle courses without flipping the bike over or touching an explosive barrel.

It is an adrenaline-heavy experience either way, whether you're zipping through an easy course or wrestling the bike around a tougher one with your heart in your mouth. It can be intensely frustrating, but even if you never develop total mastery of motocross physics, it's still great fun.