$19.99RiMS Racing The race starts in the workshop
Tune every screw of the world's fastest superbikes, then chase real speed with honest physics and a helmet camera.
Is RiMS Racing worth it?
RiMS Racing is worth it if…
- you want a bike sim where setup and maintenance change how the ride actually feels
- you enjoy games that punish mistakes and pay off patience
- you like tinkering with parts and settings as much as racing
- you would rather master eight superbikes deeply than sample a huge roster
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Every screw matters
The workshop is half the game. You dismantle your bike part by part, check what is worn, and rebuild it with any of over 500 official spare parts. After a race, components are used up and need maintenance; after a crash, they need replacing. There is a small satisfaction in knowing your brake discs by name, and a real one in feeling the difference a new setup makes on track. If turning virtual wrenches gets old, you can invest in your team's mechanics and let them handle it while the animations play out anyway.
Reading the bike while you ride
The Motorbike Status Check puts engineering data on screen in real time: brake disc temperature, tyre pressure and compound, suspension behaviour, electronics. You notice the rear tyre going off after a few hard laps and suddenly the throttle is a negotiation instead of a switch. The trick is turning that information into decisions before the next corner: soften the suspension, change the tyre compound, remap the electronics to match how you ride. It is the closest a racing game gets to making you feel like your own race engineer.
Physics that bite back
This is a simulation, and it does not pretend otherwise. Grab too much throttle on a wet road, brake too late into a corner, and the bike will go down without asking. Weight transfer, gyroscopic effect and traction all behave the way a litre-bike does, and the game rewards proper braking, early corner entry and clean lines. Ride assists are there if you are still learning the techniques, and they actually help. The sound deserves a mention too: the engines and the wind noise at speed do a lot of the convincing.
Eight bikes, fifteen places to ride them
The garage is small on purpose: eight superbikes, from the Ducati Panigale V4 R to the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR, each built with the manufacturer's cooperation and detailed enough to strip down completely. The tracks make up for the short roster. Ten faithfully recreated circuits including Silverstone, Laguna Seca, Suzuka and the Nürburgring, plus five road routes through the landscapes of the United States, Norway, Australia, Spain and Italy for a different kind of point-to-point racing.
Is this game for you?
Can you play it solo?
Yes, and most of the game is built for it. Career mode gives you a team to manage across a race calendar, with R&D investments, skill upgrades and manufacturer offers along the way. There are also single races on the official circuits and road routes, and the bike maintenance side of the game is a solo activity by nature.
Is it too hard for someone new to racing games?
The realistic physics mode is demanding, and crashes are genuinely costly, so expect a learning curve. But the ride assist technologies exist precisely for this: they let less experienced players learn braking, corner entry and throttle control step by step. Starting with assists on and dialing them back as you improve is a completely viable way in.
Can you customise your rider as well as the bike?
Yes. There are over 200 official equipment items for your rider, covering helmets, leathers and other gear from real brands. The bike side goes much deeper, with more than 500 official spare parts, but your rider does not have to look stock while you set lap times.
Do you need to understand motorbike mechanics to enjoy it?
No. The Motorbike Status Check explains what each setting does while you ride, so you learn by seeing the effect of a change rather than studying a manual. And if workshop work is not your thing, upgrading your team lets the mechanics handle the wrenching for you. Curiosity helps, prior knowledge does not.
