Sports Superbike 2

Sports Superbike 2
Based on: Castrol Honda VTR Developers: Interactive Entertainment, Bubble Boy Limited Publishers: Mud Duck Productions (US), Midas Interactive Entertainment (EU) Platform: PlayStation Released in US: October 6, 2002 Released in EU: December 13, 2002 This game has unused areas. This game has unused graphics. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences.

Unused Graphics

Loading Screen

D\BFS\LOADING.TIM is the loading screen graphic from Castrol Honda Superbike Racing.

Company Logo

D\BFS\TITLE1.TIM is a logo graphic for Midas Interactive Entertainment. In the European version, which was published by that company, a video sequence is used instead.

Unused Areas

Though 15 tracks are available in this game, 5 additional ones are referenced in D\BIKE\TRACKS.TXT. They all have track, model and texture data still available in the folder TRACKS, and are as follows:

• ITALY, a rendition of the Monza Circuit.
• ITALY2, a rendition of the Imola Circuit.
• AUSTRAL, a rendition of the Adelaide Street Circuit.
• LEICS, a rendition of the Donington Park circuit.
• VILLAGF, which seems to be an original track.

Unused Text

Unused Text Strings

The game's text strings, which are located in the directory D\BIKE\TEXT, contain several strings that are never seen in-game. Most of them are leftovers from Castrol Honda Superbike Racing, as well as the game it is based on, Castrol Honda Superbike World Champions.

Realism
Difficulty: &^^^^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Riders: &^^^^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Laps:   &^^^^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Steering Damage: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Faring Damage:   &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Major Damage:    &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Radiator Damage: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Wheelies:        &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Engine Overheat: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Tyre Wear:       &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Lose Rear Wheel: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Bike Damage:     &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $

Bike No.:   ^^^^&%d

P1: %s
Bike: %s
P2: %s
Bike: %s

Display
Screen Resolution: &^^^^^\BK\BL^^%s
Detail Level: %s

320x200
640x480
800x600
High Colour
256 Colour
Perspective
Level 3
Level 2
Level 1
Level 0
Flat shaded
Low
Medium
High
Off
Some
On
Off
On
Soft
Medium
Hard
Off
On

Host
Join
Network
Internet
Serial
Modem
Name:       ^^^^&%s

Left
Right
Up
Down
Button 1
Button 2
Button 3
Button 4
Mouse
Key
Joystick
Joypad
Default Controller: &\BK\BL %s
Controller Conflict:

Choose Controller

Workshop
Network Game
Gravel Traps: &^^^^^^on $^^off $

Players : &^^^^One $^^^Two (Split Screen) $

Penalties: &^^^^^^^^on $^^^off $
Single Player Game
Two Player Game

Joystick 1
Joystick 2
Mouse
Keyboard
Racing Wheel
Joypad

No Available Games Detected
No Network Games Detected
Start Hosting A Network Game
You Are Hosting A Network Game
Start The Race
Quit Network Game
Waiting For Host To Start Game
Network Game Waiting For Riders
Join Network Game
Prepare To Race
Bad Network State
Trying To Join Game
Colours: &^^^^^\BK\BL^^%s
256
HiColour
TrueColour
Hardware Acceleration:&^^^^^^^on $^^off $
Bikes To Render: &^^^^^\BM\BN ^^%s
Level Of Detail:&^^^^^\BK\BL ^^%s
Low
Medium
High

Number Of Players: %d

Fog:&^^^^^^on $^^off $^^random $

Chase Mode:&^^^^^^^on $^^off $
Bonus Cone Mode:&^^^^^^^on $^^off $

Network game at %s over %d laps
No network game info
Checking Network Game Status

Realism Settings

XXXXXX UNUSED

Porky

Credits

Lead Tester^^^^^^^xx
Testers^^^^^^^xx
 ^^^^^^^xx
 ^^^^^^^xx
Manual creation^^^^^^^xx
Marketing^^^^^^^xx
Technical Director^^^^^^^xx
Art Director^^^^^^^xx
Executive Producer^^^^^^^xx
Producer^^^^^^^xx
Executive in charge
of Production^^^^^^^xx

Unused Parameters

The main race configuration parameter file, PLAY\BIKEGAME.CFG, contains several unused text parameters which relate to default player names for slots 3 to 8, which is not possible since this game is up to 2 players only. Most of them seem to match already-existing names for CPU drivers, though the name in HumanPlayerName7 is unique.

Parameter	Text
HumanPlayerName3	D JEFFRIES
HumanPlayerName4	D TAILFORD
HumanPlayerName5	A MCGRATH
HumanPlayerName6	D MILLER
HumanPlayerName7	B RED
HumanPlayerName8	K DUNN

Regional Difference

While the original American releaase has text in the Championship results screens, the European release strangely lacks them.

US	Europe