The Xbox version of Gravity Games Bike has no improvements over its PS2 port whatsoever.

User Rating: 2 | Gravity Games Bike: Street. Vert. Dirt. XBOX
Like NBA Elite 11 last November, games get cancelled sometimes. It happens for numerous reasons, but gamers get disappointed often about it. Midway cancelled the GameCube version of Gravity Games Bike: Street Vert Dirt after the PS2 version met with one of the worst reviews of 2002, which meant it looked like the Xbox version came off retail lists, but shipped that September and still have no idea why that version came on store shelves for $20, and its just as awful as its PS2 port.

Like Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, Gravity Games puts you in the seat of a professional BMX rider from the Gravity Games, but there are also a few fictional ones as well. The game has several BMX celebrities including Fuzzy Hall, Dennis McCoy, Jamie Bestwick, Leigh Ramsdell, Matt Beringer, Andre Ellison and a few more. There are 11 levels that are both Competition and Objective runs. In objective runs, you can only get 3 minutes at a time. And in competitions, you just get 1:30 in 3 chances to make your way up to the top.

Gravity Games Bike feels like it was developed for the US Sega Dreamcast launch and saved in a time capsule for the PS2 and Xbox. Everything feels sluggish. One of the only modern elements of the game are spelling a word, but even that can be frustrating to work with. I literally did a 1 million point combo. Bikers animate poorly as well. On the back of the box, it is written that there are 5 'insane' game modes. This tagline is a lie. In 2002, Gravity Games Bike's career and free ride modes simply don't cut. There is also a decent soundtrack as well, but that really dosen't improve any of the game.

With an abysmal career mode and the worst animations in a BMX video game, Gravity Games Bike is a smudge on Midway's otherwise solid record and you can almost laugh how awful the whole thing is. If you're a fan of alt. sports gaming, save your money, go buy Amped 3, and absolutely forget Gravity Games Bike.