Motorcycle Speed for parents: what the game is like
Motorcycle Speed is an arcade motorcycle game in the browser for kids from about 8 to 12. The player rides a motorbike along a coast road, passes cars and trucks, and finishes short missions against a clock. A crash is shown as a small tumble with no injuries, and there are no ads. This page lists the facts a grown-up may want before their child plays.
What does the player do?
- Rides a fictional motorbike on a two-lane coast road, with all traffic going the same way.
- Speeds up, brakes and leans into bends, passing cars and trucks.
- Plays five short missions in order, such as reaching an exit at 2 km, riding without touching anyone, or passing several cars quickly. The full list is on the five E4 missions.
- Collects road bonuses: speed boosts, a shield and ramps that make the bike jump.
- Earns stars and pretend cash, and spends the cash on a second bike and upgrades in the Garage.
The game rewards both speed and care. One mission, Room to breathe, is about riding without touching anyone and leaving at least half a metre when passing.
Content notes
- Speed. This is a fast arcade game. The bike can reach well over 200 km/h on a motorway, and passing cars closely earns points. It is a game, not a riding lesson; you may want to talk about how real roads have speed limits and real motorbikes need training and a licence.
- Crashes without injuries. A crash is called "a little tumble". The bike tips over and the result screen gives a friendly tip. Nobody is shown hurt, and there is no blood.
- No game over. A crash or running out of time only means trying again. Stars and cash are never taken away.
- No real brands or people. The bikes, cars and trucks are made up, with no real logos.
- No fighting, no weapons, no strong language and no gambling.
- Sound. Engine noise, wind, passing cars and a horn button. Music plays in the menus and quietly during rides.
How much reading is there?
Not much. Menus, mission goals and tips are short written sentences; there is no voice acting. The first ride teaches go, lean and brake one tip at a time, in words that match the device being used. A younger child may need help reading the mission goals at first.
How long is a session?
Each mission lasts less than two minutes. After each ride there is a result screen, which is a natural place to stop. The game can be paused at any time, and it pauses by itself when the player switches tab or turns a phone upright.
Where is progress saved?
The game saves by itself in the browser on the device being used, after each ride and purchase. There are three separate save slots, so siblings can each have their own game. If the browser can't save, the game says so. Settings like volume and graphics are shared by all three slots.
Ads, purchases and data
- There are no ads in the game.
- There is nothing to buy with real money inside the game. The cash is pretend money earned only by finishing missions.
- The game's models, textures and music are part of the game; it doesn't need to load them from other websites. The Credits screen shows web addresses only as plain text, not as links.
- The game tells the Contenta Games portal when the demo is started and finished.
Devices, controls and languages
- Plays in a web browser on computers, phones and tablets, with no download. It needs a browser that can show 3D (WebGL).
- Keyboard, game controller or touch buttons. On phones and tablets, rides are played in landscape.
- Nine languages: English, Swedish, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese.
- Comfort settings include volume, music, sound effects, a sound on/off switch, Moving effects, Graphics, Camera shake (off at the start), Keep the horizon level and View width. Setting Moving effects to Calm keeps camera shake off. See Comfort settings.
How to get the game
Motorcycle Speed can be tried in a demo. The full game, including Free ride, is part of the Contenta Games membership, which opens every game on the portal. See what a membership includes, or browse the guides to all our games.
See also
- The guide's front page: what the game is about.
- FAQ: quick answers to common questions.
- Your first ride, step by step: what the first ten minutes look like.
- Play Motorcycle Speed together.
