Riptide

Not to be confused with Ripslide.

The crowd-pleaser down on the beach, Riptide is the unholy offspring of MotoX and MotorStorm. From MotoX it has inherited ramps, big jumps, whoops, rollers, tight banked turns and technical hairpins, and from MotorStorm its blue eyes, cute little button nose and sandy complexion.

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Sun, sea and surf were the order of the day for some carefree racers, but the choppy waters around the riptide lagoon provided natural rock formations too good not to race around.

"Ahh, I'm tanning! My pallor, my beautiful pallor!" - Seven

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Riptide is a Water Zone Track in MotorStorm: Pacific Rift. It is situated on a sunny beach, so expect a lot of sand and water. This track is friendly to all vehicles.

Smaller, more agile classes such as Bikes are the ideal class for racing here, although larger vehicles also benefit because of their sheer power and the ability to simply push other classes out of their way when passing through crucial choke points, such as the first or third jump on the track.

Festival Events

• "Driftwood" - Rank 2 - Bike/ATV - wreck limit: 3 - 2 laps
• "Treasure Hunter" - Eliminator - Rank 2 - Buggy
• "Beached Whale" - Rank 3 - Mud Plugger/Monster Truck - 2 laps
• "Happy Trails" - Rank 6 - Rally Car - time limit: 2:55 - 2 laps
• "Circus Freaks" - Speed event - Rank 6 - Racing Truck
• "All-Terrain Vengeance" - Rank 8 - ATV - 3 laps

Speed Weekend Events

• "Breach Break" - ATV Event 2
• "Circus Freaks" - Racing Truck Event 1

Trivia

• Due to the MotoX nature, Bikes are the best vehicles to use on this track.
• Two intermodal containers can be knocked down at the third jump, as it crosses over the large area of water after the first jump, which creates a makeshift hazard after the first jump.
• Riptide lends its name, in a way, to the MotorStorm RC track Ripslide.
• There are numerous inflatable objects seen around the track, such as a giant ATV and a cow.
• On the first corner after the starting jump; if you stop, you will notice little animated crabs that run across the track.
• At the beginning of the race, you can see the Carrier to the left of the track where the wave is.
• Outside of the track to the left of the first corner, there is an Easter egg in the form of a picture of some of the Evolution Studios developers sitting under a rainbow archway with the words "no girls!" written on it.

Gallery

Map of Riptide

The Wave

The First Jump

The Shark's Mouth

After the third jump

The developer Easter egg