{"id":19933,"date":"2025-08-29T11:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/four-wheels-good-two-wheels-bad-why-are-there-no-exciting-cycling-games-dominik-diamond\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T11:37:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:37:22","slug":"four-wheels-good-two-wheels-bad-why-are-there-no-exciting-cycling-games-dominik-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/29\/four-wheels-good-two-wheels-bad-why-are-there-no-exciting-cycling-games-dominik-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"Four wheels good, two wheels bad: why are there no exciting cycling games? | Dominik Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been playing Wheel World. It\u2019s silly hipster fun, but I\u2019d rather get on my real bike and ride. Where are the cycling equivalents of Crazy Taxi or Road Rash?<\/p>\n

I have spent a week trying to save the universe. Not by leading a hardened team of oddball veterans in an assault on a despot\u2019s intergalactic outpost, nor by completing a series of well-written tasks to build up my warrior mage so they can defeat some ancient malignant omnipotent deity.<\/p>\n

I have done it by completing easy races on a bicycle. Sounds ridiculous? Welcome to Wheel World.<\/p>\n

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\nI\u2019ve been playing Wheel World. It\u2019s silly hipster fun, but I\u2019d rather get on my real bike and ride. Where are the cycling equivalents of Crazy Taxi or Road Rash?
\nI have spent a week trying to save the universe. Not by leading a hardened team of oddball veterans in an assault on a despot\u2019s intergalactic outpost, nor by completing a series of well-written tasks to build up my warrior mage so they can defeat some ancient malignant omnipotent deity.
\nI have done it by completing easy races on a bicycle. Sounds ridiculous? Welcome to Wheel World. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve been playing Wheel World. It\u2019s silly hipster fun, but I\u2019d rather get on my real bike and ride. Where are the cycling equivalents of Crazy Taxi or Road Rash? I have spent a week trying to save the universe. Not by leading a hardened team of oddball veterans in an assault on a despot\u2019s …<\/p>\n

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