Pirelli: DIABLO Superbike tires protagonists in the new SBK 22 video game

In SBK™22, the video game referring to the FIM Superbike World Championship, Pirelli collaborated with the Milanese software house Milestone, who was responsible for the creation of the title.

The new video game

Milestone is a world-class developer in the field of racing game. We remember important collaborations with licenses and well-known publishers in the two-wheel panorama. He returns with this new title ten years later SBK Generations, the last and tenth in the series of video games dedicated to the FIM Superbike World Championship undertaken in 1999.

The videogame SBK™22 includes the official 2022 WorldSBK Championship and, to offer a realistic experience of the World Championship, also a "Career" mode which reproduces the events in the WorldSBK Championship with the calendar of events, the official riders and team members.

There is also a multiplayer mode that allows a simultaneous online challenge for up to 12 players. The title is already available for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Steam, as reported.

The presence of Pirelli

Collaboration between Pirelli e Milestone has a long history, given that the two companies have worked together on various titles developed by the Milanese software house, from the RIDE series to those concerning MXGP and Supercross.

The high quality performance of the championship is also linked to the consultancy of professional drivers and professionals. The level of simulation does not only concern the behavior of the vehicles and the drivers, but is also visible in the details, such as the very presence of Pirelli on the trackside banners, on the used tyres, on the motorbike fairings and on the riders' overalls .

A presence that is also crucial for the playability itself, it is possible to equip the selected motorbike by opting between the various available compounds of DIABLO™ Superbike. As in reality, you have access to a set of dry and wet tyres, which can also be different depending on the track and which includes range solutions and also development options. Based on the choice made, the algorithm modifies the behavior of the motorbike and the tires represent one of the parameters that the player must consider before going on the track.

To achieve this type of realism, the Milestone developers worked with Pirelli to reproduce in a virtual space the technical and behavioral characteristics of the Pirelli DIABLO™ Superbike slick tyres, as mentioned.

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Images: Pirelli – Milestone