Trials Rising is exactly the kind of addictive, over-the-top, slapstick fun that I didn’t realize I was missing. It’s a challenging racing game, but with a very forgiving difficulty curve. It has beautiful scenery that will occasionally leave you breathless. When I mentioned to a friend I was interested in Trials Rising, the friend said he’d never heard of the series, and asked what kind of game it was. That’s surprisingly hard to boil down into a single sentence — it’s kind of a platformer, kind of a racer, and kind of a sports game. The game is done in…

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