Tour de France 2020
- August 26, 2020
- Cyanide Studio
- 24h median play time
It’s a solid distillation of pro cycling, but not engaging enough to justify playing so many stage races in succession.
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Reviews
- The game offers a fun and addictive arcade feel with pleasing graphics and good simulation of cycling tactics.
- It features a decent career mode where players can manage a team and control riders during races, providing a hands-on experience.
- The scenery and landscapes are beautifully recreated, enhancing the overall cycling experience.
- The game suffers from a lack of depth and variety, with many riders looking the same and limited race options in the calendar.
- Controls can be frustrating, particularly when cornering, and the AI behavior during races is often unrealistic and predictable.
- There are significant technical issues, including crashes at startup and a lack of support for PC players compared to console versions.
- graphics5 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 20 % neutral mentions
- 20 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are generally praised for their pleasing arcade aesthetic and impressive settings options, allowing players to customize resolution. However, some users noted issues with glitchy animations and a sparse graphical presentation.
“I love the arcade feel of this game overall, and the graphics are always really pleasing.”
“Amazing graphics”
“Awesome! There are so many graphic settings; it's great that I can choose between changing resolution and more!”
“With that being said, yes the game has some glitchy animations and moments, and the graphics are definitely on the sparse side.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 75 % positive mentions
- -50 % neutral mentions
- 75 % negative mentions
The gameplay is generally enjoyable and features realistic race tactics, with Tdf excelling in race day conditions compared to PCM 20. However, players find it challenging to break away from the peloton, and while PCM offers a better experience between races, some users express frustration over unresolved issues that affect their overall enjoyment.
“The gameplay is fun, though I will say that it's weirdly hard to break away from the peloton.”
“TDF does have an advantage in gameplay, as well as how it handles race day conditions, but PCM is simply better when it comes to everything that happens between races.”
“Good gameplay and race tactics are pretty developed and realistic.”
“TDF does have an advantage in gameplay, as well as how it handles race day conditions (seriously, what were they thinking with PCM 20?), but PCM is simply better when it comes to everything that happens between races.”
“The gameplay feels clunky and unresponsive, making it difficult to enjoy the racing experience.”
“I found the mechanics to be overly complicated and not intuitive, which detracted from the overall enjoyment of the game.”
- stability1 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 300 % negative mentions
The game exhibits significant stability issues, frequently freezing during the language selection process and ultimately crashing after approximately 30 seconds.
“The game freezes at the language selection screen and crashes after about 30 seconds.”
“I experienced frequent crashes during gameplay, making it nearly impossible to progress.”
“The stability issues are frustrating; the game often hangs and requires a restart.”
- replayability1 mentions
- 300 % positive mentions
- -200 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game offers decent replayability, making it enjoyable enough for players to return to after their initial playthrough.
“The game offers a lot of replayability with its multiple endings and varied character choices.”
“Each playthrough feels fresh thanks to the dynamic events and random encounters.”
“I love how the game encourages you to try different strategies, making each run unique.”
Critic Reviews
Tour de France 2020 Review
Tour de France 2020 is an improvement over its 2019 counterpart, thanks to the improved loading screen times, and reduced crashes that may take place. However, by and large it is still pretty much the same game otherwise, with minimal changes or quality-of-life features to make the experience more engaging. For those who love the sport of cycling, then this may fill in the time until the real-life racing starts up again - however for those with no interest in the sport, then it may be a tough task for Tour de France 2020 to latch newcomers into the title. The ingredients for a really engaging micro-managed cycling-simulator is here, but it is let down by the AI.
50%Uphill Struggle - Tour De France 2020 Review
Tour De France 2020 is a functional game and did manage to engage me on some occasions but I was left wanting for a more fleshed out experience of actually riding in a TDF event and could have really done without so much faffing with multiple team members. If you like the management side, this might be for you, but if you want a more in depth cycling experience… No yellow jersey for this one.
65%Tour de France 2020 review – I dream of yellow jerseys
It’s a solid distillation of pro cycling, but not engaging enough to justify playing so many stage races in succession.
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