MotorStorm: Return to the Wild

***MotorStorm: Return to the Wild*** is a fanonical game co-created by The Cherrybomber and JustAlex93, developed by Focus Home Interactive and published in 2019 by Saber Interactive. Past *Return to the Wild*, Focus Home Interactive, the developers of *Spintires: MudRunner* and *SnowRunner* bought the intellectual property rights for *MotorStorm* from Sony.

The game takes place before the events of *MotorStorm: Untamed Tundra* (released after *Outback Outrage*, which came before it) and released after *MotorStorm RC*, with many new vehicles, as well as vehicle classes debuting.

## Gameplay

A majority of the original game's mechanics as well as small nitpicks are reused in the game, such as BluRay compatibility, but the physics engine has been redone, to balance certain classes like ATVs, Superbikes, and Supercars.

A new feature seen in the game is the new weather system, which can make races a lot more unpredicatable. In wreckreation, the player is free to choose any vehicles for their opponents, like in the private races in the *Forza Motorsport* series, which means that the AI can be set to drive any vehicle the player chooses for them.

Some vehicles also have distinct sounds, such as the Atlas Arizona, Wakazashi Razor, Humbler Diablo. Each vehicle that debuted in *MotorStorm* have their original exhaust notes, while the vehicle debuting to their respective games have the sounds of the class they were in during *Pacific Rift*, *Arctic Edge*, and *Apocalypse*. Most of the vehicles of newer classes also have distinctive sounds, depending on their region of manufacturing.

Cash prizes are also awarded to players who finish races in 5th place or better. The money can be saved up to purchase new vehicles, customization parts, and class swaps.

In addition, Extreme Sports were added into the game as side activities, with cash rewards for completing challenges in them.

## Classes

Many new vehicle classes have been approved by the MotorStorm Race Authority to be entered and driven in the Festival, as well as several new manufacturers. There are eight different fields of vehicle classes, ranging from Puny to Massive, including special vehicles and DLC classes

### Puny

*Say Hello to the some of the fastest accelerating vehicles in the Festival. Every type of Motorcycle and ATV is available to you, ranging from the classic Bikes all the way to the devastatingly powerful Hyperbikes, and even the rock solid Land Skimmers. None of these vehicles are the most reliable choices when it comes to combat, despite they have the most intimate way of playing dirty, which is to punch or kick opposing drivers off of their vehicles. Lastly, they all can be major nuisances to all the other drivers, whether their riders are pissing the other drivers off with obscene hand gestures, or even causing them to spin out by landing on them.*

* Bikes
* Trial Bikes - Lightweight dirt bikes
* Superbikes
* Hyperbikes - Drag superbikes
* Choppers
* ATVs
* Snow Machines
* Land Skimmers - UTVs

### Small

*If the puny vehicles are too puny for you, try the small vehicles. There's definitely a plethora of fun vehicles to try out, and all of them are tough little critters to boot in their own ways. However, they're juicy targets for the bigger vehicles past the medium size vehicles. With these vehicles, you can easily bully the puny vehicles with very little consequences, though you're still quite weak.*

* Buggies
* MudSlingers - Mud Dragsters
* SuperMinis
* Door Slammers - Small engine Trans-Am race cars.
* Ice Racers
* Power Wheelers - Open wheel Track cars.
* Cigar Racers - Vintage Cigar style race cars

### Medium

*If speed is more your game, try the medium vehicles. They can hold their own against mostly anything that isn't in the heavy class, despite the fact that most of the vehicles in this weight division are race cars, specially tuned to endure the MotorStorm Festival. Whether you like old school racing, or new school racing, the medium weight division's got you covered when it comes to living your fantasy of being a race car driver.*

* Rally Cars
* Rally Crossers - Rally Cross cars.
* Super Buggies - Class 1 Race Buggies
* Grand Tourers - Vintage grand touring sports cars
* Silhouettes - Group 5 Race Cars
* GT1s - FIA GT1 Race Cars
* Super Coupes - Performance Coupes
* Supercars
* Prototypes - Group C and LMP race cars.
* Tuner Cars - Modified Japanese Import Cars
* GTOs - IMSA GTO Race Cars
* Trophy Tourers - BTCC/JTCC Super Touring Cars, and Pro Touring Hot Rods
* Twist Raiders - Hillclimb Unlimited Race cars
* GT3s - GT3 Race Cars

### Bruiser

*If it's that sadistic aggression you want, or all rounded stats, you'll want to drive the bruiser weight vehicles. They can definitely get angry in a matter of seconds, and can throw the heavy weight vehicles around, granted you can ram them into a corner and make them flip over. Whether you want to go with the mighty racing trucks, or the good ol' muscle cars, or even the sadistic super tourers, the bruiser weight class has got all the heavy cars you'll need.*

* Super Tourers - Australian V8 Supercars
* Muscle Cars
* Lowriders - Full-size American Sedans
* Wagoneers - Performance Station wagons
* Thunder Saloons- Performance Saloons
* Muscle Trucks - Performance trucks
* Racing Trucks

### Heavy

*If you want to stay exclusively to heft and good terrain handling, go with the heavyweight vehicles. Most of them can go through mud and rougher terrains thirty times easier than the other vehicles. All of these heavies also have one thing in common: Brute strength. They can easily bully all of the smaller classes, despite they still struggle to fight the bruiser weight vehicles*

* Diesel Rods - Diesel powered hot rods
* Mud Pluggers
* Rock Crawlers - Specialized 4x4s
* Power Mudders- Formula Off Road vehicles
* Rock Tillers - Hillclimb Buggies
* Trekkers- Mud Pluggers with caterpillar tracks

### Massive

*When that feeling of rage comes, and you want to blow off some steam by plowing everything out of the way, the massive vehicles are calling you. All of them can flatten smaller things into tin cans, whether you do it the monster truck way, or the big rig way. This class houses the strongest vehicles in the game, and nothing can stop them, but another massive vehicle.*

* Snowcats
* Big Rigs
* Monster Trucks

### Special

*Because the 'Stormers had many ideas for crazy vehicles that couldn't classify as any of the regular classes, we've had the mechanics specially modify a plethora of both off road and asphalt vehicles that can suit any player's style, whether you like brute torque, drifting, or just driving straight, we've got you covered.*

* Lunicorns - Specialized off-road vehicles
* RoadSlayers - Specialized asphalt vehicles
* CurveSlayers - Drift vehicles
* Ragdolls - Joke vehicles
* Libtards - Specially modified limited edition performance cars.
* RGTs - GT4 Rally Cars
* Hypercars - Ultra-luxurious supercars
* Track Toys - Closed wheel track cars and ultra special race cars.
* Street Tuners - Modified tuner cars

### DLC classes

Depending on which DLC is purchased, or if the Season pass is purchased, multiple new classes will be available to the player

* Cargo Trucks - Military Cargo Trucks
* Super 2000s - Low Cost AWD Rally Cars
* Dirt Bullets - Off road modified SuperBikes
* Lead Sleds - Off road modified Choppers
* Scouters - 4x4 medium duty utility trucks
* Tractors - Heavy duty 4x4 articulated tractors
* Hot Wheels - Hot Wheels cars
* GT500s - JGTC GT500 race carsStreamliners - Group 6 and Group 7/Can-Am Race Cars
* Muscle Runners - Baja Modified Muscle Cars
* Retro Racers - Vintage circuit motorcycles
* Speedsters - Vintage Race Cars
* Super 2000s - Low Cost AWD rally cars
* Safari Raiders - Safari Rally Cars

## Location

*Main Article: Pandrosia*

*Return to the Wild* takes place on a fictional island located off the coast of France, known as *Pandrosia*. The island itself was abandoned in the late 1970's, following the meltdown of a nuclear reactor. There are many zones within the island, ranging from decrepit cities to an underground tunnel system. This island is also home to an extinct volcano and a few monument sites.

The decision to hold the MotorStorm Festival on Pandrosia was a result of extensive planning between Mash (who is the current leader of the Festival after Big Dog died back in 2011), Ms. Austin, the MotorStorm Race Authority (M.R.A.), and some input from various 'Stormers, both old and new.

## New Gameplay Modes

*Main Article: MotorStorm: Return to the Wild/Challenges*

*MotorStorm: Return to the Wild* has implemented Free Roam, which allows the player to roam Pandrosia at their leisure, and start impromptu races with other 'Stormers around the island. There are also hidden briefcases of cash hidden throughout the island that can be collected.

Free-Roam also features On-Foot Mode, where the player avatar can exit their vehicle and travel by foot. At the Festival site in On-Foot Mode, the player can interact with 'Stormers or other characters, as well as to visit the food and drink stands, as well as a gift shop and a clothing shop. It is at the aforementioned shops, money collected from the briefcases and from racing events can be spent to obtain food and drink to use special temporary effects in racing events, buy clothes for customizing the look of the player's avatar, and purchase MotorStorm trading cards. Of course, there is also the garage, where vehicle customizations and class swaps can be performed, in addition to the Auto Show, where new vehicles can be purchased.

In certain areas of Pandrosia, some briefcases are placed in very tight areas where no vehicles, not even the Ragdolls would go, could only be collected on foot.

Added to that, there are also new gameplay elements added. Races, Time-Tickers, Speed Challenges, and Eliminators still appear in the game, and are essentially the only events required to actually beat the game, while the extra gaming modes are challenges that are required to achieve 100% completion of the game.

## New Manufacturers

### Rasputin Motors

A Russian manufacturer that builds both consumer-grade and racing vehicles and participates in professional motorsports. Upon being invited by the MotorStorm Race Authority to MotorStorm, they set out to prove to the world that their racing vehicles can stand toe-to-toe with those made by Western manufacturers.

### Logan

A Swedish manufacturer that makes many vehicles powered by Inline-Five engines, besides their big rigs. For many years, they've dominated the BTCC with their cars.

### Enthusia

An Italian manufacturer with a very exclusive customer base and a history in making some of the finest performance cars in Europe, if not the whole world. To become part of the clientele, one would have to get an invitation, and to get one of those, you'd have to do something really amazing to get their approval.

### Maxi

A French manufacturer that takes many influences from French and Italian designs.

### Tenrai

A highly-coveted Japanese brand, mostly known for their *Xylem* and *Kaiju* series of sports cars. Though their vehicles are highly coveted, they are unfortunately illegal to own in the U.S.

### Capstan

A specialized buggy and LeMans Prototype designer based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which was founded by two ex-Jester employees and one ex-Wombat employee to compete with Wombat and Jester. Their buggies are just as racing-oriented as Jester's but have the quality of Wombat's buggies.

### Gyoza

A Japanese manufacturer that allows all of their vehicles to be imported to America, unlike Tenrai. Their vehicles are quite specialized in the sense that there are plenty of liveries available on their more road-going vehicles.

### Glendale

An American vehicle manufacturer that mainly specializes in vintage American designs. Their vehicles are known to have quite a bit of that "Proud to be an American" charm to them, and are renowned for their ease of maintenance. They rival Castro in many aspects.

### Fallout

A post-apocalyptic-themed manufacturer, with *Mad Max*-like designs that are among some of the most brutal vehicles on the grid, more so than Lunar-Tec's. Of course, they are chocked full of heavy armor. They rival Humbler in build quality.

### Kazumi

A Japanese SUV and Motorcycle manufacturer that has a history of making some of the best motorcycles and some of the most reliable SUVs to come out of Japan. The brand is based off of Kawasaki and Suzuki.

### Magnum

An American car manufacturer rumored to be tied to the Mafia. The corporation is currently under criminal investigation by the FBI. They are well known for their Constrictor series of sports cars, as well as their timeless classic muscle cars. They are also known for naming a majority of their vehicles after crimes.

### RCI SpA

An Italian company that manufactures replicars of historical racing vehicles to the exact specifications of the originals.

### Monache

A Native American motorcycle manufacturer, Their motorcycles are built by jhand, with Native American Pride.

### Ron Geare

A heavy machinery manufacturer that reluctantly accepted being invited to participate in MotorStorm. Their vehicles have engines with displacements up to 19 liters, that spew out evil clouds of dumped diesel fuel from their exhaust, and even have a distinctive back up alarm when reversing. Their vehicles are painted in a striking bright yellow.

### Babushka

A Russian machinery manufacturer with utilitarian designs rivalling that of their competitor Molotov. Their vehicles, just like Molotov, are all simple to repair and put back into the race, as well as having great build quality that rivals that of Atlas. They also design many military vehicles.

### Chrono

A Japanese vehicle manufacturer that makes all types of vehicles in nearly every classification. They rival Ozutsu, Wakazashi and Wasabi. Based on Suzuki, Yamaha and Honda.

### Bluebird

A vintage American sports car manufacturer with a modern flare. They are well known for being one of the definitive kit car manufacturers, rivalling Falfer, and are known for their kit supercars that use Magnum engines. They mainly specialize in bruiser weight vehicles. Based off of various kit car manufacturers.

### RS GmbH

A German tuning company that modifies Wulffs. Their cars aren't legal in the United States, and are barely road legal due to how unsafe their cars are, due to their high amount of horsepower and lack of driving assists.

### Kompresseur

A highly desirable German manufacturer that makes many luxury vehicles as well as hardcore off-roading machines, which is inspired by Fisker and Mercedes-Benz.

### Advantage

A Japanese replicar manufacturer that also produces limited edition models of certain cars, with extreme modifications. Their vehicles are known to stick out with a glistening pearl white finish, while their sponsored race cars are painted in an eye-catching black and red livery.

### Gianaro

An Italian race car builder, known for making cutting edge designs that stick out on the circuit. It is based off of the British race car manufacturer Ginetta.

### Kramarlov

A Ukranian heavy equipment/Military vehicle manufacturer that builds vehicles strictly for utilitarian purposes. The company is known to have an extremely heated rivalry with Molotov and Babushka.

### Hyosung

A South Korean car manufacturer known to make unique vehicles that stand out from the Japanese vehicles, despite being owned by Tenrai.

### Cougar

A British luxury manufacturer known for producing some of the most luxurious cars to ever come from England.

### B5 Motorsports

A Californian Wulff tuning company that is notorious for converting Wulff Prestos and various other vehicles made by Wulff into supercar stomping, firebreathing machines that have a true appetite for victory.

### Panigale

An Italian motorcycle manufacturer, known for creating some of the most beautiful and sought after performance motorcycles from Italy. Due to them being owned by Enthusia, the player must be invited to own one of their bikes.