Carlton Trials

Carlton Trials is a platform racing video game developed by and published by ITV Interactive. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in June 2008. Facepunch released six paid DLC packs, as well as several free content updates. Online multiplayer was added in an update on 11 August 2008.

Carlton Trials was generally well received upon release. Critics praised the level design, controls, graphics, the futuristic setting, and the amount of content, but criticized the lack of tutorials for the game's create mode. By February 2009, the game had sold over 1.7 million copies.

Gameplay
Carlton Trials presents an arcade take on the real-life sport of observed trials. The player controls a rider on a physics-based motorcycle from the start of the level to the end while navigating a number of obstacles. The game uses 3D graphics, but is played on a 2D plane, so the rider can only move forwards and backwards. The player controls how the rider shifts their weight forward and backward in order to perform wheelies and stoppies as well as flips while in the air and controlling how the bike lands. Carlton Trials is known for, among other things, its notorious difficulty, particularly towards the end of the game. Players can also perform freestyle motorcross stunts while in the air by moving the right analog stick. Players can choose a quad bike for a handful of levels: the 'TKO Panda'. Other vehicles included are motorbikes 'Baggie', 'Roach', 'Pit Viper', and 'Foxbat', minibike 'Donkey', and BMX bike, 'Rabbit'.

Carlton Trials also features a track editor, allowing players to create their own courses and games.

Carlton Trials ' multiplayer allows up to 8 players (PS3 and PC) to race in different tracks, while the Xbox 360 version of the game only support 4 players. Online multiplayer was added in an update on 11 January 2008.

Setting
The game is set in 1993, after the new franchisee  "has arrived", and after the creation of the "Anomaly AI". Descended from this AI are two characters, Sylvia and Jerry whose disembodied voices are heard by the player's character, Rider, throughout the game. Also in the events leading up to the game, the has designated some parts of the planet as "United Nations Ungoverned Regions".