Trials Rising - Expansion Pass (DLC)

Trials Rising is a physics-driven motorbike platformer where you haul a ragdoll rider over increasingly absurd obstacle courses, nailing throttle control and weight shifts to shave milliseconds off your run. It sits comfortably in the arcade-sim middle ground, meaning it is genuinely accessible to newcomers while still rewarding the obsessive repetition that series veterans love. The Expansion Pass layers additional track packs and cosmetic content on top of that foundation, stretching the mileage for players who burned through the base game. The core loop is about precision more than speed. You are constantly leaning forward into a ramp, tapping the brake just right, and either landing clean or watching your rider cartwheel into the dirt in spectacular slow motion. That slapstick failure animation never really gets old, which is part of why Trials has kept a loyal crowd across multiple entries. The expansion tracks push into new visual environments and crank up the difficulty ceiling, so if you are already chasing gold medals and leaderboard spots, there is a clear reason to keep buying in. That said, the mixed review score of 62 percent on Steam is worth taking seriously. Common complaints point to the base game's progression feeling padded with contracts and unlockables that can slow things down, and the expansion content does not fix that structural issue. If the base game's grind already wore you out, more tracks are not going to re-spark that motivation. The Ubisoft Connect requirement is also an extra friction point on PC that some players find annoying, especially if you are just trying to get four people set up quickly for a session. From a casual-play perspective, Trials Rising is one of the better couch-competition racers available because the ghost system and leaderboards make it easy to challenge friends without needing real-time multiplayer infrastructure. You beat my run, I beat yours, we argue about it over snacks. The expansion keeps that dynamic alive with fresh tracks to obsess over. However, there is no local split-screen here, so the "four people on one TV" crowd will need to pass the controller instead, which is a genuine limitation worth flagging. Gamepad play is solid and no steering wheel or specialty hardware is needed, which is a win for accessibility. Bottom line: if you already own Trials Rising and still find yourself chasing leaderboard ghosts on the base tracks, the Expansion Pass delivers exactly what it promises. If you bounced off the base game or are new to the series, start there first and do not touch this until you know you are hooked. Riley, Scout Team