This can be a problem on the MotoGP games. Around certain tracks like Mandalika, Catalunya, Malaysia and a few others, you can find your tyres overheating. You’ll know because the tyre indicator on your HUD often turns orange or red:

It’s most often the front tyre that this happens to, on circuits with high track temperatures and/or multiple corners going in the same direction in quick succession.

Your riding style can also contribute to this to a certain extent, but’s it’s the track temperatures that are the main contributor. Anything higher than a certain level and the soft/medium tyre will starts to overheat.

It can lead to slower or more sluggish cornering, or sometimes even losing grip altogether and falling off the bike.

The problem is more exaggerated on some MotoGP games than others. On MotoGP 23 for example, it’s quite noticeable, but it wasn’t so much of a problem on it’s predecessor MotoGP 22. It varies between different editions of the game.

You’ve two main fixes for this problem; let’s quickly cover them.

Fix #1 – Use Harder Tyres

This is the main fix that most often solves this problem. If you’re using the soft or medium tyre, fit a tyre one step harder for the tyre that’s having the most trouble.

• If you’re using medium tyres, switch to hard tyres.
• If you’re using soft tyres, switch to medium and then hard if necessary.

The game always defaults to fitting you medium tyres front and rear for each race. But you can change tyres from your bike setup menu, and you’re always prompted to confirm your final tyre choice just before you go to race sessions.

The recommended tyre on most MotoGP games has a lightbulb symbol next to it anyway, so this is the one to fit that’s most likely to avoid overheating issues.

For my most recent race at Mandalika on MotoGP 23 for example, this got rid of the problem right away. I was using a medium front tyre and it was literally turning red after 1 lap because of the corner structure here.

As soon as I fitted a hard front tyre, the problem went away. Therefore this is the first thing to try if you have this problem.

Fix #2 – Adjust Your Riding Style

Honestly, this has less of an impact that simply fitting harder tyres, but it can be useful if you’ve already started a race and can’t change tyres to fix an overheating issue.

There are certain things you can do to lessen the impact of overheating tyres:

• Get all your braking done before a corner, and slow right down before corners to limit the speed you carry into turns.
• Be gradual and smooth on your leaning inputs – don’t lean too suddenly or sharply.
• Be gradual also on your throttle inputs on corner exit. Don’t “lean” on the tyres too much when exiting prolonged corners. Either wait longer before opening up the accelerator, or apply the throttle more lightly/gradually on corner exit.