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This decision was made after Steep was offered as a free game for PlayStation Plus members in early 2019, which went on to attract more than 10 million new players. The gameplay was designed to be a social game which emphasizes 'excitement and camaraderie of online community'. For instance, different bike brands have stats that would 'mimic real life behaviour'. The team worked with experts and athletes to ensure that each activity featured is authentic. Like Steep, the game is not a simulation video game, as the team designed the gameplay to be as accessible as possible. The studio also sent a team to visit these parks to ensure that they are accurately represented in the game. The American national parks were chosen as the game's setting as they are often used to host competitions for extreme sports. The development team recreated the national parks using GPS data, and even though the seven national parks are distinct regions in real life, the team integrated the parks together in order to create one single open world for players to explore. Development of the game started in 2017, and the development team expanded to include members from other Ubisoft's studios in Montpellier, Belgrade, Pune, Berlin, Kyiv, and Odesa.

The game is currently being developed by Ubisoft Annecy using Ubisoft's proprietary game engine Ubisoft Anvil, from the team that created Steep, also an extreme sports game, in 2016. As players progress in the career mode, they will unlock new gears, outfits and cosmetic items. In this event, players can switch between the sport activities at will. The final objective is to participate in 'Riders Ridge Invitational', described as 'a never seen before multi-sport competition featuring all sports in one single event'.

Gradually, players would reach important milestones, such as being invited to join competitions like UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, Red Bull Rampage, Red Bull Joyride and the X Games, and signing with real-world sports sponsors. Each of them has its own progression path. The game features a career mode, in which players engage in six different disciplines (Bike Freestyle, Bike Racing, Snowboard/Ski Freestyle, Snowboard/Ski Racing, Wingsuit, Rocket Wingsuit). The game features social hubs in which players can meet and interact with each other. The game is set in an open world which meshes seven distinct national parks in the Western United States, namely Bryce Canyon, Yosemite Valley, Sequoia Park, Zion, Canyonlands, Mammoth Mountain, and Grand Teton, into one enormous single map. The team which has the highest score would win the match. In this mode, each team competes in an arena and needs to perform as many tricks as possible in order to score Trick points. In addition, players can also play a 6v6 competitive multiplayer mode named 'Tricks Battle Arena'.

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The PS4 and Xbox One versions only support about 20 players. Ubisoft described the game as a ' massively multiplayer sports game', as up to 64 players can compete against each other in Mass Races competitions. The four main activities available in the game include mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding, and wingsuit flying.

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