When racer-boy is running alongside the bike, steering away from him results in the bike falling over and flipping him up in the air. On reaching it, he will pick it up and remount, performing what looks like a bump-start, but strangely the engine noise remains constant throughout. If you throw your precious toy down the track - something you will find yourself doing very often on harder levels - the rider will get up, dust himself down, and run back up the track to find his bike. Turning on "real crashes" results in many a humorous moment. As I leant back in to the racing line, another rider forced me sideways and the back wheel touched grass. I was forced to pick the bike up before slamming on the brakes to avoid running wide, laying black marks all over the apex and scattering other competitors in my wake. I remember in my first race, seeing Colin Edwards give it too much, too soon straight in front of me. Take a dodgy line around one of them, and he will shake his fist at you as you touch fairings. Useful on those gravel-trap diversions.Īggressive and convincing AI riders provide yet more difficulty. Rider assistance is a welcome addition - it makes racer-boy automatically try to correct minor wobbles and losses of control. Without these options, even moving off in a straight line is a challenge - without proper throttle and weight control, the front wheel will lift and ultimately flip the bike. Automatic gearboxes, steering, braking and accelerating help are on offer, and your rider can be set to lean forward and back to control the bike. In the best tradition of racing sims, Superbike allows players to control the level of difficulty by modifying the amount of assistance the computer offers. A GeForce is really where the action is at, allowing flawless draw distance and consistent frame rate at high resolution, even at crowded moments like the always-hectic first corner. On a PIII-500 and TNT1, it would only settle at 800圆00 with the options turned down. The inevitable downside of this is Superbike requires a ninja PC to look its best. Even the slightly awkward, lumbering run of a man dressed in a full-body leather suit looks just right. Motion capture is spot on and the riders all clamber about their machines convincingly. Often the camera angles and sense of reality is so strong I'd rather be watching Superbike 2000 than real racing. As the bikes line up on the grid, the nasal tones of Keith Huewen take me back to sitting in the pub last summer watching Carl Fogarty take on the world's best - and the graphics make the impression still more convincing. Does the game match up to Carl Fogarty's four-times World Championship skills?ĮA Sports has taken simulation to a new level with Superbike 2000. With the official license from the World Superbike series, EA Sports has the chance to bring one of the only sports we Brits are any good at to your PC.
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