Much Much Much better than SBK!
All 18 tracks have been faithfully reproduced in excellent detail, plenty of bikes to choose from and plenty of upgrades to unlock.
Standard game modes you would hope to see include Quick Race, Time Trial, Championship all of which should be self explanetary. Then there is a challenges section with 50 or more challenges to unlock including things like completing a lap within a given time or within a given time without using too much brake and these are a welcome distraction from the main race mode.
Main career mode - lets you start off with a small selection of teams so pick a bike and get going. Practice, qualify and then race each of the 18 race weekends in a season. Points are awarded for finishing postion etc etc but the extra is position points earn upgrade points to work on 4 aspects of the bikes performance. The career mode spans 5 seasons and the better you do the more teams will open up to you and also the higher CC classes (did I mention you start off in the 125cc class?)
All of the modes allow a 3 way choice on how the bikes handle from Arcade (most forgiving) to simulation allowing veterans to jump in on a harder level while even on Arcade with the A1 set to easy I was only coming 5th after the first 6 races! Got the hang of it after that and improved things!
All in all a must have title for a dedicated race genre fan and a nice title to dabble with for the less committed! And at £30 here in the UK it's well worth the spend!