Just received Wipeout Pulse as an early Christmas present (for some reason, Gamespot won't let me add it to my collection or my now playing lists).

Pulse... is... awesome!

Enhancements over/changes since WipeoutPure:

• ONLINE PLAY!: (Got my butt kicked by someone in a tournament last night. Didn't know who it was or where she/he was from, but it was another human player, and it was smooth and sweet!)
• CUSTOM SOUNDTRACK: You can place up to 30 of your own MP3's in a folder to make a custom Wipeout soundtrack. I'm going to combine the best from previous Wipeouts along with some Daft Punk, Ratatat, MSTRKRFT, and Justice. Nice!
• PHOTO MODE: You can take jpeg's of the action from a variety of angles.
• CUSTOM SKIN: You can create your own skin to customize your ship online.
• GRIDS: The game's 7 modes are all mixed together in grids, where the more gold medals you win, the more content gets unlocked. You can also create your own grids and share them with others.
• Also the game has mag-strips that hold your ship to the track for loops and 90-degree edges. The handling of the ships has changed a bit since Pure, so takes some getting used to.

This game's going to be keeping me busy for some time. Sweet!