Its not only flashy looking but flashy playing
The game plays like all the previous versions of the SBK series before it (like a real Simulator). Ive played them from the SBK2000 version to the SBK2001 which is still my favorite one to the new 2009 version. Its hard in the begging to grasp it if you've never played a SBK game but after a good few hours you'll be richly rewarded.
My only gripe sofar is that the game seems a bit slow, and its not my pc that is slow or maybe its just that MotoGP 08 feels like a faster game. And then my biggest gripe is with the onboard view options, they are great but boy why cant they all learn from SBK2001 onboard views. Nobody who rides a motorcycle tilts their head when cornering, you keep it horizontal so that you can see what is up ahead. Why is it then that all motorcycle onboard views are falling into this trap except SBK2001?
Apart from this i give this game a big thumbs up for any spead junkie.