SBK 09 recommended to the fans of the competition and can be fun for everyone else.
* Accessible to all players
* Licenses of the Superbike Championship
* Extreme difficulty available
Since late last year, Moto GP 08 has undoubtedly held the crown for bike racing games on both PC and Console. The announcement of SBK 09 made for salivating mouths and questions of whether it could topple Moto GP's mountain, and it may just do that.
Games32 writes: "I was always a fan of motorsports, and I tried any game that recreated the feeling of racing, either on four or on two wheels. MotoGP 08 was one of those games that I thought it would be the ultimate racing game for bike fans, but SBK-09: Superbike World Championship made me change my mind. I didn't play the last year's installment in the series, and I'm happy not to, otherwise I would have never tried the last one. Seems that SBK-08 brought low sales and a big disappointment for all the racing fans, with cheap graphics and a bizarre handling system, but somehow Black Bean had the courage to continue the series creating this time a brand new game that impressed most of the critics, including me."
Much as we wanted to pan it for its spongey physics, minimal damage animation, heavy metal soundtrack and occasional inconsistencies, we just couldn't. Superstars V8 is fun. It's not pretty, and it's far from polished, but it's accessible, loud and entertaining, weighs in at a smidgen less than the big boys of racing, and will keep a roomfull of players enetertained for yonks.
