With the current crisis in Formula 1, more fans of motor turn to other types of sports. Among those that receive the most attention of enthusiasts are the categories involving vehicles of class tourism, V8 Superstars is one of those championships.

The competition for UK tourism (BTCC) may not have the same appeal of the charming Le Mans, or the media WTCC, but follows the same line of the aforementioned championships, following the route of the disputed evidence and more competitive.

In this example all the drivers and vehicles shares all its attributes and abilities. Representatives of major European brands may be conferred on the slopes, while pilots (novices and veterans) take the ride of machines.

Flying low

Rising water. At E3 2009 the game went unnoticed, but the Milestone presented a demonstrative in your version is at the fair. In this demo the player can choose between 19 different vehicles, including big names such as BMW M5, BMW 550, Audi RS4, Jaguar, Alfa Romeo.

And that's not all, as the developer has the licensing officer of the competition, thus including all the real names and statistics of the championship. But this integration is not limited to a purpose "aesthetic", the differences in configuration and attributes displayed throughout the season will be translated into the gameplay.

As the league has the headquarters in Italy, most of the circuits is in the country of the "boot". This means that the player can experience the history of curves and straight autodrome such as Mugello and Monza. But the title also brings the tracks located in other countries (and continents) and to the Valencia in Spain and South Africa

Another high point is the ability to display 19 cars on track, and the online games will support up to 12 players simultaneously. Speaking of game modes, the single payer option follow the pattern of gender with race free, taken and time series. However one method stands out, the Licensing Superstar. In this case the game embarks on a series of races in which he must carry out several goals, such as winning a particular position, overcoming a rival, etc..

Forcing a breach

Graph item in the game may not be the same perfection as the superb Gran Turismo and Forza 3, but falls far short of other titles such as Race Driver: GRID. By the way, Superstars V8 uses the same effect of light and shadow that the title of Codemasters.

All the time to rotate plate! The hiss of the engines is also beautiful, as it increases the rotation snoring shake the heart of the pilot. Angles of the camera are interesting, but the picture above (from outside the vehicle) highlights the lack of details of tracks and other effects (eg, rain).

The gameplay tries to bend the side of the simulation, but at no time convincing the true fans of the genre. The various systems of steering assistance to take a lot of realism, even when turned off and the game is still too permissive.

In the end V8 Racing Superstar can crowd good thing for those players seeking fun, without much concern about rigid systems of pilotage. If you like games like Grid and Race Pro, you can find a parallel in V8 Racing, the game crosses the finish line on June 26, with models for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

? Windows XP SP2 or Windows Vista with DirectX 9.0c
? Processor: Intel 2.4GHz or similar
? Memory: 1GB
? Video card: NVIDIA Geforce 6600 or ATI X1600 or higher (it must be able to manage Pixel Shader 3.0)
? Audio Card: DirectX 9.0c
? Hard Drive: 7 GB