Superstars V8 Racing Review

The driving is the most important aspect in a driving video game and they have done an excellent job of making the driving extremely entertaining and challenging. The driving is precise and sharp, with accurate and realistic racing pull and braking slips that will ensure you stay alert at all times while driving. All the bumps on the tracks and other effects are handled beautifully and help to increase the difficulty of keeping the shiny side up, to use a racing turn of phrase. All the individual cars have their own driving characteristics that have been reproduced at a believable level and add a nice level variety in the driving. The car tuning and telemetry are basic, with only a few options available, but the ones included noticeably effect the driving and you'll be able to shave whole seconds off your best time. A few options that have understandable and noticeable effects beats an endless list that is just there to distract you, hands down. Keep reading to find out what else the game does right and where it veers off in this Superstars V8 Racing review.

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Superstars V8 Racing isn't as detailed or deep a driving experience as video games like Dirt or Grid. They didn't include many things we have come to expect in our racing adventures. You won't see a nice view of the cockpit of your vehicle. There are no environmental effects to change the physics of the racing and provide you with a little more variety. The damage physics included don't realistically model the effects of crashes at 200 mph. In this otherwise realistic driving game they'll bounce off of each other, rather than take each other out.

The worst part of Superstar V8 Racing is that there's really only one style of driving for you to compete in. There's no Japanese drifting or the high powered racing like you'll experience with Grid, Fast and Furious or Dirt. This is something of a niche games for fans of a somewhat esoteric league... Though one that admittedly features absurdly powerful, big, lurxury sedans on Europe's most famous circuits tradin' paint like good ol' boys on an oval.

This title also needs a better multiplayer option to help entertain you and your friends. There's no LAN option offered, only a 16 player online scenario for you and your friends to try. The online multiplayer option can be more fun than the single player mode if your friends are talented racers. This is because the AI in the single player mode isn't as good at racing or as aggressive as you'll experience in other racing titles you can play.