Games// SBK 08 : Superbike World Championship

Publisher: Black Bean
Developer: Milestone
Console: Microsoft Xbox 360
Genre: Moto-racing Simulation
Launch date: June 20th, 2008
Game Mode: 8 Players Gran Prix
Type of Tournament: SBK Mini-Cup for the Rounds, and SBK Mini-Cup for the Finals.
Slots: 120 for Saturday, in which the tournament will have pro settings along with a prize pool, and it will be played all in 1 day; while for the free for all tournaments to be held within the nest 2 days, they don’t have a players cap.
Prize Pool: 1.000 euros, first 8 players get a cash prize
First prize: 500 euros

Milestone, the famous italian software house that shined for many high class racing games, from which rises the famous Superbike 2001, comes up again on the market with a next-generation console game: “SBK 08: Superbike World Championship”, having all the official licenses from the Superbike World Championship.

The intuitive gameplay gives a complete and satisfying driving emotion on all of the world championship’s tracks; the new set-ups ensure the chance to manage the realism of the driving experience, from a Full Arcade level (with the presence of significant helps) to the Extreme Simulation (that is the most realistic and simulative driving experience on the market).

On the graphic side, the texture are clean and convincing, also because of an exemplary bump mapping; the animations are smooth and realistic; the particles effect are appreciable; the graphic engine’s fluidity is good: it runs on 30 fps without slowdowns in crowded situations like the start or the bagars.

The tracks and the bikes are very well made; the simulative mode reproduces the real behaviour of the bike and has the intention to capture the enthusiastics’ attention, as they know every aspect of the bikes’set-up and enjoy the ultra-realism given by this mode.

The level of realism is incredibile: every trajectory has to be designed very precisely, doisng the gas when coming out from a turn is a necessary condition in order to not be thrown in the sky, flung off the bike.

Every physic reaction is perfectly reproduced: skid, side-slips, derapages, wheelies are amazingly realistic. The chance of controlling the pilot himself, as a different unit from the bike, affects the motorbike control: in fact, with the left analog stick, the player can control the steering direction, but also the pilot’s body, raising it up before a braking situation, or crouching it on a rectilinear!

The iper-realistic 3D reproduction of the paddocks and the telemetry are two noticeable and important innovations.

Thanking SBK 08: Superbike World Championship, all the enthusiasts will find an amazing and realistic game, capable of giving a new level of entertaining, and a super simulation, that represents a benchmark for this kind of games.

So, ride your thunder to live and breathe the Superbike World Championship, and come to our exclusive tournament, for big prizes (with a 1.000 prize pool!) and for the chance to meet real SBK pilots and see the real SBK bikes!