You can also unlock more difficult challenges as you progress. Quick Race is exactly that, Time Attack is where you race against yourself to set personal records on each track, Championship is another competitive mode that allows you to modify your season however you want, and Challenges is a lengthy mode with fifty events for you to show off your skills in braking, handling and racing your bike.
The Career mode takes you through all three 18 MotoGP events where you will race against real-life racers and upgrade your bike stats as you continue playing. The game features the usual race modes including Career, Quick Race, Time Attack, Championship, Challenges, and the Xbox LIVE mode. Simulation is incredibly difficult, making it somewhat impossible to win a race if you’ve never played a game such as this before, and Advanced Mode is a balance between the two. The Arcade mode is the easiest of the three, being more suited for new players of the series. There are three options for this, Arcade, Advanced and Simulation. Whilst in the tutorial race, you will be prompted to change your Riding Model. It’s an unnecessary process which doesn’t get you too excited about playing any further. Whilst attempting to race through the introductory track you will occasionally get a message pop up under the turn guide notifying you that there is a new tip in which you must pause the game, read the relatively unhelpful and unspecific note, and then proceed to exit the menu and resume driving.
Unfortunately the tutorial provides little guidance on how to control your machine. The newest game of the MotoGP series from developers CAPCOM and Milestone Interactive begins by giving you the chance to start a tutorial race, designed to help players new to the series get used to controlling a two-wheeled vehicle at 100mph+ speeds, which is really quite difficult. Unfortunately, it didn't take long for our enthusiasm to wane. It's been a while since we've had a solid motorbike racing title for review, so imagine our delight when Moto GP 08 arrived in the office.