Power, speed, adrenalin.. what's not to like..

I enjoy watching the Superbikes and the MotoGP but never tried a bike sim. What is the drivers view like when racing? And what controls do you use? Wheel, joystick?

Cool screenshots!

I have the game/sim and love it... only beef, haven't found a controller I like for bike games... tried the stick and pad, never feels right.

and Lowell... it has the chase, far chase, cockpit, and a neat virtual cockpit type view where your looking through the shield and the leans are just amazing in that view... but chase seems to be the best/most played.

Yeah, Magnum is on point about the eternal search for the ideal controller for a serious bike simulation like this. MotoGP is more arcade oriented. SBK has an arcade mode but the sim mode is much more realistic than MotoGP.

I've tried a gamepad controller, flight stick, even a CH Flight Yoke which, oddly, turned out to work pretty well. At least it provided "handlebars" to grip.

Cool photo, Trooper. Yours?

Yes mate.. that's an original '92' Blade in Repsol livery.. she's an old girl now, but still moves like a rocket.
Unlike the other versions that came later with 17' front and rear wheels.. the '92' model still has the 16' front and 17' rear, that caught so many people out and put them in hedgerows and ditches etc.. lol!

I was in London about three weeks ago. Business trip. My first to the UK. You must ride that puppy elsewhere. The traffic in London doesn't exactly lend itself to superbikes. I thought the traffic was worse than New York City.

Something different...


http://www.fantasyflightgames.com/edge_minisite.asp?eidm=61

Beaut screenies thanks for posting them.

I'm a huge SB and GP fan. I remember when I lived in the UK enjoying the SB battles between Neal Hodgson, Chris Walker and my favourite Troy Bayless. I now watch the WSB series and enjoy the different style of racing from the GP races.

I had a GP game on the original Xbox but found the controls quite twitchy.

If it wasn't soooo frustratingly difficult...

The change between "Medium" and "Full" sim level is huge in terms of handling, and they really could have included separate assist options. On Medium I find no challenge even with hardest AI, and on Full I usually fly out after three or four laps due to some minor mistake. Problem to me really is that the pinpoint accurate control needed for full sim, even on a good gamepad, is not always easy to manage.

Supposedly 2011's "Full" is somewhere between 2010 Med and Full, so please let me know what you find Plainsman. I love the game to bits but after two or three evenings in a row I usually quit in frustration.

Amazon says I should get the package today, so look for a post later tonight, EST, if it arrives. I have the same problem with SBK X. Once I figured out the gamepad (I hate gamepads, which is why I never play consoles) I easily won a race on Simulation-medium. And, like your experience, Simulation-full is extremely difficult for me. The slightest contact with another bike, even a tire, and my face is all over the asphalt. But I blame the lack of an ideal controller for a Superbike sim rather than the difficulty level. I just hope the rain effects in 2011 are as good as 2009's. Why they toned down the rain effects in SBK X is a head scratcher. Rain in SBK 09 was as good as in Rise of Flight--spectacular for a bike sim.

I've experimented around a bit with controllers, but SBK-X (and likely the others too) are so picky when it comes to work with them, that a self-built thing likely won't work at all.

Shame really. Bike Racing I find so much more challenging than car racing (more items to control, more overtakes...) but the hardware isn't really there. Looking forward to your 2011 first impression!