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V8 Supercars 3 Shootout

BRANDED TOCA PRO RACE Driver in old Blighty, V8 Supercars has succeeded in these waters because of a clever mix of localisation and grit. Its found so much success that 2006 saw the arrival of V8 Supercars 3 for the PlayStation 2 and Xbox consoles.Now, just in time for the new V8 season, V8 Supercars 3 Shootout pops onto Sonys smallest machine, the PSP. The one question remains, entering into such a crowded and over-accomplished genre on the PSP Burnout, Wipeout and Ridge Racer all fine examples of excellence can V8 Supercars offer enough for the motorhead in all of us?The PSP version of the game feels and looks reasonably similar to its older PlayStation 2 counterpart but differs in a couple of major ways. The PSP presents a career path in the form of the World Challenge option. These challenges take the player around the globe, participating in a string of driving trials before each set culminates in a championship series of races. Once one championship is finished in a high enough position, the next level of difficulty opens up.On the novice level, where drivers race across UK circuits, things are relatively easy the Normal level, racing through the Australasian events, is a little more challenging while Master difficulty, taking on the entire world, will be sure to leave your thumbs in painful agony for weeks.The challenges are done a little differently than one would expect. Before actually taking part in the frantic races themselves, players must prove their ability behind the wheel, tackling various driving situations and mastering them. Kind of reminiscent of actually learning to drive in the real world - how novel - V8 Supercars 3 strives for that little bit of realism that is missing from the majority of PSP driving games...