MotorStorm

MotorStorm Apocalypse is coming. In fact, put your ear to the ground and you can probably hear the thunderous sound of cities falling as apocalyptic earthquakes shake the foundations from the skies. But while the new Motorstorm goes to the extremes by letting you drive down the side of skyscrapers as they collapse, it’s by no means the first game to reward you for driving like a maniac. History is full of ’em. Let me show you...

Some games are utterly timeless. Super Mario Bros is still perfect. Soul Calibur 1 is still beautiful. But this is GR’s Week of Hate, after all. So here are the once-great games that might shock you if you play them today.

In single-player, MotorStorms AI is aggressive. It angrily knocks you about, nudges you into obstacles and sends you hurtling over the sides of cliffs. And youre only racing unthinking robots blindly following strings of code. When you play online youre racing against real people. And people are bastards. And these particular bastards will stop at nothing to batter you off the course and, if you have a headset, youll be treated to a slew of swears at every turn. But it gives every race a sense

Friday 17 November 2006 MotorStorm is probably one of the best games that Sony's PlayStation 3 has to offer - it's fast, gorgeous to look at and it gets ever more thrilling every time we see it. Which is amazing, given our first hands-on left more than a little to be desired. So, for a glimpse inside the brains behind the game, we caught up with lead designer Nigel Kershaw and designer Jed Ashforth and bombarded them with questions. We've heard MotorStorm is only going to be released in