November 1999 Volume 80 Number 11 "serving the protectors"
By Phil White

CASTROL HONDA SUPERBIKE RACING

Castrol Honda Superbike Racing combines the hottest bikes and the toughest tracks to give players the greatest ride of their lives. Reaching speeds of more than 300 km/h on 14 breathtakingly stunning tracks from around the world, the goal is to win each race and take home the World Superbike Championship. Race for the Castrol Honda Racing Team on the legendary Honda RVF-RC 45. Compete against some of the greatest riders from around the world, including team-mates Aaron Slight and Colin Edwards. Only when the highest standard has been reached will players be allowed to race on Honda’s very own test track.

Features include two-player, split-screen action, as well as a number of different playing modes like practice, trainer, single race and championship for those die-hard racing fanatics. Use the bike setup mode and fine tune the bike for different track conditions. Adjust tyres and sprockets to get the most out of the superbike in the prevailing conditions.

The controls in Castrol Honda Superbike Racing take a bit of getting used to, and if you want to stay on the track, don’t brake in the corners. As in the Formula One racing series, there is an arcade version that assists beginners. Brake and steering assist is left on for this purpose and it will help you fly around the tracks with little effort until you get used to it. The graphics are a little grainy but the racing action is hot.

Compared to other two-wheeled titles, Castrol Honda Superbike Racing will satisfy die-hard racing fans’ need for speed.

TOM CLANCY’S RAINBOW SIX

Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six is a classic Clancy-style story, where players lead an elite multinational taskforce battling international terrorism in highly realistic settings.

Gameplay is organized around a series of missions that must be executed with precise assaults on terrorist installations. To carry out a mission, the player must assemble a crack team of three operatives from a pool of skilled specialists and choose the insertion point. The player then leads the assault using a first-person, three-dimensional view. With 14 different missions in real-world locations, the variety of gameplay is extensive.

As the mission advances, players must be prepared to uncover a larger and more sinister conspiracy, where the fate of the world is uncertain. Unlike other games, if mistakes are made the mission is over. In the real world, one shot counts.

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