Review Modification: MotoGP 06

I don't remember if I made a review of Moto GP 06 on the 360 or not and I'm too lazy to search through my past blog entries to find out. I know for certain that I meant to though. And it wasn't going to be a good review. After playing the demo once or twice and doing quite poorly, I felt that the game had alot of potential. I wound up finding a great deal for the game for 12 bux on Amazon.com something like 9 months ago. I received it but also bought 4 or 5 other games around the same time and MotoGP 06 sat unopened for 8 months and 27 days. So 3 days ago, I opened it and threw it in because I got bored with Rainbow 6 Vegas, Halo 2 and Call of Duty 2 and 3. Enough with shooters for a few days, I said. Well...after forcing myself to play it for a couple of hours I can say there is definitely a steep learning curve to this game. Took me a very long time before I stopped running completely off the road at EVERY freakin' turn. But, once I learned to utilize the front and rear brakes independently, something completely new to me, I had new found control of my bike. Suddenly, I began winning Grand Prix races by more than half a lap. I even lapped a few of the other racers. I also beat all the challenges so far including the "follow the leader" which can be quite difficult to a newbie like me.
Now, I'm all addicted to this previously unliked game. The sense of speed is fantastic. The controls are very savy and easy to manipulate in order to do what you want. I'm particularly fond of the controlled powerslide. This game is tons of fun once you have an idea of how to control your bike. I highly recommend this game to anyone who enjoys racers. Word of caution however: Don't attempt to go online until you've unlocked some fast bikes. I thought I was doing great in career mode so I jumped online and I got smoked by about half a lap by about half the people I was playing against in an 8 player game. I did beat several people, however I feel they must have either been 4 year olds or people who just got the game. I kept seeing their poor bikes fly off the course in the tight turns.