Last years motorstorm was a fun desert racer, this one takes it to new heights and new levels of fun.
The new motorstorm has some new and improved features, for example, split screen which means you can play against friends face to face instead of over a DSL connection. The vehicle classes that you enjoyed from the original are here along with the news Monster truck class that is a good choice for destruction, chaos and crushing your opponent.
There are 4 area zones, each has 20 or so races and follows a different element:
Earth: a lot of ground based races.
Water: water, water every where, watch you don't go in the drink.
Fire: volcano's+lava pits+burning wreckage everywhere= fun
Air: you will be going over death defying jumps and near cliffs.
The zones have about 4 tracks each and have some pretty good design, along with vehicle structured zones intended for differnt classes.
There are some slight issues that will make it slightly less enjoyable, the game gets hard really quick, sometimes just after a few races, but keep Persistant and you will over come this.
The crew at Evolution even added a time trial mode so you can try and top the developers time on each track, as well as a free play mode where you can verse any vehicles you want and is a good way to try and discover the best routes on a track.
The online play is good, I can't tell if it is better than the original because the original won't download the updates for me, but its still fun racing opponents around the world and starting a freestyle race is a good way to meet friends.
One for item they added is the ability to use your own music and play list during the game, nothing is more awesome than thrashing out to your favorite song while kicking a bloke off his bike.
In all, if you liked the original, or you just like racing games, this is worth a look.