Motorcycle games divide racing fans. There's those who demand two wheel arcade fun so they can do wheelies and pretend a motorcycle is actually some kind of jet propelled BMX. There's also car purists who see motorcycles as some kind of lacklustre, primitive half-car for idiots.

Finally, there's ultra serious petrol heads who watch Moto GP races on TV because they aren't allowed to own a giant bike and have a full-on midlife crisis. For the petrol heads, games like Moto GP 09/10 represent the perfect escape, full of greasy statistics about bikes and a great soundtrack full of remixes from bands like White Lies. The only thing missing from the virtual midlife crisis is a younger woman and a bottle of Just For Men. 

You can manage your career and even engineers too, but that sounds as exciting as negotiating your M.O.T fee to us. Live, real life bike info is pumped into the game online as the real Moto GP happens on your TV which is very clever and should satisfy fans - the midlife fans, of course.

The fun loving BMX types who demand wheelies are catered for as Moto GP 09/10 cleverly splits itself in two from the start, offering a full-on simulation mode for the geeks and an arcade mode for the rest of us. You can do wheelies all the time and, better still, you get rewarded for them as the race timer stops as soon as your front wheel leaves the ground, leaving you in some kind of eerie time limbo.

The super speed action is easy to begin with, thanks to three tiers of bike engine sizes and optional track navigation to show you how to approach corners and where to brake. There's loads of on screen advice which you'll need to turn off after ten minutes and a commentator who annoyingly throws insults when you veer off the track. You'll soon develop tunnel vision as you seek first place and any minor irritations like the commentator vanish in your bid to do a lap on a single wheel.

Visually, Moto GP 09/10 looks great for a game which asks you to stare at the rear end of a man for 90% of time. Menus and voice overs lack polish but the selection of tracks and that great soundtrack make up for it. If you're after a hyper speed racer which can be serious and fun, depending on your needs, this is for you - on the condition that you don't have any odd two-wheel prejudices and some friends that can join your races online.