With my current Xbox 360 obsession, it may make sense to ignore anything I say about computer games until the novelty wears off - but bugger that, I have to talk about Project Gotham Racing…which takes car racing to a new level for me. The actual racing is excellent, quick, responsive cars fly round lifelike tracks (they even have the newspaper kiosk in Piccadilly Circus) at breakneck speeds. The tracks are tough enough to challenge you, but quick enough to actually require some driving skills to get round. You can earn kudos points in the game to unlock levels and cars, and credit for winning racing and passing tasks in the career mode….all of that is fairly standard (despite being delivered very well), but where the game really comes into its own - is the online play, which is astounding. Assuming you have an Xbox Live account (which you really should if you have a 360), you can log on and join into races…up to 8 slots in each race. There seems to be a bit of group think going on as the racers decide on car class and track, an then a few seconds later the race starts…and its hell for leather time. Everyone is different when they race, some preferring the combat style of ramming you off the track, and some taking the racing line and trying to get round smoothly and quickly. I just try to stay on the tracks. Its astounding stuff, very very fast and well executed…I’m not a hardcore gamer, but this is the first compelling reason for buying a console that I have seen.