CHECK this out, a 240Mb fair stormer of a demo! This is one of those games that simply endures, a game of such immense playability and excitement that it almost defies belief, and its inclusion on this month's Powerdisc was guaranteed from the moment a racing game was first suggested.
Cycle racing has to be one of the most dangerous sports in the world - as Barry Sheen et al will verify. I mean, just check out the angles they get to when cornering on specifically designed race courses. What happens then when you take the race off the designated track and put all that thrill and action in a no-holds-barred unofficial road race? Cyclemania that's what!
The tracks are digitised video of actual roads in Israel where races like this take place, the bikes are some of the meanest mothers you'll see anywhere, and the crashes are easily the most bone crunching, metal-plate-in-your-head-after-six-months-in-intensive-care sorts there are.
Cyclemania is pure unadulterated action all the way and as you rocket around some of the most hairy roads and twisting blind bends you'll wonder how anyone could choose to do this in real life. High speed arcade style racing freaks will kill for this game, so if you know anyone fitting that description who doesn't have this demo version of Cyclemania, don't tell them you do!
