The third instalment in the Motorstorm series is the first time the game has moved away from mud-splattered off-road racing and into the big city — although it’s not your normal urban setting, because this is a metropolis in the grip of a natural disaster. While your drives and tasks remain similar — you must race cars, bikes, buggies and monster trucks, doing whatever it takes (legal or otherwise) to reach the finish line first — earthquakes tear the ground and topple buildings, twisters bombard you with wind and rain, and suspension bridges twist beneath your wheels. Joypad rumble has never been used to better effect. While the setting has changed (it now resembles a big-budget disaster movie), the game has lost none of the raw speed and gritty handling that made the series so enthralling in the first place. There’s a new story mode, where you take the role of a rookie racer busting in on an underground festival, while an online competition adds to the playing options. The comic-book-inspired visual style takes some getting used to for anyone who knows the more realistic look of its predecessors, but this is nonetheless a hugely enjoyable arcade racer — and looks even better in 3-D with a compatible TV.