Let me start with a simple clear statement. Real Racing is the best racing game available on the iPhone bar none. There I said it.

Real Racing may even be the best racing game available on any handheld games console to date, it really is that good.

Firemint have hit the iPhone platform with titles that are so good, coding teams at other games publishers are now re-considering their future careers! FlightControl, Firemint’s first title has been a massive hit and Real Racing will I predict be even bigger.

A quick summary of some of the key features of Real Racing are:

• 36 cars, three classes, a dozen unique tracks and five game modes
• Three divisions to play through
• Massive career mode with 57 events to complete
• Six cars on screen
• Touch or tilt to steer, Manual or automatic acceleration and braking
• In-car cockpit view or external camera
• Local multiplayer over WiFi, Online league play, Online leaderboards

As soon as you fire up the game you will be struck by just how good the graphics are, the visual scenery is highly detailed and you get sunlight, clouds and even lens flare as you drive towards the sun.

Once launched and after the opening titles you will be presented with the menu screen, in this case a race car in the pit.  All the options and features are accessed from here.

You can dip straight in and have a quick race, or perhaps try and improve your times on the track with a time trial.  But for most of you it will be the career and Connected options that are played the most.

Firemint have deployed their Cloudcell technology to power the on-line leagues.  Multi-player is restricted to local WLAN games which was an initial disappointment but you can compete in on-line leagues and compare your scores which adds to the enjoyment and has you trying to better your scores time after time.

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