Picked up Cyberspeed at EB on Friday and just wanted to write down my 
first impressions. Cyberspeed is not a hovercraft racing game a la 
Wipeout.  You could have surmised it was from the pictures but it is 
not.  It is a rail racing game.  The racing craft hang down from a 
rail which is suspended over a track.  The object of the game is to 
beat all the other craft hanging down from the rail by passing them 
all as you move along this hanging rail. To assist in the process of 
passing the other racing craft you get an unlimited use but not 100% 
effective gun that shoots balls of electrical energy, you get 4 
speed-up powerups, you get 4 lock on missiles, and you get mines.  You 
can rotate 360 degrees around the rail you are hanging from. There are 
9 tracks to chose from although you must win the early tracks to get 
to the later ones.  There are 3 modes of play: racing, practice, and 
time trials.  In practice you can practice one track ahead of the one 
you are currently racing on (a reasonable compromise between only 
allowing you to play the current track and allowing you to practice 
all of them).  The tracks are somewhat roller-coaster like.  You can 
increase your effectiveness in racing by pushing your craft towards 
the inside as you round sharp turns.  I am up to the 4th track.  In 
some tracks you can switch through alternate paths as in Wipeout. You 
do this by pressing one of the control pad buttons to switch tracks. I 
am on the 4th track which is somewhat tough due to obstacles on the 
track.  In one branch you have to fly upside-down to pass the 
obstacles.  In another you must fly sideways.  You can pick up new 
powerups (of the aforementioned weapons and speedups) along the way 
though it is often difficult to anticipate them because of your speed. 
 You can get knocked about and turned around the wrong way by weapons 
or opponents and you can get back on track by using a turn button on 
the controller.  The graphics are very good.  Quite fast with cool 
looking tracks and virtually no pop-up that I have seen so far.  I was 
initially a little disappointed as I expected a hovercraft racing game 
but after having played it for a while I find I have been drawn back 
to play it again and again. I am not sure it has the long term 
playability of a game like Wipeout but it is a lot of fun and I am 
enjoying it.

Regards...Marc Baime