Courses can often be fast and there are places where you can see for a full mile of tree, rock and various scenic covered snowy terrains. The added realism comes from the trails left by the borders, which are smooth, curved and very accurate. The first thing I noticed next to that was also the spray of snow that throws itself out from under your board as your swerve one way or the other. It looks almost exactly like real snow and indeed the texturing is flawless, this has to be the most detailed looking snow based game I have ever seen.

Characters move fluid, courses look photo realistic and models are so detailed that they feel as though they might leap out of the screen at you. This level of quality places SS far above any other snow style game on the market to date; it is without a doubt the best you can buy. What's more it runs fast, just make sure you have at least an 8mb AGP card that can do 24Bit Rendering and compliment that with a P2-350, then all should be fine.

Sounds nice

The sound effects that accompany the game are also extremely well tied to the environment and action. There are occasional ambient sounds that are a little out of place but then that doesn't really distract from the overall game. The music is a strange style of rock and to be honest the developers have stereotyped the style of music boarders listen to from TV. Most boarders just listen to any music but the advertisements portray them as hard rock listeners, which they mostly are not.

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