looks good

the riders I think that are like in 08 but the landscape is... wow just wow

lanscape is also same

then youre blind... the water and trees are much better here. but i cant see no difference on the riders

im just hoping that the career mode will improve alot

looks really good i think !

Remeber, these are early pics, the rider model might still change, it's just they didn' want to do a lot of work in not a long time.

No one has commented on the new interface!!! It looks nice and compact, and leaves more room for these wonderful new graphics.

i think the new interface looks complcated and time consuming. If you want to see the riders full info you have to click on the arrow by his name and the info bar for that rider opens up. I'd prefere to keep all the info visable at all times to save having to click about on riders names all the time. Imagine if it was an important climb or sprint and you lost out because you were messing around clicking on the info bar at the side.

Stop maoning ringo as you will get used to it just like people were moaning about the new energy system on this years pcm

I'm pretty sure that you can just click the "expand" button once, and that's it - they'll then stay expanded for the rest of the stage.

That's just my guess, though.

i'll do as much maoning as i please thank you very much

HAHAHAHAHAHA nooooooooooooooooooo

You should do stand up

I think it has a new interface just not to look too much like 08

Where is the profile ?

the mountains don`t look to good

Sorry for my bad English ... but I think that the 2009´s game needs more changes that textures or stetic. I hope they change bar system, and 3D run mode (I like more 2006 version ...) ... I hope a really revolution for this year, cause 2008 results a real disaster ... Thanks and good luck all (Includes Cyanide programmers ...). LUCK

2008 a disaster? no way

When I say that 2008 results a disaster, I´m talking about the really mecanical ways to win in 3D mode (and O´-Line mode is really unreal) ... 2006 version was more real, more interesting and playable ... but I think 2009 (I hope) will be really revolutionary (respect to 2008) if Cyanide want to cautive again many players that are angry with PCM 2008 ... Thanks and enjoy PCM 2008 (or 2007, 2006 ...) ... LUCK

The trees looks like crap imo. They don't even have roots into the ground, they are just hoovering over the surface, not very good imo, and the riders still have the same stile of riding, that's just too bad imo, as it wouldn't be all that difficult to implement 5 or 6 different rider styles.

I agree SotD about the riders style

I'm still not very impressed by those flat textures they use on the mountain's sides

better lightening effects but the graphic still isn't that good

The Astana rider on the left has an all-black helmet. Hopefully thats not a sign of another astana bug...

the equipment isn't new so that could be a reason...

It's not a bug, it's intentional due to lack of licenses.

I know they probably will, but do you think that the minimum system requirements will go up with this release?

PCM07 wouldn't even play on my laptop and I had more than enough - 2ghz processor etc..

Still, looks good

Nice shot!