One minute and twelve seconds. That’s how long it takes Midnight Club 3 to load a ‘quick’ race from the options screen. We timed it. Frankly, after a reverent 72-second silence spent staring at an inanimate loading screen, the game had to be good to stop us splitting blood.

MC 3 fanatics will be pleased to discover that PSP DUB is pretty much the same game as its PS2 counterpart. It’s immensely fast, satisfyingly playable and – as the races are quick bursts of adrenaline in themselves – is very well suited to the handheld format. Rockstar Leeds has done a commendable job of getting everything running on the portable, and aside from some choppy frame rates most people would be hard pushed to tell the difference.

But those loading times… even loading the car model in a garage takes enough precious seconds to cause you to sigh uncontrollably. Surely a 2D picture would have sufficed here to save our frustrations? We’re on a limited battery life here, doncha know.