Need For Speed news

Codemasters has named the exact release date for the console versions of the racing simulator Colin McRae: DiRT 2. The North American release will take place on September 8. The game will appear in Europe on September 11. The PC version will go on sale in December and will support DirectX 11. The Russian release is handled by the company "New Disk".

Colin McRae: DiRT 2 has retained all the best that fans of the original game loved so much and has brought many impressive innovations to the genre. The game features completely different cars across seven different classes. Each car has unique characteristics and delivers an incomparable experience during races. Players are in for a truly grand tour of the USA, Europe and Asia. Every track has been thought out to the smallest detail. At the same time, during races you get the feeling that you have become part of a real competition! The image quality, the scale of the game and the attention to the tiniest details – all of this will appeal to all fans of high speeds, as well as to newcomers who have decided to try their hand at a racing simulator for the first time.

Source: games.cnews.ru

Hi everyone! We've decided to offer you a new idea for your stories, which are posted in the Streetracing section. From now on, you can send in your fantasies on the theme of ideal racing. A brief explanation: in this topic, you can share your vision of ideal virtual/real racing. What you would like racing to be like in a game or in reality - where it takes place, what cars are used, how it is organized, etc. Imagine yourself, for a time, as all-powerful with a few billion in your pocket and come up with how you, car enthusiasts, would like to organize your leisure time. Or, if you have super ideas for developers (specifically regarding the theme of racing, and not an "ideal game"), you can submit them as well (but preferably so that they are also feasible in real life).

For one story you will receive 300 ANR, but the main thing here is not money, but your ideas.

As an example, I present my mini-story about the dream city Racing City.

Send your articles to the Streetracing section with the tag Ideal Racing or Dream Racing.

Electronic Arts announces the start of pre-orders for Need for Speed SHIFT. From September 3 to 16, everyone will be able to purchase a special bundle that includes a DVD disc with videos, wallpapers and screenshots from the game, as well as a coupon allowing them to purchase Need for Speed SHIFT for any platform with a discount of 199 rubles. The price of this bundle will be 99 rubles.

Participating stores in the promotion are "1С Интерес", "Хитзона", "Союз", "Настроение", "Республика Игр", "Время Играть" and "GamePark".

Need for Speed SHIFT will go on sale on September 17, 2009. The discount coupon is valid until November 17, 2009.

Also, pre-orders for Need for Speed SHIFT are open in the OZON.ru online store. Only users who place a pre-order will receive access to exclusive content in the game itself - five unique competitions behind the wheel of specially tuned cars.

Source: nfs.ru

Another knockout for EA from Sony on PS 3 - a full version of GT 5 was recently shown, and its release is due in just a few days.

Features:

• 1000 cars, including several electric cars
• 80 tracks
• new physics
• damage model
• moving camera in the cockpit
• Dolby Digital 5.1 and 7.1 sound
• support for personal playlists (loading MP3s from the console's hard drive)

Game modes:

• Arcade mode (Single Player, 2 Player Battle)
• GT Mode (World Map, My Garage, Car Dealer, Tuning Shop (parts, tires), Car Washes/Oil Change, Race Championship (Series system, point system), License Test
• Multiplayer (Open Lobby, Text / Voice Chat, Private rooms, Online Photo Album, Online Replay Album, YouTube replay output)
• Gran Turismo TV (Video output to a PSP or PSP Go®, Progressive Download, Improved user interface, Continuous Play for videos)
• Photo Mode (Photo Drive (Circuit), Photo stage (Stage Photo mode only))

Note that, according to estimates for August 2009, GT 5 Prologue sold 4 million copies.

Simbin presents screenshots of muscle cars that are planned to be introduced into RACE On, whose release date is November 22.

The full car roster will include all content from RACE07, as well as new additions - cars from the 2008 WTCC season, the Swedish Touring Car Championship and the Formula Master series.

You will be able to race on 21 tracks, including the new ones - Okayama, Laguna Seca, Road America and all tracks from STCC. The price of RACE On will be 49,99?, and it will be released in two variants - both standalone and as an add-on to RACE07/GTR Evolution.