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Auto Club Revolution closed beta date

"Probably the deepest car experience ever."

The closed beta for MMO racing game Auto Club Revolution starts July 2011, creator Eutechnyx has announced.

You can sign up and take part by entering your email address on the official Auto Club Revolution website.

The announcement coincides with the unveiling of the first flock of in-game screenshots, posted below.

Eutechnyx - developer of Ferrari Challenge (7/10 Eurogamer), NASCAR 2011 (6/10 Eurogamer) - hopes these snaps show the "console-quality" presentation of the game.

Auto Club Revolution is a free-to-play MMO that blends racing with car collecting and socialising. Eutechnyx CEO Darren Jobling thinks ACR will be "a game changer". "Today's screenshots barely touch the surface of what is probably the deepest car racing and car ownership experience ever developed," he said.

"Working together with the largest brands in motoring, we've fused online games and social motoring communities to build a truly new and exciting platform, with degrees of motor manufacturer involvement that are unprecedented in the history of real-world racing games."