Codemasters unveils FUEL
Multiformat openworld racer.
Codemasters has unveiled FUEL, a brand new openworld racing game promising the "largest racing environment to appear in gaming - ever".
Developed by French outfit Asobo Studios, the game's due out on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC in 2009.
Set in an "alternate present" where the world's been wrecked by the effects of climate change, FUEL claims a 5,000 square-mile playing area with "no boundaries" and 16-player racing.
Players race in "grungy home-tuned vehicles" across the "tsunami-wrecked pacific coast through the Nevada wastelands, including the Grand Canyon, up treacherous snow-capped mountains, thick forests, arid deserts, abandoned lakeside resorts and much more".
Along the way racers will encounter tornados, sandstorms, thunderstorms, lightning strikes and blizzards thanks to a dynamic weather system, and experience a full day-and-night cycle.
The ambitious-sounding game is going to be shown off for the first time at Games Convention in Leipzig this week, and we will be there to check it out - hoping that it's another racing success from Codemasters following on from the excellent Race Driver: GRID earlier this year.
