Race Driver One (TOCA/V8 Supercars) Announced

Xbox 360, PS3

As many of you may know, the TOCA series is more famous in Australia as the V8 Supercars series, so this is big news. Race Driver One, the third racing game by Codemasters is set to explode on to leading console platforms and the PC in 2008.

Race Driver One will offer the most extensive range of races that you've seen in the TOCA series. Not only will there be the standard circuit championship races, there will also be urban street competitions, and general road races which will take you through Europe, the U.S., Japan and beyond.

"As each generation of gaming formats shifts up a gear, so does this series and Race Driver One is set to evolve the previously headlined TOCA (DTM/V8) titles as much as DIRT has the Colin McRae series," says Gavin Raeburn, Executive Producer at Codemasters Studios.

"Combining our racing heritage with the Neon engine, Race Driver One will create a world that goes far beyond the traditional boundaries of motorsport gaming, taking players from the most prestigious race circuits to road and street events around the globe. A completely fresh career structure will engage players in an unprecedented range of racing styles as they build a team capable of becoming number one. The Neon engine will be expanded to deliver a new level of visual detail, physics and an astonishing car damage system."

Sliced Comments: We can only assume "leading consoles" means PS3 and Xbox 360. It's doubtful this game will reach the Wii unless the graphics are seriously lowered.

The game will use the Neon engine, which if you didn't already know, is the same engine being used for Colin McRae: Dirt. This not only means the game is going to look great, it also means we don't even need screenshots to make that comment.