VIDEO: Codemasters' FUEL features 5,000+ square miles of drivable terrain
Codemasters Fuel – Click above to watch the videoGetting tired of driving over the same virtual circuits over and over again? Sure, it's a good way to get to know a track, but if can get tiresome. That's why Codemasters – the game studio behind DiRT, Grid and the upcoming F1 series – is releasing Fuel.
The arcade-style racing game boasts a Guinness World Record for the most virtual terrain in any video game: a whopping 5,560 square miles of drivable turf. To design the digital turf layout, developers took the entire Western United States and put the best into the game, encompassing everything from city streets and desert highways to switchback country roads and snowy mountain passes, in all manner of weather conditions.
The paddock of vehicles includes motorbikes, race cars and trucks, but they're all fictitious, so if you're looking for a realistic racing simulator, look elsewhere. If, on the other hand, you're looking for an old-school arcade game with a virtually endless array of tracks, this game's got your name written all over it. Check out the video after the jump and the high-res screencaps in the gallery below. Fuel releases for Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and Windows on June 5.
Gallery: Codemasters Fuel
[Source: Codemasters]
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paul34 12:36PM (6/04/2009)
That would be pretty cool. When I was younger, I'd always try to explore out of the regular map area, and end up hitting those fake barriers (or conveniently placed mountains or large rivers or what have you). Then I'd do noclip, but with obvious funky results.
It's always been a bit of a fantasy of mine to just be able to explore and keep going for almost forever... like the real world.
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PJ 1:11PM (6/04/2009)
Test Drive Unlimited for PC is the best free-roaming racer I've played. Highly arcadey physics, but beautiful graphics and lots of public roads to drive on.
You might also try Racer, an open-source PC sim--there are a few free-roaming town/countryside maps floating around. It's buggy and hard to play w/out a wheel, but it's free.
Parkerman 12:44PM (6/04/2009)
Ill have to check this game out... Like Paul said.. I always just wanted to be able to drive everywhere.. hah.
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Randy 2:54PM (6/04/2009)
Same here! I just wish they used the Boston area! I've been wanting to race on Storrow Drive for 2 decades! It's just an aweome road.. That and Memorial drive!!!
Protzenegger 9:52PM (6/04/2009)
My current machine can't even handle GRID at full res, but I think I'll be upgrading pretty soon just so I could try this one out.
Oh, and um... work with some professional 3D render software. That's *mainly* what it's for. Or at least that's what I keep telling myself.
Adam 12:48PM (6/04/2009)
Siiiiicccckkkkkkk!!!!! That's all.
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Gator 12:55PM (6/04/2009)
Just rented it. It actually kinda sucks
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pmalloy4391 1:05PM (6/04/2009)
...it comes out tomorrow
xcrunk 1:43PM (6/04/2009)
I wholeheartedly agree with Gator....played the full version, and I can't stand it. It really does suck. Think Burnout Paradise with a boatload of suck. The game is being published by Codemasters, but was NOT developed by them.
GRID and DIRT were developed in house at Codemasters.
Gator 6:36PM (6/04/2009)
No, it's out now. Obviously the date listed is wrong
Niko 1:36AM (6/05/2009)
just got it yestoday, played it for 10 minutes, the steering feel pretty much sucks, cant belive i just spend 60 bucks on this, crap game.
maxzerawm 1:06PM (6/04/2009)
wow, awesome video i want
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Peter 1:08PM (6/04/2009)
No, it actually came out on the second... I'm not sure where they got the 5th from...
the average press score from gamestats is a 6.0, with IGN giving it a 5.1. So yeah, I'd say it's a flop...
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Gator 6:37PM (6/04/2009)
hmmm, I guess people only agree when you say it.
MikeofLA 1:14PM (6/04/2009)
What good is 5000 square miles if the game has no depth, originality or purpose. I forgot the name of the game, but there was one (Dirt bike game) that you could drive to the top of the barrier mountains and it would blast you back into the middle of the game map... that to me was way more fun then putting a brick on the accelerator and just going... Add some Massive multiplayer, rockets, guns, lasers and missions and then you have yourself a MADMax game... Can you get a Navy SEAL Dune Buggy?
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Elliot 1:27PM (6/04/2009)
Motorcross Madness
MikeofLA 1:33PM (6/04/2009)
YES! That's it! The first time we found that out, we laughed our asses off... Good Times
Matt (that likes ford) 2:26PM (6/04/2009)
Motorcross madness was undoubtably the best MX game for the PC along with Midtown Madness and Monstertruck Madness. I got the three pack...
Arch111905 1:16PM (6/04/2009)
I dream of a game that combines this and Gran Turismo. That will have every type of real car, so you can do any type of racing or just drive around with no boundaries.
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phoenexius 1:22PM (6/04/2009)
that's like 1/8 of the entire road network in the USA
now we just need a certified gps on the vehicle of choice
and guinness can give an award to whoever drives every square mile the fastest
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