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Exhaust drifts across the
asphalt as engines roar and tyres scream their impatience
against the red-hot surface. Sunlight sparks off the
bodywork of the touring cars drawing up to the grid
and on the track ahead, heat shimmers transform the
raceway into treacherous pools of quicksilver.
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As a car pulls into the number three position on the
grid, the crowd explodes. Ryan McKane, the meteoric
newcomer who’s taking the Touring Car circuit by storm,
leans from his window to acknowledge his adoring fans.
Not yet World Champion, but far from the unknown test
driver of just a few short |
months ago, Ryan’s career has its foot hard on the gas pedal, powering towards the chequered flag.
It’s going to
take all your courage, all your skill and all your driving
passion to take Ryan from rookie to a world-beating
race driver, in this first-of-its-kind cinematic thrill-ride
of a game. Power slide around the opposition, face your
challenges head-on, cheer the successes and mourn the
losses, but above all of these WIN. |
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| Ryan
McKane, a test driver with gasoline running in
his veins, spends his life struggling against his father’s
disappointment, while his brother’s phenomenal
racetrack success overshadows every minor victory he
achieves. When his father perishes in an octane-fuelled
blaze of fire on the asphalt that he loved, Ryan’s
frustrated ambition galvanizes into a unrelenting determination
to triumph over all opposition and become first a touring
car champion, then maybe even World Champion. |
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Petrolheads and mass market
gamers alike slam the pedal to the metal to guide the
actions of our hero through the hairpins and chicanes
of a career in global racing. The sport is glamorous;
the stakes are high and winning is absolutely everything.
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Features the latest cars and
drivers from the 2002 V8 Supercar season, racing around
7 accurately modelled tracks from Australia's greatest
motor racing championship |
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42 licensed touring & race cars including Mercedes CLK, Alfa Romeo GTV and Viper GTS. |
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Race your Holden or Ford around
7 accurately up to date modeled tracks from the V8 series,
incuding Bathurst, Phillip Island and the Adelaide street
circuit. 38 international circuits in total have been
recreated under licence including Monza, Hockenheim
and Silverstone. |
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13 global Championships including official series: DTM from Germany, V8 Supercars from Australia and the Britsh Touring Car Championship.
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V8 Supercars Race Driver on
the PC will feature online play over the internet or
local area networks...more details coming soon. |
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The roar of the cars' engines
and the dramatic story sequences sound better than ever.
With support any for surround sound mode up to and including
5.1, also supporting EAX, enabling reverberation and
environmental audio effects. |
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Use of Matrox Surround Gaming,
game play can be viewed across three linked monitors,
players to see the circuit and cars ahead and to the
sides. Giving a dramatic sensation of actually being
inside the car, the central monitor displays the camera
view of the track ahead. The monitors to the left and
the right show the camera views from either side of
the car, enabling players to see which rival racers
are closing in on their position. In a race replay,
the display provides an ultra-wide field of view across
all 3-screens. |
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The 'Shoot out' qualification
system is now incorporated into the PC version as well
as qualification for other races within the championship
mode. |
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State-of-the-art car physics engine, tested for realism by professional race drivers. |
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Involving and intriguing blockbuster storyline draws the player deep into the lives of the
characters. |
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Customizable car setup provides a uniquely true-to-life driving and performance
experience. |
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Spectacular car damage seen
in stunning graphical detail thanks to support for Direct
X 8 compatible graphics cards. Featuring standard-defining,
real, visible damage, created using the crash test industry’s
FEM system, affects the handling and drivability of
vehicles. |
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Genre-beating, bumper-to-bumper
racing with up to 20 cars all gunning for position on
track at once. |
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Massive play and replay value
– V8 Supercar Race Driver™ features a massive 13 full
World Championships. |
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Great soundtrack featuring Ash,
Iggy and the Stooges, Thin Lizzy, Morceeba, Al Green
and Lynyrd Skynyrd. |
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