New Xpand Rally Movie Released
Downloads | Xpand Rally | By Paul on 11 February 2004 11:45

A new movie for Xpand Rally has been released, which shows off the detailed nature of the game's circuits.

In order to increase the realism of sensations experienced by the player sitting behind the wheel of the car, it's been decided to reconstruct the surrounding of the road in highest details. It's been achieved with the use of a new graphics engine based on Chrome Engine but having much higher performance and fully utilizing DirectX 9 technology. Vast terrains modeled in detail and rendered with the use of textures of practically photographical quality, dense vegetation and large number of objects surrounding the tracks - all this, together with new lighting model, allowed to place the player on tracks whose surrounding looks almost like reality.

You can download the file here, and don't forget to check out our Xpand Rally profile for more information on this game, including screenshots.

Terminal Damage Engine to be used in TOCA Race Driver 2
Game News | TOCA Race Driver 2 | By Paul on 11 February 2004 11:24

Codemasters have let us know that a new engine called the "terminal damage engine" will be used in TOCA Race Driver 2 for the first time.

Extraordinarily detailed, TOCA Race Driver 2's Terminal Damage Engine is the most realistic damage engine ever created for a racing game and affects the performance of each of the different 35 in-game cars. Windows smash, doors can be ripped open, and a head-on collision can end your race. And there are no fake 'resets' to miraculously restart you back on your way; you'll have to do the race all over again.

You can read more about this here, and don't forget to check out our TOCA Race Driver 2 profile, where you will find even more information, including screenshots.

Colin Mcrae N.A Situation Update
Game News | Colin McRae Rally 04 | By Paul on 11 February 2004 11:23

After some more investigation relating to the earlier story we ran this week about the possibility of Colin McRae Rally 04 being canned for the PC and PS2 in North America, Richard Tysoe of Codemasters has informed us that basically, the PC version of Colin McRae Rally 4 will be released in the US as a “online-sales-only” product, and that there are no plans yet to release the PS2 version of Colin McRae Rally 4 in the United States.

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