Today, Electronic Arts detailed the Drift mode for its upcoming title, Need For Speed: Shift, in which players are required to toggle the brakes while constantly adjusting the steering to maintain drifts through the corner – exactly like the drifters in real life. Details are as follow:

• Need for Speed: Shift delivers the most authentic drift experience ever seen in a video game
  • World champion drifter Vaughn Gittin Jr. put in over 100 hours with SMS to ensure accuracy and realism
  • Players will be required to toggle the throttle and brakes while constantly adjusting the steering to maintain drifts through the corner – exactly like drifters in real life
  • Real world physics ensue the car behaves exactly as it should
    • Vehicle set-up (horsepower, suspension etc.) dramatically impacts a player’s technique and overall style

• Driver profile extends to drift
  • As in all racing, setting the right line is critical. Clipping points are set on the track to ensure the player achieves the perfect line and maximizes profile points
  • Drift related badges

• Accessibility is key
  • Entry level players can use the amateur setting to help them learn the basics of drifting and ramp up the difficulty as they progress
  • Conversely, experienced drivers can use the pro setting and experience the most realistic drift experience ever in a video game.

Black Rock Studios have been hard at work trying to push the racing genre by developing many over the top racers, seeing that last years high-flying ATV racer, PURE, was just the tip of the iceberg. The developer is now working on a street racing game entitled, Split Second.

An exclusive trailer debuted on GameTrailer’s GTTV showing cars flying into a city with dangerous environmental hazards – which are activated by the drivers in the game. This is sure to be something worth waiting for.

Anyway, Split Second is definitely a new look at the racing genre and we believe that the guys at Black Rock Studios know what to do, to insure that this a quality racer.

Codemasters has released alot of racing titles, from DiRT to GRID, but nothing like this. Today, the team at Asobo Studios have revealed the first trailer for their upcoming title, FUEL. The trailer is done all in CG so don’t expect the game to look 100 percent like that, but this is one ‘open-terrain’ racer that you can’t past up on, here take a look.