Firemint, the developer of cool mobile games such as The Fast & the Furious: Pink Slip and FIA World Rally Championship, has announced some released new details on its upcoming iPhone racegame Real Racing. The game is currently in pre-beta and is looking awesome:
Features
* Up to 6 cars on screen
* Animated cockpit with driver and instruments showing race data
* Touch on right to accelerate. on Left to brake
* Licensed songs, different types of vehicle types
* Realistic physics and collision response
* Camera button to switch views
* Different AI personalities
Pocket Gamer has some great footage and info on Real Racing, an awesome looking race game for the iPhone developed by Australian developer Firemint. The accelerometer controls look amazing, according to Pocket Gamer the tilt controls in Real Racing are better than in any other iPhone racing game. The best features aren’t the controls and the graphics, but it’s actually the social network features that will kick ass. With head-to-head multiplayer over wi-fi and the ability to upload your best times to a web-based community this game will offer tons of content. You’ll be able to compete against your friends in mini-leagues and watch their data via Facebook and OpenSocial applications. Real Racing could be a Nokia N-Gage first party title, but they might go with a publisher or just release it in the App Store. Read the rest of this entry »