That says it all doesn’t it, Codemasters love their racing games and they also love to drift! I myself am not a big fan of drifting, it is a very Need for Speed sensation and is one I just don’t like in a serious racing game. Though if Codemasters like it then so be it.

Not much else to say really apart from the fact that if I was to make another Codemasters related news post it would be entitled ‘Codemasters Love To Play Queens of the Stoneage Mixes!’.

Race Driver GRID is all about the race according to Chief Game Designer Ralph Fulton. In his latest Developer Diary he gives us some more background regarding what we can expect to see in the game apart from great racing and great crashes.

The main thing raised in this diary entry is the revealing of three different racing areas for the game. First off is Europe the home of the ‘classic’ racing disciplines such as touring cars and open wheel cars. Expect to see some of the finest track from around Europe here.

Secondly we have the US which, as Ralph tells us, features a lot of street racing around places such as Long Beach, San Francisco and Washington. Expect to see some big muscle cars here.

Finally GRID will take us to Japan where ‘drift’ racing is the focus of the game.

Each area has different cars and environments in which to race so expect to see some great looking cars and tracks be perfectly suited to each other.

I just wonder what is with the Queens of the Stoneage love as the soundtrack to these little diary things….

I’ll let everyone into a little secret of mine, I love racing games. I really really do. I grew up playing games such as Screamer, Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix 2 and Network Q RAC Rally Championship all from back in the mid 1990s.

These were all classics of the racing genre (in my mind at any rate) and from there my racing experience travelled through the Colin McRae games (RIP Colin) and the Gran Turismo games. My love of the racing game returned last year with Colin McRae DiRT, a superb game from Codemasters.

Now it seems that Race Driver GRID is going to continue grabbing my attention and enticing me to fall in love with it. Just watch the following Developer Video Diary (thanks to GameTrailers)

If that doesn’t get you wanting this game, then I don’t know what will. I want this thing, and by god I want it now!