TOCA Racing evolves into Race Driver One @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on April 20, 2007

News: Codemasters announces the "next-generation" of their racing series.

Codemasters has announced they have begun development on the "third generation" of their TOCA Racing series with the game Race Driver One. It is currently scheduled to ship in 2008 for the PC and "leading console platforms."

Race Driver One follows on the heels of the two TOCA Touring Cars games (1997-2000) and the three TOCA Race Driver games (2002-2006). It will use Codemasters' Neon engine, the same bit of technology that powers DIRT, the upcoming Colin McRae Rally game.

Gavin Raeburn, the Executive Producer at Codemasters Studios described a bit about what Race Driver One will bring to the series:

"Combining our racing heritage with the Neon engine, Race Driver One will create a world that goes far beyond the traditional boundaries of motorsport gaming, taking players from the most prestigious race circuits to road and street events around the globe. A completely fresh career structure will engage players in an unprecedented range of racing styles as they build a team capable of becoming number one. The Neon engine will be expanded to deliver a new level of visual detail, physics and an astonishing car damage system."

We'll have more on Race Driver One soon.