Earlier today Slightly Mad Studios, the developers behind Project Cars, have announced a new ambitious MMO racing game called World of Speed. Working with My.com, the developers aim to deliver a free-to-comete game that will allow players to race across tracks designed to resemble the real life roads of Monaco, London ans Moscow.
The graphic fidelity of the game does look stunning. Truly next-gen!
The evolving online experience will revolve around player connectivity and bringing everything the massively multiplayer universe has to offer into the action-racing genre. Being able to compete into an ever-expanding number of gameplay modes, players will have the opportunity to team up, create clubs with unique logos and earn access to a club garage social hub. Except being able to compete against other clubs, teamed up players will have the opportunity to show off their skills in an Airfield Playground or even partake in high-stake races in Territory Wars.
As it can be seen from the screenshots and the announcement trailer, the in-game graphics are quite stunning, resembling the ones of the current undergoing a development process game by Slightly Mad Studios Project Cars.
London will be one of the playable locations in the game. Doesn’t it look amazing?
The game developers don’t have only graphical fidelity and HD visuals in mind, but aim at representing the most true-to-life cars and locations as well. Currently the different citites in which players of World of Speed will be able to compete are London, Monaco and Moscow. The dev team is also willing to hear out different suggestions from future players and enthusiast about the car models and eventually new cities. Slightly Mad Studios and My.com are planning on bringing new updates on the game as time progresses in order to deliver fresh experience and a consistent stream of new content.
This is supposedly one of the playable tracks in the game.
In regard to the game’s direct competition Need for Speed: World, the developers stated that World of Speed will differ in a variety of factors including fully remappable controls, wheel and gamepad support, proper end game content, diverse gamplay and a decent roster and rage of cars, manufacturers and locations to drive and race around. Regarding the free-to-compete status, the team behind World of Speed stated that they are aimed at free-to-compete and not pay-to-win, which is always a nice thing to hear.
The team behind World of Speed does aim at wide audience as well, so those who are worried about the system requirements would be happy to know that Slightly Mad Studios want to bring their new AAA MMO title to both High-End PCs and everyday laptops. Information about an upcoming beta release and console availability hasn’t been released at this time.
What do you think? Do you want to play this game?
Source: World of Speed Official WebSite
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