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PRO RACE DRIVER PC GAMERS
GET SOME ACTION WITH MATROX SURROUND GAMING
New York – December 12,
2002 – Pro Race Driver gamers are in for the
racing experience of a lifetime, when Codemasters launches the PC edition early
next year, complete with Matrox Surround Gaming. Matrox Surround Gaming enables
gameplay to be viewed across three linked monitors, providing gamers with the
dramatic sensation of actually being inside the car.
When utilizing Matrox Surround Gaming, the central monitor displays the camera
view of the track ahead, while the monitors to the left and the right show the
camera views from either side of the car, permitting players to see which rival
racers are closing in on their position. In a race replay, the display provides
an ultra-wide field of view across all 3-screens.
“With the Surround Gaming three-screen display on PC, Pro Race Driver’s
players will be really immersed in the experience and able to use their
peripheral vision to judge the best position on the circuit,” said Gavin Raeburn,
Codemasters’ producer of the TOCA series. “It’s a great effect and makes
the racing even more intense.”
Pro Race Driver will ship on the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment
system in December and in March 2003 on the Xbox video game system from
Microsoft. The enhanced PC version will be released early in 2003. More
information on the game, including in-game footage videos, can be found on the
dedicated web site located at:
www.codemasters.com/tocaracedriver
ABOUT MATROX’S SURROUND GAMING
Matrox Graphics Inc.'s
Surround Gaming technology is featured on its Parhelia family of graphics
accelerators. Surround Gaming lets users play across three displays, with either
an ultra-wide field of view (FOV) mode or separate camera views on each display.
More information online at
http://www.matrox.com/mga/3d_gaming/home.htm
ABOUT PRO RACE DRIVER ON PC
Codemasters’ Pro Race Driver is set to be the most dynamic and dramatic
circuit racer on PC. Even fiercer than the recent console version, the PC
edition will make any driver’s adrenaline race with up to 20 cars tearing up the
track simultaneously. Pro Race Driver lets players race as a touring car
professional in a gaming experience packed with 42 real touring and sports cars,
13 championships and an incredible 38 real-life, internationally renowned, race
circuits. The PC edition adds qualifying races to the championships. When
you’ve got up 20 cars on track at once, motor sport’s most aggressive exhibition
of close-contact racing results in spectacular damage and it can all be seen in
stunning graphical detail with support for Direct X 8 compatible graphics cards.
The roar of the cars’ engines and the dramatic story sequences sound better
than ever on PC. With support any for surround sound mode up to and including
5.1, also supports EAX, enabling reverberation and environmental audio effects.
Online and network play will also be available for TOCA Race Driver’s PC
players.
ABOUT CODEMASTERS
Established in 1986, UK-based Codemasters is one of
Europe's best-selling and profitable game-makers, developing and publishing
titles for the console platforms and PC. Codemasters’ products first appeared
on US retail shelves in 1999 and since then they have continued to provide
energetic, compelling and innovative entertainment to gaming fans of all genres.
The company’s 2001 offerings included Blade of Darkness and Operation
Flashpoint, both of which met with critical acclaim and enormous consumer
praise. Richard Darling, the company’s Design Director and co-founder, is
renowned as one of the most prolific game designers and has been involved in the
creation of 60 of the company’s staggering #1 titles in the UK. In keeping with
the company's mission to remain on the crest of the gaming wave, Codemasters is
developing games for online and next generation platforms. Additional
information about the company and its products can be found at
www.codemasters.com
ABOUT MATROX GRAPHICS, INC.Matrox Graphics
Inc, the leading manufacturer of professional graphics solutions, has been
delivering high-quality, innovative 2D/3D and video graphics accelerators for
more than a quarter century. Pioneer of the trend-setting DualHeadR technology,
Matrox is a graphics chip designer and board manufacturer whose products have
been awarded over 1,000 times worldwide for their superior image quality,
practical ingenuity and unwavering stability. In July 2002, Matrox was elected
as a voting member of the OpenGLR Architecture Review Board (ARB). A privately
held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Matrox has international offices
in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Hong
Kong, and Taiwan. Information on Matrox products, drivers, technical support and
more can be found at:
www.matrox.com/mga
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