Significantly, given the game's title, the first video to be released is all about the customisation options open to the player. These include designing your own tracks, using what appears to be a very neat-looking track editor. You clip together different sections of track, much as you would with Scalextric pieces, to create a circuit.
WP: "I've generally enjoyed Codemasters-published racing titles, especially the recent batch of games like GRID and DIRT on the Xbox 360 and PS3, and there's always been the TOCA series racers that are usually well-regarded by fans. I've not had much experience with their output of Nintendo DS racers, though, at least not until I got to a chance to review Race Driver: Create and Race."
Gamasutra talked with CEO Mark Greenshields and creative director Pete Shea recently, and talked in-depth about contending with Mario Kart DS, creating a portable racing game that can compete with home console titles, and the company's Octane engine that has enabled its racing titles to stand out from the pack.
Reviewed by Ton, he writes:
"Codemasters released the first in the Race Driver (from the bloodline of the TOCA: Touring Car series) ensemble for Nintendo's incredibly popular portable Electronic Theatre Imagegaming platform the NintendoDS in September 2007. Developed by Firebrand Games, the game boasts thirty-two real world circuits and twenty-four officially licensed racing cars.
If you do not have a magical talent for Arcade-influenced Racing games, you will find this game ruthlessly difficult."
Wow, I might actually have to get this game if the actual racing part is fun. Building a racetrack should be easy and intuitive w/ the stylus.