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Colin McRae Hits Next-Gen Next Year

DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road is coming to the Xbox 360, Playstation 3 and computer next year, Codemasters just announced.

As always, the series will be built around off-road racing through gravel, mud and dirt.

Race in challenging heavyweight 850bhp cars, drift on the loose gravel and blaze past high-speed blind corners of Hill Climb events along perilous cliff edges. All 12.4 miles of the world famous Pikes Peak International is included, with over 150 precarious turns to negotiate through the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.

How about engaging in multiple car races with Dakar-style trucks and super-powered 4x4s on the toughest desert terrain in Rally Raid competitions? Then there are Rally Cross events, switching between dirt and road racing, where the competition is always tight, fast and collisions with your opponents are inevitable.

With more off-road racing styles to be revealed, DIRT: Colin McRae Off-Road will also offer a dedicated mode for European, International and Global rally championships featuring official 2WD, 4WD, Classic and RWD rally cars.

No word on whether the game will support the PS3's motion sensitive controller. That could be kinda cool.

Hit the jump to check out three concept images created with in-game models. Unfortunately, I don't know if they are PC, PS3 or Xbox 360 images.

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11:42 AM on Thu Jul 20 2006
By Brian Crecente
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