Sega closes Racing Studio, says report

Aw. I live only a few miles from Solihull, shame. At least we still have Rare.

Wow… on the one hand, Sega Rally was a good-looking game and pretty decent technology-wise on PS3 and Xbox 360. However, the fact that just months on you can pick it up for £9.99 brand new speaks volumes.

I really hated its invisible walls, its total lack of information on why I should choose one car over another, its lack of restart from within a championship, and its bouncey collision physics. Offering up two handling systems for different terrain – but not allowing you to switch between rally stages – was a grave annoyance. Also wasn’t keen on the screen tear and 30fps update.

While the sentiment was there, if AM3 were gonna make a next gen Sega Rally game it wouldn’t be anything like what the Racing Studio served up.

didn’t they just open that?

No disrespect to the couple of EGers who work there but it promised a lot, and delivered very little.

Which EG’ers work(ed) there?

I have to admit, I never played Sega Rally. And that’s a shame.

WTF is an EGer and where can I score some?

An “EGer” is a Eurogamer reader

I keep forgetting that I have no sense of humour.

I don’t!

Ha! I’m off to watch the LostWinds trailer again.

Sega Rally was amazing, and if you don’t like it you’re a fool. One of the most charismatic racing games in years.

What a shame.

What? They only just bought them! Way to go, Sega.

Sega’s in pretty bad shape financially as a group. It’s a shame it had to be taken out on a Euro studio, though. Sega Europe’s very successful.

boooo