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APPSPEOPLE GEAR<br />
GET EXCI<br />
CITE<br />
TED ABOU<br />
OUT...<br />
REAL RACING 3<br />
Packed with licensed<br />
cars,thisisafull-on<br />
arcade experience set in<br />
the Le Mans races.<br />
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8<br />
START YOUR<br />
ENGINES WITH<br />
THE NEW CSR2<br />
A sequel to CSR<br />
Racing is almost<br />
at the finish line.<br />
Torsten Reil, CEO<br />
of developer<br />
NaturalMotion,<br />
explains how it<br />
aims to keep in<br />
pole position<br />
ASP<br />
Asph<br />
hearted and ,<br />
but also CSR Racing<br />
biggest rival.<br />
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| Freemium | Varies<br />
Since launching in 2012,<br />
CSR Racing remains one of<br />
the most popular mobile<br />
racing games of all time<br />
with more than 130 million<br />
lifetime downloads to date.<br />
The much-awaited sequel<br />
promises “never-before-seen levels of visual<br />
fidelity and vehicle authenticity” and it is set to<br />
enter a series of soft launch phases before a<br />
global launch later this year.<br />
CSR Racing became a top grossing game in<br />
2012. How hard will it be for CS2 to top it?<br />
While it’s always challenging to innovate on an<br />
already successful franchise, we’re focused on<br />
making sure that we stay true to what made<br />
CSR Racing so popular. CSR Racing was born out<br />
of our love for cars. In CSR2, we are once again<br />
redefining the category and pushing the limits<br />
of what players expect from a mobile racer.<br />
What can we expect with CSR2?<br />
Bringing our love of cars to the mobile screen<br />
was the team’s overarching goal during the<br />
development of the original CSR Racing and<br />
one that remains as we take the franchise to<br />
the next level. CSR2 lets players experience<br />
the thrill of attaining not just one, but a whole<br />
garage of the most desirable cars on the<br />
planet and it feels as close as possible to the<br />
real thing. And curating your collection of cars<br />
is only part of the CSR2 experience. In CSR<br />
Racing we introduced a new form of gameplay<br />
with the drag race, the purest form of car<br />
comparison. We’re staying true to this core<br />
gameplay, and we are excited to share more<br />
details about how we have innovated on it in<br />
future.<br />
first game had full<br />
olution but<br />
eadvanced<br />
mobile game<br />
cs become?<br />
R2, the team has<br />
tonsome of the<br />
rld’s most advanced<br />
hading and lighting<br />
5 COOL RACERS<br />
CSR RACING<br />
Simple and accessible, all<br />
you need to do is just<br />
time your taps precisely<br />
to start racing.<br />
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techniques to mimic how light reflects from<br />
cars in real life. For example, physically based<br />
shading is used to simulate the interactions<br />
that cars in your garage have with light sources<br />
to capture reality in the most stunning way<br />
possible. The achievements of our team on<br />
CSR2 are taking the game not just beyond<br />
what’s currently available on mobile but beyond<br />
console quality as well. While visuals and fidelity<br />
are important, we never do it for technology’s<br />
sake alone. It is always a means to create a<br />
believable and immersive player experience.<br />
Are we at the stage where mobile games<br />
are on a par with console?<br />
At NaturalMotion we’re excited to redefine<br />
what players expect from a mobile game.<br />
We are focused on bringing the high-quality<br />
graphics and immersive gameplay that players<br />
have traditionally enjoyed only on console to<br />
the mobile screen. I believe we are beginning<br />
to see a shift in the mobile games landscape<br />
where there are more games reflecting<br />
a console approach to visual fidelity and<br />
advanced graphics as more console enthusiasts<br />
look to play games on their mobile devices.<br />
Why do you think CSR Racing was as<br />
successful as it was?<br />
There was nothing like it available on mobile in<br />
terms of the graphics, vehicle authenticity and<br />
drag racing gameplay. It appealed not just to<br />
racing game enthusiasts but also to people who<br />
love cars. The drag-racing format of CSR Racing<br />
also fit perfectly into the way that players<br />
engage with games on their mobile devices.<br />
The shorter session time lets players enjoy one<br />
or multiple races while they are waiting in line<br />
at Starbucks for their morning macchiato.<br />
NEED FOR SPEED<br />
MOST WANTED<br />
A blistering mobile<br />
entry for a 20-years<br />
franchise.<br />
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| £3.20/$4.99 | v1.3.68<br />
Ferrari is just one manufacturer<br />
you can expect in the sequel<br />
“IN CSR2, WE ARE ONCE AGAIN REDEFINING<br />
THE CATEGORY AND PUSHING THE LIMITS”<br />
RED BULL AIR RACE<br />
THE GAME<br />
Does it give you wings?<br />
No but it’s very<br />
polished.<br />
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| Freemium | v1.65
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