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Due at the end of this month is Codemasters' GRID 2 and so now would be a great time to let fans know what tracks they'll be barrelling down. In a rather lengthy post they reveal there are 82 race tracks.

Most are available with day & night cycles, but some are limited to just sunset, or are tied to pre-orders. GRID 2 will be releasing on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC May 28th in the US, 31st in EU.

DarkSeas Games' love letter to Road Rash has been approved by over 3,700 wallets as it surpasses their goal of $160k. The Kickstarter campaign for Road Redemption is officially successful, with about 48 hours left.

The motorcycle combat-racing gameplay is directly influenced by Road Rash, adding in "insane crashes," destructible track environments, ragdoll physics and online multiplayer.

Eutechnyx has announced that it's adding AI opponents to its free-to-play browser-based racer Auto Club Revolution in its latest update - a premium feature for free-to-play that is not usually free.

UPDATE: "Totally fake. Remakes and Reboots?" tweet Criterion.

Another subtitled adventure within the Need for Speed series is getting the Criterion reboot treatment, according to rumour, and this time it'll be Underground. It will apparently be set in a new Bayview City.

An anonymous party sent in a proposed logo for this reboot, saying it was in development for Xbox 360. Oddly the logo includes landmarks like Big Ben and the Coliseum. Something's not right.

Gamers who are looking for a racer that draws heavy inspiration from TRON and WipeOut will enjoy watching the GDC 2013 Distance trailer that showed off some gameplay from an alpha build.

Free-to-play online racing game Auto Club Revolution has a new update, and one of the major additions is a new racing dynamic, wet conditions.

Publisher PQube and developer Milestone have released the first actual gameplay trailer for the latest edition in their long-running motocross series, MotoGP 13.

Three DLC packs are en route to Need for Speed: Most Wanted - the leaked PS3 trophies list told us that - but now EA has confirmed their existence, and all three packs are available to download.

Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers can enjoy the Terminal Velocity, Movie Legends and Heroes packs of new races and vehicles right now, but PC Need for Speed junkies must wait until March 13th.

In a new agreement Codemasters will be relinquishing self-publishing as Namco Bandai expands to include the studio's portfolio amongst its label in Europe and Australasia, which includes GRiD 2.

This also covers every forthcoming major release, as the two update their 2010 arrangement which "built a trustworthy relationship" over the years. Codemasters don't want the hassle of costs.

Criterion Games developer Alex Ward made a Twitter post that seemed to be probing interest in a sequel to the open world racing game Burnout Paradise.