14 DAY TRIAL // Sony's San Diego Studio has presented some more details about the upcoming ModNation Racers: Road Trip title coming to the PlayStation Vita next year, including some new info on how track creation will be handled and how there's even more content than on the PlayStation 3 version of the kart racing game.
ModNation Racers impressed quite a few PS3 and PSP owners in the last couple of years, with tight mechanics and the possibility of creating all sorts of crazy circuits, karts or even drivers, and then share them with millions of other players from all around the world.
Now, the team at from the Sony San Diego studio is working hard on bringing that same great experience onto the PlayStation Vita, in the form of ModNation Racers: Road Trip.
We've already heard a few things about the game and now some new features have been detailed by community specialist Mark Wilson, which should make creating tracks that much easier on the portable console. These include things like:
1. Multiple Themes: With the power of Vita, San Diego Studio was able to give the user access to up to five times more “goodies” to create with than on PS3. In ModNation Racers: Road Trip the creator has access to over 20 different prop themes and can now mix-n-match up to fifteen of those into their track’s creation. This means ModNation Racers: Road Trip players can now look forward to experience whole new unseen worlds. 2. Fully Rotatable Props: Now track creators have the ability to manipulate all of their track props in full 360 degrees on all axis points (big words for awesome!) along with complete scalability of items. Now that alien invaded scenario you have wanted to create with its buildings, buses, parked cars, tanks and park fountains turned on their heads is as easy as rotating two fingers on the front touch screen on the Vita.
3. Draw Track / Trace Track Modes: One of the first features most players will notice and enjoy right off the bat is the two track draw modes. You have previously seen how with MNR: Road Trip you can draw your track in only seconds using just one finger via the front touch screen. What you may not know is now with Vita’s built in camera you can snap photos of anything from your little brother’s face, a fire hydrant, a bus route map of your town or maybe even your cat. Import it and trace the image as the outline of your track. We can’t wait to see what the ModNation comes up with! 4. Estimated Track Times: When you have the whole world in your hands time can seem to fly by so we created a meter that estimates the lap time of your track. The PlayStation Vita is out next month in Japan, while the North American and European releases will happen this February. ModNation Racers: Road Trip is expect sometime after that.