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Ovi Maps Racing Looks Freakin Cool

By The Guru on January 7, 2010

Ovi Maps RacingWhen Nokia announced it was killing off N-Gage, I assumed that also meant the game development department inside Nokia was being killed off. On the contrary, it seems as though gaming is alive and well at Nokia, with the announcement of Climate Mission earlier today, and now this sneak preview of Ovi Maps Racing, shown off at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Ovi Maps Racing is, as the name suggests, a combination of Ovi Maps and a racing game, with a really cool twist - you can race in your own neighborhood! Yeah, that’s right, the application is able to use maps from the Ovi Maps application to build a custom racing track for you to navigate. You can either use your current location or browse to anywhere in the world and then choose the twists and turns in your track. Ovi Maps Racing then builds the track and lets you go to town on it.

There’s no official word on multiplayer options, but I’m crossing my fingers I can challenge my friends with an SMS invitation to race on our home turf, or invite Dotsisx and Wampyre to race around my block a few times.

Here’s the official game trailer, though unfortunately Nokia hasn’t come forth with a hard availability date:


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  • payaxy

    I pretty much never play games, but you're right, this looks friggin' cool :)

  • http://antoinerjwright.com/ ARJWright

    Dang, this will get me back into mobile games easy – well this and that new Parrot AR Drone item if it were to come to Symbian devices. AR gaming is pretty much here and this is a very good thing.

  • http://www.nokiacreative.com/ James Burland

    This is VERY cool. More please Nokia

  • Mashy

    AR gaming is really hip and cool. And only if Nokia includes multiplayer then it would be mindblowing. Yet it is still very awesome game. AR Drone is amazing aswell. But I heard it is not yet launched in the market.

  • paulotex

    The video is terrible. The in-play video sequences are all the same. They have 3 sequences and repeat them 3 times in a 50s video. Some should fire those responsable for it.

    About the game: the idea sure looks interesting. I leave in a rural area and just thinking about playing a race game around here puts a big smile on my face. However, the graphics look boring. That 2D view from above and the tiny cars look like some arcade game from the 80s (in a bad way).

  • alexismil

    im very interested on this game, looking fordward to get it.

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