OXM UK: Blur Preview

Barcelona, Las Vegas, Tokyo... and Hackney. The inclusion of this inner-city London borough with a high crime rate contrasts quite spectacularly with the circuits of Bizarre Creations' previous racing entries.

Yet the racing studio must have found something across the 19 square kilometres of streets that inspired it to go and photograph the area to map out in detail.

You heard right. While Bizarre might be taking its foot off the authentic racing accelerator, it by no way means the developer is going soft or taking it easy after handing over its Project Gotham licence on the way out of Microsoft's garage.