Back on track: the UK racing scene revival

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Motor racing, despite its roots in France, its scarlet red Italian heart and its current domination at the top tier by a German and a Spaniard, is a very British affair. In the heart of England, amidst the pockets of nondescript countryside of Banbury, Oxford and Woking there's the self-titled Motorsport Valley, where a large part of the global circus that's F1 calls home.
Racing games, while they're in part defined by the rivalry between a long-running Japanese series and its US rival, are also a very British affair. It's a connection that runs all the way back to Geoff Crammond's Revs, spiralling out to Codemasters, Criterion and countless other studios that form the UK racing development community.
In contrast to the clinical perfection of Gran Turismo and Forza, British racing games have typically been more upbeat, and more boisterous. They've been about the crash-happy action of Burnout or the pin-sharp acrobatics of Project Gotham - they've been about the fantasy of Blur or the violence of Split/Second.
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