Drive yourself Insane with the off-road riot on PC complete with Codemasters’ new online multi-player service.

Codemasters turns the ignition key on its multi-player all-terrain 4x4 racing game in November as Insane – the game where dangerous driving is the safest bet – gets into gear on PC with gameplay elements designed especially for online and LAN play.

Insane is also the launch vehicle for Codemasters’ new online multi-player service. Powered by proprietary software, Codemasters has designed an easy-to-use service especially for the mass-market PC gamer. Unlike game-specific servers, this multi-player online service is unique in that it has been designed in association with games development teams and is universal to all Codemasters’ future Internet-ready games. 

Insane puts players behind the wheel of a range of off-road vehicles including jeeps, trucks and even military vehicles all with realistic, individual handling. Featuring stunning simultaneous multi-player racing, players can kick up plenty of road dirt against human or computer generated competitors across terrain guaranteed to put even the toughest suspension to the test.

Unlike previous off-road titles, Insane’s locations are not only vast, but allow for total freedom in seven different game modes on varied terrain without boundaries and tracks. This style of racing provides the game with groundbreaking gameplay not seen before.

In the Jamboree game, it’s a high-speed dash to race through a series of flagged gates placed randomly on the terrain. A marker constantly indicates the most direct route between the vehicle and the next gate, but beware the shortest route is not always the quickest – or safest. 

Providing high-octane excitement in more familiar game modes, Insane delivers Off Road racing. However, with potholes, boulders, trees, the odd wildebeest straying across the course, the route to victory is fraught with danger and often the more daredevil driver will succeed over those who opt for strategy! 

In addition, Insane also features wild spins on the Capture the Flag format with Catch the Flag and Return the Flag challenges and a destruction race to drive dirty in. A full championship series is also available pitching drivers against the full set of Insane’s challenges. 

From the snow and ice of Yosemite to the arid dunes of the African desert, Insane features amazingly detailed and living 3D locations. Don’t be surprised to see a herd of buffalo suddenly begin to stampede on hearing the roar of your beast’s engine. 

With full multi-player support via a LAN or over Codemasters’ new multi-player online service, Insane will deliver riotous 4x4 racing when it is released PC-CD ROM in November.

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| Notes to Editors:
Established in 1986, Codemasters is a leading developer and publisher of best-selling interactive entertainment products for a global audience on current and future gaming platforms and channels. This has been quite a year for Codemasters. The company is the winner of Queen’s Award For Enterprise in the Innovation category and was featured in the Sunday Times’ Fast Track taking the number two position for the highest annual profit growth at 118.97%. Furthermore, the Central Region’s Entrepreneur of The Year 2000 awards saw David Darling, Founder and Chief Executive of Codemasters, scoop both the “Overall Entrepreneur of the Year” and “Young Entrepreneur Of The Year” awards. Codemasters’ genre-leading brands include Colin McRae Rally, Touring Cars, Micro Machines/Maniacs, and LMA Manager. With an annual turnover in excess of $100 million, the company is headquartered in Southam, Warwickshire, UK where it employs over 400 staff, and maintains European operations in Germany, France, Spain, Benelux and plans to set up operations in Scandinavia. The company entered the US publishing market in 1999 and has an online gaming US-based development facility in Oakhurst, CA. More information about the company and its products is available online at www.codemasters.com.