{"id":25626,"date":"2012-11-07T17:12:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T07:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=25626"},"modified":"2012-11-07T17:12:33","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T07:12:33","slug":"f1-race-stars-demo-launches-this-week-experience-formula-one-going-over-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25626","title":{"rendered":"F1 RACE STARS\u2122 DEMO LAUNCHES THIS WEEK \u2013 EXPERIENCE FORMULA ONE\u2122 GOING OVER THE TOP!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">SYDNEY &#8211; November 7<sup>th<\/sup> 2012<\/span><\/strong><strong> <\/strong><strong>\u2013 <\/strong>Today Codemasters\u00ae announced that a demo for F1 RACE STARS<strong> <\/strong>will be available for download this week ahead of the game\u2019s race into retail on November 15<sup>th<\/sup>. In the demo players will experience FORMULA ONE powered-up on the F1 RACE STARS Germany track in both single-player and up to four-player split-screen. On every straight, hairpin and jump, players will experience F1 RACE STARS\u2019 unique brand of superfast FORMULA ONE racing as they race through a Bavarian castle, accelerate on the autobahn and fly through a forest.<\/p>\n<p>The F1 RACE STARS demo will be available for download today for the Xbox 360\u00ae video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in Australia &amp; New Zealand. The demo will then be available from Steam for Windows PC worldwide and PLAYSTATION\u00ae3 computer entertainment system in ANZ on Thursday, November 8<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>In the demo players can race as Jenson Button, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel or Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and compete against other official and fictional FORMULA ONE drivers, transformed into heroic caricatures that are bursting with personality.<\/p>\n<p>In the sprint for the chequered flag, gamers can utilise a range of fantasy and FORMULA ONE themed power-ups, from calling in Wet Weather to slow the pack, deploying DRS to speed past rivals and using a range of sneaky bubbles to trap other drivers. If their car takes damage, gamers can race through the pit lane to get back up to speed, whilst a variety of different routes, boost pads and shortcuts will all slingshot players ahead.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>NEW GAMEPLAY VIDEO REVEALED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mark the news, Codemasters has released a new gameplay video showcasing some of the features set to take FORMULA ONE over the top. The trailer shows FORMULA ONE stars zooming past giant sumo robots in Japan, racing through a carnival in Brazil and dodging a Truckosaurus in the USA on F1 RACE STARS\u2019 unique circuits. In a super-charged sprint for the chequered flag, the trailer shows the drivers using different power-ups \u2013 including Safety Car, Teleport and DRS \u2013 to gain the advantage on their rivals and race around special KERS corners to get a speedy boost. The video is now playing at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.F1racestars.com\">www.F1racestars.com<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/lSFrjx8kewk\">http:\/\/youtu.be\/lSFrjx8kewk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SYDNEY &#8211; November 7th 2012 \u2013 Today Codemasters\u00ae announced that a demo for F1 RACE STARS will be available for download this week ahead of the game\u2019s race into retail on November 15th. In the demo players will experience FORMULA ONE powered-up on the F1 RACE STARS Germany track in both single-player and up to<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=25626\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news","category-trailers-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25626"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25627,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25626\/revisions\/25627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}