Dirt Showdown’s multiplayer will be adding a new spin to the racing series. The gameplay will focus heavily on stunts, arcade style tasks and challenges, like daring your friends to beat your best time.

Dirt Showdown sets one of the Smash and Grab maps in a wide open, oval-shaped arena. I felt it catered well to both the flag holder and his seven pursuers. Both ends of the oval are natural spots to make wide U-turns, creating pulse-racing opportunities for opponents to anticipate the flag holder at the end of the turn. It easily rivals a similar mode from last year’s underrated Driver: San Francisco, making me realize how great it would be to have a Dirt Showdown map in an urban setting.