Only next gen consoles can save the racing game, says Blur designer

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RolStoppable said:

amp316 said:
Mario Kart, Gran Turismo, and Forza all seem to be doing fine.

They are all first party games, so they don't really matter.

The concern voiced here is actually a serious one and extends beyond racing games. The middle ground between AAA games and shovelware used to account for a huge chunk of all released games, but with rising development costs this middle ground keeps diminishing. It's either going all out with huge budgets or making games for download services which sucks pretty hard. AAA games can be overengineered while downloadable games are often underdeveloped. If you happen to like a genre that doesn't scream M-rating, you'll be pretty much out of luck on home consoles in the eighth generation, because you will hardly get a full fledged game anymore.

I have to say that I agree with you and that it's a shame.  Consumers have a choice of a first rate game or a fifth rate one. 

I remember when there was a plethora of good to great racing games available during the N64 and PS1 days.  That was a long time ago...