Pro Race Driver gamers are in for the racing experience of a lifetime, when Codemasters launches the PC edition early next year, complete with Matrox Surround Gaming. Matrox Surround Gaming enables gameplay to be viewed across three linked monitors, providing gamers with the dramatic sensation of actually being inside the car.

When utilizing Matrox Surround Gaming, the central monitor displays the camera view of the track ahead, while the monitors to the left and the right show the camera views from either side of the car, permitting players to see which rival racers are closing in on their position. In a race replay, the display provides an ultra-wide field of view across all 3-screens.

“With the Surround Gaming three-screen display on PC, Pro Race Driver’s players will be really immersed in the experience and able to use their peripheral vision to judge the best position on the circuit,” said Gavin Raeburn, Codemasters’ producer of the TOCA series. “It’s a great effect and makes the racing even more intense.”

Pro Race Driver will ship on the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system in December and in March 2003 on the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. The enhanced PC version will be released early in 2003.