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by Nick Breckon, May 22, 2009 3:56pm PDTCodemasters' upcoming racing game FUEL has been named the "Biggest Console Game of All Time" by Guiness World Records. And by "biggest," they're referring to square mileage.
In fact, the title boasts "5,560 square miles of accessible in-game terrain," according to the Codesters. The video below explains the technical demands in creating such a massive space. FUEL hits the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on June 2.
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For example consider a game where you play an ant. It would make a 1km^2 map feel like an almost infinite area, where as in a giant mech game it would be like just enough room to turn around at full sprint.
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In game terms, it translates into the amount of detail typically given to the terrain and surroundings. You wouldn't want to play an FPS on a map from Tom Clancy's Tony HAWX, right?
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