A quick look at the MotorStorm: Pacific Rift – Speed and Adrenaline expansions

June 13, 2009

As you probably may have read from a previous article, Evolution Studios has two major packs in the works for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, Speed and Adrenaline, which were shown back at E3 to lucky attendees. For those who didn’t catch the show, here are a few screens and a vid to give you a few quick looks at the upcoming DLC.

For each expansion, there will be three additional tracks, all playable in all online modes, offline in Time Attack, Free Play, and Split Screen.

Speed Tracks

Quicksands

Darkfire Swamp

Engorged

Adrenaline Tracks

Reef Runner

Brimstone

Hollowed Earth

Each expansion pack also re-introduces familiar tracks with “Track Variants” There are eight of these in all, selected from the most popular online games and given the “Volcanic” subtitle. These tracks won’t just come with new routes and obstacles, they’ll be Volcanically-themed for your gaming pleasure. Instead of falling into the usual ravine, you will be able to fall into a pool of molten lava.

Other environmental elements will also be added: showering you with balls of lava falling from the sky, volcanoes erupting, ashes falling, lava flowing into the tracks.

The Edge Volcanic, for example, won’t be seeing too much lava since it’s an Air Track, but it will feature falling rocks all over the track, and yes they can hit you. Rift and Scorched Volcanic, on the other hand, will really put you in the heat with rising lava levels and flames bursting from certain locations.

Sounds like fun. Nothing like shoving the next guy into the fiery depths of the lava, or ramming them into a falling ball of fire. More updates are coming next week so keep checking back.

Major MotorStorm: Pacific Rift update: