Codemasters pumps it up on PSP – unique “Custom Soundtrack” feature revealed for TOCA Race Driver 2.

With just one week to go until the launch of the PSP on Thursday, 1st September, Codemasters today reveals new movies of its launch titles, Colin McRae Rally 2005 Plus and TOCA Race Driver 2, available online from www.codemasters.co.uk/psp.

Ahead of the games' arrival, Codemasters also announces a unique 'custom soundtrack' feature in TOCA Race Driver 2. An absolute first for any PSP title, this audio option lets you place your choice of music on a portable Memory Stick and then customise your own soundtracks to play while you're tearing up the circuits.

All you need to create your own in-game play list is the Exact Audio Copy utility, which will be available as a free download from www.codemasters.co.uk/downloads (in Upgrades) from PSP launch day.

Just download the Exact Audio Copy to a PC, hook up your PSP, with a Memory Stick Duo, via USB and put your own audio CD in the PC's CD drive.

In no time at all, you'll have your choice of music on the Memory Stick Duo. Now, next time you're ready to take to the circuits in the game, just enable the Custom Soundtrack feature from the game's options and race while listening to your own compilation of music!

In addition to the custom soundtrack feature, TOCA Race Driver 2 also delivers another first in PSP gaming. Exploiting the PSP's Wireless networking ability to the full, TOCA Race Driver 2 enables up to 12 players to fight it out on the track, more than any other game to date. It'll feel like a real race meet you hear all the screams of anguish or triumph as you race face-to-face in some of the world's greatest race cars.

Prepare to go on-road, off-road, anywhere when both TOCA Race Driver 2 and Colin McRae Rally 2005 Plus launch alongside the PSP console on September 1st.

Get on the starting grid with new movies for both games now available online at www.codemasters.co.uk/psp

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COLIN McRAE RALLY 2005 PLUS - KEY GAME ELEMENTS:

• The complete rally experience on PSP, plus additional multiplayer mode.

• Wireless play for up to 8 players. Send replays to another PSP user.

• Rally through 9 countries: UK, Greece, Japan, Australia, USA, Spain, Finland, Sweden and Germany.

• Over 30 rally cars, comprising 2WD, 4WD, 4W Classics, Super 2-wheel, Distinctive and RWD vehicles, including such all-time classics as the Audi A3 3.2 Quattro, Toyota Celica GT 4 and the fearsome Lancia Stratos!

TOCA RACE DRIVER 2 - KEY GAME ELEMENTS:

• The most motorsports ever on PSP with real performance cars, real damage, real physics, and real driver AI.

• Up to 21 cars racing on track simultaneously.

• Wireless play for up to 12 players.

• Custom Soundtrack feature lets you choose your own in-game music.

• 32 different championships spanning the globe and 52 world famous circuits.

• A specially selected vehicle roster featuring 35 of the world's most exotic and aspirational, high-performance racing cars, including the Jaguar XJ220 AMR, Aston Martin V12 Vanquish, Koenig Competition 2002, Nissan Skyline and the Ford 2000 SVT Mustang Cobra R.