12:20 (BST), 21/05/2008

– Race gaming has never been so fierce or closely fought as Codemasters® today announced that the playable demo has roared past the mark across the ® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft®, computer entertainment system and formats since its launch on May 8th.

For Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION 3 system gamers, racing in the demo has become seriously competitive as the reaches its final few days. With a brand new car† as the ultimate , it’s not too late to join the legions of players on the Jarama circuit and set a personal best in the demo’s section.

To be placed amongst Europe’s finest and fastest racers, the time to beat currently stands at just over an incredible – 1:13.63†† – with contenders from the U.K., France and Belgium currently amongst the top-ranked drivers. To view the latest and greatest lap times on the leaderboard, visit:

http://community.racedrivergrid.com/win-a-bmw/scoreboard.php.

The concludes on at midnight. The top five ranked players will be invited to the live European playoffs, to be held on at the store, Oxford Street, London, and compete head-to-head to win the BMW 3 Series as part of European launch day celebrations. Further details and full terms and conditions are available from the website.

The demo is now available to download from and with the demo available from http://community.racedrivergrid.com/. The Fastest Final Lap Challenge is exclusive to the console editions of the demo.

Taking players to dramatic and beautifully realised race locations over three continents to compete in an exhilarating variety of racing events, ID is set to launch May 30th across Europe/PAL regions for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3 system and Games for Windows with a Nintendo DS™ edition to follow.

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The ™ playable demo delivers intense competition in single-player GRID World events and 12-player online races. Players can take to the wheel of a virtual Ford Mustang GT-R on the streets of San Francisco in the eBay Motors Muscle Cup. In Japan, race in a Nissan S15 Silvia in the Advan Drift Trophy at Yokohama Docks, while the sweeping curves and hairpins of the Jarama circuit in Spain plays host to the Euro Touring Cars championship featuring BMW 320si touring cars. For players who want to challenge each other online, the demo delivers 12-player competitions at the European and U.S. locations.

† Codemasters reserves the right to replace the stated prize with an alternative prize of equivalent value at its sole discretion.

†† Time correct at time of writing (12 noon, UK, 21st May 2008).

Rob Burman

PR Manager

01926 816051

rob.burman@codemasters.com

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