Here’s everything I learned.

He hands the reins (or should that be keys?)

Then it’s over to the back wall where a large map hangs in the corner.

A broken down station wagon car in Pacific Drive

These aren’t your run of the mill forest animals, though.

These weather effects aren’t just extra bits of atmospheric scene setting, though.

“[The weather] actually does affect the way your car handles,” Dracott explains.

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That said, there will still be plenty of car tinkering available when you get back to your garage.

The car’s health is generally a better indicator of how a run is going than your own health.

“You do not want to be on the outside of that circle,” says Rosen.

A forest view through the windscreen of the station wagon in Pacific Drive

As the wall of fire approached, the entire screen turned into a hellish nightmarescape.

Its full release can’t come soon enough.

The player approaches a broken down car at the side of the road in Pacific Drive

The player walks through a spooky forest at night in Pacific Drive

A station wagon drives through a forest scene in Pacific Drive

The player applies a scrapping tool to a rusted car in Pacific Drive

A strange monster glows in the dark in Pacific Drive