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This isn’t a PSP game, it’s an iPhone and iPod touch title developed by the folks at Firemint. I know we didn’t report this one when it was released last week, but now playing catch up, we’ll just break it to you that Real Racing for the iPhone and iPod touch is getting the update treatment.

Australian developers Firemint have announced that they’ll be ushering a few new updates to their critically acclaimed racing sim title Real Racing. Submitted last week for approval, the 1.1 update adds a few new features while including bug fixes relating to app crashes.

The rest of the release notes are listed below:

- Added dynamic environment shadows to all vehicles on screen
- Added Flight Control sponsorship to some of the unbranded vehicles
- Accelerometer is now turned off during menu screens to save power
- Device fades to power saving mode after 1 minute of inactivity
- Updated league splits are now based on best times through any given sector of a race
- Various improvements and bug fixes

For those who still haven’t clicked the Buy App button in the App Store, you probably should do it now. The acclaimed developers of Flight Control have crafted a racing experience like no other for your iDevice. Boasting sim-like driving physics and graphics that utilize the graphical prowess of Apple’s devices to an impressive extent, we’ve had a bit of hands on time with Real Racing even prior to its release. We’ll have a review out soon, for now, check out the initial production description and some of these screenshots from the game.

Firemint Real Racing™ immerses you in all the excitement, competition and glory of championship racing. This is handheld racing like you’ve never experienced before!

• 36 cars in three classes, a dozen unique tracks, five game modes
• Three divisions to play through
• Massive career mode with 57 events to complete
• Ten licensed music tracks from indy artists
• Six cars on screen
• Touch or tilt to steer
• Manual or automatic acceleration and braking
• In-car cockpit view or external camera
• Local multiplayer over WiFi
• Online league play
• Online leaderboards
• Video replays on YouTube
• Create personal leaderboards at realracing.cloudcell.com

Written By Jeff Effendi

A games journalist writing for various editorials such as AppGamer and MS Xbox-World, Jeff also contributes to big-time magazine 'Australian 360'. Being the first Asian-Australian to join The Koalition, he's unfortunately subject to a wealth of jokes in the office, just ask Edward.