ModNation Racers spun out of Sony’s “Play, Create, Share” maxim following LittleBigPlanet’s debut, offering a cutesy kart-style racer, but with a significant user-created content angle. ModNation Racers: Road Trip is the same idea — zip around in weaponized karts that can “drift” to fill a boost meter, squaring off with fellow racers — with touchscreen controls folded in.
Why it’s promising: SCE San Diego Studio — responsible for the original PS3 version of ModNation racers — has a (nearly) sterling track record, best known for its unsurpassed baseball sim series, MLB The Show. That, and it’s bringing across all the custom track and kart creation tools the PS3 version was celebrated for.