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Hello Stephen. Your car is ready and waiting." What? Hello? Me? The latest instalment in Codemasters’ Race Driver series may not have become self-aware (yet) but there has been a change in emphasis.

Long-time fans may recall the often risible narrative that accompanied the earlier games, with the story relayed in ham-infested cutscenes, which history now judges as somewhere between mildly tolerable and a bit wank.

Memorably, there was one game in which your character was perennially harangued by a drunken Scotsman when all you really wanted to do was race a car.

Not any more. You are you and if you can’t find your name amidst the myriad of audio files - or if you fancy a more informal approach - you can opt to be known as one of several nicknames, be it Ace, Boss, Chief, Captain, Spanky or Stud.