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Blur 2 is a cancelled racing game project that was in the works of Bizarre Creations, a now-defunct subsidiary of Activision. The game would likely be released two years after the game's release in 2010, meaning that Blur 2 would come out in 2014.

Blur 2

The "Cover" of the game (note: this was fan made.)

The racing game's production began shortly after Blur had been released, but was quickly halted after Bizarre Creations was shuttered by Activision.

On June 1st of 2019, a prototype of Blur 2 was discovered on an Xbox 360 development console from an auction, dated November 9th of 2010.

Goal/Plot (Leagues)[]

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Gameplay[]

Blur 2 would’ve featured an all-new physics engine, new cars, new tracks, an overhaul and revamp of the abilities, plus new ones, and a new graphics engine.

As for the physics, both the developer build and the pre-release demo demonstrated the ability to drive on walls and drive upside down. Traffic vehicles driving on the marked course were in Tokyo and were also were seen on certain tracks.

The power-ups were also to be different in Blur 2. We've seen that the Shunt power-up from Blur got an overhaul from a damaging red ball in the first Blur to a big energy pulse. The Nitro power-up also received an overhaul; it lets off a trail of visual distortion behind one's vehicle and functions similarly as it did in the previous game, giving the vehicle more speed for a short amount of time. Other overhauls of other power-ups, such as Shock, Mine, Barge, and Bolt, are unknown or have stayed the same.

As for the cars, the pre-release demo prominently featured an orange Ultima GTR as well as the Audi R8 5.2 FSI Quattro from the first game driving on a snowy mount and around Dubai respectively. Various other car files were also found in the developer build, though many of the new vehicles have a darkened Ford Shelby GT500 as a placeholder. However, vehicles from the first game, as well as the Ultima GTR, the Light Car Company Rocket, and an extremely low-detailed RUF Rt 12 S are available to drive in the developer build.

Police would be introduced, as evidenced by [WIP, DO NOT FILL] being an open-world map where you try to escape the police and The Marked Man. They can chase you only in races. There's also a police career with also your normal racer career.

Customization would be overhauled. Rather than only choosing your paint job, you can put up body kits, aftermarket and OEM rims, and custom liveries and license plates. You can also choose from a lot of real-world and fictional performance brands. Instead of unlocking cars as you level up, you'll now unlock them with a currency called "BLR Bucks,, simplified as Bucks, Bux, or BLRs, that you can earn by completing missions, fan runs, fan demands, and races. This currency can also be used to purchase performance and visual upgrades. Not only can you customize the exterior, but you can also customize the interior. There would be custom dashboards, custom gas pedals, steering wheels, gauges for turbo and tire pressure, roll bars, and more. Speaking of performance upgrades, there would be a fully fleshed-out tuning system inspired by other games with complete car tuning abilities such as Need for Speed: ProStreet and Street Legal: Racing Redline, and performance parts such as aftermarket engine swaps, turbochargers and superchargers, camshafts, cylinder heads, custom manifolds, and more.

Talking about more features, it would have more features that is familiar in the modern gaming industry, such as an advanced photo mode, a day/night cycle during races, and a cockpit view. The "advanced photo mode" and the day/night cycle will be a lot similar to DiRT 5, in which the day/night cycle is on during races; for example, if a race starts in the afternoon and it's a 3-lap race, it will end at midnight, or if a race starts in the morning and it's a 2-lap race, it will end at noon. And in photo mode, it'll have more adjustments and filters. For the cockpit view itself, that is the sole reason why interior customization exists.

The craziest is that you can buy homes. HOMES. You start off in a trailer park and move up to a NYC penthouse, a yacht, yada yada.

Cars[]

Ferrari[]

  • 1985 Ferrari Testarrosa Flying Mirror

Hyundai[]

  • 2012 Hyundai Genesis Coupe

Nissan[]

  • 2012 Nissan Altima Coupe
  • 2010 Nissan 370Z

RUF[]

  • 2007 RUF Dakara

Shelby[]

  • 1967 Shelby GT500 Elenator

Tesla[]

  • 2011 Tesla Roadster

Toyota[]

  • 2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser

Yamaha[]

  • 1986 Yamaha RD-350
  • 1988 Yamaha FZR-400 Genesis
  • 1992 Yamaha OX99-11
  • 1994 Yamaha XT-600
  • 2003 Yamaha YZ250
  • 2005 Yamaha T-Max 500
  • 2007 Yamaha R1

Zender Company[]

  • 1989 Zender Fact 4

Zenos[]

  • 2014 Zenos E10S

Zenvo[]

  • 2009 Zenvo ST1

Soundtrack (WIP)[]

This is the music that would be included in the game Blur 2. These songs would play during racing the same way they would play in the game Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010), as they would roll as you race.

Contemporary Rap[]

  • Big Pun - Twinz
  • Wu-Tang Clan - Take It Back
  • YC ft. Future - Racks
  • Akwid - Sin Ti
  • Kanye West - Runaway
  • Kanye West - Power
  • Fort Minor - Remember The Name
  • Future - Tony Montana
  • Shaggy - Angel (ft. Rayvon)
  • Sean Paul - Temperature
  • Common - Universal Mind Control
  • Custom Made - Mass Appeal

West Coast Rap[]

  • Akwid - No Hay Manera (Jason Roberts Remix)
  • Dr. Dre ft Snopp Dogg - Nuthin' But A G Thang
  • Bishop Lamont - City Lights
  • Ice Cube - It Was A Good Day

Hard Rock[]

  • Refused - New Noise
  • Slipknot - Psychosocial
  • Static-X - Push It
  • Rammstein - Du Hast
  • Avenged Sevenfold - Nightmare

Rock[]

  • Yellowcard - Only One
  • Friendly Fires - Lovesick
  • Primal Scream - The 99th Floor
  • Pennywise - Straight Ahead
  • Kasabian - Underdog
  • TV on Radio - Wolf Like Me
  • UNKLE - Money And Run
  • Foo Fighters - Walk
  • Redlight King - Bullet In My Hand
  • Coldplay - Paradise
  • Bloc Party - Ares

Electronic[]

  • Waterflame - Time Machine
  • NemesisTheory - Own Little World
  • Pendulum- Tarantula (feat. DJ Fresh, $Pyda)
  • Vitalic - Stamina
  • Ke$ha - We R Who We R
  • The Qemists ft. Mike Patton - Lost Weekend
  • Hatsune Miku - Sweet Devil

Drum 'n' Bass[]

  • J Majik & Wickaman - Ritual
  • Nu:Tone - Shine In (Feat. Natalie Williams)
  • Camo & Krooked - Shoreless
  • Avicii - Street Dancer (Delta Heavy Remix)
  • Fresh - The Gatekeeper
  • Pendulum - Watercolour
  • Sigma - Night and Day (Ft. Ikay, Foxrox & Geetox)
  • Tobu - One Miracle At A Time
  • Tantrum Desire - What Is Your Desire (Dance Floor Pressure Mix)
  • Camo & Krooked - Watch It Burn
  • Modestep - Show Me Sign (Camo & Krooked Remix)
  • Tomek N - Biography

Dubstep[]

  • Acidness Itself - Binary
  • Delta Heavy - Demons
  • Trolley Snatcha - Make My Whole World
  • Acidness Itself - Red Lights And White Shoes
  • Zomboy - City 2 City
  • Snarebox - Bounce

Pop[]

  • Icona Pop - I Love It
  • Taylor Swift - We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together
  • M83 - Midnight City
  • Grouplove - Tongue Tied

Techno[]

  • T. A. T. U. - Not Gonna Get Us
  • Hit's Techno 90's - The Ovni Sound

Original Soundtrack For Blur[]

  • Jacknife Lee - Multiplayer Main Music

Tracks[]

Amboy[]

  • Badlands Traverse
  • Route 66
  • The Dust Bowl (Motor Mash)

Aspen[]

  • Snowy Ridge
  • Cabin Town

Athens[]

  • Pantheon
  • The Run Towards the Parliament
  • Mount Lycabettus-Acropolis Run
  • Syntagma Square (Motor Mash)

Barcelona Garcia[]

  • Catalan Climb
  • La Carretera (Motor Mash)
  • El Carmel Heights
  • Passieg de Garcia

Barcelona Oval[]

  • City Breach
  • Speedway

Brighton[]

  • Costal Cruise
  • Promenade Loop
  • Seafront Strip

Detroit[]

  • Steel Works
  • Car Factory
  • Dead City
  • Auto Plant (Motor Mash)

Dubai[]

  • Business Bay
  • Dubai Island
  • Construction
  • Marina

Hackney[]

  • Central Sprint
  • Shoreditch Sweep
  • Urban Belt

Hong Kong[]

  • Peak Roads
  • Old Town
  • Harbour & Downtown

Hollywood Hills[]

  • Downtown Vista
  • Hollywood Rift

Hawaii[]

  • Honolulu Run
  • Pearl Harbor
  • Oahu Rift

LA Docks[]

  • Cargo Run
  • Pacific Reach

LA Downtown[]

  • Harbor Freeway
  • Highrise Ring
  • The Money Run
  • Figure of 8 (Motor Mash)

LA River[]

  • Concrete Basin
  • Stormdrain Surge

LA Heights[]

  • Rodeo Drive
  • Chinese Theater Sprint

LA City[]

  • Freeway
  • Underpass River Dry
  • Underpass River Storm

LA Freeway[]

  • Freeway
  • Docks 1
  • Docks 2

Liverpool[]

  • The Strand
  • Cisterns
  • Docks

Mount Haruna[]

  • Descent

Marrakesh[]

  • Luxurious Streets
  • Medina Square

Mexico City[]

  • Streets In Polanco
  • The Angel Of Independence
  • Nature In Chapultepec
  • The Zocalo (Motor Mash)

Miami[]

  • South Beach
  • Biscayne Bay
  • Everglades
  • Miami Hurricane

NY Dumbo[]

  • Brooklynn Tour
  • Manhattan View

North Africa[]

  • Canyon Run
  • Quarry
  • Windy Plateu
  • Dusty Danger

Odessa[]

  • Potemkin Descent
  • Station Run
  • Arcadia Beach

Rio de Janeiro[]

  • Sunset In Botafogo
  • Confrontation In Ipanema
  • Speed In Copacabana

Rome[]

  • Race Of Conciliazione
  • Central Place
  • The Colisseum (Motor Mash)

SanFran Russian Hill[]

  • Russian Steppes

SanFran Sausalito[]

  • Bay Area Tour
  • Golden Gate Rush

Ski Resort[]

  • Ski Village
  • Mountain Pass
  • Ski Slopes
  • Ice Cave

Tokyo Shukoto[]

  • Bayshore Route
  • Wangan-Sen
  • Tokyo Rooftops (Motor Mash)

Leagues[]

Proving Grounds[]

"Well done, you've met all of Shannon's demands and earned the rights to face her in a One-on-One. Don't be fooled by her appreance, she's not just a pretty face and she won't come quietly."

"Hey, it's Shannon. Your first impression was wrong. This is my game. Want it to be yours? Simple. A One-on-One between the best...Let's go!"

"Well done, you managed to beat Shannon, now you are ready to prepare for the other leagues, as a reward, Shannon offers you her Hyundai Genesis Coupe and her Overbolt mod"

Events
Number Track Name´s Track Race Mode Fans Restrictions
1 LA Downtown Harbor

Freeway

Classic Race 1 025 Fans Any
2 Ski Resort Ski

Village

Checkpoint 2 930 Fans Any
3 Aspen Snowy

Ridge

Checkpoint 2 995 Fans Any
4 Hawaii Honolulu

Run

Classic Race 4 375 Fans Any
5 Rome Race Of

Conciliazione

Elimination 4 610 Fans Any
6 Brighton Costal Cruise Checkpoint 5 550 Any
7 Athens Phanteon One-On-One X Hyundai

Genesis Couope

City Limits[]

TBA

Static Shock[]

TBA

Fan Favorite: The Second Round[]

TBA

The Hit List[]

TBA

High Octane[]

TBA

Shinjuku Sweepers[]

TBA

Mexican Power[]

TBA

Judgement Motocycles[]

TBA

Forza Italia[]

TBA

The Golden Contact[]

TBA

Muscle Club[]

TBA

Neon Nights[]

TBA

Itsy Bitsy Spiders[]

TBA

Triple Displine[]

TBA

Crazy For Speed[]

TBA

Race Days[]

TBA

Dangerous Betting[]

TBA

Loose Canon: Carver's Electric Revenge[]

TBA

The Final Test[]

TBA

Bosses[]

Proving Grounds[]

  • Shannon (Hyundai Genesis Coupé)
  • Shannon (2012 Nissan Altima Coupe)

City Limits[]

  • Khan (Ferrari Testarossa Flying Mirror)
  • Khan (2011 Tesla Roadster)

Static Shock[]

  • Cole (Nissan 370Z)

Fan Favorite: The Second Round[]

  • Rhymer (Shelby GT500 'Eleanor')

The Hit List[]

  • Drayke (Toyota FJ Cruiser)
  • Drayke (2007 RUF Dakara)

High Octane[]

  • Garrett (Toyota Supra MK4)
  • Damian (Nissan 370Z Nismo)

Shinjuku Sweepers[]

  • Kitana (Mazda RX-7 Spirit R)

Mexican Power[]

  • Luis (Chevrolet Camaro Concept)

Judgement Motocycles[]

  • Jhonny (Harley-Davinson VR1000)

Forza Italia[]

  • Paolo (Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione)

The Golden Contact[]

  • Talon (Lamborghini Murcielago LP640)

Muscle Club[]

  • Frank (Ford Mustang Boss 429)

Neon Nights[]

  • Oscar (Chevrolet Corvette ZR1)

Itsy Bitsy Spiders[]

  • Natalia (Bentley Continental SuperSports)
  • Hitori (Aston Martin V12 Zagato)

Triple Displine[]

  • Harumi (Koenigsegg Agera R)
  • Ayumi (Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita)
  • Rin (Koenigsegg CC8S)

Crazy For Speed[]

  • Mia (Mosler Super GT)

Race Days[]

  • Lucy (Jaguar Palmer JP1)

Dangerous Betting[]

  • Joel (Peugeot Onyx)

Loose Canon: Carver's Electric Revenge[]

  • Carver (Opel ECO Speedster)

The Final Test[]

  • Shannon (Orca C113)
  • Khan (Sbarro Alcador)
  • Cole (Peugeot Oxia)
  • Drayke (Ford Harley-Davidson F-150 (Off-Road)
  • Garrett (Toyota TES Era EV)
  • Damian (Nissan GT-R (R35))
  • Kitana (Saleen S7 Twin Turbo)
  • Luis (Lamborghini Murciélago LP 670-4 SV)
  • Jhonny (Lightning LS-218)
  • Paolo (Pagani Zonda Cinque)
  • Talon (Audi E-Tron Spyder)
  • Frank (Chevrolet Camaro ZL1)
  • Oscar (McLaren P1)
  • Natalia (Aston Martin One-77)
  • Hitomi (Bentley Hunaudieres)
  • Harumi (Pagani Huayra)
  • Ayumi (Pagani Zonda R)
  • Rin (Pagani Zonda Fangio)
  • Mia (Hot Wheels Drift King)
  • Lucy (Audi R18)
  • Joel (Peugeot EX1)
  • Carver (Applus+Idiana Volar-E)

Others[]

  • Brandon (2007 Light Car Company Rocket)

Why It Was Cancelled[]

  • Because of the low sales of Blur due to the game being rushed to compete with Split/Second (despite both the former and latter having positive reviews, and the lack of confidence Activision had in Bizarre Creations, they decided to cancel the Blur 2 project as well as shut down the studio), alongside with other projects that were in the works of Bizarre Creations.

Results[]

  • A few videos that are development videos about the Blur 2 project were shown by Chris Davie on his blog, who is one of the art directors for the first Blur and Blur 2, and this showcases a few new environments, locations, as well as others, showing features the game would have that were by the looks of things still being worked on that would be included in Blur 2. For unknown reasons, Activision then took down the development videos on Chris's blog and, by extension, shut the blog down. After that the videos were uploaded on to YouTube. 
  • The only real Blur sequel that managed to come out was Blur Overdrive, which is a freemium top-down racing game on mobiles, with the player driving fictional cars in the game rather than real-life cars. It's no longer available on mobile game stores such as Google Play, which means that Blur Overdrive was also removed from these stores for unknown reasons. Probably Marmalade Play (the developers of Blur Overdrive) had silently shut the game down.
  • Chris Davie and a few former Bizarre Creations employees found Lucid Games three days after the closure of Bizarre in 2011 (Bizarre was closed on February 18, and Lucid was found on February 21, both in the year 2011), and still there's no news about Blur 2 being developed, as they began working on games such as Geometry Wars 3, 2K Drive, Destruction AllStars, a remake of the Twisted Metal game, and helping on other projects such as porting Grand Theft Auto Liberty City Stories to mobile devices, porting the iFruit app (a companion app for Grand Theft Auto V) to the PlayStation Vita and developing the livery editor in Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Remastered.
  • Despite a lot of mixed responses from overseas economy regulators and rival companies alike, Microsoft has made a whopping $68.7 billion deal to buy out Activision Blizzard, and there are some rumors that Microsoft is looking to revive old Activision franchises. This opportunity may give Activision a chance to develop this game, maybe it will even be another PC/Xbox exclusive flagship franchise out there with Forza, Halo, or others.
  • With the last two results above, Microsoft also has the potential to acquire Lucid Games before being fully acquired by Sony, due to the fact that the company only develops exclusive video games for the PlayStation console, with the outcome being; first, a new Project Gotham Racing sequel, then second, this game. With the help of Activision to publish it, Playground Games (fun fact, the former company has a few former Bizarre Creations developers), and/or Turn 10 Studios to help with the development. Another likely scenario, Lucid Games is going to be in undeony's total control, and we might see Project Gotham Racing 5 & Blur II released only for PlayStation consoles (and if able, on the PC too).

Trivia[]

  • The game "NASCAR Unleashed" reused Blur 2's Dubai map for its "Unleashed Speedway" course.

Videos[]

Buried_Games_Blur_2_(Bizarre_Creations)_Ft._Moka_Akashiya85

Buried Games Blur 2 (Bizarre Creations) Ft. Moka Akashiya85

An Episode of Buried Games (featuring the legendary Moka_Akashiya85) released on Saturday, July 30th, 2016.

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Blur 2 - Nov 09 2010 build all maps

All the maps from an build from Tuesday, November 9th, 2010