Formula E: High Voltage Web3 electric car racing game debuts October 19

16.10.2023 - 14:43 / venturebeat.com

Animoca Brands is launching the Formula E: High Voltage Web3 electric car racing game on October 19.

The title is is a racing management game developed by Animoca Brands and Amber that to leverage the energy-efficient Flow blockchain to grant fans and players digital ownership over all their in-game items, which are non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

All Formula E: High Voltage players will receive four NFTs (two cars and two drivers) allowing them to play for free and take control of their very own racing team and their electric racing cars.

Formula E: High Voltage features elements of the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship including the city centre tracks of Rome, Berlin, New York, and London. Players manage each race by choosing the best cars, drivers, and special abilities to ensure optimal performance in various weather conditions as well as day or night races.

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Each car and driver in Formula E: High Voltage is an NFT of a certain rarity (common, rare, epic, legendary – including a few rare foil assets per rarity tier) with a special skill drawn from a pool of over 100 skills. Collecting, training, upgrading and managing drivers and cars before, during, and after a race is key to building a racing empire in the game.

The current GEN3 race car – the fastest, lightest, most powerful, and efficient electric race car – will be available in-game. Players will have a broad selection of fantasy and official cars and drivers including the current 2023 ABB FIA Formula E World Champion Jake Dennis and his Andretti Porsche 99X Electric GEN3.

Formula E: High Voltage is part of the REVV Motorsport ecosystem, which also includes the licensed racing blockchain games MotoGP Ignition and MotoGP Guru, as well as original titles REVV Racing and Torque Drift 2.

Formula E: High Voltage operates on Flow, the energy efficiency-focused blockchain, to deliver environmentally sustainable entertainment to the open metaverse for players across the globe, Animoca said. Flow’s Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism is efficient, and in simple terms that means that minting an NFT on Flow takes less energy than making one single post on Instagram or a Google search.

Founded to counteract climate change by accelerating the adoption of electric vehicles, Formula E is the first sport in the world to be certified as net zero carbon since its inception. Formula E: High Voltage operates within a net zero carbon strategy and commitment.

Kieran Holmes-Darby, gaming director at Formula E, said in a statement, “We are excited to partner with