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While Battle mode lets you pick your opponent (or race against a friend), Survival pits you against all 39 of the game's computer-controlled, real-life drivers in succession. Survival is much more interesting than Battle, too, with running commentary from three announcers who constantly praise or harangue you based on your performance.

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After graduating from college in 2000 with a BA in journalism, I worked for five years as a copy editor, page designer and videogame-review columnist at a couple of mid-sized newspapers you've never heard of. My column eventually got me a freelancing gig with GMR magazine, which folded a few months later. I was hired on full-time by GamesRadar in late 2005, and have since been paid actual money to write silly articles about lovable blobs.
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