Well, what a great idea! Because it went so well when EA pulled that .
Seriously, a racing game? Rather than take all the great things from QOS, scrape away all the crappy things and develop toward a really good Bond game, they've gone for making another gimmicky game that'll rely on the license to make sales. My faith in Activison has dropped off the bottom of the scale.
This has QOS 2 written all over it. Yes, I'm sure it'll be a well made driving game with the PGR guys behind it. And 007 Racing is often chided for its lack of decent driving mechanics (I never played it because the idea of a Bond driving game is so teeth splinteringly awful) and this should have great mechanics. Yet QOS had the best action mechanics since GoldenEye, something the games had been crying out for since EA got their hands on it, and it still failed to make a mark simply because they rushed/ballsed up everything else (i.e level design, story, length...well, you played it).
If they start boasting about how they've got the "PGR engine" or anything I'm buying two copies of The Bourne Conspiracy. I will officially never be excited about a Bond game again*
*may not be true.
Damn, you guys really are up in arms about something you don't know anything about. This post is all over the place too. To paraphrase: "This game could totally be awesome, but I HATE IT." I love the analogy to 007 Racing which you never played and this game could be nothing like. All of this because they're not making the same damn thing year after year. Don't worry, your QoS sequel shooter will likely be out the following year. We already know Treyarch is planning it and throwing ideas around.