There are lots of games about cars, butPacific Driveis different.

Pacific Drive preview

Is relationship the right word?

This is because my car was not just a means of transportation to me.

Pacific Drive preview - a view of the forest, with tall pine trees and the station wagon in the foreground

It was a core part of my life, full of memories and adventure.

It also wants players to look out for and care for their station wagon as well.

You’re going to want it there too.

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After all, save for a few NPC interactions over the radio, you are alone out there.

This car is your lifeline - the Wilson to your Tom Hanks, if you will.

Pacific Drive is the debut title from Ironwood.

Pacific Drive preview - in the driver’s seat, a somewhat high-tech dashboard with a green outline of the car on display, looking out at a hazy forest

It’s a driving game and a survival game.

You restore and upgrade your station wagon from the safety of an abandoned garage.

A map on the wall showed Pacific Drive’s overworld.

Pacific Drive preview - a forest in a turqoise haze

No rabbits were hurt in the making of this preview).

You will need to bond, too, because you aren’t entirely alone in the zone.

“You don’t want to be on the outside of that circle.

Pacific Drive preview - a nighttime forest in eerie blue-green light

As the storm closed in over the car, things became volatile.

Pacific Drive preview - an abandoned car by the road in a brown haze, the player holding a crowbar in first person

Pacific Drive preview - another abandoned car outside a workshop

Pacific Drive preview - going at it with a circular saw on an abandoned car