These points help the player progress through the career, purchase more cars and parts and earn more fans for the user base. As the player reaches the podium in races, performs stunts and uses power-ups in certain ways, they will gain 'fan points'. Depending on the character(s) the player races against or tags along with in team races, they will have their own racing styles, power-up setups, match types, locales and cars. Albeit simplified, the tracks are also based on real-world environments, such as the Los Angeles river canals and several parts of London. Some special car models have been designed by Bizarre Creations themselves.
In Blur's career mode, the player will encounter numerous characters and many licensed cars ranging from Dodge Vipers to Lotus Exiges to Ford Transit and vans fitted with F1 engines, all of which have full damage modeling and separate traits such as Acceleration, Speed, Drift, Grip and Stability. Blur was the penultimate game developed by Bizarre Creations before they were shut down by Activision on February 18, 2011. The game features a racing style that incorporates real world cars and locales with arcade style handling and vehicular combat. It was developed by Bizarre Creations and published by Activision in North America and Europe. Blur (stylized as blur) is an arcade racing video game released on May 2010 for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
