Pull Quote: Split/Second's HUD Inspired by Dead Space

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"Split/Second's HUD was born out of necessity, really. It had to be the way it is because if there was less of it, you couldn't get your info and if there was more of it, it cluttered the screen. We went through a lot of evolution with it. For a while there was no HUD. The cars were doing the read-outs and everything was coming through the lights and stuff like that -- that was too minimal...

"We've been inspired by other stuff that's come out, like Dead Space. Their HUD was fantastic! What everyone else is doing with their games, the whole video game world just evolves as things go on, so nothing's totally in isolation. And I expect that Split/Second will influence racing games and action games in all kinds of ways. And that's good because that makes games better for everyone." -- Black Rock Studio ambassador Jay Green on the game's minimalist HUD