PUBG helped lead the charge for games like Fortnite to popularize the battle royale genre through its immense fanbase and the creative improvisation that 100-player deathmatches generate. It seems, however, that PUBG has decided to branch further and implement a new game mode into its servers.

Battle royale games have since skyrocketed as a gaming genre that has branched into several high-profile franchises, such as Call of Duty: Warzone. The game mode that PUBG Corporation is introducing is not new to gaming, but perhaps it will give both new and existing players a reason to turn their attention to PUBG. With rumors of a PUBG sequel, there seems to be a lot in development regarding the franchise.

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PUBG Corporation has since announced a debut gameplay mode into PUBG, titled Racing Mode, which introduces chaotic street racing into the last-man-standing shooter. That said, PUBG's shooter-style action is going nowhere in this new mode. Players race along one of two tracks and are actively sabotaging or harming other player-characters with guns fired, as shown in the explosive announcement trailer. The trailer also showcases Boost Crates, which give car users active buffs, and Ammo Crates, which replenish the player's ammunition.

Players have access to firearms and are encouraged to engage combatively with other racers throughout each of the two tracks. Players have a number of vehicles to choose from between a Motorbike, Buggy, Coupe RB, Dirt Bike, or a Mirado muscle car. PUBG's Racing Mode is also only available on the desert map Miramar. Interestingly, the maximum number of players able to join a single race match is 20 on PC and 16 on console, with minimum player counts being 12 and 8 respectively.

Checkpoints offer generous progression through a race due to the death race-style action exchanged between players during a match. PUBG also has countermeasures in place to negate the spawn killing of recently defeated players, where players are invincible for 10 seconds at the beginning of races and for 5 seconds once they have respawned. Players should note, though, that PUBG's Racing Mode is exclusively limited to the PUBG LABS server for beta testing.

Players will have a considerable amount of time to play the PUBG LABS Racing Mode. But the strict service schedule is scattered for PC players, console players, and players who wish to join in ether Squad or Solo races. PC players will reportedly have first access with one week dedicated to squad queues and a subsequent week dedicated to solo queues.

PUBG LABS' Racing Mode runs from June 3 to June 14 for PC players, and from June 10 to June 21 for console players, meaning that console players will not have to wait too much longer than PC players as their weeks intersect. Rather, PUBG continues to top charts on Steam and demonstrate that it is still highly exciting for its fanbase nonetheless.

PUBG is available now on Mobile, PC, PS4, Stadia, and Xbox One.

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Source: PUBG