"This is a massive, massive budget title," he says, citing the expense of modelling three separate vehicles for each of 27 characters, as well as the transformations between them.
This time, I'm Vyse from Skies of Arcadia, a new addition to the All-Stars line-up, driving a fantastical steampunk machine. The other confirmed newbie is Golden Axe's Gilius Thunderhead.
These 27 characters will be unlocked in a new single-player adventure mode which is "inspired by games like Mario Galaxy," he says. "There's a feeling of starting at one place and unlocking characters, rescuing them as you progress through the game and different game modes... I thought the original game was a fantastic driving experience but maybe lacked a little bit in meta-game type stuff - progression and things like that."