Criterion making an open-world racer

Burnout and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit developer Criterion Games may be working on new open-world racer, if a current job advert is anything to go by. An opening for an AI programmer at Criterion listed on EA's recruitment website is seeking a candidate capable of creating "believable, open world AI Racing Drivers".Although the studio's most recent game, Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, was quite a linear affair, Criterion is a dab hand at open-world racers, with Burnout Paradise serving as the most obvious example.The next game in the Burnout series. Burnout Crash, is a top-down arcade game set for release on XBLA and PSN later this month. Tamoor Hussain