Codemasters Studios Vice President, Gavin Cheshire has revealed that work on DiRT 3 is currently underway at the firm's racing game studio in Birmingham .

Cheshire confirmed the existence of DiRT 3 in an interview with Edge magazine, telling the publication, "There’s some great stuff coming from Birmingham that’s going into DiRT 3, and obviously you’ve seen Bodycount."

Bodycount of course being the latest FPS coming from ex-Black creator, Stuart Black.

Cheshire also enthused about the pride that Codemasters has in being one of the top British studios, stating, "It’s about the culture we’ve created and making the best games you can. DiRT 2:brilliant game but it’s all American accents, so maybe we’re a little over the top with those. Maybe we should fly the flag a bit more."

Whether that means drinking tea in your trailer between races or moaning about the rain, remains to be seen, although Cheshire goes on to say that the team need to keep innovating, declaring that they're coming up with fresh, new ideas for DiRT3, "Because if you don’t innovate, you’re dead."

[Via Edge Online]