Black Box announced today that they've launched the closed beta for open-world, online racing game Need For Speed World. There's still a chance for you to get in if you haven't gotten an invite yet, though.

"Over the course of the next few months, thousands of players worldwide will have the opportunity to claim one of the limited slots in the PC beta test by enlisting at world.needforspeed.com," says the press release. "Need for Speed World testers will be the first in the world to get an insider’s look at this hotly anticipated racing MMO, and their constructive feedback will go straight back to the development team to help add polish, finesse and tuning to the final product."

World will launch this summer for the PC. Accompanying today's announcement were eight new screenshots and a trailer.