Someone on 4chan actually posted and said he worked with those making the game right now, a week or so before the first trailer popped up. Whether true or not he said its not id making the game anymore its the mad max game devs or something, and that they are going with something more like that gameplay, and focusing more on the story. It sounded legit, and it also sounded like they are taking some throwaway title (RAGE is amazing dont get me wrong, but its amazing cause of the gunplay and nothing else) and just making some random shit out of it without really caring about the source.
Im trying to keep my hopes up but i really dont want a bland shooter set in post-apoc, i want a sequel to rage that has very alive gunplay.