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GTR Evolution

Mr T

GTR Evolution

by Mr T » Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:09:16

I found this on the SimBin site while I was looking at Race 07:

"GTR Evolution Announced
SimBin Studios AB today announced the forthcoming release of GTR
Evolution. Developed by the multiple award winning Swedish studio
SimBin Development Team and published by SimBin Studios AB, GTR
Evolution takes GT and WTCC Extreme cars to the Green Hell of
Nordschleife, the holy grail of racing. Available as a stand alone
game and also as an expansion pack for SimBins 2007 title RACE 07,
GTR Evolution is scheduled for launch in 2008.
In addition to many other tracks, players of GTR Evolution will drive
the modern version of the monumental track of Nrburgring Nordschleife
along with the Nrburgring GP layout. Dubbed The Green Hell by
racing legend Jackie Stewart, the track is revered and feared as the
most difficult and treacherous track ever built.

As the first PC game developer to get exclusive access to this track
for reference, SimBin has been given a solid ground to work from and
we hope that we will be able to give our fans a real hell, so to
speak, said Jay Ekkel with a smile, Producer at SimBin Development
Team AB.

GTR Evolution for PC comes with 22 GT car models in 3 different
classes plus a selection of exclusive production cars. Further to this
SimBin adds WTCC Extreme, tuned concept cars based on the FIA WTCC
cars.

With rear wheel drive, extended body-kits and over 600hp the WTCC
Extreme cars will give the GT cars a run for their money, said Diego
Sartori, Creative Director at SimBin Studios AB.

GTR Evolution will be available as a stand alone game including all
RACE 07 content, all in all 49 unique cars in 12 classes with over 500
variations and 19 tracks in over 40 different layouts including the
new and legendary Nrburgring Nordschleife. A GTR Evolution expansion
pack for existing owners of RACE 07 will also be available.

This is the biggest game ever from SimBin and a must have for all
gamers and we hope that GTR Evolution will satisfy all race fans since
it is packed with a broad variety of cars and new features that should
attract the gamer that wants to have it all in one high quality game,
says Henrik Roos, CEO of the SimBin Group of companies.

Scheduled for launch in 2008, GTR Evolution is distributed by Atari in
Europe, Viva Media in the US and Akella in Russia. The release is
scheduled for 2008 with detailed info to follow."

They also mention an STCC game in other news but I don't know if this
is the same thing.
Mike.

Richie Ric

GTR Evolution

by Richie Ric » Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:53:17



I only knew about this game because I have Race07 via Steam and it showed
up in my list as a pre-load one day. I'll probably get it.

raam..

GTR Evolution

by raam.. » Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:27:15




> > I found this on the SimBin site while I was looking at Race 07:

> I only knew about this game because I have Race07 via Steam and it showed
> up in my list as a pre-load one day. I'll probably get it.

I heard about gtr evolution ages ago, and have been anticipating it's
release since. SIMBIN do a damn fine job; and I'm sure GTR evolution
will be their best release to date
Mr T

GTR Evolution

by Mr T » Mon, 21 Jul 2008 18:13:49

I noticed they now have a website with more information about it:
http://www.gtr-evolution.com

Regards,
Mike.

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GTR Evolution

by ?Utf-8?B?aG9uZXlzYnVubnk=? » Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:59:43



Thanks. I see it will have the Aston Martin DBR9. I have that car already
as an rFactor mod but it will be interesting to see how the two compare.

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GTR Evolution

by ?Utf-8?B?aG9uZXlzYnVubnk=? » Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:04:31

One thing about GTR Evolution. It says it will be available as a Race07
add-on or as a standalone game. Thing is that GTR series has auto AI driver
to drive your car if you want and Race07 doesn't. Does that mean if I add
this to my Race07 instead of buying standalone it will add that feature to
Race07? Or perhaps GTR Evolution won't have auto AI driver either? I sure
hope not as I like using that feature when I want to take a break and let
the AI drive instead. This is one feature where Race07 dissapointed.
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GTR Evolution

by ?Utf-8?B?aG9uZXlzYnVubnk=? » Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:10:12

One last question. What's meant by *limited* support in Vista? I run all my
Simbin and ISI games on Vista64 and haven't noticed any issues.

Minimum requirements
- Operating Systems Microsoft Windows XP Home/Pro, Windows Vista*
- Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Pentium 4 or 100% compatible
- Memory 1 GB RAM
- Hard Drive 3.7 GB free space
- 3D Accelerator DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with 256MB memory
- Sound Card DirectX 9 compatible
- Input Keyboard and Mouse
- DirectX Version 9

Recommended requirements
- Operating Systems Microsoft Windows XP Home/Pro, Windows Vista*
- Processor 3 GHz Intel Pentium IV or 100% compatible
- Memory 2 GB RAM
- Hard Drive 4.7 GB free space
- 3D Accelerator DirectX 9 compatible graphics card with 512 MB memory
- Sound Card DirectX 9 compatible
- Input DirectX 9 compatible Force Feedback steering wheel
- DirectX Version 9

*Limited support

Alan Bernard

GTR Evolution

by Alan Bernard » Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:27:30


I think limited support means that if you have problems, the support people
at SimBin are only going to help you if they feel the need to or think it
necessary.

This probably means that the game hasn't been extensively tested under
Vista.

Alan

Tony

GTR Evolution

by Tony » Tue, 22 Jul 2008 03:55:02


> One thing about GTR Evolution. It says it will be available as a Race07
> add-on or as a standalone game. Thing is that GTR series has auto AI driver
> to drive your car if you want and Race07 doesn't. Does that mean if I add
> this to my Race07 instead of buying standalone it will add that feature to
> Race07? Or perhaps GTR Evolution won't have auto AI driver either? I sure
> hope not as I like using that feature when I want to take a break and let
> the AI drive instead. This is one feature where Race07 dissapointed.

GTR Evolution is an add-on to Race07, buying standalone simply bundles
in Race07 with it.

It is not GTR3. Two different groups of developers were responsible for
the GTR and Race series.

Cheers
Tony

raam..

GTR Evolution

by raam.. » Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:33:27



That's interesting.  I'm fairly sure there will be an ai driver,
afterall there are 24hr races with driver changes in gt racing.
besides, sometimes I like to just watch the racing

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GTR Evolution

by <this space left intentionally blank> » Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:30:53



I see people posting at Racesim Central think it is GTR 2.5 too. They are
both based on the same game engine even if it is a different team so I see
no excuse for them leaving out the AI driver option in Race07. Seeing as GP
series was the only racing games that had a save during raqce feature then
they should all have AI driver take over if they can't figure out how to
save during a race.


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