GTR Evolution

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 SimBin’s 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 Nürburgring Nordschleife along with the Nürburgring 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 Nürburgring 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.

Mr T <[email hidden]> wrote in news:22545e8a-de6f-4638-aabf- [email hidden]: > 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.

On Jul 18, 4:53 am, Richie Rich <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> Mr T <[email hidden]> wrote in news:22545e8a-de6f-4638-aabf- > [email hidden]: > > > 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

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

Mr T <[email hidden]> wrote in news:80a5f598-6f57-457c-a0d9- [email hidden]: > I noticed they now have a website with more information about it: > http://www.gtr-evolution.com > > Regards, > Mike. 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.

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.

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

"?Utf-8?B?aG9uZXlzYnVubnk=?=" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8cLgk.17784$nD.12130@pd7urf1no... > 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. >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

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> 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

On Jul 20, 2:55 pm, Tony R <[email hidden]> wrote: > > It is not GTR3. Two different groups of developers were responsible for > the GTR and Race series. > > Cheers > Tony 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

Tony R <[email hidden]> wrote in news:aSLgk.14978$[email hidden]: > It is not GTR3. Two different groups of developers were responsible > for the GTR and Race series. > > Cheers > Tony 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.