GTR Evolution Announced

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the car car in the pic has a "lizard" logo on it. so... maybe this will use the new lizard graphics engine :)
http://www.simbin.se/

WELCOME TO THE GREEN HELL!

- ‘GTR Evolution’ for PC from SimBin Delivers Horsepower-Heavy GT and WTCC Extreme Cars, plus Germany’s Notorious Nordschleife Circuit -

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.

About the SimBin Group
SimBin Development Team AB is a Swedish game developer founded in 2003 and is a subsidiary of SimBin Studios AB. SimBin Development Team AB handles all the game productions in the group and develops racing games for all leading platforms.
SimBin Studios AB is the mother company, responsible for the publishing and IP rights for all productions developed within the SimBin group. SimBin Studios AB is also responsible for Business Development, Finances, Marketing, PR and administration.

The SimBin group is a privately owned group of Swedish companies that occupies a total staff of 70 people, consisting of 50 employees and 20 distributed consultant’s world wide.
In the SimBin portfolio you will find award winning racing titles like “GTR – The FIA GT Racing Game”, “GT Legends”, “GTR 2 – The FIA GT Racing Game”, “RACE – The WTCC Game” and RACE 07 – The WTCC Game”. GTR and RACE are registered trademarks owned by the SimBin group.
For more info : http://www.simbin.com
 
It doesn't look to be as good as I expected it to be, but I'm sure it'll still be a great game. Very it doe.... No, that's not going to work...
 
i wonder if it will be made from scratch, or just another heavily modified gpl version...

I don’t see how they could get away with modding Sierra/Papyrus material. David Kaemmer now of iRacing is pretty protective of his work used for commercial purposes.

So yeah will be sweet to see a scratch built “ring”.

I hope it uses the lizard engine but it’s gonna be available as an expansion pack to RACE 07 as well as standalone so I won’t get my hopes up.

Thanks for the heads up...had no idea there was new GTR content on the way...woot!
 
Same with me here, i didnt know that SimBin is giving us a new GTR.

Like some of you already said, the only reason why i will def. get this game is for the - from scratch built - Nurburgring. Of course i will first look at some videos and pics to confirm my excitement about the Ring.

Anybody knows when exactly it will hit the stores? It says only in 2008... hmmm

Chris
 
This production class seems really interesting as 1 place lists the Viper SRT-10 & Audi R8 as being cars in the game.
 
So it's taking them long time to develop the game. Since they say you can play it with either alone and with Race 07, will they update graphics engine a bit?
 
Sounds very good!
Simbin always makes very good race sims. I loved GTL. Why don't they start to develop race sims on different platforms? Xbox360, PS3 etc... And while they are at it, create a new graphics engine so the graphics don't look so cartoonish anymore.

Simbin, keep up the good work, although I can't play you sims anymore!


Edit: I was wrong. Today I found out that it is Blimey! whom make these great sims, not Simbin. The guys whom founded Blimey! use to be a part of Simbin and are responsible for making GTR, GTL, GTR2. Simbin has made Racer 07

:)
 
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im looking forward to this
 
No, GTR Evolution is not an expansion of GTR2. Evolution is going to be available as an expansion pack for Race '07, and it will also be available to buy as a standalone.
 
Sounds very good!
Simbin always makes very good race sims. I loved GTL. Why don't they start to develop race sims on different platforms? Xbox360, PS3 etc... And while they are at it, create a new graphics engine so the graphics don't look so cartoonish anymore.

Simbin, keep up the good work, although I can't play you sims anymore!


Edit: I was wrong. Today I found out that it is Blimey! whom make these great sims, not Simbin. The guys whom founded Blimey! use to be a part of Simbin and are responsible for making GTR, GTL, GTR2. Simbin has made Racer 07

:)
Apparently some people from SimBin left to go to Blimey. But make no mistakes, it is the company "SimBin" who made the games, GTR, GTR2, GTL, Race, and Race07. The people who work for Blimey (whose only project so far is the Ferrari game) are people who worked for GTR and GTL and GTR2 under SimBin. So there's some people who worked on GTR who still work for SimBin, and some who now work for Blimey.
 
the Gumpert Apollo is in!

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"Those are not too spectacular as they only show the already-seen GT cars in different liveries. There is a little indication at where we´re heading from other sources though. German supercar builder Gumpert has sent out a newsletter, attaching a photo of their Apollo car inside GTR Evolution in fictional race trim.

Furthermore, the newsletter includes some info such as that 49 cars will be included in GTR Evolution. Now with Simbin’s somewhat odd ways of counting cars, does anybody of you care to do the math what this means for the different classes? ;)

We still don’t know what GT and street cars will be included - But Simbin is offering a little help. This page lists all their currently owned license rights, including some exotic names such as Gumpert (see above) or SunRed. Now if only someone could tell me what a Paulin is….."


http://www.virtualr.net/category/gtr-evolution/
 
car & track list


Cars:
- Aston Martin DBR9
- Audi R8 GT Concept
- Corvette C5 R
- Corvette C6 R
- Dodge Viper GTS/R
- Gumpert Apollo GT
- Koenigsegg CCGT
- Lister Storm
- Saleen S7-R
GT Sport
- BMW M3 GTR
- Corvette C6 GT2
- Marcos MarcoRelly GTS
- Mosler MT900R
- Seat Toledo GT
- Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R
- SunRed SR21
GT Club
- Aston Martin DBRS9
- BMW Z4 GTR
- Dodge Viper Comp. Coupe
- Gillet Vertigo
- Marcos Marcorelly GTC
- Seat Cupra GT
WTCC ‘06/’07
- Alfa Romeo 156
- Alfa Romeo 156 GTA
- BMW 320si e90
- BMW 320i e46
- Chevrolet Lacetti
- Honda Accord Euro-R
- Peugeot 407
- Seat León
- Seat Toledo Cupra
WTCC ‘87
- Alfa Romeo 75 turbo
- BMW M3 e30
WTCC Extreme
- Alfa Romeo 156 Extreme
- BMW 320si Extreme
- Chevrolet Lacetti Extreme
- Seat León Extreme
Production Class
- Audi R8
- Dodge Viper SRT/10
- Gumpert Apollo
- Koenigsegg CCX
Formula 3000
- Lola B02/60
Formula BMW
- Formula BMW
Mini Cooper Challenge
- Mini Cooper S
Radical Sportscars
- Radical SR3
- Radical SR4
Caterham CSR
- Caterham CSR200
- Caterham CSR260
- Caterham CSR320
Tracks:
WTCC ‘06/’07
- Anderstorp, Sweden
- Brands-Hatch, UK
- Brno, Czech Republic
- Curitiba, Brazil
- Istanbul, Turkey
- Macau, Macau
- Magny-Cours, France
- Monza, Italy
- Oschersleben, Germany
- Pau, France
- Porto, Portugal
- Puebla, Mexico
- Valencia, Spain
- Zandvoort, Netherlands
Nürburgring
- Nürburgring Nordschleife
- Nürburgring GP
- Nürburgring Endurance Layout

Additional Tracks
- Estoril, Portugal
- Imola, Italy
- Vara Raceway, Sweden

Nürburgring
- Nürburgring Nordschleife
- Nürburgring GP
- Nürburgring Endurance Layout

Additional Tracks
- Estoril, Portugal
- Imola, Italy
- Vara Raceway, Sweden

Alternate Layouts
- Brands Hatch Indy
- Curitiba Oval
- Curitiba Reverse
- Monza Reverse
- Monza Junior
- Macau Reverse
- Magny Cours National
- Oschersleben B-Course 06
- Oschersleben Reverse 06
- Oschersleben B-Course 07
- Oschersleben Reverse 07
- Puebla Oval
- Puebla Special
- Valencia Nacional
- Valencia Long
- Valencia Reverse
- Zandvoort Club

http://www.virtualr.net/gtr-evolution-car-track-list/
 
game is out in august 15 thats what rumors say
I'm gonna buy this game because it looks like a compilation of great PC sim racing games released in past 5 years
 
This may be enough to pull me away from iRacing for a bit!

I really hope the Evo update doesn't bork any of the RACE 07 track mods.
 
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