THQ to bring GTR to Xbox 360

By Tom Bramwell Published 2 May, 2006

Swedish racing sim due in 2007.

THQ's announced a multi-game publishing deal to bring the GTR racing sim series to Xbox 360 - starting next spring.

Developed by Swedish outfit SimBin, GTR's one of the most realistic racing games on the PC, featuring all the cars, drivers and tracks from two full FIA GT Championships.

Along with an official licence, GTR also has former FIA GT team owner Henrik Roos on board. "The talent at SimBin combined with the unique background that Roos brings to the team means that we will be able to deliver a meticulously comprehensive and entertaining racing experience to gamers," says THQ's Ian Curran.

SimBin CEO Roos says the Xbox 360 version is "not only a truly authentic racing game, but also a challenging, realistic and entertaining game that will be easy to learn but tough to master. In other words - do it for real!"

You can find our review of the PC version elsewhere on the site.

Picture of Tom.

About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000. Follow him on Twitter.

Read more articles from Tom by visiting the Tom Bramwell archive page.

You may also like...

Comments (9) Latest comment 6 years ago

Comments for this article are now closed, but please feel free to continue chatting on the forum!

  • Talha #1 6 years ago

    Finally! Someone listened to me.

  • coojam #2 6 years ago

    This is great news...its supposed to be the single greatest racing simulation ever isn't it? I just couldnt bear to play it on PC so this is fantastic!

  • BraveArse #3 6 years ago

    It was fantastic on the PC. Not everyone will like it's realism, but I loved it. Looking forward to playing this on Live too. :)

  • coojam #4 6 years ago

    Hmm I'd be looking forward to playing it on Live were it not for my experience with Toca Race Driver 2. How shall we take the first corner? Lets ALLL plow into the car in pole position who's taking it properly.

  • Arwin #5 6 years ago

    Just one simple question.

    What wheel will we get to use?

    Nuff said.

  • BraveArse #6 6 years ago

    Another interesting titbit is that they've got the FIA WTCC license for *multiple* plaforms. Having seen the races on Eurosport recently, Simbin look to have landed a potential VERY big title there.
    Edited by BraveArse at 02/05/06 @ 14:19

  • ruckus #7 6 years ago

    Surely GTR 2 would've made more sense for a 2007 release? Oh well, simbin lose a sale again...

  • chronom4n #8 6 years ago

    when the hell is a true force feedback steering wheel in the vein of the logitech dual force pro going to be made for the 360? the day that happens then my prayers will be answered!

  • brainbird #9 6 years ago

    Well, your prayers were answered...

    Forza and this with a FF steering wheel (and hopefully a patch for PGR3) = we're in racing heaven!