SimBin announces PC-only Race On

By Dan Pearson Published 13 March, 2009

Available as standalone and expansion.

Swedish racing sim specialists SimBin have announced a new PC driving title called Race On.

The main draw is content from last year's WTCC competition, which in the tradition of PR hyperbole was the "best and most competitive championship ever." There'll also be Detroit Muscle cars, apparently "suited for those who like to lay down lots of rubber power sliding out of corners on the rev limiter. Enough torque to drag the moon off orbit, full opposite lock and a big grin on your face".

We're uncertain how much of the incomprehensibility of that statement is due to the writer's first language being Swedish, and how much is due to us not knowing how to drive.

Formula Masters cars are also chucked in to the mix, adding extreme cornering and simulated G-forces. There are also new American tracks, updated versions of old tracks, and the entire retail version of STCC (Swedish Touring Car Championship).

The game will be available either as an expansion for existing RACE 07 owners, or as a standalone game including all of the RACE 07 content. Scheduled for release in quarter two of this year.

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Comments (12) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • skillian #1 3 years ago

    Woo, an almost definite buy, especially as I don't own RACE 07.

    Oh, and if you don't know what power sliding, torque or opposite lock is, then I would skip this game altogether, just you like you presumably skipped every other non-GameBoy racing game ;)

  • the_mtfr #2 3 years ago

    What skillian said :)

    I'm currently enjoying Race 07 - GTR Evolution immensely, albeit with a real shit Logitech wheel.

    But I do know what they mean with the "grin on the face".

  • OpperMeneer #3 3 years ago

    Right now, they'd better be concentrating on patching 360's RACE Pro -which is technically garbage- instead of announcing other products.

  • dirk_aircool #4 3 years ago

    It will never be patched ( race pro 360 ) I dont think its possible to patch the frame rate issues , it was just made that way . still no demo . that speaks volumes about Simbins confidence in that particular game .

  • Miths #5 3 years ago

    "We're uncertain how much of the incomprehensibility of that statement is due to the writer's first language being Swedish, and how much is due to us not knowing how to drive."

    I'd say it's roughly a 0:100 ratio :).

  • NinjaWilliams #6 3 years ago

    c'mon its not dat bad the 360 version is alright, nice alternative to forza all the time!

  • Darren #7 3 years ago

    This will surely be better than the lacklustre Xbox 360 version of Race Pro, the most disappointing game I've played in years, so much so that I took it back to GAME the next day and bought 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand instead. That game might not be perfect but at least it's FUN to play. Apart from the superb handling in Race Pro, everything else was mediocre and it felt like a game held back from three years ago. The graphics and audio were terrible too, although to be honest they've never been SimBin's strength anyway.

  • skillian #8 3 years ago

    Maybe that's why they're going back to PC - the game doesn't seem to have been particularly well-received on 360.

  • Darren #9 3 years ago

    @skillian - Well if SimBin had put as much effort into the rest of the game as they did the wonderful handling then Race Pro could have rivalled Forza Motorsport 2 as the definitive racing sim on the 360.

    As it is, the game is bland and woefully presented, well below the standards expected of a console racer these days IMO, so it's not surprising that it hasn't been that particularly well-received except by hardcore simulation fans. It really didn't add anything new to the genre that Forza 2 hadn't already done two years ago if you ask me and that game was more polished, had a much more rewarding game structure and had lots more content.

  • Balfa #10 3 years ago

    Simulations don't have "game structure", which is exactly the problem with putting something like that on the xbox. There's no market for it.

  • dirk_aircool #11 3 years ago

    I like the game . I am disapointed and think its been a bit of a wasted oportunity for SimBin . I really wanted the PGR/Forza players to see the difference between a simulator game and a good race game ,I would love Forza or PGR to have car handling as good as Race Pro . for me that would be the ultimate .

  • FooAtari #12 3 years ago

    The main draw is content from last year's WTCC competition, which in the tradition of PR hyperbole was the "best and most competitive championship ever."

    Hilarious. The WTCC is terrible. Im not sure how you make touring car racing so boring, but the FIA certainly managed with WTCC. It worse than F1 for tedious racing.

    Still, the games are pretty good and im interested in this.
    Simulations don't have "game structure", which is exactly the problem with putting something like that on the xbox. There's no market for it.
    +1

    The point of a racing simulations is that it simulates driving and in the case of Simbin games, a particular series.

    Therefore the only games modes you expect are quick/single race, championships and time trials/practice.

    There is no structure that the likes of Forza has. And most sim races don't want it either.

    Forza can't compete with the best sims on the PC anyway.
    Edited by 3 at 15/03/09 @ 16:33