This surely isn’t the place to explain in detail what makes this track the most stunning of motorsport venues. GTR Evolution adds only one track to the RACE07 lineup of circuits, but don’t be disappointed: It’s the mother of them all! For the first time since GP Legends, a PC simulation features the Nürburgring Nordschleife in all it’s glory. Why is there no BMW? No Aston Martin? No Corvette? All of them are included in the GT classes, making the small road car class look like unfinished business. You can choose from the Gumpert Apollo, Audi R8, Dodge Viper & Koenigsegg – That’s it. While the Nürburgring Nordschleife surely calls for some road cars, it’s somewhat disappointing to see the limited amount. Last, and somewhat least, GTR Evolution also features some road going sports cars. Why have the privateer WTCC cars have not been included? 13 cars are barely enough to have a proper race, the community will need to step up and add more WTCC Extreme liveries to make the concept fully work. The biggest flaw of the WTCC Extreme class is the limited car count.Įven though there are four different cars from Chevrolet, BMW, SEAT and Alfa, Simbin has only included the factory car liveries. What if WTCC cars had 600hp engines, wide-body kits and rear wheel drive? WTCC Extreme shows how it would be – and WTCC officials should definitely take a closer look! The cars are not just great looking and sounding, they drive like a blast too.Įven though the cars themselves are fictional, Simbin has not created unrealistic-looking freakshow cars – Those cars could very well be real – in a perfect racing world, they would be. For the first time ever, a Simbin game includes completely fictional cars as Simbin has taken the World Touring Car Championship to the next level. This will benefit online racing a lot as nobody will be forced to drive a certain car just because it’s the most competitive.Īlongside the GTs, the game brings another new class of cars – WTCC Extreme. While the Audi R8 GT is a handful to drive, the Corvette C6.R is easier to be quick with – In theory and depending on your driving skills, you can reach about the same lap times with both cars though. This does not mean that all cars drive or handle the same, every car still has realistic and unique physics. Instead of one or two “killer-cars” in each class, every GT car in GTR Evolution is competative within its class. The positive side of this is that Simbin had remarkable artistic freedom, allowing them to balance the cars for close racing. Even though some real cars like the Gulf Works Aston Martin can be found, most cars sport fictional liveries that have been sponsored by various companies. GTR Evolution isn’t based on any real life series, featuring mostly fictional liveries. While the cars themselves are real, the liveries aren’t. To make up for that, Simbin has packed up a very exiting mix of cars that represent almost all concepts of modern GT racing. Porsche and Ferrari fans will not be happy with GTR Evolution though as the game lacks both prestigious makes due to what was probably a licensing problem. Known cars from GTR2 are paired up with brand new GT machines such as the Aston Martin DBR9 or more exotic race cars like the Audi R8 GT. The bulk of them are GT cars, spread into three different classes. GTR Evolution features a heap of new cars in three different categories. Simbin would have been better of naming it “RACE Evolution” as that’s what it is, a further step in the “RACE07 concept” During the weeks leading to the game’s release, many people built false hope that GTR Evolution would be a different name for GTR3 – But that’s not true. Keeping that in mind, the title is one of GTR Evolution’s biggest flaws. By releasing RACE 07, Simbin left this road, turning the game into more of a general racing simulator and GTR Evolution is a further step into that direction. All these Simbin/Blimey titles have one thing in common: They focus on a single licensed series. Since most of you are probably aware of the RACE07 content, this review will solely focus on the new content that GTR Evolution is bringing into the mix. GTR Evolution is sold both as expansion to RACE 07 and as standalone game. Is the newest Simbin tile just what GTR2 fans have been waiting for or is it not able to do the famous name justice? Read the review to find out! After two WTCC-based RACE titles, Simbin is back in a proven environment by releasing GTR Evolution.
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