Announcing New Tracks for GTR!

[Detomah]

"King of Ovals" Free expansion pack coming soon to a download site near you

Darmstadt (Germany), 21st of March 2005: GTR is taking the world by storm! That's something every fan of the award winning motor sport simulation would agree with. Now, the developer SimBin Development Team and publisher 10TACLE STUDIOS proudly announce another free expansion pack, the "King of Ovals". This pack adds three new fictional tracks in the style of American oval circuits to the existing selection of tracks in GTR. Oval racing in a GT car is a unique challenge, and provides the player with an interesting variation from the FIA-GT seasonal circuits. Each of the new tracks is designed to present the player with a different characteristic of oval racing, and the AI behaviour is adjusted to suit the new conditions and keep the player challenged.

These first publicly released "work in progress" screenshots demonstrate the feel of racing on the "King of Ovals" pack, a unique challenge for both driver and machine. You'll find them on http://www.10tacle.com/press/EXP_KOO.zip

The feedback from the release of the freely available "Proximus 24H of Spa" Add-On has been overwhelmingly positive, and is reflected in the high number of downloads from the official website at www.gtr-game.com. SimBin and 10TACLE will continue to provide this level of support for GTR - the new racing reference.

It is time to GET REAL!

For more information:
www.gtr-game.com
www.10tacle.com
www.simbin.com

About GTR
GTR is the new ultra-realistic simulation by SimBin Development Team AB released in Germany and to be internationally in spring 2005. Based on the FIA GT world championship racing series, GTR includes all of the cars and drivers from the standard season as well as the prestigious 24 Hours of Spa race. Containing an unparalleled degree of detail and authenticity comparable to the most exacting flight simulators, GTR challenges all expectations of what a racing game should be. Developed and tested by hundreds of real FIA GT racing drivers and utilizing actual racing telemetry data from the featured teams, GTR delivers the most realistic driving experience the world has seen to date.

About 10TACLE STUDIOS AG
10TACLE STUDIOS AG is one of the leading German game-publishers. As a facilitator between investors, developers, and distributors in the games industry, the company fills an important gap in the current business field. Founded by CEO Michele Pes in August 2003, the company now employs 100 associates in its locations in Darmstadt, Hannover, Bratislava, and Singapore. With its product portfolio 10TACLE covers all three major pillars of interactive entertainment: online, offline, and wireless.

About SimBin Development Team AB
SimBin Development Team AB is a software development company comprised of more than 80 world class coders and artists - all racing enthusiasts - united with the single vision of creating the ultimate racing simulation. Headquartered in Vara, Sweden; Docklands, London and Gothenburg, Sweden, SimBin Development Team AB was founded in 2003 by Ian Bell and Henrik Roos, a three-time Swedish GT champion and current competitor in the FIA GT world championship.

[teflon]

i got this game the other day, and the graphics are amazing.
but the difficulty curve is monumentally hard, and i suspect its nigh on impossible to play with the keyboard (as i tried to do)

i went in arcade and did weekend warrior mode and won so easily that i tried the semi-pro mode. suddenly you have manual gears and the car spins all the time. its a nightmare.

if you had a really top-end pc and some kind of steering wheel or joypad set up, i reckon it would be a pretty good game. dont expect gran turismo style progression or longevity, but the graphics are a lot better and the actual racing is pretty good too.