Vara – Sweden, Paris – France, Monday, August 14, 2006
TIME FOR A “RACE” WITH THE
CARS & STARS OF WTCC

Swedish game developer SimBin Development team with partner Eurosport, proudly present the upcoming game title RACE and the official site for this WTCC racing game.

With this announcement of RACE – The WTCC Game, and the official game site, from now to be found at www.race-game.org, SimBin once again strengthens its position in the absolute top of the motor sport gaming industry.

Based on WTCC, one of only three official FIA* world championships alongside Formula 1 and WRC, the exclusive RACE franchise will brake through as a newcomer that without any hesitation is aiming straight for the top of the racing game genre.
RACE will feature the complete WTCC championship season of 2006; all the cars, drivers and locations and among these there are several official tracks and cars brand new to the racing game genre.

- As RACE looks and feel we are both proud and also sure of the fact that this game will be a complete success which will strengthen WTCC as a brand and secure a broader base of fans for the cars and stars of our championship, Jaques Behar, KSO Chairman and Eurosport Managing Director comments.

- The nature of WTCC, which is based on race tuned cars seen on the streets every day, and the tight sprint racing in a two-race format**, guarantees the player more intensity and bumper to bumper action than found in any other racing game on the market, says Henrik Roos, CEO, SimBin.

A very close collaboration with the organisation, car manufacturers, teams and drivers involved in the WTCC have provided SimBin with all the invaluable assets to make this production feasible. This covers all the data needed to be able to recreate the championship down to the smallest details on the cars, tracks and teams.

- All in all RACE has been a new challenge for SimBin to recreate due to its major differences in style from previous games in SimBin´s portfolio. Tomas Karlsson, COO, SimBin.

In cooperation with Eurosport, RACE will be assured a place in the store’s front shelves as well as on TV through heavy, global marketing from Eurosport and SimBin.
Stay tuned as more info and the release date of RACE will be announced on Games Convention*** in Leipzig on the 23rd of August.

* FIA - Federation International de L´Automobile, the International Automobile Association.
** Two-race format – The race format used in WTCC as well as the game where points from two separate race events during one race weekend added together determines the final score for the weekend, reversed grid is also used here.
*** Games Convention, visit SimBin at Exhibition Center: Halle 5, E-30 or Business Center: Halle 2, E-82

 

 

About WTCC
FIA World Touring Car Championship is one of only three FIA world championships, alongside the Formula One and World Rally Championships. Eight car manufacturers are represented with large scale series production cars, modified by the same strict regulation, which are driven by 27 teams inscribed in the 2006 championship, competing in 20 sprint races during the series.
At the end of the season, two FIA WTCC titles will be awarded: Drivers´ Champion and Manufacturers´ Champion. Besides these FIA titles, WTCC promoter KSO and official tyre supplier Yokohama will award the Yokohama Independents´ Trophy. www.fiawtcc.com

About SimBin
SimBin Development Team AB is a Swedish game developing company making interactive entertainment with focus on the highest simulated gaming realism for all leading gaming platforms. The company possesses a global distribution network with its main markets in Europe and the US.
SimBin was founded in 2003 and occupy a total staff of 70 people, consisting of 50 employees at the headquarters in Vara and the development studio in Gothenburg, and 20 distributed consultants world wide.
In the SimBin portfolio you will find award winning titles like "GTR - FIA GT Racing Game", "GT Legends" and “GTR 2 – FIA GT Racing Game”. www.simbin.com

About KSO/Eurosport
KSO ltd. (Kigema Sport Organisation) was established in 2001 and belongs at 100% to Eurosport. KSO/Eurosport is the promoter of the FIA World Touring Car Championship, and has greatly contributed to the success and expansion of the Championship. KSO has also played a significant role in the launch of the new FIA Super 2000 technical regulations and their diffusion in a number of national championships wordwide.
The Eurosport Group is today the leading multimedia platform in Europe with Eurosport, Eurosport 2, Eurosportnews, Sportitalia, eurosport.com and Eurosport Mobile. The pan-European channel Eurosport is available in 20 different languages, reaching over 108 million homes and 21 million viewers per day across 54 countries.
Eurosport is the official Host Broadcaster of the FIA WTCC. It distributes its WTCC programs worldwide on 24 terrestrial channels, and 14 cable satellite networks. Around 450 millions viewers are forecasted to follow the WTCC action during 2006. www.eurosport.com