Posted on September 3rd, 2008 in GTR Evolution
If you haven’t seen Markus Möller’s interesting video comparison of Simbin’s Nürburgring Nordschleife, this is the time as a new version of the video has been released.
Unlike the first version, real-life and simulation footage stay in-sync for the complete duration of the video. Sit back and enjoy the ride around the green hell, both in Hans Stuck’s BMW M3 GTR and in GTR Evolution.
GTR Evolution Nordschleife – Reality Check from mcgyvr81 on Vimeo.
Please log in to post a comment.
Don't have an account yet? Sign-up takes only 10 seconds!
Team LMT has released their first ever public mod for rFactor, bringing Ferrari's F60 Formula One car and the 2009 version of the Singapore Grand Prix to the simulation. Driven by Felipe Massa and Kimi Raikkonen, the F60 was Ferrari's take on the new rules introduced prior to the 2009 Formula One season. Despite being equipped with the promising KERS system, the car failed to make an impact on the world championship. Along with the car comes the 2009 version of Singapore, Formula One's first ever night Grand Prix. The team's first public mod for rFactor was helped by many modders who ...
Image Space Incorporated and the Superleague Formula Series have released the Superleague Formula Game, bringing the 2009 SLF season to the PC. Based on ISI's popular gMotor 2 simulation engine, the game includes all cars, drivers, rules and tracks of the 2009 SLF season, the second in series history. The virtual SLF cars have been created by none other than CTDP, rFactor's most popular open-wheel modding team. The game includes six popular European road courses as Magny Cours, Zolder, Estoril, Monza, Jarama & Donington are included. Furthermore, the game includes all of the series rules including the two-race format used on race ...
The third installment of Turn 10's Forza Motorsport franchise brings over 400 cars and 100 to the Xbox 360, aiming to create a new benchmark title in terms of console driving games. Can the newest Forza give Gran Turismo a run for its money and is the title something sim racer should consider? Read the review to find out. Back in 1997, Kazunori Yamauchi and Polyphony Digital single-handedly created a new sub-genre of racing games by releasing the first Gran Turismo. Bringing over 170 cars to the Playstation, GT introduced the concept of car collection driving titles, starting an impressive success story. The ...
Enduracers have released a first batch of previews of the upcoming Service Pack 1 for their popular Endurance Series mod for rFactor. The previews show the Porsche RS Spyder Evo LMP2 prototype in several paint schemes. Launched in 2007 after a problem-ridden season with the initial RS Spyder model, the Evo proved to be a big success, clinching Porsche countless wins in the American Le Mans Series, the Le Mans 24 Hours and the Le Mans Series. The first service pack will be introducing several new models to Endurance Series, including the Peugeot 908 and Audi R10 diesel sports cars, the Acura ...
Following a first batch of previews released a few days ago, Team RMT has now released new previews of the Honda NSX Cockpit in rFactor where World Super GT is running for testing purposes. The shots show us what could very well be the most stunning cockpit in any PC simulation ever as no detail has been spared on the Super GT car's interior. Successor to World Super GT for GTR 2, World Super GT 2 will bring some of of the most legendary GT cars of the 90s as well as Super GT GT500 class machinery to rFactor 2. [nggallery id=1958] Via BSR
JimmyB
September 3rd, 2008 at 01:48
Guess I missed V1.
That is pretty incredible though, it looks basically inch-perfect! Top work Simbin.
Although a combination of Atari’s UK release shambles and my graphics card dying means I probably won’t be driving it for a few weeks at least. :cry:
Marc Collins
September 3rd, 2008 at 03:57
Wow…why all the ugly billboards that aren’t there in real life in the electronic version??? Can we get rid of them?
kludger
September 3rd, 2008 at 05:51
Remember the Hans Stuck M3 video is quite a few years old, I wouldn’t be surprised if the billboards are more recent.
mcgyvr81
September 3rd, 2008 at 07:00
Hi,
as I see, Montoya has quickly taken note of the publication of v2
.
Originally I had stated the release of the fully sync’ed version wouldn’t be before 3 or so weeks (mainly due to me being in the middle of exams right now), but now things have come a different way… excessive video cutting can very well be a recreation after one’s daily learning duties
.
@kludger:
No, the billboards are solely existent in virtual reality… I assume they’re part of Simbin’s strategy to market virtual banner advertising space (compare GTR Evo’s fictional car skins that also feature real-life ads).
Cristi Rus
September 3rd, 2008 at 08:24
Good video.
And about the ads, I think when you’re blasting through Adenauer with 250 km/h you don’t have time to see the ads if you want to make it out of the forest in one piece :)
DeDios
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:12
fantastic video, congrats for authors, and for Simbin..:)
Jasio
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:30
Nice work on the video. I’m quite impressed at how accurate the simulation is. But SimBin went over the top with the fictitious adverts: they are everywhere!
I can’t help but wonder if the GTR2 conversion with billboards removed will be as good (I don’t mind buying the game just for this purpose).
Out of curiosity, what is the music in the video?
LordRa9826
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:33
It was bound to happen,people complaining about the ads and the trees being slightly off-place etc.Ads are changed from race to race depending on the sponsors so that’s just nitpicking.It’s like a real driver would complain that the ads in 2008 are different from the ones in 2007.
I concentrated on the asphalt layout and TBH i didn’t see any difference.
THANK YOU SIMBIN!
Scott
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:42
The Track is very realistic, same the game isnt!
Jasio
September 3rd, 2008 at 12:46
I do not care what the adverts are for. I’m just pointing out that after going to such efforts to make a very accurate re-creating of the track and environment they have added dozens upon dozens of billboards that do not exist in real life.
Joe Buddy
September 3rd, 2008 at 16:29
I am impressed by how accurate the track is.
I don’t mind the “fictitious” Adds. My impression was that Simbin is trying to make online racing a sport in its own right. I don’t race online but if I did I would love to see my sport get this type of attention.
Billboards and advertising have always been part of real auto racing, it helps fund the races. Maybe these ads will help Simbin get a little extra cash for future projects. Heck, in the future virtual drivers might even get sponsored.
I think a certain balancing of the cars for online racing is not a bad idea either. No one wants to see just the “best” couple cars all the time. And if you are a car manufacturer would you want to see your car being constantly beat by a competitor’s car or not even used in online racing. Not a recipe for more car licenses I suspect.
I would like to see Simbin make a more clear definition between the “real life” , simulated cars and the “balanced” cars, so you could race simulated races or balanced races ( a filter for servers would be cool too).
Any way, I find it a little funny that the AMD ads flash on my Nvidia graphs card. It really makes them stand out, I wonder if Nvidia will fix it with a future driver :).
Joe
PS. I hope they get some ads on the bare skined cars as they just don’t look right with out them. I never thought I would be asking for more ads.
kim i
September 3rd, 2008 at 18:25
Whats the song called? nice vid.
LordRa9826
September 3rd, 2008 at 19:36
Don’t know the name but it’s the main song ingame.