iOpener has just announced to have signed a mystery race driver that will be joining their Real-Time Racing game beta test as RTR beta testers get the chance to virtually compete against the driver at Circuit Zolder.
The identity of the driver has not yet been revealed but iOpener describes him as world-wide known driver who is currently inactive and will be making his comeback with Real-Time Racing. Any guess who it could be?
If you don’t want to miss your chance to race against the mysterious pro, make sure to pre-register for a RTR beta key here.
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stabiz
November 24th, 2009 at 23:11
It cant be Jacques Villenueve, as he claims realistic racing games are boring.
Kimi Raikkonen?
ZombieJim
November 24th, 2009 at 23:30
David Coulthard?
Pandamasque
November 24th, 2009 at 23:32
It’s Michael Schumacher. Or Ralf. Or both.
F1Racer
November 24th, 2009 at 23:35
grrr I hate half a story.
“Got some great news today !… meh, but I’m not gonna tell you what it is”
ooh the mystery and suspense, I can’t take it
So far ppl have gone for F1 drivers. I’m not sure it will be, but would be cool if it was.
Gerdoner
November 25th, 2009 at 00:05
The Stig’s sim-racing cousin?
Agree with F1Racer, doubt it will be a F1 driver.
f0xx
November 25th, 2009 at 00:07
I was going to say the Stig!
svizzy
November 25th, 2009 at 00:48
it’s not an f1 driver (at least no big one) they would tell us that directly. Schumi haha this would be in the tv news
scca1981
November 25th, 2009 at 01:02
The driver is making their comeback in a video game? Must not have been that great of a driver to begin with
Sommergemüse
November 25th, 2009 at 01:12
Hm .. maybe Felippe Massa?
F1Racer
November 25th, 2009 at 01:58
ok so Nelson Piquet Jr, Ricardo Rossett or Sebastian Bourdais maybe ? :)
I would love it to be Alex Zanardi but he’s still active isn’t he ?
Can’t be Montoya cos his head is still broken…..
Maybe a BTCC or GT driver.
f0xx
November 25th, 2009 at 03:03
It would be very nice if it was Mika Häkkinen :D:D:D
Gaiajohan
November 25th, 2009 at 04:24
I’d say Jos Verstappen. iOpener initiative was made by Dutchmen. The whole game is based in Belgium.
Jos Verstappen lives in Belgium
Jos is inactive atm
Gaiajohan
November 25th, 2009 at 04:27
I mean where the tests are… is all in belgium
stabiz
November 25th, 2009 at 04:35
That makes sense.
Suarez10
November 25th, 2009 at 08:18
It’s supposed to be a “world-wide known driver”, which would exclude Verstappen ofcourse…
knarf
November 25th, 2009 at 09:23
My first thought was also Jos Verstappen. He lives only a few miles/km away from the Zolder track.
mrwout
November 25th, 2009 at 09:24
Jacky Ickx then ? :p
mrwout
November 25th, 2009 at 09:33
No but seriously Jos Verstappen seems a pretty good gues to me, having been a formula one driver kind off qualifies you as being world-wide known in my book. But he is kinda still “active”, being in this years 24 hours of le mans, then in wouldn’t really be a “comeback to the track”
F1Racer
November 25th, 2009 at 10:51
Yeah but Verstappen is hardly ‘legendary’ is he. Maybe only in Belgium.
F1_fan_1
November 25th, 2009 at 12:01
My first thought was Verstappen too. Maybe that’s because I’m Dutch though, I don’t know.
He’s Dutch, not Belgian!
Alan Sutton
November 25th, 2009 at 13:54
well, a totally different answer to most you guys but my theory is based on 2 real world drivers who i think are inactive at the moment but they are also avid sim racers already that is quite well known,
1. David Grecko
2. Sean Edwards
Either of those 2.
Suarez10
November 25th, 2009 at 14:01
He’s from Limburg, which makes him more Belgian than Dutch if you ask me…
F1Racer
November 25th, 2009 at 16:03
Yes I know, calm down. I didn’t say he was Belgian. I said he might be popular there after someone said he lived there.
Scuderia Ecosse
November 25th, 2009 at 17:30
I doubt its an F1 driver. I think it’ll be a sportscar driver or something, Tom Kristensen? He pretty bloody famous.