During the past weeks, I´ve shown plenty of previews of NLC’s VLN 2005 mod project for rFactor. As watchful observers will have noticed, many cars in this mod are (heavily edited) conversion from several Simbin titles.
To make the mod comply with community rules, the team has decided to include a check for GTR Evolution which will be required to use the mod. This will ensure that the mod can be publicly discussed and hosted for download without interfering with common community standards.
If you don’t already own Simbin’s latest title yet, this is the final reason to get a copy as the mod will contain over 150 cars in various classes. The team is putting a tremendous amount of details into this mod, aiming for a quality package. Below are the newest previews made by 6e66o, showing the Schirmer BMW M3 E46.
Via Simscreens
Siggs
January 4th, 2009 at 00:15
If I were to get GTRevo for this(I’ve played it, and still prefer rF), would it need to be a disc copy? Atm, my local Game store has Evo+Race for the same rpice as steam, I was wondering if i would NEED to snap up that disc copy.
Thanks, Siggs.
weischschon
January 4th, 2009 at 00:18
We will try to make this Check compatible for the Steam-Version.
This shouldn`t be a problem.
Raikku
January 4th, 2009 at 00:19
I don’t mind dvd-check, as long as Steam version of Evo is
ok too.
Siggs
January 4th, 2009 at 00:21
Thanks for the quick reply
.
Sajax
January 4th, 2009 at 00:30
Great news :)
Looking forward to the mod, thanks for the answer weischschon.
phil23
January 4th, 2009 at 00:55
Well that’s fair enough.
The mod is looking great, really looking forward to playing it
RaYqUe
January 4th, 2009 at 01:36
Will this mod contain GTR Evo’s Nords? I think that will be fair enough.
ADC David
January 4th, 2009 at 03:42
In a way yes it will RaYqUe as you have to have Evo to begin with and that contains the track you mentioned but the mod itself contains another version of Nords I believe.
6e66o
January 4th, 2009 at 08:58
The Mod will not contain Evo`s Nordschleife.
We put a lot of work into the AI to work on our Version of the Track (2.2a).
stabiz
January 4th, 2009 at 10:04
Good to hear, looking forward to racing LOTS of cars.
GonZo
January 4th, 2009 at 11:05
I just happened to have order GTR Evo yesterday
Slowest
January 4th, 2009 at 15:09
I would be very pissed off if i were SimBin.
Everybody knows that there will be “not dvd checking” versions of the mod within hours after release.
Slowest
January 4th, 2009 at 15:10
If you don’t get a law suit with this, you can consider yourself lucky.
Montoya
January 4th, 2009 at 15:13
Was HistoriX sued for including the GTL disc check? Think about that and you´ll understand what this is about.
And yes, some people will probably try to spread a version without the check – People did the same with the Historic GT & TC mod.
They won’t be very popular though as there`s no legit place to spread them. All big sim racing sites are following Simbin’s guidelines and such won’t allow hosting or linking of such versions.
DW
January 4th, 2009 at 15:42
The difference between this and say the Historic GT & TC mod is that Simbin have said they want NO conversions of GTR Evo until it is 12 months old, check or no check.
Montoya
January 4th, 2009 at 15:49
Just trust that the people involved know what they´re doing…and enjoy the mod once it’s out
6e66o
January 4th, 2009 at 15:49
this is no gtr evo conversion.
shergz
January 4th, 2009 at 16:01
so if its not a conversion,why the dvd check,or is there some content from evo in the mod im not moaning
ScHiRoCk
January 4th, 2009 at 16:42
I truely don’t get it.
You want this mod on RF but you need evo to play it.
Were is the logic?
6e66o
January 4th, 2009 at 16:52
The logic is to give simbin the respect they deserve,
for using conversions of their cars.
If you dont get that, then in dont know…
stabiz
January 4th, 2009 at 17:02
The haters in this thread must be the same guys who post “what a waste” every time a mod is released for something else than Evo.
rfactormodsdie
January 4th, 2009 at 18:21
so stupid. cant wait to buy a game that hardly works on my system to download a mod for a game that does. when i hit the lottery i will have quad core 99999s and a ati 12000 like all of you rich guys
stabiz
January 4th, 2009 at 19:46
You still dont get it? Quite remarkable.
eddiespag
January 4th, 2009 at 20:19
For those that disagree with this effort/release/gift, just pretend the other possibility exists for you (parallel universe, ha, ha)and that this never was made and you can be happy. For those others, how fortunate and exciting! No worries, it always sorts itself out in the end.
Is it just me or do many of you also use 6e66o as a barometer to great mods and tracks. It seems lately that anytime I see his name, whatever it is, it’s got my full attention. So a big thanks to him for his generous/excellent contributions!
6e66o
January 4th, 2009 at 20:32
There are so many people behind mod projects like this that get never mentioned.
They´re making the real effort.
I´m just glad to be a part of it ;)
Raikku
January 4th, 2009 at 21:13
GTR2/GTL/rF/Race/Evo/etc -check doesn’t bother real simracing-fans ’cause we have all those sims already.
It just those posers who complain ’bout everything. Go back to play WoW or other s…ty and worthless game.
Slowest
January 4th, 2009 at 21:28
So what in this mod is a conversion from which simbin title?
Why checking for Evo DVD if it comes from GTR2 ?
About Historix, it is really different because GT Legends is quite old.
My point was not to argue or start a fuss here, but I’d like to understand. If it contains anything from Evo or Race 07, it IS very risky. DVD check or not.
weischschon
January 4th, 2009 at 21:41
Dear Slowest.
We can not discuss the reasons for GTR-Evo check in public.
Please bear with us.
The only thing i can say, is that we don`t have to worry about legality-issues if we include this Check.
I`m sorry that we can not give you any more informations.
GonZo
January 4th, 2009 at 22:09
This mod will be free and when people don’t like the CD check, they are not forced to download it
Or are you afraid to miss anything between the great number of mods? If you do, then no problem to buy GTR Evo I guess
tezuka_18
January 5th, 2009 at 02:47
This DVD check doesn’t make sense to me. The mod doesn’t come with any GTR evo tracks or car models.
Why not check GTR2 and/or GT Legends if its just there to give simbin “the respect they deserve” ?
xilix
January 5th, 2009 at 02:49
to’rfactormodsdie’
Oh PLEASE! Are you kidding me? I’m SO far from rich it’s not even funny, and even I was able to get the money up to build myself a water cooled Q6600 rig with an 8800GTS. Anyone who can’t save up enough money to build themselves a modern day rig that can handle any game out there is either lazy (won’t get a job) or irresponsible (have a job but refuse to save any money).
I repeat, I am not rich, by any means what-so-ever. I have a car payment, rent, utilities, credit cards, personal loans and other bills to pay and I was still able to save up the money for my water cooled quad core rig. The only thing keeping you from enjoying an amazing computer is yourself.
maxs
January 5th, 2009 at 03:49
Slowest January 4th, 2009 at 3:09 pm
I would be very pissed off if i were SimBin.
Everybody knows that there will be “not dvd checking” versions of the mod within hours after release.
Did you heard about something like crack in your life ? dont you think that Simbin is pissed about playing their games on cracks ? you can always crack a game or mod but that is piracy
it is your choice 
–About Historix, it is really different because GT Legends is quite old.
so What ?
tezuka_18 January 5th, 2009 at 2:47 am
This DVD check doesn’t make sense to me. The mod doesn’t come with any GTR evo tracks or car models.
Why not check GTR2 and/or GT Legends if its just there to give simbin “the respect they deserve” ?
what the hell this guy is talking about anyone can explain it to me
maxs
January 5th, 2009 at 03:53
btw i am also very far from rich i could even say that i am damn poor
but there was a time when i was working and from that money i have bought a damn amazing PC which was not expensive 
even salesman told me that i have a great PC with a cheep price 
be clever 
ermax18
January 5th, 2009 at 05:27
I hate to say it but sometimes you have to pay to play. Not everything in life is free. SimBin really is being extremely generous in letting these conversions happen at all. There really is no way around the checks. Sure cracks will happen. You will always have thieves out there. But NLC isn’t going to completely ignore SimBin’s requests and put them self’s at risk of getting sued.
I do see what tezuka is saying though. If none of the models are from Evo then why require Evo? But I am under the impression that this mod has models from just about every SimBin title ever released (including Evo). I guess Evo is sort of an all in one title in some ways so I guess that is the reasoning behind the Evo check. If they wanted to be completely legit they would have to have a DVD check for every SimBin title that they used models from. Just think of the complaining that would cause. :)
BTW, I own Evo but something just feels odd about it so it never gets any use. Not only that but the league I am in uses rFactor only so I am glad to see this mod coming to rFactor.
Thanks NLC!