As announced yesterday, Simbin and publisher bitComposer Games have released a demo version of the upcoming RACE On title, letting racers try two of the title’s new cars.
Included are both the Dodge Challenger SRT8 and the Seat Leon TDI Diesel WTCC car which can be raced at Oschersleben and the Swedish Falkenberg track. Players can choose to complete a full race weekend including practice and qualifying or use the time attack mode.
The demo is limited to single-player only, an upcoming multiplayer demo has already been announced though.
RACE On has been announced to be released on October 22nd, the title will include all RACE07 content and brand new stuff including the 2008 WTCC season, the Swedish Touring Car Championship, US muscle cars and the Formula Master series.
f0xx
October 8th, 2009 at 15:15
Aysberg
October 8th, 2009 at 15:22
I have the full version already, and it’s nothing special except for the really nice Formula Masters series, everything else – same old Race. Wonder what took them that long to make it.
Floptickle
October 8th, 2009 at 15:41
Well, I happen to know that the game was done about a month ago. It’s purely because the distributers f*cks with us :P
Floptickle
October 8th, 2009 at 15:44
btw, would anyone upload it to megaupload? Currently downloading with 20-40 kbits/s
orubasarot
October 8th, 2009 at 15:46
There’s hardly a demo worth of content in the full version, how many refills do we need to buy before we see Lizard?
I have a theory, and maybe I’m wrong, but adding all these content expansions into the original game for free might have been a better idea both for sales and for the customers. If everything was integrated into one title there would be a more consistent online player base that would in turn provide more sales for the original Race 07 over a period of time than all these expansions put together. Instead the already minor community is perpetually fragmented with these new releases so there’s more servers but less players on each one, an illusion of a dead community, and less incentive to purchase.
Just a theory though, I guess I’ll get back to refreshing the server browser hoping for a bi-weekly round of Knutstorp with at least 5 people on it.
f0xx
October 8th, 2009 at 15:48
Probably the sweedish woman
XM
October 8th, 2009 at 16:23
We do need more links all we are getting is 20-30k/s from Simbin and http://www.worthdownloading.com/download.php?gid=4066&id=20294
carbonfibre
October 8th, 2009 at 16:27
Hmmm, maybe I should be making a comparison out of this sim instead since it branched off from the same origin as Shift.
You mean to say though that Race On is not using the Lizard engine?
What’s the point in that!
troy
October 8th, 2009 at 16:46
Try this one:
http://www.4players.de/4players.php/download_info/Allgemein/Download/53298/Race_On.html
Got around 600-900kb/s (sorry I’m selfish had to finish my dl before I could post it here
)
DeadStar
October 8th, 2009 at 16:49
I think SimBin is upto something Big on PC and they need these expansions for RACE 07 and DLCc for RACE Pro to sort of fund their ambitious project. Please correct me if I am wrong.
ForzaBarca88
October 8th, 2009 at 17:10
Only Simbin can answer that….but the revenue has to come from somewhere and they dont really have the luxury of being ISI. Atleast they have that deal with iOpener though, that looks promising.
For me Race On is just one too many recycled gmotor2 titles – seriously at this rate by the time they bring out Lizard on PC, THAT engine will be outdated.
homerfreak
October 8th, 2009 at 17:14
thanks troy!
XM
October 8th, 2009 at 17:24
Thanks Troy you are a star downloading at 600k/s :)
Simbin are doing a GT car for the RTR beta project so they have big plans. Rumor is it’s GTR3 with LIVE races.
I’m glad to have Race ON to keep me ticking on until the big project is out.
yavin
October 8th, 2009 at 18:12
XM : Exactly my point.
Chrisuu01
October 8th, 2009 at 18:31
The link is broken
Chrisuu01
October 8th, 2009 at 18:39
Sorry double post trying one of the links in the post that seems to be going uberfast
Gopher04
October 8th, 2009 at 18:50
Strange about the release date, as of today play.com have just put up pre order for the 13/11/09.
DW
October 8th, 2009 at 20:18
The release date quoted at the top is the German release date. The 13/11/09 is the UK release date.
fxs
October 8th, 2009 at 21:36
race07 & stcc owners will have any possibility to upgrade with lower costs ?
because after testing this demo is like a expansion for that both sims… no one big change.
ok, only muscle and wtcc 08 cars, laguna seca & road america tracks… nothing that worths pay a full price on it :(
DW
October 8th, 2009 at 22:28
Of course. The expansion version will be available on Steam at some point in the release cycle – i predict mid November.
Uff
October 8th, 2009 at 22:40
That’s what I hope too: I’m waiting for Race On only for Formula Masters. I really didn’t like the demo. It’s not that it drives bad, it’s just that it is OLD.
yavin
October 8th, 2009 at 23:50
I like to drive the Dodge, fun to control but i don’t get the point about give a car like that on such european tracks… Why we can’t try this car on Laguna Seca or Road America ?
DW
October 9th, 2009 at 01:23
I agree. While I suppose they might want to keep the “best bits” for the full version, I really think they should have pulled out all the stops on the demo to sell this, and included one new track.
Lemming77
October 9th, 2009 at 01:43
That’s exactly what’s wrong with Race On. The impression the demo gives is it’s more of the same. They’re relying on us to calibrate the force feedback again aswell. I thought from the pictures with tasty motion blur effects that we’d have an upgraded engine, but nope. Assumed the same with Volvo The Game too. I’m not sure I’ll be buying this afterall.
mattabater
October 9th, 2009 at 02:17
the ffb is like iracing so i don’t know what you guys are talking about nothing special
. its special alright!
http://www.race-game.org/raceon/images/raceon/fm2.jpg
http://www.race-game.org/raceon/images/raceon/fm3.jpg
http://www.race-game.org/raceon/images/raceon/fm1.jpg
http://www.race-game.org/raceon/images/raceon/masters_screen2.jpg
Lemming77
October 9th, 2009 at 02:21
I’m sure it’s got potential, just having never driven these cars myself, I can’t calibrate it to be accurate.
Gaiajohan
October 9th, 2009 at 02:49
There is a good reason not to include new tracks in a demo. It’s called: piracy.
Lemming77
October 9th, 2009 at 04:06
Is that not a good enough reason not to release a demo at all? Why leave certain things prone to piracy but not some other stuff?
svizzy
October 9th, 2009 at 04:15
after i installed the full version
of race on over my race07 installation the street versions of the r8, apollo and koenigsegg are gone 
. the new stuff is fun though
orubasarot
October 9th, 2009 at 06:00
I really can’t believe they do that, using post processing effects to get sales is pathetic when people have to configure their own enbseries workarounds to get the same results. How can they be so lazy as to not add that graphical touch WHICH THEY ADVERTISE? It only takes me a minute but I do it every time I reinstal any gmotor title. I mean if you’re going to leave us with a decade old engine at least help us polish your turd a bit. The actual racing experience and feel of GTR Evo is better, according to my tastes, than iRacing, but that doesn’t mean I’ll shut up about all the flaws and shortcomings.
DevonK
October 9th, 2009 at 07:03
The Seat is ok but there is already a Seat TDI mod elsewhere, and the Challenger drives like a barge…. as far as the Masters series goes there are endless open-wheel mods out there already for this engine, so why bother? I’ll pass unless and until this drops to $5 in the surplus bins. I’d love for the speculation about Race On being a mere tide-over while Simbin prepares something substantive to turn out to be correct, but I am not hopeful.
DevonK
October 9th, 2009 at 07:54
Just noticed the on-board tire temp monitor does not work – 90C no matter how you drive. Anyone know if it is the same in the full game?
Uff
October 9th, 2009 at 08:39
SimBin clearly said that those screens were “artwork”, so at least we already knew that they were modified. There were no reasons to expect new graphic effectsin Race On.
By the way, I agree with you: when you have to modify a screen in order to make it look good (and not too outdated), probably it’s time for a (HUGE) change.
vincentgarcia
October 9th, 2009 at 08:41
can someone test if thy built in support for Xinput devices like they did in the Volvo game?
kkv
October 9th, 2009 at 12:51
Surprised they showed nice screen-shots with good colors and lighting. Don’t think it necessary have to be the post-processing to match the game to those screens. Just a few tweaks with brightness/contrast on textures and probably a few static light-maps to render shadows from environment objects and it would looks mostly the same.
The demo also makes a feeling they are using years old art and put not enough attention and time to everything. Even the sky texture placed with some odd zigzags.
DW
October 9th, 2009 at 14:05
The full version was already being pirated before the demo came out. Putting Laguna Seca or Road America in the demo would have no effect on piracy. But it might help sell the game.
Pinoyone
October 9th, 2009 at 16:41
Does anybody knew if simbin included their version of porche 997, Ferrari f430 & the new BMWM3 e93 in this version?
creatorex
October 9th, 2009 at 16:57
Hi,
I have Race On full version integrated in my GTR EVO and the only good thing is to have Laguna Seca, Road America and Okayama and 2008 tracks as well. Regarding cars Formula Master are awesome… the rest it’s more garage and nothing special. Graphics are getting obsolete in GTR EVO. To gert them more real you need to use enb series. Physics as per everybody know are quite good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k00pGDGGMs
Regards,
B.
Sensekhmet
October 9th, 2009 at 17:15
The graphics may be outdated, but the demo still delivers good, solid racing. And it still has probably the best AI in simracing: you can enter a corner 2 wide perfectly well and not be punted off by the AI. I found it difficult to pass in the demo, since all cars are ‘driven’ by the same talent file and the pack is rather bunched up. You need to wait for the AI to make a mistake, which does happen.
I liked the Challenger: it’s something new and it sounds nice. The TDI SEAT… well… I don’t know. In a modern turbo diesel there is a very distinct feeling of the car being driven by the turbo. Actually, I’m surprised they don’t replace tachometers with boost gauges. Engine revs are meaningless, what’s important is boost. Without it, the car doesn’t seem to move at all. Race engines could be tuned differentely but I still think the SEAT feels weird
Diswanio
October 9th, 2009 at 17:28
Solid racing? Are you serious, Dude the game is Petatic, such bad handling!
They should be a shamed, its so not a simulator..
Sensekhmet
October 9th, 2009 at 17:29
Oh, I almost forgot. The demo gets major bonus points for including Tom Coronel’s outburst in the soundtrack
Diswanio
October 9th, 2009 at 17:30
One you go iRacing, the rest is so off imho
phil23
October 9th, 2009 at 17:57
iRacing is a step up from the Gmotor based Sims, but it’s not massively different. When I switched back to GTR2 and Evo etc (as I couldn’t afford iRacing) I didn’t feel like I was going back to a poor simulation at all. In fact everything I’d learnt in iRacing translated and improved my driving in these other Sims.
And the Formula Masters cars are awesome. The graphics maybe dated to Shift and even iRacing (looks lovely without doubt)but at least you get an enjoyable and involving Sim with plenty of content for the cost of a couple of iRacings cars.
Don’t get me wrong, if had the money I’d do iRacing more, but it wouldn’t take me away from the Series racing etc that the very competent Race Series provides
.
phil23
October 9th, 2009 at 18:02
Simbin release 1 or 2 addons for around £20-25 a year and you get lots of content and good online racing if you’re part of an organised club. iRacing requires a subscription, Broadband internet and additional cost for tracks and cars to compete. You need to keep your opinions in perspective. iRacing should be more realistic considering it’s cost. Simbin give you nearly as good an experience for a lot less. They are both excellent products that give value for money for different budgets.
dknine
October 9th, 2009 at 18:48
i tried the not official demo and i really liked laguna seca and okayama alot.
very good done and the formula masters is very fun, i get a good feel with it.
im deffinetly getting this addon when it is available on steam as i did with the other addons, good “bang for the buck” i say. :D
now i go back to the forumula masters again :D
creatorex
October 9th, 2009 at 19:30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-k00pGDGGMs
DW
October 9th, 2009 at 20:02
The short answer is no :) Ferrari and Porsche have pulled out of the FIA GT license.
To find out what is included in the full version, visit the official website.
http://www.race-game.org/raceon/carsandtracks.htm
moppenheimer
October 9th, 2009 at 21:02
Im enjoying race on more than any Simbin tiitle…..those who arent are blind or fanboys of something else
orubasarot
October 10th, 2009 at 03:23
So I’m a blind fanboy of GTR Evo? I hate Simbin because I love Simbin?
Diswanio
October 10th, 2009 at 09:45
Your right in a way phil23!
Sensekhmet
October 10th, 2009 at 10:13
Your opinion has been noted. Now bugger off.
Mikkel Gram-Hansen
October 10th, 2009 at 11:20
The Steam demo version has been released: http://store.steampowered.com/app/8760/
Diswanio
October 10th, 2009 at 20:12
lol haha Seselubesomething
Diswanio
October 10th, 2009 at 20:15
but your right, i would of said the same!
phil23
October 10th, 2009 at 21:21
Sensekhmet
October 10th, 2009 at 23:28
*yawn*
kill4f00d
October 11th, 2009 at 21:52
They needed to pick tracks we haven’t tried already for the demo. I wonder how the SimBin version of Laguna Seca stacks up against Com8’s.