The whole sim community is speculating what the hinted new Simbin project is going to be about. Pretty much all possible series have been mentioned but without any available details, it’s impossible to say what’s likely and what not.
Simbin has listed the project on their homepage already, calling it “Codename Toad”. If that’s just a funny inside joke or supposed to give us a hint – Who know’s. All we do know is that the “Toad” will be based on gMotor 2, feature a much requested series and will integrate in RACE07/GTR Evolution.
The guessing continues…
Pugamall
October 25th, 2008 at 20:54
Tease !!!!!!!
No fair, lol
Admittedly though if I were them I would keep it quiet to helps build a bit of hype
trebor901
October 25th, 2008 at 21:21
BTCC has been much requested by its fans for quite some time now, just really really really really….. ok enough of the really hope its BTCC.
stabiz
October 25th, 2008 at 21:27
It just so happens that one of the rarer toad-species is called ALMS, or Aquatico Litargo Monero Speculu in latin.
Montoya
October 25th, 2008 at 21:28
You just made that up, didn’t you?
BSR-WiX
October 25th, 2008 at 21:31
if not , it might be it … if so , you will deserve a price when its anounced. come to think of it .. ALMS might just be the thing. would be great for the american market.
BSR-WiX
October 25th, 2008 at 21:32
stabiz ..ever did a toad video ? no doubt it would be quality , and you would not have to do slow mo´s ;-)
six.degrees
October 25th, 2008 at 21:33
If it is ALMS then they’ve had a quite serious injection of capital from somewhere… the licence is big money. TOAD could be some kind of acronym, though :P
the.cosmic.pope
October 25th, 2008 at 22:15
TOAD? Lizard?
trebor901
October 25th, 2008 at 22:17
sureley if it was gonna be ALMS they would want to put it onto the Lizard engine as all most American gamers care about is graphics.
flips
October 25th, 2008 at 22:42
oh snap…
stabiz
October 25th, 2008 at 23:06
Hehe, I was kidding. :razz:
Wix:
Goon
October 25th, 2008 at 23:07
Could be an acronym for “Our graphics engine is Too Old And Dated”?
I do like their sims, but the phrase flogging a dead horse comes to mind when it comes to their butchered Gmotor2 engine.
navalhawkeye
October 26th, 2008 at 00:07
trebor901
“sureley if it was gonna be ALMS they would want to put it onto the Lizard engine as all most American gamers care about is graphics.”
Was that really necessary?
trebor901
October 26th, 2008 at 00:26
what? it wasnt having a go at american people its just the way it is. Look at any american game or games that have been made for the american market and then brought to europe, the graphics are always better than the gameplay.
trebor901
October 26th, 2008 at 00:40
But i suppose if you’re a sim racer then you’ll know the Simbin name and know that they generally make great games.
Bram
October 26th, 2008 at 01:17
Lol, way to go Trebor. Guess you forgot that iRacing is very American, just as all the praised NASCAR simulation games? That in general the racinggames made about American racing series have always tended to be aimed at realism, while the European titles get more and more arcadey?
DW
October 26th, 2008 at 01:44
Isn’t Need for Speed American? But I’m not taking sides – Simbin use an American graphics engine.
navalhawkeye
October 26th, 2008 at 03:42
Yea, good point. All current, major sims have code based in the US.
Eurostc
October 26th, 2008 at 04:51
STCC = Frog
GTREVO = Mamba
:?: = Toad
my vote BTCC
timwheatley
October 26th, 2008 at 09:42
I think the last non-US engine was Grand Prix 4.
RJC_pt
October 26th, 2008 at 10:03
netKar pro is italian, lfs is british…
timwheatley
October 26th, 2008 at 10:31
I thought they were both started and first released before GP4?
RJC_pt
October 26th, 2008 at 10:51
nope, gp4 is from 2002…
timwheatley
October 26th, 2008 at 11:08
LFS S1 was released in 2003 it seems, my mistake:
http://www.gamershell.com/download_2812.shtml