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 GT POWER 8) and only 4.99 Euros http://www.raceroom.net/shop/item/38/gt-power/

Three high profile exotic GT sportscars (Pagani Zonda R, BMW M3 GT2, Matech GT 1) ready to hammer around new tracks from both sides of the old iron curtain. Mid-Ohio is often named “best road course” in the US, Chayka is the first track out of former Soviet Union to make it to a SimBin title.

Has to be bought just for my beloved Ford GT :-*

.....all though thinking about it, I might as well just drive the GT1 mod  :-\

edit: Mod doesn't come with the Ford GT...looks like I'm buying it after all

seems you have to buy it from raceroom and not steam.

I think they give you a code and you put that in steam like they did with the formula raceroom.

Yes, but its another website i have to put my address and card details into which i'll never use again!

just bought it  :)  but no time to try it yet  :(

Go on, you know you all want to  ;)  i think we need a test race to try them out too  :)

whoa!  anyone tried the new stuff yet? Think i have a new favourite sim car...the Pagini is flipping fantastic!! :tt1:  Take it around Brands GP and be impressed  :o  it goes like an absolute rocket on my rig and is brilliant fun. Sounds awesome too, especially on the replay, mega engine sounds. Like many sims lately i find the sounds take on a proper dimension only when you crank them up, they really lose a lot on low volume.

Tried the BMW GT2 as well, another great car and very well done. A nice addition to the club class. Likewise the meaty Matech for GTpro, makes that class a nice mix of cool GT1 cars to choose from now.

Tried the new Mid-ohio track, which seems nicely done but think i prefer the VLM Mid-Ohio as the textures make it look more real. This version looked a bit cartoony to me.
Hockenheim track is excellent on the other hand, really nicely done, its a feast for the eyes.

I also tried out the RR Formula cars, anyone had a go of these yet? They are mental 18k rev screamers and sound just like F1 cars externally, wicked sounds. We should try these out for a test series.
 
But i'd love to see a pagini series on some suitable fast tracks,these cars are totally brilliant  8) Try them out  :)

So you buy it on Raceroom, download it and activate over Steam?

No. you buy it on RaceRoom and they give you an activation code. You shoot over to Steam - go to 'Activate a game on Steam'  enter the code- then Steam downloads and installs it. Simples. Works like a charm. Agree with MJ - Mid-Ohio isn't as good as the VLM track. Cars are good but the Matech Ford GT default setup is way off.


TC

Worth to buy, then? Will we use it?

I'd imagine it'll appear in the Steam store after a while, just like the STCC 2 addon.

Already there dude. £3.99 or £7.98 with Race 07! How is that not worth the money?

At the price it's worth buying just to be able to do a one-make Zonda race.

TC

Wow, someone supercharged Simbin recently.

They're releasing ANOTHER add-on:

“Race 07”: Fourth expansion pack will be the “Retro Pack”

Lidköping /Sweden, April 21, 2011 – The Swedish game development company SimBin Studios AB
today announced that the fourth expansion pack for the award winning PC racing game
“Race07” will be released next week.

“Retro Pack”
Release date: April 28, 2011
Price: 4.99 EUR
Available on:  www.raceroom.net  and  www.steampowered.com

The Retro Pack features 8 cool retro cars and 2 new high detailed tracks. It is designed for all fans who loves their racing cars loud and charismatic. From the unmistakable rounded curves of the Volvo Amazon, over the iconic BMW 2002 to the raw coolness factor of the ’70 Chevrolet Camaro, it is all here. The pack also contains the Poznan track which is a world premiere on any gaming platform, and the first hillclimb stage ever made by SimBin.

Special Features:

- Integration with the RaceRoom online platform, featuring leaderboards and competitions.
- The first ever Hillclimb stage developed by SimBin, based loosely on stretches of road in the Alps.

Cars:

1968 Volvo Amazon
1972 Volvo P1800 ES
1971 BMW 2002
1968 Mini Cooper S
1971 Opel Commodore GS 3001
1973 BMW 3.0 CSL
1974 Chevrolet Corvette
1970 Chevrolet Camaro

Tracks:

Hillclimb Stage
Poznan

I think they've adopted the iRacing policy of charging for every little bit of content and hope nobody tots it all up. :ninja: :eek: :clown:

I know I shouldn't bite but I just had to work it out :angel: For £18 you can pick up 20 new cars & 10 new tracks....to me that's a pretty good deal.

Goldtop has food for thought  ;)

I wouldn't mind building a series based around this lot  :drool:

http://www.virtualr.net/formula-raceroom-f1-2011-skin-pack-released/ (http://www.virtualr.net/formula-raceroom-f1-2011-skin-pack-released/)
Makes the cars look a little better than the standard primary colours.

If they had gone this route to start with where you actually just buy the car packs and not release several versions of the same game so if you want to get the evo stuff they charge you for the whole thing again, i'm sure they would have done alot better out of it.

Hmm not sure about that, cars look good but the tracks leave alot to be desired, a track no ones heard of and a fantasy hillclimb track ???

Those RR cars are mental but surprisingly easy to drive

Yeah but tracks are but a free download away at nogrip

i always thought simbin was losing out by not releasing car and track packs since GTR1 came out!  They could have easily have released seasonal GT car updates with new cars or year variants with the odd extra track and people would have snapped them up. All the sim makes have cottoned on to this new way of releasing add-on extras for a few quid, whether its a flight or race sim, and why not?!  :)  its a good way of injecting new life into the sims we enjoy and for them to get extra funds to pay for the development work for better stuff.

£4 is the cost of a pint in most pubs now, give or take, so its definitely worth it for good track and car add-ons.

Strange they have also gone retro with the new planned release but guess they are aware the historic racing theme is very popular in the real and sim worlds of racing. Nice set of eclectic race cars on offer there.  :)

Thanks for link on the RR skins Laz   :)  by the way the zonda comes with a healthy range of skins with the GT pack add-on...just in case anyone is considering running a one make race series  ;) 8)

Some interesting content here, especially the retro pack. Perhaps they've noted the excitement over the pending PnG release and decided to cash in on it. It'll be interesting to see what the quality will be like when compared to V3.


Jeez I'm glad I live up north where I can still get a proper pint with 'ed on and a cheese cob for £4  :) Jesting aside, you really can't argue with the price when you compare it with iR. I'll be giving it all a go in due course.

MJ fails to mention he drinks pints of crème de menthe and tizer :)

And thankfully they wont charge you a yearly subscription to play with yourself... ;)

Looks like we'll be waiting a bit longer for the Retro Pack  :(

http://www.raceroom.net/forums/index.php/topic,642.0.html

What's the betting PnG V3 makes it out before this  :D

rather they get it right then release it  :)  Like the sound of the hillclimbing mode. Not much use for online other than braggin rights i guess but good offline challenge.

I have this add on but haven't drivin' it as these cars aren't really my cup of tea. heh. I do like the idea of add ons though and have always felt the Race 07 tracks to be quite nice, even thinking they look better than iRacing's ttracks. (Oh my!! heh)

 I'm quite looking forward to the retro stuff though, and only wish this wasn't the end of it all.

 And thanks for that download as one reason I never bothered with the Raceroom add on (driving, I have it, just never drove it.) is well, one, I'm not an open wheeler fan at all and these buggers are too fast for me anyways!! haha. Yeah I suck.......but also, I saw all the cars were like "non-liveried" and so the incentive was even less to bother. Now, I'll probably give it a whirl. Make me a skin eventually and try a few out.