 | |  | Because of the same colored cars Volvo: The Game sometimes turns into a "Clone Wars". | | Fit into the rotation - in itself no easy task. |
Free cheese, as we know, happens only in a mousetrap. Fans of computer games are sometimes allowed to try a demo version of the cheese or the first 30 minutes of his trial-version, but the situation does not change. Not surprisingly, the promise of SimBin giving away a complete racing simulator Volvo: The Game has caused a lot of questions. So it really so full it will be? And if so, so it really free? And what after all is the catch?
Freebie, Sir! Questions free of charge decided the easiest way. Gratuitously, that is nothing, the game gives the company Volvo. Looking at what some popular simulators dedicated circular racing (same STCC: The Game, for example), the company decided to get a game dedicated solely to her car and her racing team, especially since the latter is considered one of the leaders in the world racing circuit (which, in short, constitute a sort of competition cars from the NASCAR series for the full Circuit à la Formula-1).
In the autumn of last year, Volvo said it wants to get not just advertising and casual crafts, which are now not only got lazy, and normal adult project, able to attract the attention of admirers of motorsports. The seriousness of the intentions of the company said, and choice of singers. Studio SimBin Development has long deserved respect for yourself projects such as GTR Evolution and the same STCC: The Game. Developers have access to staff Volvo, and pilots of the team even put them into a museum that houses rare model. And now the time has come: Volvo: The Game is already available for download from the official site.
 | |  | In a game with virtual pilots can manually set the speed of each of the contenders. | | The result of inept driving - deployed on the route. |
Manufacturer of brooms does not bind What is the result? Will it come from Volvo: The Game is the most complete game, which is not sorry to spend dozens of hours of free time? Yes and no - it all depends on what you want to get out and what the requirements are bringing to it. In terms of realism and the resulting requirements for the skill of driving, everything is serious (this, incidentally, has insisted she Volvo).No Need for Speed, no flights on the first cosmic velocity and deceleration of the wall. The ride has very carefully: one awkward maneuver, too late tempered pedal - and all the car flies off into the gravel, and you are evil beat his fist on the table, saying goodbye to hopes of victory.
Developers from SimBin Development does not have wasted a lot of time to authentically recreate the game machine Volvo. It is not just about the physical model and behavior on the track - even the roar of the motor record through the microphone installed under the hood of cars. Yes, and look of the machine worked out with all diligence. You can spin the car this way and that, look under the hood, viewed through a magnifying glass interior and instrument panel - a careful drawing the envy of any paid project. Plus there are quite detailed Encyclopedia. In Volvo: The Game are the real stars of circuit racing - from the ultra-modern Volvo S60 to the honored veteran of the Volvo 850 and very very classic Volvo 240 Turbo Group A. You these names do not say anything? Not terrible, will be dismantled.
 | |  | On both sides can look but do not need. Browse through the turn. | | Life is passing us part ... |
Racing with the ghosts Even in Thrace SimBin, according to eyewitnesses, was treated with maximum care, recreating them with millimeter precision. The results were very impressive. Success, however, slightly darkened by the fact that motor racing track in the Volvo: The Game just two (albeit very different). A narrow trail "Eco Drive Arena in Gothenburg, Sweden (home racetrack Robert Dahlgren - the main driver Volvo teams and multiple winner of various championship circuit racing) requires sverhakkuratnogo driving, plus the willingness to instantaneous transition from acceleration to deceleration and vice versa. Stadium "Seagull", located near Kiev (by the way, the first in the history of racetrack Ukraine, ranked in the video game), released an abundance of fast forward and fast turns, and domestic players will appreciate it more and native birches along the roadside.
And yet ... not even the main problem, and feature Volvo: The Game is in its more than modest. Anyway, the game was made less than a year, and the developers simply decided not to save on quality and quantity. A total of six cars, no tuning, repainting, and the like - by modern standards, it is more than modest. Gameplay, except for training rides with computer opponents, represented by a single line, and arranged a very original way: drivers (up to 12 people) will start at the same time, but for each other remain disembodied ghosts. No overtaking, no hustle in the fight for the lead - a victory in the race depends entirely on the skill of driving.
 | |  | Tracy made in Gothenburg on the principle "in the crush, but not mad." | | But for such cutting the grass in the Volvo: The Game is simple and austere disqualified. |
Not much will happen? In fact, not at all. Of course, you can say: "just promise knows that, but the game turns out, comes in a minimal configuration. But believe me, if you decide to seriously undertake the development of Volvo: The Game, even a "minimal set" you have enough for a long time. Enough to imagine how much training have to do laps on each of the tracks, just to begin to feel confident. And without such training of the victory can only dream. In addition, we should not forget that all six cars behave on the asphalt completely differently. It is one thing - to conquer the "Star" on the latest Volvo S60, hung with spoilers and splashes, and quite another - the old Volvo 850. Handling, aerodynamics, downforce, the speed - everything has to get used again.
Of course, not everyone is willing to spend several hours just for something to get used to running car and drive all the track, never went to rendezvous with the striker. But if you're a fan of serious racing simulators, and words such as GTR Evolution or Live For Speed, you are not an empty word, then, Volvo: The Game is at least acquainted. In the end, for all the review we did not make allowances for the fact that in front of us free advertising project. Agree, this alone speaks volumes.
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2005. Swedish studio SimBin begins his career with a racing simulator GTR - FIA GT Racing Game, which can then be used as a simulator professional racers.
2006. SimBin commissioned by the organizers of World Cup racing ring produces Race - The Official WTCC Game.
2008. After two years on the shelves there is a new game dedicated circuit races - Race 07.
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