Conditioned reflex - an insidious thing. Fans of racing rather quickly got used to the fact that every autumn SimBin Development Team produces first-class simulator. Podnabravshis experience and improve production capacity, the company has established a stamping summer additions. So, in June of 2007, appeared RACE: Caterham, but last August the release of GTR Evolution.
It is logical that this fall, gamers expect to see on store shelves or full extension of a previous product SimBin, or some totally new project. Alas, in a box labeled STCC: The Game is hiding just add-on to Race 07: The Official WTCC Game. You feel yourself dog Pavlov. At the appointed hour of lamp is lit, but instead of a large piece of fresh meat brought a little sausage. What should I do? Be content with what is or as a protest to push the bowl away?
Historical background If my memory serves me, the last Mighty avtosimulyator, completely dedicated to the Swedish auto-touring car championship ring, leaving as much eight years ago (born in 2005 frankly weak arcade hack Swedish Classics GP does not count). It was called the Swedish Touring Car Championship 2. The release of the first part took place a year earlier. Both games are set up Digital Illusions. Yes, yes, it's not a bug. At the end of XX century employees then still little-known company from Stockholm specialize in racing and is unlikely to assume that in the new century they will enter into the history of computer games as the author of the popular series of online FPS. This summer, the total circulation of all episodes of the Battlefield has passed the mark of 17 million copies.
But we digress. So, what is the Swedish Touring Car Championship? The competition is divided into 11 stages and runs on seven routes (six are located in Sweden, one - in Norway). From 1996 through 2005 STCC carried about by the same rules as the WTCC. Then, under pressure from rich teams format has changed: number of arrivals has decreased from two to one, and from the German DTM series in the race has removed the show with a mandatory pit stop. By the way, next season, organizers of the competitions will go back to the old scheme.
 | |  | Thanks to its flexible system configuration, you can hone your car to the features of this or that routes are | | If you do not participate in the qualifying race, then every time have to start with the latest position |
Actors The championship involves thoroughly reworked production cars from famous manufacturers. The vast majority of them - front-wheel drive.Rear-wheel drive are only representative of the third series BMW (E46 and E90) and the mysterious BMS Incognito. Many readers probably have a question: "What kind of Baie-Em-Es is that? For the first time I hear about it. " The point is the following. Developers for some reason could not agree with the concern Daimler AG, so they had to rename easily recognizable on the highway Mercedes Benz C200 in BMS Incognito.
Licensed by General Motors, Ford Motor Company, FIAT Group, Honda Motor Company, Volkswagen AG and PSA Peugeot Citroen problems have arisen. Everything is in order and with the names of riders. The game features 23 pilots, including the speaker of the Swedish team at KMS Audi A4 Russian Alexander Lvov (not to be confused with participating in the WTCC from Alexander Lvov Golden Motors).
Attention to detail Trails are recreated with remarkable accuracy. From the designers did not escape, no small thing. For example, the Swedish Mantorp before turning on the site with hard to say the name Mjolbysvangen they do not forget to put a fresh coat of asphalt, a little further away - to draw standing near an excavator working. During their trip to Norway Valer try to get a better look peripheral vision growing along the road, tall trees, which lose concentration and do not have time to brake before the next sharp turn. Soundman diluted symphony of roaring engines, creaking brake pads, washable on the asphalt tires and screaming audience snatches of conversation commentator. Trifle, but nice.
 | |  | Drive with a first-person a lot harder. But so you better feel the speed | | A tiny gap from the leader in 0.48 seconds, you can easily cut at the next corner |
Individual traits How the developers recreated the donors of each "horse", do not undertake to judge. For this we need a fast ride on all vehicles in the game, and then compare their actual experience with the virtual. At least they managed to convey the differences between front-and rear-drive cars. With the first is quite simple: during an unsuccessful turn enough to spin the wheel in the direction of the skid, and front-wheel drive car back to the desired trajectory. With the latter is much more complicated: not calculated the speed - get the demolition of the rear axle and a sharp turn at 90, and even on all 180 degrees. To experience these nuances need not buy expensive wheel and pedals. Sufficiently regular keyboard. But a fancy controller will require anyone who wants to take top places at the highest level of complexity in most realistic settings.
Unfortunately, the pleasant impression of the physical model of the spoils offensive glitch. After refueling and changing tires need to travel some distance to the pit-line and taxied to the main road. At this point, the machine easily slips through blocking the path of cars rivals.
Special offer In SimBin Development Team has received excellent add-on. Of course, I would like to see more, but preferably on a new graphics engine, but nothing can be done, we have to enjoy small. And another important point: in the STCC: The Game is available not only to the Swedish championship, but all the tracks, cars and drivers from the original game. So if someone wanted to, but for some reason failed to meet RACE 07: Official WTCC Game, then he should definitely buy STCC: The Game. In fact, it will acquire two classrooms avtosima the price of one.
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