RACE Free Weekend On Steam

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » January 17th, 2007, 10:56

RACE Free Weekend On Steam
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Publish Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 11:30:56 -0800

Beginning this Thursday, January 18th, RACE - The Official WTCC Game will be available for free trial via Steam, the 10 million-strong platform for PC games.

Now available for pre-load, the RACE Free Weekend begins Thursday and ends Sunday afternoon. From acclaimed Swedish developers, SimBin, RACE is the first title to deliver the intense action of the WTCC championship to PC gamers.

"RACE embodies the SimBin mantra of 'easy to learn; hard to master,'" says Henrik Roos, SimBin CEO. "Novices can get into the game and be racing immediately. And, with several game modes, the game remains challenging for expert drivers as well. RACE has been very well received by the media and we are excited to offer this extended test drive through Steam's upcoming free weekend."

To celebrate the successful launch of this new franchise, Race will now be offered at $29.95, attracting even more racing fans into the growing multiplayer action. Additionally, for a week after the Steam free trial starts, customers can save an additional 10% off the new price.

With over 60 different and accurately modeled cars and 10 officially licensed tracks from four continents, RACE offers all the drivers, cars, and locations featured in the WTCC championship season, while offering support for both single and multiplayer games (up to 24 players).
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spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 17th, 2007, 11:17

Well free is free.

*preloads*

Fear · Post by **Fear** » January 17th, 2007, 12:09

*preloads*

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » January 19th, 2007, 15:12

Well that was not fun for 2 minutes, far too "realistic" for my liking, you have to brake.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » January 19th, 2007, 15:20

spoodie wrote:Well that was not fun for 2 minutes, far too "realistic" for my liking, you have to brake.

Post by **FatherJack** » January 19th, 2007, 17:08

I've preloaded it, hopefully the cars aren't as powerful fierce as the ones in the GTR demo - I prefer to start with Vauxhall Novas and work my way up to the faster cars.

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » January 19th, 2007, 17:23

FatherJack wrote:I prefer to start with Vauxhall Novas and work my way up to the faster cars.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » January 19th, 2007, 18:21

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:

Post by **FatherJack** » January 19th, 2007, 23:12

The controller rumble didn't function so it felt detached and sterile.

Console racers have spoiled me into expecting 50 tracks, 100 cars and 25 game modes. This has never been Sim Bin's aim, and that hasn't changed with this release.