For the past several years, SimBin has brought realistic racing simulators to PC gamers all over the world. This fall they will bring their development expertise to Xbox 360 in RACE Pro, the first console-specific (and 360-exclusive) title in the series.
Over 10 real-world tracks are being rendered for the game, as well as several real-world vehicles. The BMW 320si, Puegeot 407, Chevy Lacetti and Honda Accord were a few of the cars being shown off at E3, and they all looked good running on the Xbox 360 hardware. Crashes were met with the usual dose of visual delights: a realistically crumpled front end, blown tires, scratch marks, and other subtle elements that only the current game machines can deliver. The course designs were a little early but their frame rate already seemed solid in single-player mode, showing no signs of pop-up or slowdown.
It’s no secret that the Xbox 360’s lifespan is coming to an end, meaning we’ve got an extensive library of games to sort through and possibly trade-in to GameStop or EBGames. Because of this, used Xbox 360 games are incredibly cheap, and a lot of people might be spending this summer adding those last few games to their collections.
Time to round up the best racing titles in a Top 10 run down.
Console Monster writes: "If you thought the last few Xbox Live Marketplace updates have been lacking in content, today's certainly doesn't, with an array of new content releasing. The highlight of today's new content is the Race Pro downloadable content, which comes in the form of two new packs containing new cars and tracks. There's also some new Guitar Hero: World Tour tracks, Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires content and a range of themes and picture packs. Here is the full Marketplace update for Thursday 30th July 2009:
Game Add-Ons
Race Pro Pack 2
Price: 560 Microsoft Points
Size: 2 GB
8 cars (52 skins) / 2 Tracks / WTCC 08 season Lada 110 WTCC Honda Accord Euro R Volvo C30 BMW E90 Chevrolet Lacetti Seat Leon TDI Seat Leon TFSI Formula Master Estoril (Portugal) Okayama (Japan) There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts..."
The long awaited downloadable content for RACE Pro is finally here and available for download. There are a number of new cars added to the game, as well as the Mid Ohio track (plus variations) and the Spa Francorchamps race way.
Who the hell was waiting? Didn't know people actually still play this game yet alone bought it.
