Gaming Nexus writes: "Every now and then, a product comes along with a name that perfectly defines what you, as the potential purchaser, can expect from the product. Viva Media and SimBin Studios have released just such a product in GTR Evolution. GTR-E is exactly what it professes to be: the next evolutionary step in a line of products including GTR 2 and Race '07. In fact, the best, most concise description of GTR-E that I could come up with is a marriage between GTR 2 and Race '07. If you were to take the tracks and cars included in both of those, and throw in the 14 mile monster track that is the famous Nurburgring, you would have GTR Evolution.
If you have experience with either or both of those preceding releases, you can probably just stop reading now. There's nothing much I can tell you, other than that GTR-E exhibits the same attention to detail and quality that we have come to expect from SimBin, which is to say superb. In fact, if you already have Race '07, you should just pick up the Expansion Pack version, although at an Amazon.com price of $17.99, it would be just as easy to buy the full standalone version."
Simbin has for a long time been a fixture of the sim racing community as the makers of some of the most recognizable racing titles ever made. GTR, GTR2, GT Legends, Race 07 and Raceroom are just some of those games. Recently Simbin has been in the news with rumors of bankruptcy, closing up shop or some form of restructuring. With that going on Shaun Cole of The Simpit was able to sit down via Skype with Jay Ekkel, the licencing manager for Simbin. They talk about the company, its past, its future and a little bit of general sim racing talk.
The company is going through some restructuring there is some great insider stuff in this interview.
SteamFirst: Bundle Stars has the racing themed Turbo Bundle up for $2.99.
SimBin has released another patch for GTR Evolution with quite a lot of new changes. The patch is available for the "online" versions via the Steam client, but info about an "offline" version is still unknown at this time.
