Reiza Studios have announced that their Automobilista title will be hitting Steam Early Access this weekend.
As announced before, ??all customers that have bought and activated Stock Car Extreme on Steam before January 6 will receive the title for free, all sim racers that join the title during the Early Access phase will receive a 20% discount compared to the finished title.
To further clarify what purchasing an Early Access title entails, Reiza Studios have put together a FAQ for all interested customers:
Why Early Access?
???While Automobilista is already at a very advanced stage of development, there are still some final pieces of content to be added to complete what is a very extensive package. The new simulation features and community tools will in turn benefit from testing with the broader user base we intend to gather during Early Access, not only from new comers but also everyone that purchased Stock Car Extreme before January 6th who will be getting Automobilista free of charge.???
Approximately how long will this game be in Early Access?
???We estimate Automobilista will have a relatively short Early Access stage, in between 30-60 days before full release.???How is the full version planned to differ from the Early Access version?
???While the content base is largely complete, a couple of remaining new cars and tracks are still in development will be added to the base package during Early Access stage, along with further fine tuning of our large roster of cars and tracks.New core simulation features and gameplay options are also in development and will be added over the course of Early Access.
Community-based features such as online leaderboards and the Steam-based matchmaker, along with new tools to enhance both online and single player competitions will be introduced and developed along Early Access stage.???
What is the current state of the Early Access version?
???The game is currently an advanced beta stage and 90% complete.???Will the game be priced differently during and after Early Access?
???Yes – we will begin early access 20% off the full release pricing, and gradually reduce that discount as we approach the full release.???How are you planning on involving the Community in your development process?
???Since Automobilista is free to everyone who purchased our previous title??Stock Car Extremebefore January 6th 2016, it should provide us a broader testing base for the development of our new Steam-based Matchmaker and Leaderboard systems, in order to make sure that upon release Automobilista is firing on all cylinders!???
Successor to the studios??? Game Stock Car Extreme title, Automobilista continues Reiza???s efforts of pairing up cars and tracks from Brazil???s most popular racing series such as??Stock Car V8, Copa Petrobras de Marcas and the Mitsubishi Lancer Cup with more international racing content, the addition of which has already started with the recent GSC E updates.
Development of the new title has been funded by Reiza???s successful crowd-funding campaign last summer, allowing the team to go much further than just create new content & features for GSCE but rather create an all-new title to contain all the fresh developments.
