Simbin’s initial GTR Evolution announcement answered a few questions and left plenty of them open. Will the game have the official FIA license? The shown Corvette C6.R sports a fantasy livery so anything seems possible.
Will the game use the new Lizzard engine? And what tracks besides the Nordschleife will be part of the game?
I can’t answer those questions of course but there are a few answers at least. Viva Media’s Carlo Voelker has confirmed a few details in a recent statement. Viva Media is the game’s North American publisher, making Voelker the man to know.
???Featured will be GT series cars like the Corvette C6R and Aston Martin DBR9; plus Production Car Class racers like the Dodge ViperSRT/10 and the Audi R8.???
We??ve already seen the Corvette, the mentioning of the Aston Martin confirms another new GT1 car. My guess is that the new GT cars will be based on the 2005 FIA GT season as the scrapped XBOX GTR game was supposed to include the 2005 season. The production car class had been hinted in the statement, this adds a little touch of Gran Turismo to GTR. After all, powerful road cars should be quite fun on the N??rburgring Nordschleife.
The last bit of info revealed is that the game is supposed to be released in Q3 2008, giving us plenty of time to speculate about the upcoming game. Without knowing much, it’s safe to say that Simbin tries to mix proven stuff with new content. The new GT cars should satisfy old-school GTR players while the tuned WTCC and the production cars seem to be an outreach to the Gran Turismo/Forza crowd.
