WTCC will go virtual

The FIA WTCC will go virtual. The Swedish game producers SimBin have recently acquired license for the World Touring Car Championship. SimBin have produced titles such as GTR and GT Legends, highly popular racing simulators.

– We are very proud to have been given this prestigious assignment – having in mind that the FIA Organisation only has three world championships, Formula One, WRC and WTCC, said Henrik Roos SimBin CEO and former professional race driver.

– This is an agreement that the team and myself have worked hard to achieve, actually since 2004, and it is most inspiring to finally have reached the goal. WTCC gives us the opportunity to use our combined experience within motor sports and game development to the fullest. It will be very exciting to work closely with the 25 teams, car manufacturers and Eurosport/KSO, Roos continued.

– We have looked for a game developer with the experience and knowledge to take the intense and adrenaline pumping experience of WTCC racing into the world of video gaming. SimBin with its motor sport background and excellent track record from it´s previous game titles will secure that our racing fans as well as gamers can expect a WTCC game of top quality. The results are expected to be enjoyed on PC and Next gen consoles, Jaques Behar, KSO Chairman and Eurosport executive comments.

– WTCC is a completely new challenge with its own positioning: bumper to bumper, action packed, hard hitting. WTCC features race cars of similar power, road holding and aerodynamics that are based on real street cars which people can recognize. This will allow us to create intense games that attract a wide audience – just like the real life WTCC races, Tomas Karlsson, SimBin COO, explains.

No exact date for the release is set. Though SimBin is currently working hard to get GTR2 ready for release this summer, so we cannot expect anything before that release.