Race 07

Genre(s)Racing simulationMode(s)Single player, multiplayer

Race 07 is a racing simulator computer game from SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios). The game is the sequel to the 2006 title Race – The Official WTCC Game. Like the original Race, the title is officially licensed by the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC).

Race 07 features more than 300 cars in nine different racing classes. Race 07 includes the full 2006 and 2007 seasons of the FIA World Touring Car Championships (FIA WTCC) as well as 8 more classes on 14 tracks from all over the world.

Multiplayer is only available with installation of the Steam client and registration for an account with Steam.

Reception

The game was moderately-well received by critics. IGN stated that the game was "not as likely to win over a casual racer, because little was done to cultivate new hardcore sim racing fans here". PC Format, Eurogamer, Boomtown and PTGamers all agreed that "visuals aren’t the main attraction of the game", while PC Zone criticised the AI and crash damage. GameShark and AceGamez praised the game's longevity.

Content

Cars

List of cars in the game ->

BMW BMW 320si E90 BMW 320i E46 BMW 320si E90 2007 BMW 320i E46 2007 BMW M3 E30 BMW Mini Cooper BMW FB02 CHEVROLET Chevrolet Lacetti 2007 Chevrolet Lacetti SEAT Seat Leon 2007 Seat Leon Seat Toledo Cupra ALFA ROMEO Alfa Romeo 156 Alfa Romeo 156 2007 Alfa Romeo 156 Gta Alfa Romeo 75 HONDA Honda Accord R 2007 Honda Accord Euro R PEUGEOT Peugeot 407 LOLA Lola BT2/50 CATERHAM Caterham CSR 200BHP Caterham CSR 260BHP Caterham CSR 320BHP RADICAL Radical SR3 205BHP Radical SR3 230BHP Radical SR3 252BHP Radical SR4 190BHP Radical SR4 205BHP Radical SR4 252BHP

Tracks

List of tracks in the game ->

07 Curitiba 07 Zandvoort 07 Valencia 07 Pau 07 Brno 07 Porto 07 Anderstorp 07 Oschersleben 07 Brands Hatch 07 Monza 07 Macau 07 06 Monza 06 Magny-Cours 06 Brands Hatch 06 Oschersleben 06 Curitiba 06 Puebla 06 Brno 06 Istanbul 06 Valencia 06 Macau 06 Extra tracks Brands Hatch Indy Curitiba Oval Estoril Imola Macau Reverse Magny-Cours National Monza Junior Monza Reverse Oschersleben B-Course 06 Oschersleben B-Course 07 Oschersleben Reverse 06 Oschersleben Reverse 07 Puebla Oval Puebla Special Valencia Long Valencia Nacional Valencia Reverse Vara Raceway Zandvoort Club

Expansion packs

It has since spawned nine expansion packs: GTR Evolution, STCC – The Game, Race On, Formula Raceroom (free of charge), STCC – The Game 2, GT Power, WTCC 2010, RETRO and the final expansion to the series, Race Injection.

Formula Raceroom is a free add-on pack^[3] to RACE 07 developed by SimBin and adds a Formula One style car and Hockenheimring circuit to the original game. It was released on March 18, 2011.

STCC – The Game is an expansion pack that features the 2008 Swedish Touring Car Championship season and its support series, the Camaro Cup.^[4]

Race On

Developer(s)	SimBin Studios
Publisher(s)	bitComposer Games
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	October 16, 2009
Genre(s)	Racing simulator

Race On is an expansion pack to RACE 07 developed by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios) and adds the 2008 World Touring Car Championship season, the International Formula Master series and some American Muscle Cars in both road and race-tuned versions to RACE 07. It was released internationally on October 16, 2009. It is available as a stand-alone game including Race 07 as well as its previous expansion pack STCC - The Game (which was only released as a boxed copy in Scandinavia) and as an add-on pack to those who already have Race 07 and/or STCC - The Game.

Tracks

Two brand new American tracks (Laguna Seca and Road America) are included in the game, as well as a considerably higher number of races from America itself. To accompany the 2008 WTCC cars, updated versions of the 2006 & 2007 tracks featured in RACE 07 are included, plus the new circuit for that season, Okayama.

Cars

Race On includes all cars from Race 07, plus five new ones. Those are four US Muscle cars in race and street version plus the European International Formula Master.

• Cadillac CTS-V
• Chevrolet Camaro
• Dodge Challenger SRT8
• Dodge Charger SRT8
• International Formula Master (Tatuus-Honda)

Series/Championships

• World Touring Car Championship (2008)
• US Muscle Car Series
• International Formula Master series

Reception

Race On received mixed reviews, scoring a Metacritic average of 73%.

IT Reviews commented that "Race On is a good value for money package, with a colossal number of cars and tracks on offer if you've not got the original game". However, it added that for those who already own Race 07, all you get is "new muscle cars to play around with, and the Swedish championship", which makes it a "slightly less compelling purchase for them".^[5]

PC Gamer magazine in the UK agreed broadly with this: "It's not bad value if you're new to Race 07, but is perhaps a raw deal for those who own the base game".

References

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived August 31, 2009)
• Race 07 at MobyGames
• Race 07 On Steam (service)