Hopefully the Fanatec weel will work with Forza2! 


http://www.n4g.com/News-188205.aspx


GC 2008: Race Pro demo will be available within three weeks

Magnus Ling, vice president of SimBin Studios, told to Eurogamer Portugal that within three weeks should be available for download, in Xbox Live, the demonstration of Race pro.

When roughly three months for missing the game be launched, the fans may well have a first contact with the game.



FULL ARTICLE

In the presentation of Race Pro for Xbox 360, the Vice President of Simbin Studios, Magnus Ling, told us that within three weeks should be available for download in Xbox Live, the demonstration of the game so that recreará any official championship world of tourism, the WTCC, among other major competitions. When roughly three months for missing the game be launched, the fans may well have a first contact with the game which will have exclusive circuits as the city of Boavista in the city of Porto, which was particularly demanding in construction.

Also

http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=31299

Official Porsche 911 steering wheel coming to Xbox 360 from Fanatec

As you may be aware, it is very hard for any third party to get accessories out on the Xbox 360, but Fanatec has succeeded! They have informed us that a prototype version of their Official Porsche 911 wheel for the Xbox 360 is nearly ready. At the moment forcefeedback is working well but not all the features are perfected. They are aiming to hand over a prototype version of the Xbox 360 version to developers of RACE PRO Simbin next week so they can integrate into their game!

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One thing they need to excise from the Porsche wheel is the wheel-generated shudder under acceleration.  It feels so artificial, since it's the WHEEL generating it through input from the throttle, and not input from the game.

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mmmmmm 3 weeeeeeeeks mmmmmmmm racepro-a-lishcious geerrrrrrrrowl oooooooooo baby.............gigididy

cheers for the heads up info raudi,much appriciated mucker,cant wait to try this.so are they saying its being delayed again or are they giving us a demo because its WAS delayed and this is like a ickle prezzy for us?

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Here's some additional details about RACE PRO: cars, tracks and DLC plans!

jamesways sent me this info that he compiled from Forzacentral



This info is from Forzacentral. Taken from articles, interviews, and the recent german gaming convention- confirmed Spa and Nurb.


RACE Pro - Car List


GT Pro:
Aston Martin DBR9
Audi R8 GT Concept
Corvette C5.R
Corvette C6.R
Dodge Viper GTS/R
Gumpert Apollo GT
Koenigsegg CCGT
Lister Storm
Saleen S7R


GT Sport:
BMW M3 GTR
Corvette C6 GT2
Marcos MarcoRelly GTS
Mosler MT900R
Seat Toledo GT
Spyker C8 Spyder GT2R
SunRed SR21


GT Club:
Aston Martin DBRS9
BMW Z4 GTR
Dodge Viper Competition Coupe
Gillet Vertigo Streiff
Seat Cupra GT


WTCC '07:
Alfa Romeo 156
BMW 320si e90
BMW 320i e46
Chevrolet Lacetti
Honda Accord Euro-R
Peugeot 407
Seat León
Volvo S60 Challenge


WTCC '87:
Alfa Romeo 75 turbo
BMW M3 e30


WTCC Extreme:
Alfa Romeo 156 Extreme
BMW 320si Extreme
Chevrolet Lacetti Extreme
Seat León Extreme


Production Class:
Audi R8
Dodge Viper SRT/10
Gumpert Apollo
Koenigsegg CCX


Formula 3000:
Lola B02/60


Formula BMW:
Formula BMW


Mini Cooper Challenge:
Mini Cooper S


Radical Sportscars:
Radical SR3
Radical SR4


Caterham CSR:
Caterham CSR200
Caterham CSR260
Caterham CSR320




RACE Pro - Track List


Legend: Track Name(Location) -- Available Track Layouts


Autódromo Internacional de Curitiba (Curitiba, Brazil) -- GP Circuit; Oval
Autodromo Nazionale Monza (Milano, Italy) -- GP Track; Junior Track
Automotodrom Brno (Brno, Czech Republic) -- GP Circuit
Brands Hatch Circuit (Fawkham, UK) -- GP Circuit; Indy Circuit
Circuit de Pau (Pau, France) -- GP Circuit
Circuit Park Zandvoort (Zandvoort, Holland) -- GP Circuit; Club Circuit
Circuit Ricardo Tormo (Valencia, Spain) -- GP Circuit; Long Circuit; National Circuit
Circuito da Boavista (Porto, Portugal) -- GP Circuit
Circuito da Guia (Macau, Macau) -- GP Circuit
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (Monterey(CA), USA) -- GP Circuit
Motorsport Arena Oschersleben (Oschersleben, Germany) -- A-Course; B-Course
Road America (Elkhart Lake(WI), USA) -- GP Circuit
Scandinavia Raceway (Anderstorp, Sweden) -- GP Circuit




W.I.P. RACE Pro - DLC List


Thanks to an early leaked Press Kit we know of 7 planned DLC packs of which two will be FREE while the remaining 5 will be premium. Also the latest EDGE magazine confirms as well 5 monthly DLC packs. Full content of those packs is not yet known but below you can see a list of what was revealed so far. It will be updated as soon as new info becomes available.



Cars:
Historic GT and Touring cars [source/EDGE magazine]




Tracks:
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Francorchamps, Belgium) -- GP Circuit [source/EDGE magazine]
Nürburgring (Nürburg, Germany) -- GP Circuit; Nordschleife; Endurance Layout [source/SimBin@GC'08]

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this is such great news !!! cant wait to snatch my copy up

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AWWWWWWWWWWW CRAP!

i thought i slept longer and hopefully woken up three weeks later so that i could download the demo for racepro..........ITS ONLY THE NEXT FRIKKIN DAY

sod it....i'm going back to bed,if my missus asks where i am just tell her i am sleeping and that the roast lamb is cooking in the stove

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T10 can take there time with making FORZA3.I don't have the time to play both

Race Pro has been delayed to January. Probably means demo is too.

january????aww man this delayed crap pisses me right off

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RACE Pro - Release Date Pushed Back, Demo Still On Track

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meh........incase you cant tell i am now sulking..........and kinda sleepy

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Raudi:

GC 2008: Race Pro demo will be available within three weeks

Magnus Ling, vice president of SimBin Studios, told to Eurogamer Portugal that within three weeks should be available for download, in Xbox Live, the demonstration of Race pro.

When roughly three months for missing the game be launched, the fans may well have a first contact with the game.



FULL ARTICLE

In the presentation of Race Pro for Xbox 360, the Vice President of Simbin Studios, Magnus Ling, told us that within three weeks should be available for download in Xbox Live, the demonstration of the game so that recreará any official championship world of tourism, the WTCC, among other major competitions. When roughly three months for missing the game be launched, the fans may well have a first contact with the game which will have exclusive circuits as the city of Boavista in the city of Porto, which was particularly demanding in construction.

3 weeks???

 

the Official Porsche 911 steering wheel coming to Xbox 360 from Fanatec is fully operational with forza 2.

* Multiplatform: Xbox 360 – PC – PlayStation® 3
* Backward compatible to existing games on the Xbox 360 – Almost all current racing games support the 6 Speed shifter, including Forza 2
* Wireless connection to Xbox 360 and wireless connection through RF dongle to PC and PlayStation 3 (new and improved technology)
* Compatible with standard pedals (with clutch), Clubsport pedals (metal), as well as pedals for Microsoft® wireless racing wheel and Logitech® G25 racing wheel

* 3 Force Feedback motors and smooth belt drive - deliver sensational realism
* Two gear sticks included: 6+1 Speed and sequential

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I just played what felt like a finished version of this game at the MPH show yesterday, and I was suitably impressed. It was a proper sim.

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Race Pro is developed by SIMBIN. It was due out November 08. But has now been delayed until late January Early February 09. Fortunatly a demo is going to be release on XBOX LIVE before the year is out (TRY BEFORE YOU BUY).

Race Pro will be a near copy of GTR EVOLUTION-PC using a completely new 100% improved graphics engine (LIZARD) compared to the pc counterpart.

Race Pro will offer us dynamic changable weather (yes that means wet weather) There will be car damage, Engine, brake and gearbox failures. Fuel stratagy will be a part of racing as will looking after your tyres.

Some neat features you will find will be Sound, not only do the Engines sound A++++ you will hear the gearbox whine and clunk you will be able to say that sounds like a V8-V12 you will also hear the car afterfire on the over run. When you run off the road you will hear debris hitting the underside of your car, you will hear your brakes squeeling under heavy braking and your tyres squeeling in pain when your pushing hard through turns.
When your following another car you will hear stones and rubber hitting your windscreen you will also be able to see the affect of the stones and rubber on your windscreen/helmet visor, and my favourite is the splatter of unfortunate insects on your window. You will be able to see there exhauset smoke and flames. In wet weather you will not only see the rain falling and the mist from other cars you will also see the affects of running watter on you windscreen/visor. In time this all builds up and you cant see very well, so its a good thing SIMBIN included windscreen wipers/tearoffs the latter being in limited amount. And you will have a full working cockpit view to play with, arms on the wheel and gearchange. You will see the feet work the clutch brake and accelerator and a (optional view simulating) turning bopping head following your steering axis and bouncing around due to g-forces.

There isnt much i can really say about the physics and handling of the cars but that they do put FORZA and GT5P to shame. The physics wont just be better it is better by a very long way, you will feel and see the bumps in the road, esspecially in braking zones where in real life they ripple up. You will also find yourself spining the car if you change to 1st gear under braking for a turn. But not much more i will say except you will need to try and be impressed by yourself.

Tracks: Unfortunatly the exact list of tracks has not been confirmed as yet. But there will be 13 down from 19 in GTREVO, fear not tho as the tracks given will contain varying layouts, wich will bring the total to about 30+ tracks. We also get 2 exclusive tracks that the PC does not, Road America and Laguna Seca. And i do believe we will be getting more tracks as DLC.

Cars. I am just going to do a list here. Of the series and the cars involved.

WTCC07 (all teams from 07)
BMW: 320si E90, 320i E46
CHEVROLET: Lacetti
SEAT: Leon
ALFA ROMEO: 156
HONDA: Accord R

WTCC06 (all teams from 06)
BMW: 320si E90, 320i E46
CHEVROLET: Lacetti
SEAT: Leon, Toledo Cupra
ALFA ROMEO: 156, 156 GTA
HONDA: Accord R
PEUGEOT: 407

WTCC87 (BMW/ALFA)
BMW: M3 E30
ALFA ROMEO: 75 Turbo

WTCC EXTREME (modified WTCC cars Fictonal with wide bodies and insane power)
BMW: 320w1 E90
SEAT: Leon Extreme
CHEVROLET: Lacetti Extreme
ALFA ROMEO: 156 Extreme

MINI CHALLENGE CUP (all equal parrity same power wieght etc Different liveries)
BMW MINI COOPER

FORMULA 3000 (all equal parrity same power wieght etc Different liveries)
Lola BT2/50

FORMULA BMW (all equal parrity same power wieght etc Different liveries)
FBMW FB02

CATERHAM (Numbers indicate power in HP)
CATERHAM: CSR200, CSR260, CSR 320

RADICAL (Numbers indicate power in HP)
RADICAL: SR3 205, SR3 230, SR3 252
RADICAL: SR4 195, SR4 205, SR4 252

GTP (Based on FIA GT1 cars with fictional liveries, 600hp +/- give or take depending on car)- THE CORVETTE C6R and ASTON are the leading cars.
CORVETTE: C6R, C5R
DODGE: VIPER GTSR
SALEEN: S7R
ASTON MARTIN: DB9R
KOENIGSEGG: CCGT
AUDI: R8 GT
LISTER: STORM GT
GUMPERT: APOLLO GT

GTS (Based on FIA GT2 cars with fictional liveries, 500hp +/- give or take depending on car) - The SPYKER and MARCOS are the leading cars.
SPYKER: C8
BMW: M3 GTR
SEAT: TOLEDO GT
MARCOS: MarcoRelly
MOSLER: MT900R
SUNRED: SR21
CORVETTE: C6 GT2

GTC (Based on FIA GT3 cars with fictional liveries, 550hp +/- give or take depending on car) - The ASTON and the DODGE are the leading cars
ASTON MARTIN: DBSR9
DODGE: VIPER CC
BMW: Z4 GTR
GILLET: VERTIGO STREIFF
SEAT: CUPRA GT

ROAD CARS (Based on the road cars duh!)
DODGE: VIPER SRT-10
GUMPERT: APOLLO
KOENIGSEGG: CCX
AUDI: R8

Quite possibly The STCC (Swedish touring car championship) will be future available DLC as it is a compatable GAME engine make.
And SIMBINS current game Project TOAD, wich is rumoured to be the BTCC.

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Quote Kanye West: Yo yo ima really happy for you and all, but Fairy Bread is the best bread of ALL TIME!

Jan. 27th http://www.atari.com/us/games/race_pro/xbox_360

 

Don't forget that the Gulf AMR DBR9 is in the game, not all of the GT liveries are fictional.

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Duffers999:

I just played what felt like a finished version of this game at the MPH show yesterday, and I was suitably impressed. It was a proper sim.

Duffers - I would love to here some more about your impressions of this game and some of the differences you noted from FM2 (good or bad)

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Let me have something to eat and I'll post up a comparison.

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Let me have something to eat and I'll post up a comparison.

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