Simbin sve vise ucvrscuje svoje prisusutvo i snagu u svetu simulacija voznji. Nakon sto je pre samo mesec dana produzio licencu za FIA GT seriju, Simbin je danas objavio da je otkupio sva prava na produkciju i objavljivanje simulacija prestizne WTCC serije, World Touring Car Championship-a, jedne od samo tri serije koje FIA organizuje na svetskom nivou, pored Formule 1 i WRC-a.
Simbin i dve organizacije koje stoje izad WTCC serije, Eurosport i KCO, postigli su sporazum o licenciranju koji obuhvata 4 sezone, od 2005. do 2008. na vise platformi.
Evo i izjava glavnih aktera nakon potpisivanja sporazuma:
– Henrink Roos, predsednik Simbin-a i bivsi profesionalni vozac: "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. 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."
– Jaques Behar, predsednik kompanije KSO i jedan od rukovodilaca Eurosport-a: "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."
– Tomas Karlsson, rukovoldilac Simbin-a: "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."
Znaci, nakon vrhunskih simulacija FIA-GT sampionata koje smo imali prilike da vozimo, mozemo vrlo uskoro ocekivati i simulaciju WTCC sampionata od istih autora, WTCC-a koji je ipak, moramo priznati, popularniji od FIA-GT sampionata. Cinjenica da ce to raditi bas Simbin obecava verovatno najbolje sto je moguce ostvariti na danasnjem stepenu tehnologije. Buducnost simulacija voznji na PC-u danas izgleda jos svetlije i svi ljubitelji istih mogu se nadati najboljem.
Mnogi ce se, siguran sam, setiti koliko je uzivanje bilo voziti ETCC mod za F1 Challenge i koliko taj tip automobila i takmicenja obezbedjuje vrhunski uzitak. Oni koji nisu iskusili dobri stari ETCC mod sigurno se secaju poneke vrhunski zanimljive ETCC/WTCC trke koju su gledali na Eurosport-u tokom prethodnih godina, voznje na braniku i nepostedne borbe do poslednje sekunde izmedju BMW-a, Alfa Romea a u poslednje vreme i SEAT-a i Chevrolet-a !
Da podsetim da je Blimey! Games, Simbin-ova "radna snaga" ili "kreativna strana", navodio vec neko vreme na svom sajtu projekat pod tajnovitim nazivom "Falcon". Sada mozemo predpostaviti sta ce "Falcon" ustvari biti…
Henrink Roos i Jacque Behar
Eh ovo ce da bude pun pogodak. Prva zvanicna simulacija touring sampionata nakon TOCA 1 i 2, koje su u to vreme barem malo licile na simulacije. Posto ce WTCC(ili kako se vec bude zvao) da bude plod iskusta sa GTR 1 i 2 mislim da ce se raditi o zaista odlicnoj voznji.