AUTOMOBILISTA Motorsports Simulator is coming to Steam on Q1 2016

[Renato Simioni]

Successor of Stock Car Extreme, new racing simulator by Reiza Studios will be free to all current owners of SCE

AUTOMOBILISTA puts you in the driving seat of an advanced racing simulator to deliver a uniquely diverse motorsports experience!

As the natural successor to Reiza Studios´ previous title - the highly regarded Stock Car Extreme, originally released in 2013 - AUTOMOBILISTA continues to simulate premium Brazilian racing series such as Stock Car V8, Copa Petrobras de Marcas, Formula 3 Brasil and Mitsubishi Lancer Cup, now packing every car and every track from their respective 2015 championships.

Beyond the brazilian core, AUTOMOBILISTA is extensively complemented with one of the most diverse selections or racing vehicles to be found in a racing game: only in AUTOMOBILISTA will you be able to jump from a rental kart to a 800-HP F1 car; from drifting a Rallycross Evo X to jumping ramps in a Supertruck; from mastering the driving basics in a Formula Vee to managing a full 24h race in an endurance prototype; back and forth through time with historical and modern content including a sample from several decades of Grand Prix racing - all of this and much more within a few mouse clicks. Thoroughly researched and cohesively developed for maximum simulation accuracy, AUTOMOBILISTA captures the fun only motorsports in its various forms can provide.

In addition to the content already present in Stock Car Extreme - all of which comprehensively upgraded - AUTOMOBILISTA turns it up to a new level by adding all the new cars & tracks proposed in the SimRacing Bonanza crowdfunding campaign, new simulation features such as dynamic track conditions, advanced transmission and tire modelling, substantial upgrades to physics, graphics & audio, new game modes and much more!

SPECIAL OFFER - AUTOMOBILISTA free to everyone who owns Stock Car Extreme on Steam by January 5th!

AUTOMOBILISTA is an evolution of the project presented by Reiza´s successful crowdfunding campaign in July 2015. Originally proposed as an extensive free update to Stock Car Extreme, AMS has grown further to become a completely independent release from SCE - it will however remain free to everyone who bought Stock Car Extreme up until January 5th 2016.

Therefore if you already own SCE on Steam, AUTOMOBILISTA will become immediately available to you upon release!

SCE owners who have not yet activated their copy of Stock Car Extreme on Steam should do so before January 5th 2016 by retrieving their Stock Car Extreme Steam key here, and activating it on Steam. It is not necessary to install SCE on Steam - just have it activated there to ensure your free copy of AMS. This will have no effect on your SCE installation outside Steam, where serial numbers will remain functional (owners who had previously made the switch also have had their NonSteam Serial Numbers reactivated).

Upon launch, AUTOMOBILISTA will sell for US$ 39.99 so for those who don´t yet own Stock Car Extreme, this is a special opportunity to get both SCE now and simultaneously ensure a free copy of AUTOMOBILISTA - all for the current price of Stock Car Extreme (currently selling for the special Steam holiday price of US$ 22.49 / R$ 89.99). This special offer is available only until 5th January 2016, as from January 6th 2016 onwards buying Stock Car Extreme will no longer warrant a free copy of AUTOMOBILISTA.

AUTOMOBILISTA - Motorsports Simulator will be released exclusively on the Steam platform during Q1 2016.
Further information as it becomes available on www.game-automobilista.com

A few in-game screenies:

 

[Will Mazeo]

Why not a second hand gpu upgrade? :O

That's what I tell everyone that is on a tight budget. Second hand GPU/CPU can do wonders.

 

[demerzel]

But no, Seriously It's a FIVE years old gpu.
You can literary find a NEW 740 for 100$ then how much is a used 740?
And the 740 is 2x more powerfull than the 540.
A lot gamers throw out gpu yearly...

Even if he say he has no money. But seriously you can't save 100$ within 5 years?

I'm curious what Óscar Melero, Think about it.
And by no means I want to offend him and others like him.

 

[Paul Bennett]

As it's turned into a GPU fight read the post on page 5
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The new sim looks stunning. However, I'm not too sure about how Automobilista would run in not so powerful PC rigs (I'm not running a powerful PC (unable to run Project Cars due to weak video card)). I understand a couple of members stated that the minimum/recommended requirements should most likely be similar to SCE (I have the specs to run SCE). But considering the upgraded graphics and the screenshots of the game I've seen, it looks like I would need a powerful PC (which I don't really have) to run the game.

Renato said,
There is no significant performance loss or change in minimum / recommended specs relative to SCE, with AMS being what it is, that has been one of the guidelines we have adhered to. Some might even experience a minor performance boost.

 

[Will Mazeo]

Trying ot find the "fight"...

 

[Óscar Melero]

But no, Seriously It's a FIVE years old gpu.
You can literary find a NEW 740 for 100$ then how much is a used 740?
And the 740 is 2x more powerfull than the 540.
A lot gamers throw out gpu yearly...

Even if he say he has no money. But seriously you can't save 100$ within 5 years?

I'm curious what Óscar Melero, Think about it.
And by no means I want to offend him and others like him.

I'm not ofended of you, I'm ofended of people who try to find a fight in this discussion. It is just a friendly talk between people.

I guess I've never thought about getting a second-hand one. It scares me that it could be damaged or overused in some form but I guess it's a luck factor...

And I am already saving for a GTX 750ti (if not, a GTX 650/GTX660)

 

[Will Mazeo]

I'm not ofended of you, I'm ofended of people who try to find a fight in this discussion. It is just a friendly talk between people.

I guess I've never thought about getting a second-hand one. It scares me that it could be damaged or overused in some form but I guess it's a luck factor...

And I am already saving for a GTX 750ti (if not, a GTX 650/GTX660)

Depends where you live. Here in Brazil we have a site people sell used and new stuff, they get ratings and reputation, so if you buy from people with good reputation it's likely the product is good too.
If you are going to buy a new or used one try to check for AMD cards for the same price of the Nvidias you want to buy, in some cases you may find some very good price x performance with them compared to Nvidia. I'd seriously consider an HD 7850 in this case (which I own and it's awesome, I can run rF2 with 40 cars from URD mod with it, and it's the version with 1gb :O if you can find the one with 2gb it'd be great)

 

[muzarati]

But there does seem to be some debate over whether it's the GPU or CPU that takes the hit when it comes to shadows?

 

[Kevin Knorpp]

Regarding HW requirements, I've purchased multiple cards for next-get sims only to realize that I keep wasting my money buying hardware for unfinished sims which offer less than my old sims. I'm done with that and won't spend another dime until sims are both finished and offer more than my old sims do. This will likely be years out by the looks of things and by then mid-range HW will trounce today's most expensive cards.

 

[fortyfivekev]

...I'm done with that and won't spend another dime until sims are both finished and offer more than my old sims do...

It should be obvious that simracing is a niche area so outside of the Forza/GT world developers cannot afford to fund the creation of a entire sim without getting any income. Things like Early Access also have their benefits to users. Everyone who bought Dirt Rally in early access and gave feedback to the developer means we now have a much better sim than if Codemasters had just cranked out another rubbish Dirt game.

If everyone had your attitude all we would get is more mass market stuff like Forza/GT forever which I am guessing is not what you want?

 

[Will Mazeo]

It should be obvious that simracing is a niche area so outside of the Forza/GT world developers cannot afford to fund the creation of a entire sim without getting any income. Things like Early Access also have their benefits to users. Everyone who bought Dirt Rally in early access and gave feedback to the developer means we now have a much better sim than if Codemasters had just cranked out another rubbish Dirt game.

If everyone had your attitude all we would get is more mass market stuff like Forza/GT forever which I am guessing is not what you want?

They did it in the past....

 

[bgil66]

there's a blizzard coming here in the USA and I want my Automobilista hehehe

 

[Luis Filipe Almeida]

I own Stock Car Extreme since April / May 2015 through Steam (my first online race with it was on May 15th, 2015) and when retrieving the Steam key says my e-mail is not valid!

 

[LacSlyer]

They did it in the past....

There's too many factors to simply say that because developers were capable of creating a successful sim racing product on a minimal budget in the past that it's more than possible now. Times do change.

 

[Will Mazeo]

There's too many factors to simply say that because developers were capable of creating a successful sim racing product on a minimal budget in the past that it's more than possible now. Times do change.

You should watch the whole gaming industry in the past years, just saying.

 

[LacSlyer]

You should watch the whole gaming industry in the past years, just saying.

I do actually follow it. What's your point?

 

[Will Mazeo]

I do actually follow it. What's your point?

Looks like you didn't pay attention enough to see how they changed and why. So never mind... this is waste of time, they'll continue in the way they chose anyway.

 

[LacSlyer]

Looks like you didn't pay attention enough to see how they changed and why. So never mind... this is waste of time, they'll continue in the way they chose anyway.

No need to be rude. If you don't want to have this conversation that's fine, but there's no need to be passive aggressive just because someone doesn't understand your point.

 

[Will Mazeo]

No need to be rude. If you don't want to have this conversation that's fine, but there's no need to be passive aggressive just because someone doesn't understand your point.

lol I'm not being rude

 

[jlnprssnr]

I own Stock Car Extreme since April / May 2015 through Steam (my first online race with it was on May 15th, 2015) and when retrieving the Steam key says my e-mail is not valid!

You don't have to do anything if you already own it on Steam. Automobilista will just appear in your library.

 

[Guijss]

Hi there. I got into sim racing really recently (couple weeks ago, after i was able to purchase a wheel from a second hand store), and a friend of mine told me to get stock car extreme. I love the game so far and i have been having tons of fun. The issue is that i purchased the game on january 15th 2016, and just yesterday i found out about the automobilista update. I am wondering if exceptions can be made. I am really bummed out that i missed the deadline without even knowing about it.