Automobilista: New Tracks Coming - New Game Annoucement "Soon"

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Reiza Studios have some exciting news to share...


Somehow the little Brazilian development studio have managed to announce even more awesomeness in their latest roadmap release - confirming that the surprise (and epic) addition of Donington Park and Snetterton for Automobilista in the near future, some updates and additional content for the recent rFactor 2 'Reiza Pack' DLC and... confirming an announcement about the next racing title is very close indeed...

Hello everyone!

Time to break radio silence again to bring you some fresh news about what´s happening with Reiza and our projects over recent weeks and for the foreseeable future.

Reiza rFactor 2 Bundle - May Update
As previously announced, we´ve continued development of the rF2 content this month focusing primarily on development of the two additional Imola versions - the 1988 and 2001 layouts, which will be added free of charge to all who bought the Imola track or any pack that included it.

Below a couple of WIP previews - now the rF2 Mclarens will have some era-accurate official tracks to stretch their legs on..


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There´s also been some work done elsewhere in the pack with further polishing and sorting a few remaining issues - more notably we have added the missing wet tire compound for the MCR S2000 and we are working on adding the turbo model to the Metalmoro cars that feature it.

With the possible exception of the turbos, these updates are due for release later next week.

Automobilista Final Update & DLC
Unfortunately are still struggling a bit to get this one worked out. Without going too far into licensing specifics, here´s a brief breakdown of where things stand at the moment:

Although we have for a while now held a licensing deal for some new cars for our next sim and already have them modelled and in-game, we jumped the gun with regards to extending their license agreement to Automobilista - despite continuing attempts we still haven´t quite managed to make the numbers work and it´s looking unlikely we will manage to, which may force us to pull the plug on releasing this particular pack in Automobilista.

If that scenario pans out however we have put together a good alternative - we are extending our licensing agreement with Motorsport Vision to include Donington Park and Snetterton, and in this one we would be able to release both tracks for Automobilista as part of the AMS Season Pack with no extra charge for those who already own that.

Development for both Donington and Snetterton is already in progress, and we should have them both ready by late July.

I understand such changes are never a good thing specially for something that was announced so long ago, hopefully most users agree this alternative is good value too.

Either way we are set on releasing one last set of premium content for Automobilista along with some minor bug fixing before the end of July.

There is one more thing...
Naturally most of you will be checking this more interested in hearing news about our much anticipated and long overdue new title.... I´m aware we have pushed everyone´s patience to the limit there but good things do come for those who wait :)


After a long, gruelling and sometimes painful conception we´re finally getting ready to unveil our new baby. Stay tuned for an announcement to be made in the coming days on our Social Media pages, which you can access from the links on the top right of this forum.

Once this is out of the way we should certainly have a lot more to chat about again, so look forward to us resuming our monthly update tradition from next month onwards!


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OK now you've got me interested in their new title, IF this is the case / leak.
Otherwise I'm not willing to support them if they continue to use the old dated ISI graphics engine.

Those screenshots looks like the Amazon lumberyard graphics engine, a graphics engine that I think looks better than the Assetto Corsa 1 graphics engine, correction I know.

Watch The Gran Tour game for examples of how the lumberyard can look realistic, ignore the game play and the motion blur, underneath is a almost photo realistic graphics engine.

No one thinks they are still going to use the old graphics engine. The entire point of all the discussion is which graphics engine will they be switching to? And what implications does that have for the rest of the sim, because we don't want to lose or go backwards from what is already there in terms of everything except the graphics.
 
No one thinks they are still going to use the old graphics engine. The entire point of all the discussion is which graphics engine will they be switching to? And what implications does that have for the rest of the sim, because we don't want to lose or go backwards from what is already there in terms of everything except the graphics.

Ok Marc it's just that they have been using it for Years, and I'm finding it hard to imagine them switching to something other than a updated isi graphics engine.

I have posted Three gran tour the game video footage on another website, and I honestly think it would be the better choice for them, its a modern free to use graphics engine.
TGT game uses the ISI rFactor 2 physics engine, the weather effects, vegitation foliage, wet puddles on track, snow, shadows, shaders and the lighting system in the Lumberyard graphics engine looks great, as I said photo realistic in some cases.
 
Right, so with some keen investigative looks, I have spotted:

Aston Martin V12 Vantage GT3 (around 41secs in)
what looks like a Ginetta G55 GT3 (same still)
I can hear a Mercedes AMG GT3 around 42secs in

Also, performance seems to be a wee bit sluggish (but don't know settings, computer etc)
 

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