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!


AMS fans rejoice! We have a dedicated Automobilista sub forum here at RaceDepartment, and it has plenty to offer you so head on over! You want mods, we have mods! You want racing events, then come sign up! You want news? You got news! You want free money? Me too, let me know where you find it..

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That's why I respect and buy Reiza products. So far the AMS has improved. They continue to improve the rF2 package. They seek and have managed to get close to perfection within the limitations of their respective platforms. There are companies that sell gold deliver tin and do not improve the product.
 
Wasting limited dev time, resources on building new tracks for an "expired" title ? For the 10 people that'll do a couple of laps and then leave it ? Have to respect them staying true to their promises, but this is quite an inefficient investment at this point in time, imo.
 
Wasting limited dev time, resources on building new tracks for an "expired" title ? For the 10 people that'll do a couple of laps and then leave it ? Have to respect them staying true to their promises, but this is quite an inefficient investment at this point in time, imo.

99% of the graphics work will be transferable to their new title. Same as everything they did for rF2 pack. They are not idiots.
 
Oh boy...just at the moment i thought: well, that was Reiza, thank you for AMS and rF2 DLC i read "coming soon".
And i have read it too much lately. On steam games that have the "coming soon" text for over two years...
So thanks for the message Reiza but i would like to ask you to only wake me up when you actually release a game. Anyways....you still are my beloved dev team:inlove:
 
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Whoa, Is it 2017 already? Finally. :D

Jokes aside, really looking forward to tomorrow's announcement judging from their twitter post. DCS announcing their F-16 Viper module and now this news from Reiza. Noice. My body is poised and ready.
 
Oh boy...just at the moment i thought: well, that was Reiza, thank you for AMS and rF2 DLC i read "coming soon".
And i have read it too much lately. On steam games that have the "coming soon" text for over two years...
So thanks for the message Reiza but i would like to ask you to only wake me up when you actually release a game. Anyways....you still are my beloved dev team:inlove:

Hopefully they have waited to announce the details until after they knew enough about how and whether they work well. Much smarter than giving half information months ago.
 
Personally, I kind of hope they state up front which engine(s) they decided on. There’s always going to be a segment that won’t be happy with whatever their choice is. I’d just assume those people air their grievances and get it out of their system well before anything is actually released. That would hopefully keep the inevitable “why did they…” chatter to a minimum when the first release or two is put in our hands.
 

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