Reiza Hints at the Future - rFactor 2 Engine to be used in 'Reiza 2018'?

Paul Jeffrey · May 31, 2018

Reiza Studios have released an interesting teaser on social media recently, hinting at "some exciting new things coming up on the horizon"..

Now to my eye this teaser image looks very much like a Reiza game using the rapidly improving rFactor 2 gMotor2 game engine, potentially hinting for the very first time that the upcoming and under development "Reiza 2018" project could be taking further advantage of the already close relationship between Reiza Studios original rFactor developers Image Space Incorporated.

Although purely speculation at this point, it is still rather refreshing to hear (or see) some news from Reiza Studios following wrapping of development of their Automobilista title, and this could well be the very first early signs of what's been going on behind the scenes of the well regarded Brazilian development team.

Now I'm only speculating that this is the rFactor 2 engine here, and frankly I could be well wide of the mark with this one... so I'll leave it to you to throw around your opinions in the comments section below!

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What do you make of the cryptic clue from Reiza? Looking forward to the new project? Let us know in the comments section below!

Amanda · May 31, 2018

Andy-R said:
I really hope they are porting the current cars as well

People asked Stefano the same thing. Shall I link his reply?

catacroken · May 31, 2018

Reiza take my money

ThatAudiFan · May 31, 2018

Javi288 said:
It may be a preview of the next Reiza simulator.

But we know that Automobilista still has one final surprise: They are waiting to launch a DLC with a new car brand.

Was this ever confirmed somewhere? I’m curious about this

Case_ · May 31, 2018

ThatAudiFan said:
Was this ever confirmed somewhere? I’m curious about this

It was mentioned countless times. The DLC was originally supposed to come out at the end of the year, but got delayed for some reason.

Brownninja97 · May 31, 2018

Personally I think the rf2 engine should be left to die. Its outstanding in what it does but it presented problem over problem for its developers and its still in a very messy state. Reiza proved they have the talent to overhaul an engine and I think they are ready to make one from scratch utilising the graphical fidelity of one of the available engines, their sales are so low that if they went with unreal they probably wouldnt even need to pay royalties.

None of the options is an easy way out in my opinion but I'm not convinced they have made the right one.

Andy-R · May 31, 2018

AmarildoJr said:
People asked Stefano the same thing. Shall I link his reply?

Why? This is AMS. I may have dreamt it but I think I read they would be keeping their current content for the next project so a reason to atleast keep my fingers crossed. Another reason is I know I like a few of the cars in AMS (70's stock cars, F Vee, the Copa Classic cars to name a few) and obviously my taste in sim cars are minority of a minority.
I completely understand and agree with Kunos' reasons for focusing on a single series but this approach doesn't bode well for me as I don't enjoy driving modern GT or LMP cars very much at all and they are very popular so I hope AMS are porting the current line up in their next game.

daceaki · May 31, 2018

I'm not sure if it's good news, I always find rF 2 drives a little strange compared to AMS.

Case_ · May 31, 2018

Brownninja97 said:
Personally I think the rf2 engine should be left to die. Its outstanding in what it does but it presented problem over problem for its developers and its still in a very messy state. Reiza proved they have the talent to overhaul an engine and I think they are ready to make one from scratch

I have to admit I don't really follow your logic. You would honestly rather have them completely ignore the existence of a very impressive engine that has been in active development for many years and basically just lacks some polish (the thing Reiza have proven they're incredibly good at), and instead have them build a brand new engine entirely from scratch, which undoubtedly would take many years (especially with a team that small, even if very talented)?

Building on top of a pre-existing foundation (and a very good one at that) makes infinitely more sense IMO.

Stepy · May 31, 2018

Be great if they could use Assetto Corsas` ol engine !

Amanda · May 31, 2018

Andy-R said:
Why? This is AMS. I may have dreamt it but I think I read they would be keeping their current content for the next project so a reason to atleast keep my fingers crossed. Another reason is I know I like a few of the cars in AMS (70's stock cars, F Vee, the Copa Classic cars to name a few) and obviously my taste in sim cars are minority of a minority.
I completely understand and agree with Kunos' reasons for focusing on a single series but this approach doesn't bode well for me as I don't enjoy driving modern GT or LMP cars very much at all and they are very popular so I hope AMS are porting the current line up in their next game.

It's about people expecting things for free. Unless, of course, you mean you want them to offer the same cars/quality on their next sim, but still charge for them; in which case it's totally fine. "Porting" doesn't necessarily mean "port the cars and don't charge for them".

Davide Nativo · May 31, 2018

The situation is a bit messy at the moment. We must remember in fact that Reiza bought the gMotor (1) engine, and that they have said in the past that their future game would use that as physics core engine. So, now, they decided to go with the gMotor2 engine, but just for graphics? The result would be a mix of the two, which then again, might be actually better since the gM2 physics engine proved to be quite a bit problematic.

All in all, we are bangin our heads over one blurry preview shot lads

let's try to not overthink it too much!

Jonny Austin · May 31, 2018

Great news.The only thing stopping me buying AMS is the dated look of the graphics.If they can put most of the great content into a new better looking game I would definitely buy.

Amanda · May 31, 2018

Stepy said:
Be great if they could use Assetto Corsas` ol engine !

What is it with the sim racing community that makes some want to use old and limited engines? Even Kunos has realized they need to move forwards from their past work

Andy-R · May 31, 2018

AmarildoJr said:
It's about people expecting things for free. Unless, of course, you mean you want them to offer the same cars/quality on their next sim, but still charge for them; in which case it's totally fine. "Porting" doesn't necessarily mean "port the cars and don't charge for them".

I'm not asking for anything for free. If it was a new engine, VR and the current content I would buy it even if they stated that they would not add any more content to the game but will just work to improve the software over time.

Maybe "ported" wasn't the right word to use. I meant if the new game has the cars and tracks from AMS... if that helps.

Amanda · May 31, 2018

Andy-R said:
I'm not asking for anything for free. If it was a new engine, VR and the current content I would buy it even if they stated that they would not add any more content to the game but will just work to improve the software over time.

Then that's fine

Luciano Santos Filho · May 31, 2018

Shad3R said:
By the way, the car in the photo looks like the metamoro ajr

Because... it is...
And yes, those cars in rf2 engine would be great

Amir Vodokotlic · May 31, 2018

Is this just final AMS dlc preview?

melanieuk · May 31, 2018

For [Beep] sake, yet another ISI motor engine powered title, that will feature fake dx 11 graphics, using old dated dx 7 and 8 shader model, with over bright white glowing bits, no chrome, metallic, rubber,or leather shaders, bringing nothing new to the table, when it comes to game play features, no I'm not talking about flag rules, racing rules or reverse grid.

Same content that was in their previous 3 titles, regurgitated into a engine that constantly gets patched up for Eight Years.
Where did I read that this new title would run on a modern graphics engine such as the Unreal 4 engine, yet they decide to use a engine that struggles to convince anyone that it is modern.

Games that use this engine are struggling on steam, why go this way, unless they don't have staff that are experienced enough to move to a modern graphics engine, this new title will only suffer the same fate as others that use this engine on steam, low player base, with no one to purchase any future dlc content, with licensed content that no one is interested in.

Did I read somewhere that even Brazilians don't play AMS.

muzikant · May 31, 2018

[QUOTE = "Robert Stanley, post: 2758565, lid: 6448"] tbh; zoals ik al eerder zei, zou het logisch zijn als Reiza en S397 samensmelten in een poging om beide sims in een competitief tempo naar voren te brengen of te consolideren om een volgende / huidige gen-titel te ontwikkelen. [/ QUOTE]

Yess treu! You were ahead of me