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RACE 07: Official WTCC Game
Released On: Oct 9, 2007
7.7
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 84 User Ratings
7.7
75% Positive
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
11% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
14% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 84 User Ratings
7.7
75% Positive
63 Ratings
63 Ratings
11% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
14% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
SimBin took everything they had in previous games and made it better: better UI, better overall feel of the cars (although I don't really have a hardcore setup so not so sure on that), they even managed to squeeze just a bit more out of the gMotor. Truly incredible. I might be a bit biased because of touring cars, but this game really is a masterpiece
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[Posted December 8, 2013]
Race’07 is simply a must to any real sim racer’s library. It is quite simply the best touring car experience out there. I've put hundreds of hours into this sim, most of which doing competitive league and championship racing at ****. The features and details this sim has to offer, especially at the time of its release, were second to none. Comprehensive tire model, very rich setup with (most) cars responding very well to the setup changes, best FWD touring car or similar experience to date, windscreen and visor bug splats/mud with helmets having tear-offs, lots of good add-ons (particularly Retro Expansion!) which gave a variety of cars and more tracks such as the entire Green Hell and a barrage of GT1 - GT3 content with the GTREvo expansion.
The GT car physics are sub-par, I'll be honest. GTR2 was much better for these and GTRE fails to exploit the same GT experience. The formula cars are kind of a hit and miss. You really need to dive into the setup to get these feeling correctly, but the FMaster and FRR are really fun when you do. Unfortunately the Formula cars in this game use GT car brakes! Grand Prix length events with the FRR, even with full brake duct and lower pressure, will overheat and destroy the brakes. Because they overheat at 600C like the GT brakes, instead of overheating at the F1 range of 1000C, which they can easily reach with higher ambient temperature and heavy brake-load circuits. Unfortunately having my brakes fail in two Grands Prix cost me a very prestigious drivers championship at R2P so I remain bitter about that flaw.
But all-in-all the setup depth and complexity and telemetry coming off the car, the amount of cars and the detail put into the individual physics for each (even model-by-model in classes!) is amazing, the detail of the tracks including the bumps and undulations of the surface make driving a F1 or GT1 car on the edge in league racing incredibly intense, and just.. yeah. It's a sim, not an arcade game. If you take the time to learn how to setup each car, push yourself to be consistent and drive it like a sim - drive it like you would a real car - setup your FFB to really feel the front suspension weight transfers this is a driving sim experience like no other!
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[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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I dont normally put a 10 on anything. But after all the expansions. cars to choose from, tracks in the vanilla game and expansions PLUS DLC and MODS aswell. I seriously cant fault this game. There's some teething issues with crashing here and there. Its annoying sometimes. But it's mostly been fixed up.
I love sim racing games. Ive played DIRT, GRID, Toca 3(its up there with the best, Codemasters havent made a game as good as TOCA 3, since). Grand Turismo. F1 games. Rfactor. I think this is my favourite. Has great replays so I can watch a FULL race if I want. I can make it as easy or as hard as I want and just enjoy myself and the driving , just feels right , more than others. I cant fault it, accept for a few crashes. If you want an awesome racing sim, that you can play out whole tournaments and seasons in many different cars and tracks, then Race 07 PLUS expansions and a few mods, is all you pretty much need. The graphics are perfectly fine even for 2016 to.
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Summary Real Cars. Real Racing. 300 Cars on 32 Tracks. Thats what it's all about in RACE 07. Enjoy 9 different racing classes, each with its own distinctive character. From the prestigious World Touring Car Championship to the insance speed of the F3000 class. These are just a few of the many cars and the classes featured in this ultimate rac...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Oct 9, 2007
Developer:
- SimBin
Publisher: Viva Media
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