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Simraceway Receives $5m New Funding

by admin on February 10, 2012

Following the successful launches of our game public beta and groundbreaking SRW-S1 Steering Wheel, Simraceway’s creators, Ignite Game Technologies, were last week provided with an extra $5 million of funding, taking the total raised to date to $17.5 million.

This is great news for everyone associated with the project and we’re very grateful to our investors, both old and new, whose foresight and support have been instrumental in helping us bring our vision of reinventing the racing game to life.

However, we’d also like to thank you, our users, as without you Simraceway would just be a bunch of 000’s and 111’s sitting in a server somewhere. You bring Simraceway to life. Your racing, your support and, critically, your fervent feedback are making it one of the most welcoming and lively places to race online.

Click here to find out more about our plans for Simraceway.

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Simon Says—A Lap Around Mid-Ohio with the Track Record Holder

by admin on January 5, 2012

“I have the all-time track record at Mid-Ohio—I think it was a 1:03:7.” It was at this point of my conversation with IndyCar, sportscar, Aussie V8 and rally driver extraordinaire, Simon Pagenaud, that I fell off my chair.

The 27-year-old Indianapolis-based Frenchman loves to go fast and in the last 12 months he has taken every available opportunity to prove it. Pagenaud has driven for the factory Peugeot squad in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup, he’s been ‘super sub’ in the IndyCar Series, he’s been a factory Honda driver in the Continental Tire Series for touring cars and he’s even found time to rally a Citroen C2!

That blistering lap time at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course was set in a 2007 Champ Car (above) described simply by Pagenaud as “fantastic” with a “combination of power and grip that made that track layout really fun.”

Click here to find out how to master the Mid-Ohio.

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Simraceway Public Beta Launches

by admin on November 29, 2011

We’re thrilled to announce that today sees the launch of the Simraceway public beta. As with any beta, it’s important to emphasize that we’re not rolling out a shiny, finished game at this point. Instead, we’re asking for your help as we chart a new and exciting course for the racing game genre.

We’ve set a high bar for ourselves and we know it won’t be easy. If it was, someone else would have done it by now! However in the four years we’ve spent considering what it will take to shake up the racing game, uniting the entire racing audience—from players of titles like Forza and Gran Turismo to hard-core sim racers to real-world professional drivers—with a single title, we have reached one simple conclusion: software is only part of the equation. An holistic approach, which looks at every aspect of the experience, is required.

Here’s a brief summary of the traditional racing game issues and the ways in which we are intending to tackle them. For more detail, click the link below.

Racing Game Problems

  • Disc size places a ceiling on potential of “packaged good” games.
  • Annual production cycles result in content that is outdated at launch.
  • “Choice” of expensive, complex steering wheels or limiting joypads.
  • Poor Skill matching produces race after race without any true competition.
Simraceway Solutions

  • Download-only game not constrained by the limitations of discs.
  • Online platform producing continually updated feature, physics and content updates.
  • Team of pro drivers and real-world racing facility constantly updating game.
  • Comprehensive collection of licenses allows players to purchase individual content.
  • High performance, low cost racing controller shares joy of real racing with more players.
  • New skill-matching tool ensures highly-competitive races every time.

Click here to find out more.

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Simraceway Announces Landmark Agreement with McLaren

by admin on November 1, 2011

Simraceway has become the first game in history to secure the licenses for McLaren’s entire portfolio of road and race cars, including all the manufacturer’s Formula One cars.

Click here to find out more from the official press release.

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Welcome to the Simraceway Beta — the Dawn of a New Racing World!

by admin on May 12, 2011

So to start with…WELCOME!

We are delighted to have you on board for our pre-beta evaluation! Before you jump in though, please take a moment to read the below notes that will help get you up-and-racing as quickly as possible.

Please also be aware that we’ll be making updates and adjustments daily, so be sure to regularly check back here and on our Facebook page for the latest developments.

Happy racing!

The Simraceway team


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