''RaceRoom Racing Experience'' is a

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for Microsoft Windows, developed by

Sector3 Studios Sector3 Studios (formerly SimBin Studios) is a Swedish video game developer and publisher founded in 2003 that develops racing simulators for Windows PC. The company has its headquarters in Lidköping. The company originally started as a modding ...

, (formerly known as SimBin Studios) and published by RaceRoom Entertainment AG. Their aim is to provide an authentic racing experience through detailed car and track models as well as realistic car behaviour and sounds. The game provides a selection of free-to-play race cars and tracks to drive in multiplayer and single player games modes. Sponsored competitions and other free-to-play events allow users to use premium game content at no cost.

Gameplay

''RaceRoom'' offers many different game modes such as Multiplayer Races, Custom Championships, Single Races against AI, Practice, Leaderboard Challenges and Online Competitions. The simulation also includes an online portal that keeps track of player statistics and leaderboard entries that serve as a platform for the players' activities. The sim also support Virtual Reality through

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Development

According to Sector3's Christopher Speed, ''RaceRoom'' is created and maintained by 10-11 people. Since its release on February 12, 2013, ''RaceRoom'' has been updated regularly with new features and content and has received significant improvements in all departments. ''RaceRoom'' is built utilising

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's isiMotor2 racing simulation game engine. Unlike prior SimBin & Sector3 Studio releases, ''RaceRoom'' uses its own proprietary RendR graphics engine which is capable of different times of day, features commonly used post-processing effects and has native support for rain (rain is not featured in Raceroom though). ''RaceRoom'' also features a custom audio engine and is often cited as the benchmark sounding racing simulation on PC. In a March 2016 interview with '' Inside Sim Racing'', Sector 3's Jean-François Chardon stated the original ISI code remaining in ''RaceRoom'' is "less than 20 percent". In March 2016 Christopher Speed posted a thread on the official Sector3 Studios forums titled 'In response to the so-called 'leak'... that a 'very small team investigating and evaluating newer technologies for the future'. Christopher Speed included an in-game screenshot of R3E running on Unreal Engine of a BMW Z4 GT3 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps. In a February 2017 interview with racing simulation website Race Department, Christopher Speed announced ''RaceRoom'' would be replacing the RendR graphics engine with

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4 with RaceRoom's conversion to Unreal Engine 4 to be aided by a partnership with SimBin Studios UK who are utilising Unreal Engine 4 for ''GTR 3''.

works with real racecar drivers, using feedback from Bruno Spengler,

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, and Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky to fettle the simulation aspects of R3E such as vehicle physics and tyre modelling. Telemetry data derived from global partners such as DTM, WTCC, ADAC GT Masters and KW Suspensions is also used to further develop the physics model of the cars. The sim was used by the

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for their 2020 Esports series due to the season being postponed because of the

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Vehicles

There are 252 fully licensed cars available from 46 manufacturers, spanning from

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, GT cars,

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, GTO,

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, 4th generation Group 5 cars, sportcars, hillclimb and historic classes. In March 2022, it was announced that RaceRoom would be adding a new car pack, to emulate the 2021 DTM Championship. New car models introduced with the pack include the Ferrari 488 GT3 EVO 2020 and the McLaren 720S GT3

Tracks

The ''R3E'' track roster includes 60 tracks from all across the globe, including the entire DTM and ADAC GT Masters calendar, hillclimb tracks and a laser-scanned Nürburgring-Nordschleife. The total number of track layouts is 129.

Reception

Eurogamer reviewed ''RaceRoom'' in 2014 and called it "the best racing game you've never heard of".

References

External links

* {{Sector3 Studios games 2013 video games Free-to-play video games Racing simulators Video games developed in Sweden Windows games Windows-only games