''Race'' is a

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based on the

World Touring Car Championship The FIA World Touring Car Championship was an international touring car championship promoted by Eurosport Events and sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). It has had several different incarnations, including a sin ...

released in November

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. The game was developed and published by SimBin Studios (later

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 ...

), who had earlier produced critically acclaimed racing simulators like '' GTR'' and ''

GT Legends ''GT Legends'' is a sports car racing simulator for the PC developed by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios) and published by 10tacle Publishing. It is based on the 2005 FIA Historic Racing Championships for GTC and TC cars of the 1960s and 19 ...

'', and distributed by

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in Europe and by

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across their

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network. The first expansion pack, ''

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Expansion'' was released in June

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featuring new cars and tracks. The game features almost all drivers and all of the teams and tracks from the

2006 World Touring Car Championship season The 2006 World Touring Car Championship season was the third season of FIA World Touring Car Championship motor racing. It featured a ten event, twenty race series which commenced on 2 April 2006 and ended on 19 November. The series was open to ...

. It was followed by a sequel in 2007, named ''

Race 07 ''Race 07'' is a racing simulator computer game from SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios). The game is the sequel to the 2006 title ''Race – The Official WTCC Game''. Like the original ''Race'', the title is officially licensed by the World To ...

''.

Reception

GameSpot reviewed the game stating: "Simbin follows up its ''GTR 2'' success with another great PC racing sim, this time set in the World Touring Car series".Race - The Official WTCC Game PC review
/ref> They also awarded the game a score of 8.8 (Great).

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