Sector3 Studios (formerly SimBin Studios) is a

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and

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founded in 2003 that develops

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for

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PC. The company has its headquarters in

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. The company originally started as a modding team for the

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game ''

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'', releasing a mod based on the 2002 season of the

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championship, Essentially the precursor to its first commercial game. The company has released ''

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'', ''

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 ...

'', a sequel to ''GTR Racing'' called ''

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'', all published by 10tacle as well as ''

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'' published by

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and ''

RACE 07 - The Official WTCC Game ''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 ...

'' which was the first SimBin game to include Formula cars. ''RACE 07'' has gone on to have seven expansion packs released for it: ''

GTR Evolution ''GTR Evolution'' is an expansion pack to '' Race 07'' developed by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios), published by Atari in Europe and Viva Media in the United States. It was released worldwide for digital download on Steam on September 1, ...

'', ''

STCC - The Game ''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 T ...

'', ''

Race On ''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 T ...

'', ''STCC The Game 2'', ''GT Power Expansion'', ''WTCC 2010'' and ''Retro Expansion''. Although the company mainly focuses on racing simulators for Windows, ''

Race Pro ''Race Pro'' is a sim racing video game developed by SimBin Studios (later Sector3 Studios) and published by Atari exclusively for Xbox 360. The game is described as having "ultra realistic car models" with cars ranging in power from to . The g ...

'' was developed for the

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console, published by

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and released in February 2009. In May 2009 SimBin released ''Volvo – The Game'' as a freeware for Windows. It included six cars, two racetracks and a time trial mode. Cars include the

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and

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. In 2012, SimBin released ''RaceRoom Racing Experience'', a new free to play game that connects fans of racing around a game, motorsports portal and online store. On September 1, 2014, SimBin Studios officially changed their name to Sector3 Studios, as part of a company restructuring. The name was changed primarily because the former was contractually tied to ''the'' location, and the team wanted to move to a more populous area.

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