Today, (or probably yesterday), Reiza Studios, developers of the criminally underrated Game Stock Car Extreme, announced their crowdfunding campaign on IndieGoGo. The video alone previews some crazy new content coming to the fantastic Brazilian-centric racing sim, including but not limited to:
This news comes right after crowdfunding for Project CARS 2 was announced, and although rumors of Reiza resorting to crowdfunding in order to finish up the unlicensed V8 Supercars DLC were rapidly circulating, nobody knew how far they were willing to take this new business model.
With rFactor 2 stuck in development hell, Game Stock Car Extreme is seen as the true successor to rFactor and is increasing in popularity with each passing week. After my time spent in RaceDepartment’s V8 Stock Car League, it’s safe to say that I’m eagerly anticipating the new selection of content, and will pursue a spot in whatever serious leagues open up. And I think it’s the right call for Reiza to go down this route. The entire list of planned DLC is epic and covers a broad range of worldwide motorsports series that will flesh out what’s currently a very good but very South American-oriented racing sim.
If these guys are doing our Aussie V8 Supercars, then I know it’s going to be done right. They will be getting my donation.
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They’re also a developer with integrity. Can’t say the same about SMS…
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OT Question: Why is Fanatec a sponsor of PRC?
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Chris applied for the Fanatec affiliate program as a joke and they accepted us.
Neither of us even use Fanatec wheels.
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Can you guarantee that it will in no way affect the direction of PRC articles? In particular ones involving Fanatec?
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Well Chris has already shat on Fanatec’s customer support, so there’s that:
https://pretendracecars.net/2015/03/28/810-podcast-episode-3-march-27th-2015/
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>Chris applied for the Fanatec affiliate program as a joke and they accepted us.
Then do yourself a favor and apply for an affiliate with J-List, too. Given you James post on /ovg/ a lot, how many times you have seen J-List’s occasionally lewd ads?
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“…a very good but very South American-oriented racing sim.”
I love it. So refreshing to have so many new (to a non South American) cars and tracks to learn. Seems like every sim out nowadays goes for bog standard GT3s and F1 tracks. I’m getting burnt out on lapping Audi R8s at Silverstone…
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Why they chosen IndieGoGo instead of Kickstarter? One answer: because with IndieGoGo you can keep all the money, even if the project will not be done in the end, while with KickStarter, if you don’t accomplish it, you are obligated to refund everyone.
IndieGoGo is the platform used by too many scammers (nor that they are scammers of course), but this is definitively not the right way to start.
I would give them money on KS, no project on IndieGoGo will ever see a cent from me.
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On the flipside, at least they say that if they don’t meet their goal, they’ll continue to try and push out as much as they can with the funding available. I’m just happy with a proper V8 Supercar sim is coming, everything else is a bonus. I mean, who would have thought BRCar would get Stadium Super Trucks?
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So in 4 months we’ll see the blog posts here how they are shit?
Dx12..? and 78k? …should I shallow this thing? All fine, let’s give them a chance (nor the money), I’ll check in some months where they will be.
I won’t comment anymore until then.
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Well, lets put it this way:
Before pcars, SMS made shift 2.
Before asking for some crowdfunding, reiza has made GSCE.
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Kickstarter for a company in brazil?
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How is what Reiza are asking for any different to a Kickstarter for a company in the USA, UK, NZ, Africa or the moon? I don’t understand these types of comments, as if where you are from is full of saintly business types…
An indie developers wants to raise $78K USD in 30 days after supporting their product with free & high quality updates for ages. Pity Reiza put physics and FFB and ahead of graphics as I’m sure the mindless twats who still suckle at Ian Bell’s teat have raised more money in a couple of hours than what Reiza would like after 30 days.
Funny how consumers wonder why they get fucked in the arse so often when they choose utter cunts like SMS to support over developers like Reiza.
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Haha…love your name and so true. This is now one of the few good places to come for sim News to get the truth. Also it’s nice to be able to speak as an adult without a douchebag nazi moderator treating us like children.
SMS and PC1 are a pile of dung stinking up the clusters on my hard drive. Think it’s time to clear that trash once and for all.
I wonder if they will even honor the ROI for us wmd members so I can get my cash back? Of fuck it…who cares and good riddance.
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Sorry, it was in reference to “Why they chosen IndieGoGo instead of Kickstarter?”. I’m wondering if it is possible for a Brazilian company to actually start a Kickstarter campaign. Seems it is not.
“Project creation is currently available to individuals in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Austria, Belgium, Switzerland, and Luxembourg who meet the requirements below.”
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All good anon. Apologies if my response was terse as I thought it was a dig at Reiza. So far people are pledging just under $100 per pledge.
No post on virtualr aka the SMS news channel as yet.
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Let`s see how many hours will take for VR to post these news… 4 hours in and nothing so far… wonder if SMS is fearing of losing 78k for true sim racing developers? lol
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The ‘owner’ of VirtualR must run his posts by his boss, Ian Bell, prior to posting them. Got to give a few more hours devotion to SMS stories before adding anything to do with Reiza or anyone else otherwise Ian will have an apoplectic fit.
Why people still visit VirtualR is beyond me; this blog along with BSimracing covers enough stories.
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They did fabulous things with existing ISIMotor engine, it will be interesting to see what they will be able to achieve now that they have its source code available
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