SimBin Announces Volvo The Game is Available for Free Download Today

May 26, 2009

SimBin
Announces ‘Volvo – The Game’ is Available for
Free Download Today

Volvo – The Game from SimBin is being released today and features not only
the very latest
S60 Concept but also a blast from the past with some rare and iconic racing
legends.
Just download the game and make your car selection among the historic beasts
like
the 240 Turbo Group A next to the very latest Volvo cars like the C30 and S60
Concept and
test your driving skills on the two included real world circuits.

One person who definitely will play Volvo – The Game is Swedish racing star
Robert Dahlgren. He has achieved immense
success for Volvo in STCC – the Swedish Touring Car Championship – since 2004
and is currently competing in a Volvo C30.
Like many other professional race drivers, Robert Dahlgren uses virtual racing
games to practice between real life races.
Playing racing games helps me train my ability to concentrate and to maintain my
level
of concentration over many laps,” says Robert Dahlgren.

Volvo – The Game features six different cars and the race is run on two
authentically reproduced racing tracks.
The six racing cars are the stars. The lead roles are played by the Volvo S60
Concept, the Volvo C30 that is currently competing
in the STCC, the previous Volvo S60 that also competed in the STCC, the Volvo
S40 that notched up many notable successes in
the BTCC (the British Touring Car Championship), the Volvo 850– the estate car
that became a legend in the BTCC – and finally
a true racing classic from the past, a Volvo 240 Turbo Group A.

Gothenburg Eco Drive Arena in Göteborg, Sweden and Chayka outside Kiev in the
Ukraine.
Volvo – The Game is the only virtual racing game in the world to feature the
Ukrainian racing track.


Click here to download
Volvo: The Game.

In order to recreate the older cars’ interiors as authentically as possible,
SimBin’s art team visited the Volvo Museum to study
the former racing legends. “In terms of audio quality we’re also remarkably
close to reality. One example is the S40.
For that car we pulled one of the race cars out of hibernation last autumn and
gave it a thorough full-speed workout,
recording the engine sound straight from the racing track,” explains Magnus Ling
Executive Vice President at SimBin.

The two racing tracks have been reproduced with faithful detail and immense
precision. It takes about 1000 hours to create a
virtual racing track. Even the kerbs alongside the track have to be of exactly
the right height.
Many of the people playing the game are experts – and they are very particular
about the tiniest details.

Robert Dahlgren is convinced that his own Volvo C30 will be the best car in
the game. But he will of course be testing them all,
and one of the contenders seems to be exerting a particular attraction. “How
cool is it going to be to race the Volvo 240 on
the Gothenburg track! When I was growing up, all my friends were driving 240’s.
But not me. I was out competing.
Now I finally get the chance,” says an eager Robert Dahlgren.

The goal from SimBin and Volvo is to reach out to a broader public than usual
for simulation type games.
This approach to the development means anyone can have fun with it and for more
serious gamers and racers there is still plenty
of challenge to be found in the game’s many advanced features,.

For the most authentic feel, Volvo – The Game should be played with a
steering wheel and pedals connected to the computer.
However, it is also possible to operate the car via the PC’s keyboard or with a
game-pad.
The game offers a choice of skill levels: "novice” with all the driver
assistance technology activated such as ABS brakes,
"semi-pro", and finally "pro" where there is no assistance whatsoever.
It is possible to select the Volvo of your choice, compete against your own best
times and have the track all to yourself.
Or you can compete against up to eleven computer-controlled competitors. There
are several alternative settings for graphics and sound.
For instance, the star, the Volvo S60 Concept, will be available in two versions
– ”natural” and racing.

Get the game today and start shaving off the tenths from your lap times to
stay ahead.