'Volvo - The Game' Makes its Debut
Volvo - The Game is a new racing game developed by SimBin Studios and Volvo Cars, where the player will be able to feel what it is like to drive a Volvo on a real race track. Volvo - The Game is an exciting new challenge for everyone who enjoys racing games. It features all of Volvo’s racing legends over the years and also introduces a new star: the Volvo S60 Concept. Just download the game, select your favourite Volvo and test your skills on one of the two highly authentic tracks.
In Volvo - The Game, the player can feel what it is like to drive a Volvo on a real race track. It’s 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.
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.
The two tracks are the 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.
All time high with Volvo - The Game
Two days after the game was released on May 26, more than 1,200 were already competing. The competition is set up as two independent races: The first between 26 May and 9 June, 2009, on the Gothenburg Eco Drive Arena, Sweden matching the STCC race the coming weekend on the real race track where 'Volvo - The Game' can be taken for a test drive in simulators from SimBin. The second competition will run between 10 and 24 June, 2009, on the Chayka race track. The player competes with the S60 Concept Car in the competitions and after each lap the player's score will show as well as the position. The number of laps a player can drive is unlimited and some 40 people have so far been running more than 100 laps individually.