Simbin Studios is a company located in Sweden and it is focused on developing racing simulators for PC and recently for XBOX 360. GTR Evolution is not the sequel to GTR series but an add-on for RACE 07 - Official WTCC Game which adds beside the WTCC Championship also GT car models and the Nordschleife track also known as "Green Hell". Although we had the bundle package at our disposal, I decided in the next few paragraphs to talk only about the additional content, and not about the entire package. If you want to know more about the WTCC Championship including in the game please refer to our review about RACE 07 - Official WTCC Game.

Formerly SimBin games were concentrated on a single Championship type in general due to licensing problems. But with Evolution they combine all the licenses they have acquired along their history bringing altogether the WTCC, GT FIA, single manufacturer championships (Catterham, Radical, BMW formula, Mini), and also some road sport cars (Audi R8, Koenigsegg, Gumpert Apollo, Dodge Viper). But the most important addition is the new cars class called WTCC Extreme. This is for the first time when SimBin includes completely fictional cars based on the WTCC cars along with their liveries. So the fictional cars look totally realistic and their physics based on rear-wheel traction and 600 hp engines might give the organizers of WTCC new ideas. Unfortunately you will get only four models for this class with only the official liveries which is not enough for a full online racing session.

Going back to the GT classes, SimBin brings you most of the official manufacturers with their cars, but with fictional liveries and three fictional championships. Two big manufacturers are missing: Porsche and Ferrarri due to licensing problems. The only true official package is included in the WTCC class, but no private teams are available.

Fictional or not, the classes are well balanced meaning that you can reach same lap times with different cars based on realistic and unique physics. This means not that all the cars are handling the same. In contrary, the differences between them are huge, everyone forcing you to use another style of driving. But while a car has a power deficit, it certainly balances the situation by having a much better handling behavior. On a medium-length track the Mosler can be much more effective than the Corvette C6 GT2, which at the same time can be much more reliable on fast tracks. These cause the online races to be much more competitive and eliminates situations in which the players choose only a specific car just because it's the best.