GTRevival WMD Crowdfunding Delayed Until 2024

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GTRevival, Straight4 Studios’ first scheduled project, has delayed its WMD crowdfunding setup until 2024. The studio’s final newsletter of 2023 informed fans that patience was in order.

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GTRevival is one of the most highly anticipated sim titles in the community right now. Being worked on by the majority of the team behind GTR and GTR2, GTRevival aims to ‘Revive’ that feeling of immersion and passion so many got from the GTR franchise.

Ian Bell, the CEO of Straight4 Studios, is ever active on X and the development of the GTRevival project has been very public so far. The delay has a reason. Rather intriguingly, the newsletter states that “we can’t talk about it – yet”.


The project’s delayed crowdfunding is not necessarily a sign that there are issues, though. Delaying the opportunity to crowdfund money shows discipline and a level of calmness to the development that is hard to come by in the fast, cut-throat modern game development scene, especially considering titles like EA Sports WRC and Forza Motorsport feeling rushed out of the gate at their respective launch dates.

Plus, the phrasing in the newsletter hints at a positive reason for the delay – time will tell if that is true.

First Gameplay Trailer​

Progress has been shared recently, though. Earlier in December, Bell showed a gameplay trailer featuring a Ferrari 296 GT3. This first bit of footage of the game in action did not tell fans much but showed that there was more than just the screenshots that have been continuously coming from the Straight4 CEO.

If you haven’t seen the trailer yet, check out the video below and head over to our summary article here on OverTake.gg.


New to GTRevival? Check out our ‘Everything we know so far’ piece on Straight4’s GT project! Let us know your opinions on GTRevival over on X @OverTake_gg or in the comments below!
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Call me crazy but I might actual partake in the crowd funding. Some of those cars look faaaantastic...I just hope the physics aren't simcade.
I won't call you crazy, what you do with your wedge is up to you.
I'm thinking along the same lines, and if I invest and it bombs... well that's my lookout and I shall not complain, if it's good and does well and I get a higher return then I'll be even happier than someone that didn't back it! :)
 
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I was playing a game of WEC 2023 at Sebring last night, and it crossed my mind.
"What if none of the new Sims are this good? Assetto Corsa is old now and well, maybe this is as good as it gets."
 
I think there are ideas studios could try :ninja:

Sim with no real tracks, instead buy licence and conversion from modders.
Sim with one car and track as bug fix exercise.
More sims portraying particular series / era.
Less sims duplicating content.
100% offline sim no MP bugs to fix.
100% online sim no AI bugs to fix.
 
Crowdfunding. Ian Bell. Lol.

I'm too tired of the this now old scheme of developers asking for money just to end up paying for a game that never lives up to the initial promises and only end up being a half assed attempt to do something actually decent. Nowadays people are too burn out of crowdfunding campaigns that more often than not do not end up delivering. I still remember how Oculus owner betrayed his crowdfunders and sold the company and his soul to Facebook.
 
Oh, crowdfunding again? I knew something was missing from the formula. If Ian Bell knows how to do something right, is to build up hype with a few screenshots in order to take your money before you get a less than promised product. I'll pass this time, like I passed on the last 3 as well. What would've been a confidence booster in my book is if Bell would've secured all the needed funds through other means, for once. This only says that banks don't trust him either, so it's up the tested and true: hopeful simmers.
 
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I actually have my fingers crossed for this one, ONLY because of the Group C and 90's GT1 content, which hopefully will be the major focus of the sim. Note to Ian Bell: nobody cares about GT3 content, we already have enough GT3 and you ain't gonna be able to do it better than it's already been done. Group C and GT1 or GTFO.
And to all the haters posting on every GTRevival article... show me on the doll where Ian Bell touched you :rolleyes:
If you don't trust him, don't give him your money, simple. Crowdfunding is always a risk, just like pre-ordering. If you're dumb enough to pay for an unfinished product, you deserve to potentially lose your money, change my mind.
 
Yay, do it again, Ian :sleep:...

I'm curious to see how long the "demanding" league drivers and...
This time MP will remain as pioneers in the Beta WMD Forum.
I've been there since PCars1.

Through massive attacks from developers and single-player junkies, who are scream mostly just looking for content, Content Content and good borimg AI (almost like in AMS2 ;-) ) and fulfill all suggestions, demands and expectations that relate to a contemporary and league-ready MP Be massively dismissive and dislike!

I'm sure I won't survive there for too long, but I'll have a great performance again... I promise!

I ask for no more and no less than with every new project of the last 10 years...

Graphics like at least GT7 or AMS2, at least MP like rFactor2, ACC and iRacing as well as physics and FFB like ACC, AMS2 and rFactor2. That can't be too much to expect in 2024, can it? ;-)

I don't really care about the content, I'll drive anything as long as the sim has the best MP the market has to offer and looks contemporary.

PS: Sorry for the bad English translation:Thumbs up:
 
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