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First details of Pro Cycling Manager '11
Pro Cycling Manager 2011

The Cyanide Team has been pretty silent since they released the last patch for PCM10 a couple of months ago. I'm glad to announce that they are in fact still alive and working on this year's version of the game, Pro Cycling Manager 2011.

While they didn't have time for a 'proper' interview with lots of new information, we did manage to get a couple of interesting PCM11-improvements out of them:

1. Teams can get new head sponsors, including new team names and jerseys. So no more Team RadioShack in 2020 - in PCM11, RadioShack can pull its sponsorship, and the team can get a new sponsor with a new jersey.

2. Riders magically passing through each other? I'm sure most of us have learned to live with this, but we won't have to in PCM11 - it's gone! It can happen very rarely, Cyanide says, but other than that, no.

3. Another AI-thing - and compared to the other two points, this is quite minor, I guess - there will be a noticeable difference in the bunch depending on the pace. "When the pace is high you can see the peloton being more and more stretched, while it's a big large pack when the pace is cool," Clément Pinget. member of the PCM development team, explains.

He also assures that the sprint AI/gameplay is one of the highest priorities for PCM11, and that there will be several other interesting "surprises" that are yet to be revealed.
· CrueTrue on January 18 2011 · 69 Comments · 15535 Reads ·Print
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#1 | the_hoyle on 18. January 2011 18:27
sounds interesting! especially the loss of sponsor and kit. going to be fun how they do this
#2 | SuperKid on 18. January 2011 18:31
I really think that they are gonna fail the sponsor thing, but i REALLY hope that they pull it off.
#3 | Christer on 18. January 2011 18:33
If it works the way it's supposed to work: AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!
#4 | 0buKKaKe on 18. January 2011 18:35
they will screw it like almost every year, i dont belive a single word anymore to them. if there is not community, taking care about the game and the gameplay i would bury this game after 2006 edition, because its just "half-made" product year after year. shame on you cyanide. and all this have and always had a single, simple solution: LISTEN AND COOPERATE WITH THE COMMUNITY INSTEAD OF IGNORING THEM AND FIGHTING AGAINST THEM !!! like every other game developers do. im done here, howg!
#5 | Lachi on 18. January 2011 18:54
Obukkake, all PCM games are playable and enjoyable. If they don't please you, then go away (without leaving any other useless posts)
#6 | roturn on 18. January 2011 18:56
I also think that the first 2 are good changes. Not 100% sure how it is supposed to work later, but sounds quite good so far.
#7 | SportingNonsense on 18. January 2011 19:00
0buKKaKe, although you might not like to admit it, the game has come forward in a lot of ways since PCM06
#8 | doddy13 on 18. January 2011 19:23
umm.. so instead of Radioshack in 2020 what will we see? Made up companies?
I really want that to work though.
#9 | roger_94 on 18. January 2011 19:31
doddy: that's why we have databases Grin
#10 | Jonathan on 18. January 2011 19:52
The last point is the most important. I hope they can finally manage not to create an 'elastic' peloton. But I'm still sceptical: cyanide is quite good in making nice promises, but when the game is released, the improvements are always halfwork. Banana
#11 | Waghlon on 18. January 2011 19:55
I love it. Plain love it. I just hope that we wont go through the AI hell of PCM2010.
#12 | pangare on 18. January 2011 19:59
same bullshit all over again
#13 | fenian_1234 on 18. January 2011 20:15
Like the sound of 'solid' riders.

Anyone know why AI would be a priority for this version? Pfft (Sarcastic smiley)
#14 | CrueTrue on 18. January 2011 20:22
#8 I don't know, but probably yes.

My guess is that it can be modified in the DB, so you can add 'future teams' there along with jersey folders.
#15 | Tuco the Ugly on 18. January 2011 21:06
Sounds promising. We can only wait and see.
#16 | baia on 18. January 2011 21:30
I don´t know....if this is going to work,i´ll make another kid..
#17 | valverde321 on 18. January 2011 21:55
Im buying it. I dont care but with my upgraded or brand new computer by that time it should be good.

Probably means the interface or atleast managerial side of the game will be different.

Although it could go very wrong like the transfer system.
#18 | FreitasPCM on 18. January 2011 22:12
That sounds promising!!! Smile
#19 | EintrachtFan on 18. January 2011 22:28
The 2nd point is a point that bothered me for like the whole series! I'm sceptical if this will work, especially in online games?! But still it would be sooo great if it works correctly. Yet, i do hope there are more features than that.

Although i'm a bit with 0buKKake: The communication/cooperation with the community is still something to improve.
#20 | nbgoldin on 19. January 2011 00:25
Sounds good, but this isn't so much to work with over a whole year, i'm guessing they airbrush the rest of the game as well, fix bugs, improve graphics +++
All those 3 improvements are things i'd love to have in PCM Smile
#21 | Blink182 on 19. January 2011 01:08
sounds interesting!Banana
#22 | valverde321 on 19. January 2011 03:40
@#20:
Oh yeah the graphics really need improving.
#23 | SportingNonsense on 19. January 2011 08:13
I really hope they dont improve graphics to be honest. Theyve done it enough over the past years, and it diverts it attention from what really matters about the game - the gameplay!
#24 | kumazan on 19. January 2011 08:25
Yeah, the graphics are good enough. It's the AI and the managerial side of the game which need improvement.
#25 | ltt on 19. January 2011 10:33
The managerial mode needs major work, and hopefully the sponsors thing is just the start of what they've done to it.
#26 | marble on 19. January 2011 11:53
I'm wondering if there is a kind of link between the new sponsor thing and the previous sponsors country. I mean, it would seem weird if Euskaltel got a new sponsor from Russia and all the riders would still be Basque. What about whole new teams and teams being shut down. That could be a pain but also interesting, especially a new team. I assume teams shutting down would probably just be a pain, but if a sponsor contacted you asking you if you wanted to create a whole new top level team. I'm the kind of manager that sticks around with one team though so I don't think the sponsor update will affect me a whole lot, I don't mind how it is today. Playing with teams I have no real knowledge about name-wise or rider-wise (in this case, a sponsorname that isn't a real team) isn't as much fun imo.

Other than that, AI improvements are always awesome news, the more realisitc, the better.
#27 | SportingNonsense on 19. January 2011 11:58
I think thats the potential big problem, marple. Transfers arent always realistic in terms of nationality - even using the setting meant to mean only to hire riders from 1 country, doesnt work - so will they be able to fix this in terms of new sponsors and nationalities?
#28 | wnahas on 19. January 2011 13:14
I really hope that there will be a be a pro function !!!! Pfft
#29 | tango1st on 19. January 2011 14:36
Sounds great. Hope the new sponsors will have some requirements like obligate 6 rider of sponsors nation.
#30 | OlegTinkov on 19. January 2011 15:54
1. Teams new head sponsors, stupid idea, it will mean I have to edit it back every year.
2. Riders not passing through each other, nice but didn't bother me much.
3. Shape of bunch depending on the pace, as far as I know this already happens (especially when the roads of a stage have the correct widths)

I just hope they will stop their quest of seeking small new features, and start fixing the errors of PCM10, cus basically only the cobbles races without steephills are working properly right now (until the sprint starts)
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