 "It was eleven more than necessary." - Jacques Anquetil
First Tour de France 2015 News
Cyanides console Tour de France series might not be the most popular game of theirs but to us it matters. superider2010 came across the first pieces of game related news this week. As yet unconfirmed early signs show the game will be available on PS3, PS4 and X1 (note the absence of an X360 at this time) from 17th June. Currently the information is only available from panvision.com but it's time to start keeping eyes open.
Big Brother Is Watching Us
Not some Orwellian nightmare but the return of the game hosted by jseadog1. Sign-ups are still very much open to take part in Season 2 of the game. Changes have been made to speed up the game and it looks promising. The podium finishers of Season 1 are back along with a host of other regular, and non-regular, game players. It will certainly be interesting to watch even if you don't want to take part. Check out the thread here.
Man-Game Madness
The ProTour has headed to the Tour of Northern Europe, a race misxed with hills, cobbles, time trials and sprints. A winner has to be a true all-rounder. Three days in and Marcus Burghardt leads for Lotto-Australia Post by a healthy margin, but this race loves to mess things around! The promotion fight is muted but this race is key for those battling relegation.
The Candian double-header was this week. Quebec gather the best PCT talent and Carlos Betancourt winning for FCB. Montreal was for the best CT talent and this time Kirill Pozdnyakov of Ameriabank came away with the win. We also witnessed Mikhail Ignatiev claiming a comfortable Tour of Britain victory for Metinvest as well.
Story Game Summary
EPIC kick started it's season in Gabon. Heimdal Haag of NetApp defended an early breakaway lead to claim a surprise GC victory. Fan favorite Delfi Cervero managed an impressive 4th place on GC, while neo-pro Weschenbach claimed 5th and the Points jersey for Sky. Next up is a stacked San Luis and a high level Tour Down Under.
ICL also began it's Season 2 this week! Kwiatkowski and Gazprom jumo out to an early Rankings lead after a strong January. Cataldo and Saeco lead the CT division, whilst Bauhaus and FC Porto lead the Development league. Very early days though and plenty of racing to go.
Thread of the Week
Spoiled for choices this week. Qatar has kept the Other Races Thread somewhat busy, along with the other early season events. Malaysia/China races keep the rFactor league buzzing over. There's also been an increase in DB and Stage threads/activity this week with various new projects and updates coming out. My Thread of the Week goes to the PCM Spain Graphic Pack by MARSUPILAMI. The collection of 249 jersey packs might not be the busiest thread but the effort and convenience has to be rewarded! |
