One month before the release, the folks over at Cyanide (or more likely the publisher, Focus) have decided to reveal a few more screenshots of the upcoming PC game, Pro Cycling Manager 2012.

And while the 3D screenshots are as "predictable" (in lack of a better word) as always, one screenshots does stand out: one showing the new season planner which should make it easier to plan your riders' season race programs without external tools.

You can find all the new screenshots right here.

There's just over a month until Pro Cycling Manager 12 will be released. And those living in UK can already pre-order the game on the Amazon & Play.com websites.

The price has been set at £26.30 and will certainly go down even further with few months if you decide to wait. Play.com also have released the game even cheaper, available only for £19.99 and that's a bargain to grab. There's no picture of the cover on the Amazon wesbsite too, so we can possibly again expect an all British cover diffrent to the one from the international version in the coming days to the release.

There's no info about the new features of the game on the website or any requirements though.

Admittedly, we haven't been too communicative about the release of the 2nd version of our 2012 DB.

But - well, here it is! In short, we have been working on adding more of the same. This means that while the number of teams and races are basically unchanged, there's plenty of 2012 stuff to get from this.

Obviously, stats and rosters have been updated. But you will also find lots of extras - new jerseys, new accessories, a lot of new equipment, even more 2012 stage profiles, several new variants and more.

Also, thanks to TankNL, cancelled races are now finally gone from the DB, races have been moved to their correct dates, and race participation has been improved in general.

Before skipping to the download links, give lluuiiggii some praise. While there hasn't been a formal announcement, he has officially taken over the leadership of the PCM.daily databases. This is his first release, and he's done an excellent job updating the V1 - that's for sure.

Anyway - you can get the V2 Public Beta Update here. Please note that the V1 is required to use the V2 Public Beta.

Please report any bugs that you find in this thread.

The Public Beta session is set to last a week, meaning we're aiming for a final V2 by the end of next week. This will be the last release for PCM11 before we change focus to PCM12.

Yesterday, Cyanide arranged a fanday in the company's headquarter in Paris where fans could get a chance to come and try out the upcoming Pro Cycling Manager 2012.

Thankfully it seems that the participators have been allowed to share some details from the day, and photos from the event have surfaced on Cyanide's Facebook account - one revealing the new race interface that has been mentioned by the team in previous interview (see below).

One forum member mentions that the calendar has been changed. You now have to plan your season earlier - e.g. registering riders to races - and as we already knew, it's possible to do recon on stages. It's also mentioned that the stage profiles now look more like the ones we know from Tour de France graphics/design wise. Minor change, but pretty cool.

A few race changes are also mentioned. For example, you can ask a rider to try to maintain a certain position in the peloton, e.g. you can ask Cavendish to place himself at around the 20th position. It's also possible to monitor the distance between to riders - handy feature if you are in yellow and want to keep a close eye on your rivals.

As expected, PCMFrance has published the 2nd part of its interview with Aitor Roda, the lead designer of Tour de France, Cyanide's console game for XBOX and Playstation.

There's not a whole lot of new details, but it is mentioned that the game has "more licenses than ever" (I'd assume that this also counts for PCM for PC).

As expected, stages are still played in sections rather than full length - according to Aitor Roda due to the consoles not being strong enough - but it's said that there will be more playable sections per stage than in last year's game.

The game is titled Tour de France for a reason - no other races than that one will be available. Cyanide do hope, though, that they can release Paris-Nice as an extra add-on "during the Tour".

Release is expected to be at the start of the Tour de France, Aitor Roda says.

You can read the 2nd part of the interview in French at PCMFrance.