Pro Cycling Manager 2012 - here's the new features!
We're just a little less than five months away from the release of Pro Cycling Manager 2012, and all we have about the upcoming game is a screenshot from December which may or may not show PCM12 - well, it's time to change that.
PCM.daily have interviewed the developers of the game and can now reveal the main new features of Pro Cycling Manager 2012. The game is still very much work in progress, though, so the info is not as detailed as it will hopefully be later in the process.
That being said - feel free to Read More to find out what to expect from the next version of our favourite game.
Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico are nearly upon us, which means the start of our Fantasy Cycling season using the Velogames.com website. There's some interesting changes to the system this year:
No points are given for final classification placings anymore - it's all about stage performances
Each team gets 12 transfers to use throughout the race. So mid-race tactics is increasingly important!
No longer are riders categorised in groups such as team leaders, sprinters, forcing you to pick a certain amount from each group - your selection is now completely up to you.
Otherwise the system is the same - you still have 100 points to spend on 9 riders.
The deadline for entering the Paris-Nice game is Midday GMT tomorrow, while you have a few more days for Tirreno-Adriatico. The PCMdaily league code for the website is 01075739. And you can read more information about it in CountArach's threads for Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.
You can also place your bets on who will win Paris-Nice on our betting system. Alejandro Valverde and Tony Martin have the lowest odds (excluding Another Rider), will you go for them, or take more of a risk?
Update at 00:54: Files have been updated, so they now contain a database file that fixes a minor (but somewhat annoying) Tour Down Under bug. Torrents have been "reset" in terms of seeders/leechers and thus probably won't be fast during the night. I will be seeding again in the morning.
After a few months of hard work, especially by a certain core of people (you know who you are), it's time to finally release the final version (at least for now) of PCM.daily's 2012 DB.
A lot of you have already tried out the Public Beta, but to recap, the 2012 DB contains 83 fully updated teams. 54 of these have 2012 graphics. We also included 2012 photos for 50 teams, and 27 races have their 2012 profiles - this includes the Tour de France (with the exception of five stages), the Giro d'Italia and plenty of other major events. The full feature list can be found here.
You know the drill by now - the smallest download (Public Beta to V1 Update) is available now. Another update (Expansion Pack to 2012 V1 Update) will be available shortly while the complete 2012 DB V1 won't be available until tomorrow. Links here.
Seeing there's an increasing amount of questions regarding the final version of PCM.daily's 2012 DB, here's a quick update:
We're currently making the last few changes and adding some tid-bits of graphics. The final tests will be done tomorrow, and if they are succesful, the database can be released.
However, it should be noted that I will be spending a fair bit of the day outside of home which can make it necessary to delay the release to Monday.
We're exactly a month into 2012, and here at PCM.daily we're marking that one the release of the Public Beta version of PCM.daily's 2012 DB.
The package contains 83 teams which all have been updated with the latest transfers. 46 of these teams have 2012 graphics like shirts, transferts and logos. There's also a bunch of races with their 2012 routes, including the Giro and the World Championship - unfortunately, both the Tour and Vuelta are still yet to be done by the community.
Don't forget that this is a Public Beta. The final version of V1 will probably be released mid-February. If you find any bugs, please report them here.
Lastly, the downloads. When writing this, only a Pre-Beta to Public Beta Update is available, but be sure to check out this thread which we will keep updated as more links and mirrors become available.
