Well, well, well. A Public Beta with bugs? How surprising ;)

Unfortunately, I left in a small test in the database file which means that you can't use Spanish riders. I can imagine how that would be a problem for some people... :P

Although I generally won't release "temporary" fixes (I'd rather save them for the final version), this one is quite problematic, so here's the PCM.daily Expansion Pack V0.51 - downloadable here.

I'm aware of the robotic rider-thingy, but that won't be fixed today.

After lots and lots of hard work it's time to release the 1st version of PCM.daily's Expansion Pack for Pro Cycling Manager 2011 - which is also our first release for PCM11 in general.

We revealed the features a few days ago, and although we did add a few extra things since then, it's largely the same: 80 teams, 27 new races, lots of corrected stages for the existing races and changing race routes for 13 races. Equipment-wise - well, we started almost from scratch, and we're still far from the amount of equipment we had in PCM10. Many teams use random equipment, just a few use their exact equipment. That being said, it's a good start, thanks to guys like felix_29, ANFreeman, KenL, BoogieBoogie, Bikefreak and Petacchi 94.

Anyway -- keep in mind that this is V0.5 (Public Beta). The database is stable (tested and working for at least one season), yet there may be some bugs that we've overlooked and that you can hopefully find. On Sunday the 31st, we'll release the V1 with the edits that have been suggested by you.

Download? You have the choice between Multiupload.com (in several parts) or a torrent (one part). For the latter, you have to use a download tool such as uTorrent. No matter what you choose, the file is an .exe - a self-installation file. Open it, follow the guide and make sure to pick the correct installation folder.

Torrent
Multiupload: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

17:30: File is being uploaded. Should be online soonish.

We're still on track for a "before the end of the Tour de France"-release of the PCM.daily DB, and today, we've decided to reveal the feature list and list of teams. It's not the final feature list, but on the other hand we don't expect to add a whole lot of new stuff.

In short, the PCM.daily DB will feature 80 teams, 27 new races and several variants (changing routes) for some the largest races. We're not including the usual US and British teams due to lack of PCM11 races, but we expect to add them in an add-on later on.

Stages-wise, we have decided only to use stages made especially for PCM11. This means that we have fewer new races compared to the DBs for PCM10, but on the other hand, there's no AI issues (in PCM10 stages, the AI teams won't know when to bring their leaders forward, which means that AI team leaders will often be caught behind).

We'll be updating you with more info and perhaps a few screenshots over the next couple of days, so stay tuned.

The PCM.Daily track league continues this week as we see 2 more games played.

The first game is on Thursday 21st July at 8pm UK time.

The second game is on Sunday 24th July at 8:30pm UK time.

After these games the first ranking will be released and players can see where they are ranked. However the league continues in August and throughout the lifetime of the Pro Cycling Manager 2011 game.

Those who play plenty of online play on Pro Cycling Manager 2011, specifically track cycling, will be pleased to know that the track ladder ranking system is now working properly - for Keirin and Scratch races at least!

We have been able to play ladder games since the game was released, and while appearing on the ladder system, no rankings were provided - but this has now appeared, and it does include all the games that have previously been played.

Of course the problem of the track ladder from previous still remains though, as while winning helps, playing constantly, regardless of results, is also a good method of moving up the rankings!