fAfter an exciting week with the first screenshots of the track mode, the official trailer and the world's first review of PCM08 in the 1st edition edition of PCM Monthly, it's definitely difficult to follow up on such a week in these Weekly News. I'll do my best, though ;)
New TRACK trailer out! Latest news -- a trailer showing track races has been released. I just got an e-mail about it, so go here and check it out!
PCM08 Review in the Articles section For those who are yet to read the Pro Cycling Manager 2008 review, it's now also available from our Articles section. You can read and comment it here. Later on, some of the other articles from PCM Monthly will be available in non-graphic versions in the Articles section. I'd advice you, though, to read the actual magazine. It's definitely worth it. Look in this news item for more information.
German / English Cycling Evolution Website opens The world's first "real" fansite for the upcoming Cycling Evolution game has been opened. It's made by the PCM Graphic Artist, Eintrachtfan, along with his friend Nero, known from the PPDB Forums. The site is available in both German and English for the time being, and can be accessed through this link: http://www.revo-world.de.vu/
Good luck :)
PCM.daily Awards 07/08 coming up In the hidden Moderator Forum, we're currently planning the PCM.daily Awards 2007-2008, honouring the members here at PCM.daily and some of the PCM World's best talents. The crew decides the nominees, but if you feel one really deserves to be nominated, feel free to send a Private Message to me. The following categories will be in the awards: Member of the Year, Most Helpful Member, New Member of the Year (for members registered after the 20th of June 2007), Best Cycling Photo, Funniest Screenshot, Best Avatar, Best Story, Best Story Writer. Best Database, Best Database Team, Best Jersey Designer, Best Graphic Designer, Best Download, Best Fansite.
Lots of new Cycling Photos The admins here at this site have been busy accepting all the photos which have been sent to us. Wyman uploades more than 100 photos (as far as I remember?) from the Kromplatz ITT, Giro 2008, and Sven210884 has uploaded all his pictures from the Tour de France Prologue from 2007 in London. They are certainly all worth of taking a look at, so head over to Cycling Photos section and have a peak.
PCM Monthly Issue #1 - first ever review of PCM08!
PCM.daily's monthly magazine, PCM Monthly, made primarily by site member Smoothie, has now been released in its first issue! In the magazine, you will find lots of features, but this issue's main article is the world's first review of Pro Cycling Manager 2008 - yes, that's right - a World Exclusive review which goes through the main parts of the game, Is PCM08 any good? Well, check out the magazine and find out. Other than that, you will find race reports from the Giro 'd Italia, rider diaries of members from this site, the latest news of PCM.daily, columns and lots of other stuff. It's an interesting read, so check this month's PCM Monthly out now.
PCM Assistance, a French website, has published an interview revealing more news and information about the upcoming Pro Cycling Manager 2008. They have met up with three employees of Cyanide, and this is the first part of the interview, this time with Eyolfur, beta tester of the game. Here's the main points of the interview:
- The form and fitness things have been changed, meaning that riders won't be worn out too early in the season. It should suit both fitness freaks and those who just like playing without paying too much attention to the fitness. To be precise, there will now be training programs. For example, you can choose a Tour de France fitness program, making the rider in top form for the race. You can alos design your own fitness programs
- The potential and scouting system has been changed. You will now have to pay more attention to get the best talents. For example, there are races with youngsters which you need to look at, the scouts need to be good - for example, some scouts can be too enthusiastic about a rider. Also, there will be varying progression in the experience. Some riders will have late progression, others will become good as young riders whereas others will have totally random progression.
- Transfers haven't changed much, but the teams will now orientate more towards nationality. If a team has a Russian team leader, they will try to get a Russian helper for him. Also, some teams have secondary markets, and they will therefore try to get riders from the countries of these markets.
- There will be an easy to use Database Editor which can edit the most simple things. You can also export datas to Excel.
In PCM07, the very beloved feature "One texture pr. rider" was removed. Because of that, it was impossible to have different back numbers for the riders, you couldn't make individual faces for each rider - in general, it put a limit on the creativity from the graphic artists. Cyanide never explained why they removed it, and the first screenshots of PCM08 indicated that the feature wouldn't make its return to the game. However, the very latest screenshots are more positive for the artists. In the Rider Asking For Water-screenshot you can clearly see that the riders wear different back numbers, and that gives us hope towards seeing the feature in the game again. However, on another screenshot from today, the Gas Station-screenshot, the riders wear the same number.
So, in conclusion, we can't know for sure if the feature is back, but one screenshot does give us hope ;)
Focus and Cyanide have sent yet another screenshot of the track cycling, but this time with the interface included, meaning that you'll get an idea of how it all works. We've also included some other screenshots, for example one from PCMScandinavia where you can see the devil running alongside a CSC-rider wearing the polka dots ;) So, as I've said before, make sure to check back on our PCM 08 Screenshot Album often. It's constantly updated with new screenshots ;)
Update: As said, "constantly updated". Several new screenshots are up.
