Pro Cycling Manager
Pro Cycling Manager is a series of cycling management and real-time simulation games created by Cyanide. The game was first launched in 2001 as Cycling Manager, but the series took on the Pro label in June 2005. A new version is released every year to coincide with the Tour de France. The game is offered in a variety of languages (French, English, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, ..) although the actual language configuration depends on the local publisher. Pro Cycling Manager runs on the PC. The game is produced in cooperation with most of the main professional cycling teams under the aegis of the IPCT and the AIGCP. In September 2007 a Sony PSP version of the game was released. Called Pro Cycling, it is engineered to take advantage of PSP gameplay and it offers a limited management mode. The latest version of the series is titled Pro Cycling Manager 2011 and will be released June 23, 2011.
Game Objectives
The player acts as a sporting director for one of the UCI Pro Tour competitive teams. The player can also create their own cycling stages to race on.
Pro Cycling Manager 2006
Pro Cycling Manager 2007
The 2007 edition of the series released on June 20, 2007. It includes an updated database. More than 1500 cyclists, 180 races (Tours or traditional), and 520 stages.
Pro Cycling Manager 2008
The 2008 edition of the series released on June 27, 2008. New in this version is the addition of track cycling.
Pro Cycling Manager 2009
The 2009 edition of the series was released on July 3, 2009. [1]
Pro Cycling Manager 2010
The 2010 edition of the series was released on June, 2010.
Pro Cycling Manager 2011
The 2011 edition of the game will be released on June 23, 2011 for $39.99.
From The Official Site:
From its new HD cyclist's models to its superb, rich and diverse race settings, Pro Cycling Manager offers a more realistic and beautiful game experience than ever! The game's management component has also been carefully designed. The user interface has been improved and is now more comfortable to handle, yet offers better interaction with the team and the sponsors. Sponsorship management is also richer this time around. The new AI demonstrates more accurate reactions and leads to an even more advanced simulation: pack behavior, breakaways, sprints, never has the race ever been so real!
References
- ^ http://www.cycling-manager.com/pcm/index.php?rub=news-info&id=77 publisher: cycling-manager.com access date: December 01, 2009