rFactor 2 Q & A – talking simulation, open beta and release0 (RaceDepartment)
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Race Department rFactor 2 Q & A

rFactor 2 is one of the most anticipated racing simulators at the moment and for good reason. Ever since the first announcement two years ago, we have been teased with screenshots and little titbits that made us drool. Naturally we wanted to learn more so we got in touch with the team working behind the scenes to make it all happen. Tim Wheatley (marketing, community relations) was so kind to redirect our questions back to the team.
An impressive list of 50+ questions was chunked down by removing duplicates and teaming common interests, resulting in the questions below. There’re quite some juicy bits in there so without further ado, here’s the Q&A we’ve all been waiting for.

When is the open beta/demo coming out?

The demo is not the open beta. A demo will come later and will be free to try. The open beta will be a full early purchase of the software.
We project that we will be in Release Candidate stage around the Christmas Holiday. We think it may be too hectic for our testers and staff to try to push out a product at this time, so we are now likely to release the open beta early 2012.

What will be in the demo or open beta?

At this time we are lining up the following content for the open beta:
Historics 1960’s package – 2 announced tracks, generic cars.
Historic 1960’s package – 1 new track, 1 licensed car will be added sometime during the open beta, as soon as they complete internal testing.
Formula Renault 3.5 & Megane packages – 3 tracks, 2 licensed car types.
These packages may receive updates and further cars and tracks after the open beta release.
The demo version is likely to be a time-limited version of the full product, but we will not be building a demo until AFTER the beta process.

As it stands now, what is the target for release?

We do not have one. We don’t work that way. Our focus is development, not marketing (the marketing department that normally sets release dates with most software developers). We realize that an understated and open-ended approach may be confusing and hard to accept, but a worthy product sells itself, regardless, and this is our style.

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