It has been revealed that Straight4 Studios’ debut racing sim, GTRevival, is set to be called a different name. Not only that, but the game will also be switching publishers, moving away from German-Austrian behemoth PLAION for an as-yet-undisclosed firm.
The information came to light at a media event at Silverstone today (18th June 2024), where several of the game’s cars were out on-track, with the Traxion team lapping up all the V12 goodness on display.
It’s not the first time the game has received a name change, first adopting the GTR Revival moniker (in reference to the GTR series of games worked on by much of Straight4’s personnel), before changing to GTRevival back in July 2023.
The new name will be revealed shortly, but for now, Straight4 is proceeding with major developmental challenges as it adapts to a new game engine. Earlier this year, CEO Ian Bell announced on Twitter/X that his team was moving away from Unreal Engine:
“A good sim needs VR in my opinion… Unreal doesn’t work for the foregoing so I’ve made a huge call and it’s an engine change. Something more amendable and flexible,” he stated on the 7th of May, referencing Unreal’s VR performance issues as the main reason for the switch. The identity of the new engine has not been revealed.
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