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今天我们很高兴的宣布rFactor 2历史上的一个令人激动的新篇章，Motorsport Games成为了Studio 397新的拥有者，在我们业内领先的赛车模拟器上建立了牢固的合作关系。

Studio 397从2016下半年由ISI手上接过rFactor 2后，我们努力为大家打来无与伦比的模拟体验，以及多样化的国际赛事，于是在rFactor 2这一平台上带来了一系列明显的变化。

由于拥有业界领先的非常先进的物理引擎，轮胎模型以及力回馈系统，近几年的大部分开发重心在于关键的部分上，例如性能表现，视觉效果以及引入了更现代的技术来允许工作室在将来更好的开发并增强游戏本身。

毋庸置疑的是，我们在模拟器上取得的巨大进展，也是对于未来的开发的一个坚实的基础，而且我们希望在这个基础上，在我们现有的开发目标，资源以及基础上，能够更快速的对社区带来更多的改进。

出于对我们短期，中期以及长期长期开发目标的渴望，我们欢迎Motorsport Games成为Studio 397的新拥有者——带来他们对于世界上真实与虚拟赛车的丰富经验以及财产。双方公司都很高兴能利用这一经验，将rFactor 2的开发带入到一个新的级别。

变更拥有者意味着什么？Studio 397的日常工作不会发生任何变化，我们会继续发布新的更新，对历史代码得改进以及提供给玩家享受的有趣的新内容。

这一拥有者变更为Motorsport Games给Studio 397打来了一个新的机会来加入更多的热情以及志趣相投的人来支持我们快速扩展的核心业务。通过新的安排，管理者将有机会评估我们目前的优势和劣势，并且与我们的合作者一起增强优势，实质上，这将会给予我们新的工具，资源和能力来比之前更快更有效率的改善以及扩展我们的模拟器。

rFactor 2还会继续开发么？

答案当然是yes。我们和Motorsport Games在去年在一系列电竞项目上紧密合作，包括非常成功的虚拟勒芒24小时耐力是以及Formula E Race at Home Challenge。不仅对rFactor 2带来了良好的影响，我们还和Motorsport Games一起讨论如何来改善这个游戏，使之成为该公司的PC上的首选电竞平台。这些讨论在Studio 397仅仅刚刚成型，但是请放心我们会在将来的时间来对社区分享我们的计划。

其他游戏

其他项目会使用rFactor 2的引擎么

自然，我们引擎的核心部分已经集成到我们为新的NASCAR游戏以及未来的其他游戏建立的平台上了。Motorsport Games已经宣布了未来的基于WEC以及BTCC授权的产品，所以我们期待能为他们创造一个坚实的基础。

我们

执行经理Marcel Offermans的闭幕词

在过去的几年内，我们已经和Motorsport Games合作了即将到来的NASCAR游戏以及很多rFactor 2上成功的电竞赛事，我们很开心能携手并进并且走向光明的未来。

与往常一样，赛道上见！

Motorsport Games和Studio 397官方新闻稿

Motorsport Games已达成收购Studio 397以及他们的rFactor 2模拟平台

Studio 397的商标与名字将会保留在Motorsport Games旗下

rFactor 2的更新以及迭代将继续由Studio 397进行

迈阿密，佛罗里达 — 2021年3月3日 — Motorsport Games Inc. (NASDAQ: MSGM) (“Motorsport Games”)， 一个业界领先的赛车游戏开发商、发行商以及各大官方赛事的电子竞技生态系统提供方，宣布今天达成了和Studio 397，业内领先的模拟器rFactor 2背后的公司的长期合作以及从luminis下收购的条款。这一收购后，Studio 397将会继续在rFactor 2上工作，并且为Motorsport Games未来的项目开发物理以及操控模型。Motorsport Games希望能够最大化利用资源以及经验来增强rFactor 2所提供的，社区喜爱的内容。

Studio 397和Motorsport Games已经长期合作， 通过rFactor 2平台带来了非常成功的虚拟勒芒24小时耐力赛，以及Formula E Race at Home Challenge，都由Motorsport Games作为运营方。Studio 397将会继续保留它的名字以及商标还有现有的研发团队以及管理权仍旧在Studio手上。

“我们已经在游戏开发和电竞赛事上和Studio 397有着长期的合作了。这一次收购，在完成后，对各方都有很大的意义，我们欢迎他们加入Motorsport Games大家庭。”，Motorsport Games总裁Stephen Hood说到。

“Studio 397对于虚拟赛车有着非常明显的热情，我们认识到作为一个团队一起合作将会将这一基因提升到下一个境界，”，Hood继续到，“我们认为这是对于模拟赛车社区的一个利好消息，因为我们现在可以将rFactor 2中最好的元素，与我们对虚幻引擎在过去两年的基础使用结合起来。我们的目标是用我们的心和灵魂来开始一个新的产品。当收购计划完成时，其中一个难题就会解决，我们就能更加雄心勃勃的工作。”
“在过去五年间发展rFactor 2之后，我们很高兴能和Motorsport Games一起踏出下一步，继续提升rFactor 2并将其先进的模拟技术带到未来的其他项目中。我们拥有一个共同的目标，就是要做到能做到的最好”，Studio 397执行经理，Marcel Offermans说到。

“收购的计划是我们将Motorsport Games确立为虚拟赛车届领先者的一个信号。我们将会使用股东投入的资金来积极的实现我们的目标。”，Motorsport Games的CEO，Dmitry Kozko补充到。“拿下rFactor 2以及背后的公司对我们来说很重要，我们将会把我们的经验和知识来帮助实现rFactor 2平台最大的潜力，以及在我们将来的项目中独家使用业界领先的技术。”

“rFactor 2所提供的模拟的水平以及驾驶的感觉是首屈一指的，”，Fernando Alonso，Motorsport Games的合作方，Alpine的Formula 1车手以及两次Formula 1车手总冠军说到。“我很高兴Studio 397和rFactor 2能够加入我们Motorsport Games大家庭，并且我很确定我们将会一起带来巨大的成功。”

这一最新的来自Motorsport Games的收购公告继续了之前的一系列激动人心的进展，包括从Black Delta收购了KartKraft，以及之前宣布的BTCC以及勒芒24小时耐力赛的项目，在公司原来的NASCAR系列上。

更多信息请访问www.motorsportgames.com以及在社交媒体上关注。

About Motorsport Games:

Motorsport Games, a Motorsport Network company, combines innovative and engaging video games with exciting esports competitions and content for racing fans and gamers around the globe. The Company is the officially licensed video game developer and publisher for iconic motorsport racing series including NASCAR, 24 Hours of Le Mans and the British Touring Car Championship (“BTCC”). Motorsport Games is an award-winning esports partner of choice for 24 Hours of Le Mans, Formula E, BTCC, the FIA World Rallycross Championship and the eNASCAR Heat Pro League among others.

For more information about Motorsport Games visit: www.motorsportgames.com

About Luminis and Studio397

Luminis International BV is a software and technology company with offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Our mission is to create exponential value for organizations by using software technology. With 200 colleagues we work with more than 100 customers, including major brands such as KLM, Nike and Bol.com. Luminis also develops cloud-based data solutions under the brands InformationGrid and MediGrid. In 2016 Luminis founded Studio397, aimed specifically at the professional race simulator market.

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