Pro Cycling Manager is not just about the management and the game allows you to fully experience the intensity of the races

Pro Cycling Manager is not just about the management. The game allows you to fully experience the intensity of the races through its real-time simulation mode.

It is up to you to implement the best strategies through a control panel featuring a complete range of tactical options (managing the efforts of your racers, replenishments, attack phases, leader protection, competitor monitoring, etc.) and immerse yourself completely in the race with your team's cyclists, guiding the team to gain the victory in the biggest competitions on the planet.

In-race gameplay features a day-by-day system to allow grace periods for cyclists, depending upon the individual character and their assigned positions. By the effort each cyclist puts forth, this in-race information makes it possible to build noticeable traits and exploits which could tip the balance for winning a stage in your favour. Inside the transfer system is a new mode: "observe". This makes it possible to gather information about the quality of a cyclist's participation depending on the level of observation applied. While you can't directly attack or defend yourself during observation, you can always click to react to an observed cyclist's attack, thus launching a counter-attack, but beware… A cyclist can observe only one opponent at a time, and the others are then able to surprise you.

With the vast number of game and gameplay improvements, the cyclist and team AI (Artificial Intelligence), and the tactical richness within the races, Pro Cycling Manager – Tour de France 2007 puts you right at the very heart of professional cycling. Grab your cycling gear and prepare to experience the many highlights and the great intensity of the 2007 season!

Simulation and Style
Pro Cycling - Le Tour de France 2007 simulates the thrills and spills of cycling with a genuine realistic feel to the gameplay. Pro Cycling 2007 brings together the 20 official teams of 2007 and pits them in world famous races, including the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix, Milan-San Remo, Giro d'Italia and the Tour of Flanderes.

With cyclist characteristics based on real life, these are races which are faithful to the world of cycling; morning breakaway, hard fought battles for jerseys, burning off competitors in the mountain stages, and much more. At race time you must form your team's strategy, instructing your cyclists on their energy consumption, support of the team leader, dangerous opponents, how and when to attack, and so on. As such, there are many potential tactics which make this PSP version a wonderful sports simulation game. The game also offers arcade-style gameplay, particularly during sprints and time trials, where you must negotiate the course, manage collisions with other cyclists, and pace yourself in order to achieve the ultimate performance. This brings to the game a subtle combination of arcade and tactical gameplay, creating lively races in the pursuit of success.

Here are some key features of "Pro Cycling Manager 2007":

· You participate in the true Tour de France 2007 and take part in all of the season's big competitions.
· An updated and improved database! More than 1500 cyclists, 180 races (Tours or traditional), and 520 stages.
· Realistic management of a cyclist manager's career. Gain experience throughout years and competitions, manage aspects of human relationships, training, finances, etc.
· Direct the largest professional teams. A total of 61 official teams are available (Rabobank, Quickstep, Discovery Channel, CSC, etc.).
· New gameplay possibilities reinforce the tactical aspect of the races with the introduction of the "observe" mode, Gruppetto, etc.
· The Artificial Intelligence of competitors is improved so as to offer behaviours that vary by objectives, situations, and needs. Get ready for even more competition this year!
· Includes a race editor to create and modify your own 3D stages.
· Playable in single-player and/or multi-player, up to 20 players over the Internet or a LAN: Simple Race mode, Tour mode, and Season mode.


What's New in This Release:

3D
· Fixed memory leak problem
· Fixed the dark appearance of riders when the Shader level was set on "low"
· Correction to problems with certain road textures when Shader level was set on "low"
· Fixed crash occurring with some video cards when starting a 3D race with shaders set on "high"
· Correction to slow movement of cursor in 3D races
· Correction to "floating" spectators in stands at finishing line.
CAREER
· Unemployed riders now react more positively to offers from continental teams
· Less AI managers lose their jobs at the end of the season
· Correction to crash on stage 8 of Supergiro di Italia 2008
· Correction to crash on stage 1 of Gran vuelta a España 2008
· "Average" (AVG) of abilities is updated every week
· Display problem which allowed training progress bar to go beyond 100%.
· Correction to bug which, on very rare occasions, could provoke a crash at the start of a major tour (Season 2007)
· Correction to display of jerseys during world championships
INTERFACE
· Fixed the wrong list of favourites displayed when a second race was played immediately after a first one.
· Custom Stages/Teams : fixed a crash occurring when clicking on a team name on the participating teams choice page
· Display relative times on intermediate sprints
· Corrections to "Season Stats" page in career mode
· Corrections to "Achievements" on rider data sheet
· Various corrections to texts that were too wide for tables
· Display of monetary amounts (salary, transfer value) is more uniform (example : 125.200 €)
· Results page : sorting by "team" should now be done by alphabetical order
· Added a column displaying next year contract details in on "Pro Reports" tab
· CN-ITT pictogram now displayed on the relevant pages (instead of the more general CN pictogram)
· Rider data sheet : fixed an inversion between the Sprint and the Acceleration abilities when displaying "Training" information.
· Scouting page : fixed a bug preventing young riders from being found in the Russian and Australian areas.
· Scouting page : image added for "Flanders" area
· Changed the date when the definitive season classifications are calculated. Used to cause display problems.
· Fixed problem to sorting by salary on "Search" and "Shortlist" menus.
· Correction to a crash on stage presentation page when clicking on a team info link.
DATABASE
· Changes and updates of rider stats
· Updated objectives for Cya Top Tour teams and some Continental teams
· Changed the race category for Tour of Australia and Qinghai Lake Road
· Correction to experience level of some riders who had level > 4.
· Fixed characteristics of some equipment
· National champion jersey added for Fumiyuki Beppu, George Hincapie, Thomas Lövkvist and Jussi Veikkanen.
· The 6th stage of the "Österreich Rundfahrt" is considered a road race and no longer an individual time-trial
IN-RACE
· Riders finishing outside time limit now taken into account. The interface is not active yet so names are not displayed.
· Adjustments to "Race-day condition" : The extremes of -5, -4 and 4, 5 happen less often