The privilege of cycling with renowned champions of the sport over rocky mountains and flat plains can now be enjoyed by users of iOS devices as well. Extra Live declared Le Tour de France 2011 – The Official Game, based on one of the oldest and largest cycling event, the Le Tour de France. It will be released on iOS devices on Thursday, June 30.
This game claims to give users an opportunity to compose their exclusive team of racers and race stages and real-life environments from the actual Tour. Owing to real cycling tactics and schemes, players can race successfully in the tough AI competition as well as publish their best scores on the leaderboard.
One of the features of this new game is that players can use cycling strategies such as sprinting, drafting and relaying that are often employed in cycling as well. The game is embedded with 21 stages of lifelike graphics, names, features and locations like Col du Galibier, Mont Ventoux and the Champs-Élysées.
Also players can gain support from their friends on Facebook by making them ‘Like’ their racing updates and scores. These ‘likes’ give virtual riders an immediate boost by adding energy points.
Le Tour de France 2011 – The Official Game can be downloaded via the App Store for a price of $2.99.