GearCity An Automobile Manufacturing Business Simulator

What is GearCity? It's an automobile manufacturing business simulator. "What the hell is that?!" you might have just muttered. In essence it is a sim game where you run a car company. It's like a tycoon game but it's less casual. GearCity has been in production for the last three years.

The game revolves around your office. From your office, you are able to control all aspects of your company. The first thing you have to do is design a chassis, an engine, and a transmission. The component design system is made to be simple while allowing a high degree of customization. After you have created these components and have hired employees to research them, you'll need to design a car. GearCity has over 300 body designs, 100 accessories, and over 7000 customization morphs. The options are limitless. After designing a car, you have to start production in factories and set up branches to sell to various dealerships. All while 300 AI companies try to do the same.

The world's economy and historical events have been accurately modelled between 1900-2010, which makes for a realistic experience.

Trailer:

The game is due to enter open beta March time so keep an eye out for it. Actually looks pretty cool, can't say i've seen a tycoon/business sim around cars before.
Update: A Linux Beta will be considered on demand for it, the official Linux release is slated before the end of the year.

Features

Over 300 body designs, 100 accessories, and over 7000 customization morphs.
300 AI companies to play against simultaneously.
274 cities with historical economic data.
Realistic economic simulation engine.
Hours of entertainment.

Alpha version play through:
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.