Project CARS..

[Digby]

Just keeps on getting better and better.I grabbed a few screen shots just incase anyone has missed this stunner!
I love it all! The day/night cycles & the rising sun, the way the sun can glint off a random window or car screen, the shadows
when the headlights come on, spitting flames from exhausts, etc, etc, etc..

If your PC has some horsepower, it really is a fantastic game to sign up for.I have added some of that FXAA injector stuff, too.

[Chunkychucky]

There's already a tread running for this game, but thanks for sharing the pics and I do agree it lookes stunning. However, I can't escape the fact that compared to iRacing it handles completely ste (a lot like Shift 2 tbh) which ruins it for me...

[Altrezia]

I have changed my tune.

I started off hating it. Deep hate for an arcade game claiming to be a sim.
Six months on from my first try... it's now my 'go-to' game when I fancy a quick blat around a track.

It looks stunning, drives OK, and sounds great. It's not a sim, yet, but it's miles better than where they started. It plays better too, giving much better frame rates and more customisability.

So, as much as it hurts to say, I really like it now.

[C2james]

Where can you get this game/trial, also will it ever come to Xbox or is it PC only?

[weyland yutani]

It's coming to xbox too, but will look and run like a bruised turd in comparison

[Altrezia]

ha ha, indeed. it's pushing current PCs to their limits, so xbox has no chance of looking good imho.

Get it at: http://www.wmdportal.com

Here's a video I took a week or so ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs7bFgMEzLs&fea...

[robmlufc]

Last tried it a few months back and couldnt get on with the controls, I will give it another go to see how its getting on!

[C2james]

Ok I seriously want to drive the lotus 48 on an old track.

[Chunkychucky]

Altrezia said:

I have changed my tune.

I started off hating it. Deep hate for an arcade game claiming to be a sim.
Six months on from my first try... it's now my 'go-to' game when I fancy a quick blat around a track.

It looks stunning, drives OK, and sounds great. It's not a sim, yet, but it's miles better than where they started. It plays better too, giving much better frame rates and more customisability.

If you think that then maybe I need to give it another go when i've beefed up my PC a bit..

[Altrezia]

you might not need to - I used to get 30fps and now get solid 60 v-sync'd, but upto 150 if I let it loose (and that's on 3 screens).

I think they've improved it a lot.

[Chunkychucky]

Altrezia said:

you might not need to - I used to get 30fps and now get solid 60 v-sync'd, but upto 150 if I let it loose (and that's on 3 screens).

I think they've improved it a lot.

Interesting... On my rig I used to get only 20fps, and that dropped to something like 1 whenever I went past the pits on their version of Imola, was annoying in the extreme, plus I just couldn't get on with the handling, but look forward to trying it again! Have you ordered a Fanatec Clubsport wheel yet?

[Altrezia]

Nope, I was going to and then they had a massive website issue, during the issue few people managed to place orders (not me) and then they ran out of stock. So, I missed out and now there is no stock til september.

Ho hum.

[RichyBoy]

Oh god I need to get a PC, the youtube clips of this are memorising especially the old cars! Will the G25 wheel work with this, the connection is USB?

I'm at the point where I want to throw the ps3 and its poxy controller out of the window. Anyone know where I can get a ready made pc that will play this game at the max easily? I've been with mac for a few years now but I really need to play proper games.

[Altrezia]

You can put together a PC rather easily these days, or just go to Scan or Mesh for a pre-built one.

A G25 will be great with it - it's a solid wheel that is used by a _LOT_ of sim-racers.

[C2james]

Altrezia said:

You can put together a PC rather easily these days, or just go to Scan or Mesh for a pre-built one.

A G25 will be great with it - it's a solid wheel that is used by a _LOT_ of sim-racers.

What's scan or mesh?

[flat-planedCrank]

C2james said:

Altrezia said:

You can put together a PC rather easily these days, or just go to Scan or Mesh for a pre-built one.

A G25 will be great with it - it's a solid wheel that is used by a _LOT_ of sim-racers.

What's scan or mesh?

Scan? - http://www.scan.co.uk/
Mesh? - http://www.meshcomputers.com/

[weyland yutani]

I'd wholeheartedly recommend Scan, got all my parts from them last summer. If you buy individual components and assemble it yourself your budget will stretch further for a betters spec.

[flat-planedCrank]

What are the physics like? Do the devs say it is running release-version physics?

Watching some videos - very impressive, looks great, car models impressive. Not played it ovbiously, but physics didn't look very 'simulation'?


Watching with interest at the project though

[weyland yutani]

Physics aren't there yet in my opinion, still feels too floaty and arcadey. The physics are still work in progress though and cars like the GP2, Radicals and DTM are a lot fun to race.

[Altrezia]

They're somewhere between arcade and sim - it's getting better, but still miles off rfactor/iracing etc.

Good fun though.