Nordschleife Comparison: Assetto Corsa, Forza 5, GT6 & Project CARS

Now here’s a fun comparison video, it compares the famous Nurburgring Nordschleife in four games: Assetto Corsa, Forza Motorsport 5, Gran Turismo 6 and Project CARS (build 953).

In all videos the car tackling the “green hell” is the Pagani Huayra. There’s a real mix here, a Playstation exclusive, an Xbox exclusive, a PC racing sim and a multi-platform game.

[Yi-Long]

... and the time it was/is released. Obviously, the newer games look better,due to better specs, and perhaps some differences in lighting/time of day, etc etc.

To be honest though, most 'real life' tracks are pretty boring to me, and I prefer fictional tracks which are designed specifically to be as fun and gorgeous as possible to race on.

In Forza, I thought tracks like Maple Valley and Burnese Alps and other fictional tracks were much more interesting than the real life ones.

[The_KELRaTH]

Agreed, used to love the fictional tracks in Race Driver 2 & 3 and why I was so looking forward to GT6 with a full track editor (that never materialized!).

[TeamVVV]

Yeah I love Gran Turismo's fictional tracks :)

[Maddens Raiders]

GT6 looks fantastic on nearly 9 year old hardware - damn. Cannot wait for GT7. Loved this video.

[The_KELRaTH]

Project cars audio is just in a different league!

[kneon]

It sounds the least realistic of the four. It should sound like it would when you're inside the car with a helmet on, not as if you're hanging off the rear bumper.

[The_KELRaTH]

I do understand where you're coming from but then it should still sound rough and booming but muffled.

But this is where realism and fun don't mix well

[urwifeminder]

Nice Assetto and Project cars are my next pc games will wait for next steam sale though.

[TeamVVV]

Great choices!

[RumbleFish]

@urwifeminder: Try to find somebody who lets you test both of the sims. They are very different and for me there is a clear winner among them.

[hay]

Assetto's really good.

[moustick]

I have to say, they did a bloody good job at porting the track for Forza 5, both the vegetation and track surface are top notch.

[pandehz]

Forza 5

[Ka7be]

Forza 5 feels like its floating in air. No driving physics what so ever! the "definitive" sim racer. What a joke.

Plus: I don't know why they are comparing Forza to those simulators. Forza is not even a sim racing game, its has Permanent Driving Aid - Active Steering which you ca NOT turn off (even if you turn them off in the menu option they are still on) and they are still present in FM5. SO this basically makes it not a Simulator.
Example here: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[Elit3Nick]

You're the only joke I see here, the physics aren't floaty like they were in FM4, you get a real feel of grip, which is amplified the X1 controller's haptic feedback. The driving aid problem has been completely eliminated after FM4, if you drive something like the Caterham R500 on simulation with a controller, it'll be a nightmare because the front tires will lose traction from turning too fast.

[pandehz]

Lol you dont know anything

None of these games are actual driving sims in any way.
They emulate them but yet aplly gameplay mechanics so ppl can actually play them in the game worlds camera. Our human eyes dont see the way we see a road in a game world so similarly the racers arent even remotely accurate to actual cars.

Forza has some incredible physics and even Forza Horizon 2 allows you to unlock it all in the settings. Ive played numerous racing games and will say once again Forza is a brilliant racer if not one of the best out there.

Also you just posted a video link to Forza 3. Also like Elit3Nick says, the xbox one controllers new haptic feedback system makes the game that little extra immersive. Also on shooters or pretty much any game.

[ManOfTheYear1]

Wow Forza 5 looks great vs. project cars and it was a launch title.

Sound is great for both.

I think a better comparison video should be when Forza 6 comes out since it will have as much development time as Project cars.

[green]

Sorry but i just haver to hand it to Forza 5. The amount of detail on the track on the tarmac is crazy accurate.

[TeamVVV]

Yeah Forza 5 looks fantastic.

[Me-Time]

I agree (making it 11 to 10), BUT

https://www.flickr.com/phot...
https://farm8.staticflickr....

Check the other graffiti pic in the slot. It's effed I'd say. But, if you check WHEN the pictures were taken, you'd see the GT pic is newer and FM fans are irreverent! lol

And then, there this "Chris Harris video" find...
https://www.gtplanet.net/fo...

[sprinterboy]

I hope evolution studios with driveclub create this track in a update

[GUTZnPAPERCUTZ]

Forza 5 hands down.

[Revvin]

The detail is good on Assetto Corsa, Project Cars and Forza 5 but AFAIK Assetto Corsa is the only version out of the 4 that has been laser scanned so will be the only one that is really accurate.

[Elit3Nick]

All of Forza 5's tracks are laser scanned, which is why its Nurburgring has the most up to date graffiti of the four

[nowitzki2004]

Hard to pick. The vid quality isnt too great. They all look really good to me. Cant believe how good GT6 compares and its a PS3 game.

[kackle85]

I really want to be excited about Project Cars but all the vids I've seen the handling/ physics seem a bit off compared to the rest. Has anybody played this game and what would you compare it too handling wise?

[level 360]

If the audio option on the various game's respective menu set-ups wasn't touched, fully and clearly Project CARS beats them all on sound.