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Console Players Deserve PC-Style Graphics Settings, Project Cars Dev Says

"Console owners should have just as much right to tailor their game to their particular preferences as PC players," Tudor says.

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XboxDD3704d ago

Hear, hear. It would be nice if we had the option of choosing between higher framerate and lower resolution, or higer resolution and lower framerate.

mikeslemonade3703d ago

I disagree. That option should be separate.

Console is all about plug and play. Gamers should just trust that the developer picked the optimal settings.

-shoryuken-3703d ago (Edited 3703d ago )

While you are right that console games are all about plug and play, I see no reason not to have a great option like this. It's not like gamers would be expected to optimize, the default setting should be the developers recommended setting. For me I see a huge difference in 60fps and 30fps and would rather have a higher fps then resolution, for some other folks they might prefer higher resolution and lower fps. Bioshock was the first console game where I have seen an option to lock the 30fps or not, I chose to have an unlocked fps as the experience was smoother, although there was some screen tearing. I would love for setting as these to be available on consoles. Once again, this would be an optional thing that you can mess with if you decide so and are not required to... can't go wrong with that.

Forbidden_Darkness3703d ago

You are aware that you can still plug and play, while giving console gamers option to change the options to suite what they would rather use? Some people prefer the highest possible framerate options, while others prefer higher resolution. Giving gamers (regardless of platform) the option to change it to their preferred settings is good for gaming in general.

I would like to see console games have FOV options as well (like Warframe and acouple other PS4 games have).

NeoGamer2323703d ago

The developer should choose defaults so that you can get the plug and play experience.

But, not offering gamers the ability to go into menus and change it makes no sense whatsoever. Choice should be available. And you should be able to choose whether you use it or not.

Especially, now that it seems that the majority of people are resolution over frame rate fanatics. There is a large minority that would often prefer frame rate over resolution. Why not give them the choice?

kneon3703d ago

@-shoryuken-

There is a reason why such options aren't normally available on consoles. With consoles the developers have a fixed known target which allows them to optimize the game much more than on PC. Adding optionality to the graphics settings complicates things quite a bit and isn't likely worth in most cases.

GordonKnight3702d ago (Edited 3702d ago )

@NeoGamer232

Just like the majority preferred the Wii over the 360 & PS3. You just have to deal with it. The mainstream gamers and publishers are ruining what is truly important to gaming. A fun experience that make you leave reality while playing.

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Palitera3703d ago

I would lower graphics quality in almost any recent game I've played.

No. We don't need pc like graphics. At all.

Maul_T_Pass3703d ago

is it opposite day already?

BiggerBoss3703d ago

What are you even trying to say? The article is saying we deserve a "graphics settings option" which is what you seem to want in your first sentence. Your second sentence contradicts the first

masterfox3704d ago (Edited 3704d ago )

Hmm I think I agree with this, but this will also are more fuel to the already explosive PC/console comparisons, but hell with it I will have always my bucket of popcorn :D

Benjammin253703d ago

If this meant I could finally play all my console games at 60fps, I'm all for it. I know a lot of people claim games should be optimised for consoles, but most 'optimised' games run at 30fps with dips and usually are sub 1080p. Allow me to play my games the way I want.

PersonMan3703d ago

Wanna play the games the way you want? You need a PC my friend. That's what it's for.

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stuna13704d ago

I agree, but it's kind of hard to deliver that kind of order when your talking about mid to low powered laptop hardware! And this coming from a console gamer. The hardware just isn't powerful enough.

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Why did EA Kill Project CARS?

This video explains why we think Electronic Arts didn't see a future in the sim racing title Project CARS and promptly cancelled the fourth instalment.

Jin_Sakai947d ago

After the last installment I’d say most hardcore fans left. It’s just not that good anymore so I can’t really blame EA this time.

masterfox946d ago

because it was always a project and it never got finished :D

ChubbyBlade945d ago

Every game is a project. Your joke doesn’t make sense

InUrFoxHole944d ago

It makes perfect sense. It's obviously a play on the title. Jesus christ you must be a blast at parties.

ApocalypseShadow946d ago (Edited 946d ago )

Ask Bullfrog or Black Box or Tiburon or Studio 33 or Criterion or any of the previously acquired developers who made racing games as competition, or as developers of EA games, then eventually dissolved into oblivion or reassigned. Just ask them. They'll tell you why.

ApocalypseShadow945d ago

Oh. I forgot. Even Code Masters were absorbed into Criterion. Another racing developer EA took over.

Every racing developer either absorbed by EA or eventually destroyed by them. They either kill competition or have them in the end make Need 4 Speed for them.

MadLad945d ago

EA only cancels projects for one reason.
They didn't see enough money in it.

Kombatologist945d ago (Edited 945d ago )

Not when it's because it didn't meet some crazy margin. It's like if something doesn't make EA a billion dollars on day one (I'm exaggerating that figure of course), they swiftly put it out to pasture.

SurgicalMenace945d ago (Edited 945d ago )

Much like if you're spending money on what's a bad investment for your desired goals, you'd do away with it, if you're wise. We should try to get away from thinking we know more about business than individuals that have been doing it for decades. Perhaps you could benefit from going into business instead of wasting all of your talents in comment sections. It's clear that you're the missing piece that EA's been looking for.

MadLad944d ago

I've made a good amount of money betting on underdog investments over the years.

EA sets unrealistic expectations of their more niche developers, yet continue to fund absolute blunders like DICE and the Battlefield series year after year.

dumahim945d ago

EA butted in and messed with the formula and act shocked when it doesn't work out.

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Original Project CARS creator trying to re-hire EA team

Ian Bell, the founder of Slightly Mad Studios, is aiming to hire former Project CARS employees to work on his upcoming GTR Revival project.

Sgt_Slaughter948d ago

If it's just going to be another sim-cade that doesn't do either one correctly then no thanks.

Project CARS 2 was a step in the right direction but the physics still aren't where they should have been, so what did they do for PC3? Go completely arcade. That killed the franchise.

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EA dropping Project CARS

From GI.biz: "EA is dropping Project CARS, GamesIndustry.biz can reveal.

The Slightly Mad Studios-developed series was launched in 2015, with EA confirming today that it has made the decision to "stop further development and investment" in the franchise.

The announcement was made internally and it's unclear at this stage to which extent staff could be affected. EA said that employees working on Project CARS will be moved into "suitable" roles "wherever [they] can.""

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Terry_B950d ago

Typical for EA. They buy studios that created nice games..and are sooner or later destroying them and move the people to work on the old same 5+ EA series.

italiangamer950d ago

They will put the developers on the 1000th Need for Speed for the rest of their entire careers, just like Criterion.

SurgicalMenace950d ago

To be fair, it's not EAs fault it falls directly on the consumer. Everytime these companies choose to drop a series they're met with backlash though the gamers didn't support said series enough to justify its continuation. Attempting to paint every company as evil all because they're in it to succeed is ridiculous. They have to make money just like each of us typing in this section. If a job wasn't supporting you well you'd quit and find a new one, this is the same mentality concerning series.

TheColbertinator950d ago

@SurgicalMenace

No it is their fault. They don't listen to fans and burn the franchise to the ground by introducing elements that nobody wanted instead of increasing support for said respected franchises.

I order a steak, they make a steak. 1st sale
I order a steak again, they vomit on my steak and charge me more for it. No sale.

EA in a nutshell.

Tapani949d ago

@TheColbinator Well how do you think they make the billions then?

Their fans ARE buying their games. You are just not their focus group, and I can guarantee their customer insights team is more thorough and detailed in their reaearch than any N4G commentors’ opinion on the matter. Otherwise EA would not exist as a company, and they’d be bankrupt.

deleted950d ago

The one that still hurts the most though was Criterion w the Burnout series. Acquired Criterion's tech for their own existing IP, then shut em down. It's basically parasitic. I sure do miss Burnout's crash mode!

Hofstaderman950d ago

Sounds eerily similar to another large unnamed corporation hey. I believe some EA bigwigs shifted to that company back in the day, would explain the similarities.

rlow1949d ago

Must be talking about Sony

peppeaccardo950d ago

and instead they come out with that piece of shit of Need for Speed which looks like an Anna & Barbera cartoon. C'mon .... PC2 was my go to game for VR racing and the first one i played for tens of hours. i was so lookiing forward to PC4 after that failure of PC3 ... what a shame EA, they are bombing all the good games and stick to the garbage ones. EA when you think you have reached maximum of disappointment they top it off with style .... screw them!

SurgicalMenace950d ago

Need for Speed continues to sell so why would they get rid of what's producing what they need to maintain stability?

EazyC950d ago

What they did to this series was idiotic. The premise was great -- a sim/simcade game that GENUINELY got developed in line with its community. There is a huge gap in the market for this...I mean, PD hasn't listened to fans at all over the last year with regard to simple Gran Turismo 7 tweaks. Sim racing fans are screaming for a title where they actually give a shit about their users.

Project Cars 2 was genuinely on to something, it just needed some refinement. But instead they followed up by selling off to EA with a braindead GRID clone with Project Cars 3. Again...idiotic.

SurgicalMenace950d ago

Well since you're the authority on properly managing a million dollar company, why don't you just call them to let them know of your divine wisdom?

Hardcore sim racers are the ones who are competing acrossed the globe, no company in their right mind would focus on a forever moving casual market. They have to focus on those dedicated to supporting their efforts. Notice how you're speaking from a perspective of self opposed to the collective. Perhaps they sold out because they, like us, needed the money knowing that they could reinvest it into something new. PC was a decent racer but very few people mainlined it over GT or Forza.

EazyC950d ago

I'm not a divine authority but I notice a pattern where these huge corporations turn completely tone deaf of what the "average fan" wants.

vallencer949d ago

Hate to break it to you but project cars 3 was published by Bandai in 2020. EA didn't buy codemasters, which owned slightly mad studios, until 2021. Either way the sales were super poor for the game and it's not surprising EA would just drop the game. BUT it still sucks because it's one less sim racing game on the market. Especially because the first 2 were really good.

Tzuno950d ago

and focuses more on cartoon network games

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