Is Project Cars the New Racing King?

Tin Salamunic: Founded as an independent British developer in early 2009, Slightly Mad Studios quickly gained critical acclaim as one of the top 100 most successful developers in 2010. Taking over the Need for Speed series with their Shift entry, Slightly Mad Studios flawlessly combined the franchise’s legendary arcade gameplay with a healthy dose of simulation. Many gamers compared Shift to survival horror due to its realistic first person cam and dynamic driving physics. To this day, Shift remains one of my favorite racing series, so when I found out that Shift 3 wasn’t being considered for development, I was more than disappointed. That is until I played Project Cars. Project Cars may be called a new IP (mainly for marketing purposes), but in reality, it’s the unofficial sequel to the brilliant and underappreciated Shift 2.

[Sonyslave3]

HaHaHa no Forza is the King of Kings

Motor Head Bow down to the King song

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[xfiles2099]

I dont know project Cars looks amazing on PC The cars are so real looking looks good on PS4 as well but not as good as the PC. Controls are really good as well

[C L O U D]

Time to play the gameeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[Rookie_Monster]

Yes it is on the foreseeable future on PS4. On XB1, Forza Horizon 2 is already better and Forza 6 will be the new king of racers when it comes out this September.

[343_Guilty_Spark]

Nope it's a place holder for Forza.

[Sokol]

Personally I prefer Drive Club however Project Cars is a excellent simulator!

At this point in time I would have to agree it's a top Sim racer.

Lets not forget however that Gran Turismo is yet to be released and if we go by the past six console titles, it will probably continue its Real Driving Simulation license which honestly no other racing game on the console at least was able to take away the crown from.

[poppinslops]

Have you played Forza?

The physics and the tracks are meticulous and the Drivatar AI system is the best I've seen... the cars handle more like their real-world counterparts (or the few that I've driven) than any other game.

Project Cars is way too fiddly to be considered the king of anything... unless there's a King of delays.

Personally, I found Driveclub's handling to be too slow and the AI was terrible (although, the version I played was unpatched, so that may have changed)... king of graphics perhaps, but not racing.

Alas, there can only be one king and currently it's Forza... Horizon 2 was the first racer I bought since Mario Kart 64, and since then I've tried CARS, Driveclub, GT6 and the Crew, but none of them are as polished as FM5 or FH2.

[Orbilator]

Lol forza realistic lmao, I cant find the rewind button on my car. And please don't talk rubbish, you never played any of those games you said wernt polished. TROLL for sure.
Seriously though forza on xb1 for sure, drive club on ps4 and on the pc , well who cares, whatever it is they play these days. But if it was multiplatform games were talking about then I will say project cars comes second place on all of them. Will disappear into oblivion when Forza 6 and GT7 hit for sure.

[poppinslops]

I've absolutely played those games... yeah, I only played the Crew for roughly half-an-hour (on a friend's ps4, where I also played Driveclub), but it really wasn't worth playing for any longer than that.

I didn't say they weren't polished - I said they weren't AS polished... because they're not.

It's not trolling, it's the truth.

[BaronVonRhett]

You obviously have never played a real racing Sim if you think For a has the most realistic physics. Try Asseta Corsa with a proper wheel set up and you will laugh and everything else.

[Whirlwind_Fanfare_08]

Nope, absolutely not.

[ilikepizza]

on ps4,sure.

[Toiletsteak]

Well Project Cars is good, Forza will always be king of racers.

[Orbilator]

On xb1 you need to say forza would disappear into obscurity if it ever came to ps as were kind of spoilt on the racer front

[PrinceOfAnger]

project cars >>forza 6

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

[spicelicka]

I didn't know you could play video games on youtube!

[Phantomlounge617]

Hopefully Forza 6 finally gets the actual car sounds right like project cars and driveclub. Speaking of driveclub after the update the dynamic weather is top notch in any racing game I've played including forza and project cars.

[cfc83]

Prefer dc to fh2. Havent tried proj cars.

[mcstorm]

It all depends on what type of racing you like. PC, GT and Forza MS is nothing like DC or FH. I love FH2 for me its the most fun racing game in years and looks amazing for an open world game. Not played DC yet though but will grab it when I pickup my PS4 when UC4 is out.

[cfc83]

True, it's all about preference. Just prefered tracks and weather etc in dc, and the feel was significantly better. Wasn't a huge fan of cutting across fields and going the wrong way etc in fh2. I understand why some would prefer fh2.

[EstSince88Gamerdude]

I have extensively played all GT titles through my gaming years and a plethora of other racers including all the Forza titles. I have also been a motorsport fan for 25 years and for me PC with all it's niggles is the best sim on consoles yet.

The feel of the cars is spot on,the racing is so visceral,exciting and challenging. The physics are superb.

So for now,for me it's the best racer yet,as for the future let's wait and see!

[kratoz1209]

Gran turismo is still the king.

[teo72]

Hmmm, lots of forza fanboys in here. P.C. is the most realistic racer right now, at least with a force feedback steering wheel. What makes a game the king of racers is all about personal taste, unless somebody comes with a better Definition.

[luis_spartano]

DriveClub already has the crown, buddy.

[wakeNbake]

The king of screenshots maybe, but the cusomization is awful, theres barely any cars, the AIs are way too pragmatic, and the handling feels somewhat delayed. Its a good game now with the updates but far from the best.

[craig2web]

DriveClub looks great, but without an adjustable difficulty setting or an optional driving line, to me it's not worth the effort.

I enjoyed Forza 3 and 4, although the AI tends to be a little too aggressive for my taste (almost feels a bit more like bumper cars than racing at times).

Gran Turismo has been my all-time favorite and looking forward to GT7.

Have enjoyed Project Cars a lot, but they do have at least a few glitches still to iron out, and the lack of upgrading cars or select paint/livery leaves the title feeling a bit unfinished.

Looking forward to trying out Dirt 4, the new NFS, SL Rally Evo and WRC 5 later this fall.

[WizzroSupreme]

Not unless it works.

[Sgt_Slaughter]

If you ignore the entire PC racing game history, then maybe.