It’s been a long, long time since Project Cars first impressed everyone with a truly next-gen visual experience, which makes the launch this week seem just slightly diminished. In the years it’s taken for the game to reach market, the rest of the industry has somewhat caught up – but that doesn’t mean it’s a slouch by any stretch of the imagination.
And that’s what the launch trailer below so desperately wants to remind you of. The simulation racer is absolutely stunning, and I’m sure it’s going to remain that way regardless of the platform you pick it up on. Features such as dynamics weather, 60FPS frame rates and extreme vehicular detail are going to really treat the petrol hungry animal that lives inside of you.
It’s also got a backing track that sounds suspiciously like Justice – which started off my morning in all the right ways.
I’m more of an arcade racer fan myself, but I must admit that Project Cars looks like a racer I wouldn’t made taking for a spin. The absolutely massive roster of cars present in the game is both dating and enticing, and the amount of detail developers Slightly Mad Studios have put into creating realistic driving mechanics could make it the most authentic racing experience in gaming yet.
It’s been a long time since someone rivaled the likes of Forza Motorsport, and we won’t have to wait long at all to find out of Project Cars becomes the new leader of the pack. It’s out this week on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.
Last Updated: May 5, 2015
Blood Emperor Trevor
May 5, 2015 at 09:11
I hope you meant “daunting” and not “dating”. I don’t think it’s that kind of car game.
Admiral Chief
May 5, 2015 at 09:15
O_O
Ir0nseraph
May 5, 2015 at 09:19
I think he needs some coffee “looks like a racer I wouldn’t made taking for a spin” made –> mind*
Lord Chaos
May 5, 2015 at 09:27
He could be referring to that gay car game Zoe poster about.
Lord Chaos
May 5, 2015 at 09:28
And clearly I also need coffee.
Hammersteyn
May 5, 2015 at 09:29
lol
Rock789
May 5, 2015 at 09:45
So pretty… **drool** Gonna lose SO many hours of my life to this game! Can’t wait!!
FoxOneZA
May 5, 2015 at 09:48
Wonder how long the studio will stay independent before being swallowed up by Activision or EA?
Hammersteyn
May 5, 2015 at 12:15
EA still has NFS and Burnout. But you have a point.
Daniel evans
May 5, 2015 at 12:06
well this is clearly going to win the best next gen racer title. looking at it and reading about the effort they have put into this i should imagine this will be at the top for quite some years. the studio appears to have done an amazing job on this and i cant wait to play it.
Aries
May 5, 2015 at 14:42
The amount of cars in the game is making me think twice about getting it now, way to little cars
Edit: as well as variety of cars, it a car game with go-carts in it
z1n
May 6, 2015 at 08:55
The cars will come with time. It’s a community driven game so I expect a lot of the content will be handled by the community as Slightly Mad focuses on things like the engine.