Project CARS has faced a couple of upsetting delays. Well, I suppose any delay is upsetting, but with a community this amped for release, they are particularly frustrating. At last the publishers have locked down a date, and it’s sooner than expected.
Here is the official announcement:
We can now guarantee a release date for Project CARS for 8th May for PS4, Xbox One and PC! pic.twitter.com/3cxYU1QkSr
— Bandai Namco UK (@BandaiNamcoUK) April 15, 2015
The game is also planned for Wii U, but no mention of a firm release date for that platform, though it’s scheduled to hit alongside the Steam Os version later this year. Still, great for all the PS4, Xbox One and PC racing fans. You can embark on a legendary career with Project CARS in less than a month. Just a few more weeks of waiting. Here, have a ridiculously gorgeous trailer showing off career mode to tide you over:
Interestingly, Project CARS on console will also allow players to tweak their graphics. Normally, this is customization reserved for PC gamers, but Digital Foundry grabbed some screens of the options for Visual FX, Authenticity, Field of View and Movement. They haven’t had the chance to test how these might impact performance on the consoles, but it’s nice to see that functionality making its way to other platforms.
Are you counting down the days until the 8th of May? The game looks gorgeous and the community played a huge part in this game’s creation. If you’ve been a part of the process, you deserve a huge pat on the back. Driving fans around the world salute you.
Last Updated: April 16, 2015
Greylingad
April 16, 2015 at 08:40
* Project Trailer….upon trailer…upon trailer…upon trailer…
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 16, 2015 at 08:40
How long has this been in the making/hyping?
Greylingad
April 16, 2015 at 08:41
Since the Victorian era I believe….
Lord Chaos
April 16, 2015 at 08:48
Did you not see all the adds for this back in 1886?
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 16, 2015 at 08:55
I have a 5 hour memory, so, no
justlikemo
April 16, 2015 at 08:43
meh, its ok I guess, still cant beat gran turismo, but then again being a GT fan, went onto the website, and guess what Africa does not even feature! seriously, it that continent thats as big as if not bigger than North America!
justlikemo
April 16, 2015 at 08:46
..
Captain JJ the flash noob
April 16, 2015 at 08:51
Telkom can’t even fix my internet line, so it’s not surprise to me.
I really do like GT, always have. It’s a nice semi-sim, which Project CARS is also looking to be.
justlikemo
April 16, 2015 at 09:01
haha, use social media that gets them jumpin in like 15 mins boss, 15 mins
Captain JJ the flash noob
April 16, 2015 at 09:02
Good idea.
Off I go!
justlikemo
April 16, 2015 at 09:12
its all about perception and image, hit twitter, peter, facepaint. They have people watching all fronts protecting their image.
Ryanza
April 16, 2015 at 09:36
Telkom is now in do everything really slow mode at the call centers. Not sure if it applies to the technicians. But some serious shit is going on at Telkom.
Lord Chaos
April 16, 2015 at 08:50
We’ll need roads first…
justlikemo
April 16, 2015 at 09:01
🙂
Captain JJ the flash noob
April 16, 2015 at 08:44
I think I might actually be interested in this one.
Been a while since there was a decent racer.
Gr8_Balls_o_KFM_Fire
April 16, 2015 at 08:44
I pre ordered this but i may or may not keep to my promise. JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH THE FUCKING DELAYS
Greylingad
April 16, 2015 at 08:50
I believe they’ve used the same way of determining the release date as Eskom has been using for load shedding….
Lord Chaos
April 16, 2015 at 08:51
Blindfolding someone, spinning them around a few times and then giving them a dart?
Captain JJ the flash noob
April 16, 2015 at 08:52
*poison dart.
Let’s not play games here.
Greylingad
April 16, 2015 at 08:59
I was thinking more in the line of a drinking game though…. Something like, have a shot for predicting the release date, then take a shot for not delaying it and finally, take a shot for actually releasing it….
Lord Chaos
April 16, 2015 at 09:00
You must be a cheap date if it only takes 3 shots. 😛
Admiral Chief asked for this
April 16, 2015 at 09:05
Now that is a cheap shot from you!
Greylingad
April 16, 2015 at 09:06
Hehe, very, my tolerance for fermented fruit is not very high…
Hammersteyn
April 16, 2015 at 08:51
Become a Legend again?
http://www.tacticalgaming.net/hq/news/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/images-1.jpg
Ir0nseraph
April 16, 2015 at 08:54
Yeah it seems you need to renew that status yearly
Hammersteyn
April 16, 2015 at 08:58
Next year it will probably be a puzzle game
Lord Chaos
April 16, 2015 at 08:58
As in why are people still playing it?
No, sorry, that’s a riddle, not a puzzle
Hammersteyn
April 16, 2015 at 09:14
hahaha
BacchusZA
April 16, 2015 at 09:05
I’m not much of a fan of racing games, though I will admit to having loads of fun with Forza (whichever one I have) on the odd ocasion I fire up my old XBox.
That said, I am extremely tempted to get this, just because of how damn beautiful it is. I probably won’t even race, just drive around the tracks admiring the scenery & the other cars.
This is the first game I’ve seen where you have to seriously blink and stare *hard* at the visuals to see if it’s the game or live footage. And you still get it wrong and point at the game and go “that’s real” at least half the time.
This game, along with Elite Dangerous, is going to be what sells people on VR, because something that looks this gorgeous on a 2d monitor is going to be all kinds of mindblowingly amazing on a good VR headset.
Spathi
April 16, 2015 at 09:15
Cannot wait for the game to release! It looks amazing, it plays like a dream and I think it will blow all current racing games, sim or not, out of the water.
Rock789
April 16, 2015 at 09:31
Yes I’m keen. Yes I’m excited. And yes I’ll be purchasing this day 1!
I love racing games (only the good ones – you go away, Need for Speed! Back in your corner!). Watching that trailer reminds me a lot of what it felt like when I was sitting on the starting grid when I used to race… There is no other feeling like it! To this day, I’m yet to experience anything that can even come close… But the trailers this game’s been releasing… They make me feel the spark again. And I gotta say – I’m loving it! Can’t wait to try it out in earnest (played some pre-launch / early release code a while back and it was epic!). Let’s crank this sucker up to 100!!
Greylingad
April 16, 2015 at 09:37
I cannot wait for this myself, I’ll also purchase it day one, my palms are getting sweaty just anticipating the seat behind the steering wheel… it is going to be glorious…As glorious as that first day behind that wheel, that smell of a warm track and the fumes of petrol everywhere…
Rock789
April 16, 2015 at 10:31
Hell-to-the-yeah!!! 🙂
Ryanza
April 16, 2015 at 09:33
It’s funny to me that at the end of the trailer it shows that the game is coming to all new consoles and Steam. Not PC but Steam. You don’t need a PC to play games anymore. You just need Steam. Fuck the PC.
Don’t Support DRM. The Witcher 3 is coming to PC.
z1n
April 16, 2015 at 12:10
Have a look into WDM before you start. This is largely a community based game. The only DRM is the DRM we want. Please leave my Project CARS alone.
Ryanza
April 16, 2015 at 09:33
It’s funny to me that at the end of the trailer it shows that the game is coming to all new consoles and Steam. Not PC but Steam. You don’t need a PC to play games anymore. You just need Steam. Fuck the PC.
Don’t Support DRM. The Witcher 3 is coming to PC.
DBL_ZA
April 16, 2015 at 10:42
I’ll believe it when I have a “Play” button in my Steam library for this game. As excited as I am, I do not believe any sentence that has “Project CARS” and “release date” in it.
oVg
April 16, 2015 at 11:29
60fps? SOLD!!! gameply inhanced AND graphics is 1080… SOLD