Project CARS Available Now For PC, Post Your Impressions

[canes21]

Man this game is fun. Got 4 kart races in tonight. Finished 6th and 5th IIRC in the first two. Then 3rd and 1st in the last two. Playing on 70 AI. I've got a great feel for the karts now. I ended up lapping one opponent last race in the win. I only won by a second over 1st place it said, but it felt like once I took 1st, I never felt pressure.

I'll see how the next few races go, but I might be bumping it to 80 soon. The game is just gorgeous. I went from having it maxed out just about to having everything at high and it is still gorgeous and with those settings it is buttery smooth. I plan to get a 970 eventually, and when I do, it'll be back to Ultra with everything, but even with everything as high as it goes or just high instead of Ultra, it's a beautiful game. The lighting is great.

I'm loving it so far. Wish I didn't have work in the morning, but I definitely will get more playtime in this weekend.

[Stormyhog]

Some more PS4 gameplay with chat that I came across.

[longshadow11]

Playing on pc. Graphics are very nice and the game handles well with a 360 controller. Project Cars is a quality game. It seems that you can play with total sim realism or fairly arcade. Solid title, if you're a racing fan I highly recommend it.

[Paul21694]

Downloaded midnight of the 7th even though it wasn't supposed to release until the 8th here in the UK.

First impressions: very good. I'm an Xbox guy and I really prefer it to Forza. While it doesn't have all the customisation or number of cars, the dynamic time of day and weather far outweighs that. I don't think I've ever panicked so much as towards the end of my first race weekend in a Formula B car at Hockenheim when it began going really cloud in the last few laps and there were some raindrops in the last lap.

At first it was really difficult just to keep my car on the track. Especially somewhere like Monaco, the surface is so slippery that you find yourself just sliding into corners. I'm getting the hang of it now and I've bought a wheel for my Xbox to help because using a controller doesn't do this game justice.

[LucianoJJ]

Quote: Originally Posted by longshadow11

Playing on pc. Graphics are very nice and the game handles well with a 360 controller. Project Cars is a quality game. It seems that you can play with total sim realism or fairly arcade. Solid title, if you're a racing fan I highly recommend it.

I used my 360 controller, too. Downloading and installing the driver for my Logitech MOMO wheel was a bit of a pain, but has worked out fine. Either way, regardless of what controller I use, Project CARS is great. I'll have to tweak the settings on my ASUS ROG to maximize the look of the game.


Am I disappointed by the initial mix of racing machines? Yes, but the gameplay experience seems to override that so far. Early on, it reminds me of GTR2. I get the sense Project CARS will age well, get better, be more enjoyable, and offer plenty of challenges. I'm optimistic.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Some heavy fog and rain replay clip. With 30 cars I got around 65 to 68fps. Fog is a performance killer. With just rain I get around 84 to 93fps. Clear day 90 to 105fps.

[geisterhome]

Guys, I read that you can have longer races over many rounds, is that true?
I'm so tired of those 3 round races ala Forza and Drive club.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Quote: Originally Posted by geisterhome

Guys, I read that you can have longer races over many rounds, is that true? I'm so tired of those 3 round races ala Forza and Drive club.

250 laps is the max
42 cars plus yours would be 43 cars total in a race