Project CARS Available Now For Xbox One & PlayStation 4, Post Your Impressions

[SinisterAlex]

For those on the fence about this game I'd say that it's worth every penny. My game finally unlocked and after doing some time trials with the Zonda R and McLaren P1 for a couple hours I've gotta say this has to be the best racing game I've played. I'm totally hooked. Tracks look gorgeous as do the cars both inside and out. Physics are impressive and cars handle well (and I haven't even toyed with the tuning options yet!). Customization in terms of settings and such is phenomenal. Being able to fine tune your sensitivities for all aspects of your wheel and/or gamepad is a huge plus. I've been using the setup LingeringRegime posted for the gamepad (I've tweaked a few settings to my personal preference). Gives just the right amount of feel without making everything to twitchy or arcadelike.

Loving the helmet cam as well. Only camera I use. I adjusted the apex look setting to 80. Really like that feature.

I've yet to dive into career mode or any other mode aside from the Free Practice and Time Trial sections.

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I just had my best run out of the couple hours I've been playing with the McLaren P1 on Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya GP. I'm running my game with all possible assists turned off, real tire and fuel usage and manual transmission. I've always been an aggressive racer hence my really late braking. I still need to work on improving my lines and downshifts but thought I'd share this run nonetheless.

And yes, that's me deliberately blowing my engine at the end lmao.

[bcruise]

Quote: Originally Posted by SECElit3

Rolling starts are frustrating as hell on this game. It's like playing survival of the fittest until the field spreads out and into their lines. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Now that brings back memories of an old Papyrus racing sim that I know blueandgold, RunN and several others on this board played. I love the freedom that's given but at the same time yeah, the starts can turn into a real mess. Back when I played that I had to figure that if I survived the inevitable turn 1 wreck I'd stand a decent chance of winning the race.

I guess I'll ask - that game was Nascar Racing 2002/2003 Season, and for any of you guys that played it, does this bring back memories of that game?

[SECElit3]

Quote: Originally Posted by bcruise

Now that brings back memories of an old Papyrus racing sim that I know blueandgold, RunN and several others on this board played. I love the freedom that's given but at the same time yeah, the starts can turn into a real mess. Back when I played that I had to figure that if I survived the inevitable turn 1 wreck I'd stand a decent chance of winning the race. I guess I'll ask - that game was Nascar Racing 2002/2003 Season, and for any of you guys that played it, does this bring back memories of that game?

Yeah.... That was a little far back for me. I do see a lot of Shift 2 in this game.


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[ExtremeGamer]

The super cars are ridiciously tough to control out of the box but with some tweaks they get easier. Definitely recommend starting with more street cars and letting the game come to you with the controls. A very deep game with tons of options. If you don't like something in the game, almost a guarantee you can change it. A brilliant racing game, awesome courses, small but effective list of cars and a must own for racing fans. Can't wait for the Oval DLC pack as well.

[LingeringRegime]

Quote: Originally Posted by SinisterAlex

For those on the fence about this game I'd say that it's worth every penny. My game finally unlocked and after doing some time trials with the Zonda R and McLaren P1 for a couple hours I've gotta say this has to be the best racing game I've played. I'm totally hooked. Tracks look gorgeous as do the cars both inside and out. Physics are impressive and cars handle well (and I haven't even toyed with the tuning options yet!). Customization in terms of settings and such is phenomenal. Being able to fine tune your sensitivities for all aspects of your wheel and/or gamepad is a huge plus. I've been using the setup LingeringRegime posted for the gamepad (I've tweaked a few settings to my personal preference). Gives just the right amount of feel without making everything to twitchy or arcadelike. Loving the helmet cam as well. Only camera I use. I adjusted the apex look setting to 80. Really like that feature. I've yet to dive into career mode or any other mode aside from the Free Practice and Time Trial sections. ---------------- I just had my best run out of the couple hours I've been playing with the McLaren P1 on Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya GP. I'm running my game with all possible assists turned off, real tire and fuel usage and manual transmission. I've always been an aggressive racer hence my really late braking. I still need to work on improving my lines and downshifts but thought I'd share this run nonetheless. And yes, that's me deliberately blowing my engine at the end lmao.

Very nice run. Took those turns very well. You inspired me to keep grinding with manual transmission.

Helmet cam for me too. Project Morpheus is going to be so sick with this.

Oh and this is the type of game that you have to be 100% focused on while playing. If you have distractions going at your home its damn near impossible to focus.

[muelly]

Quote: Originally Posted by SinisterAlex

Over 3 and half hours and everything in the game is still locked except for the Dubai race.

This happened to me as well. I gave it an hour and knew something wasn't right. Delete the game from you system and reinstall it. My problem may have been I put it to rest mode when it installed and patch downloaded. Everything was there 2nd try.

[muelly]

Quote: Originally Posted by ExtremeGamer

The super cars are ridiciously tough to control out of the box but with some tweaks they get easier. Definitely recommend starting with more street cars and letting the game come to you with the controls. A very deep game with tons of options. If you don't like something in the game, almost a guarantee you can change it. A brilliant racing game, awesome courses, small but effective list of cars and a must own for racing fans. Can't wait for the Oval DLC pack as well.

Say what? I haven't read much but some oval racing would be a blast.

Your right on the super cars, anything that pushes a lot of power to the wheels is tough out of corners. If you throttle too quickly your likely to break loose.

[nc0ffey]

Quote: Originally Posted by LingeringRegime

Oh and this is the type of game that you have to be 100% focused on while playing. If you have distractions going at your home its damn near impossible to focus.

Quoted. For. Truth.