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  • Summary: Create a driver, pick from a variety of motorsports, and shift into high gear to chase a number of Historic Goals and ultimate recognition in the Hall Of Fame. Then test your skills online either in competitive fully-loaded race weekends, leaderboard-based time challenges, orCreate a driver, pick from a variety of motorsports, and shift into high gear to chase a number of Historic Goals and ultimate recognition in the Hall Of Fame. Then test your skills online either in competitive fully-loaded race weekends, leaderboard-based time challenges, or continually-updated community events. Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 37
  2. Negative: 0 out of 37
  1. May 6, 2015
    93
    With Project CARS, Slightly Mad Studios brings us the first great racing simulator for the next generation. Its huge offer of content and its passion for cars take it to the top of the podium.
  2. May 8, 2015
    90
    Project CARS strips back racing to what it should be: just the car, the track and you.
  3. Playstation Official Magazine Australia
    May 26, 2015
    90
    Forget “The Real Driving Simulator”, Project CARS is racing simulation at its finest. [July 2015, p71]
  4. 80
    Project CARS is a great example of a game that is designed to get players to be better at what they love to do, without having to integrate designs that can hurts the game’s potential for its hardcore audience.
  5. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Jun 30, 2015
    80
    Bugs aside, a tremendous and uncompromising simulation of a kind we may not have seen previously on consoles. [July 2015, p.89]
  6. May 26, 2015
    80
    For the most realistic driving simulation available though, Project CARS is all you’ll need.
  7. Jun 10, 2015
    60
    Slightly Mad Studios alters the racing-car formula smartly in several areas, but the good ideas are often half-baked or hidden behind a load of cruft.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 46 out of 93
  2. Negative: 23 out of 93
  1. May 12, 2015
    10
    Игра оправдала ожидания в общем. Физика на высшем уровне и на много превосходит GT6. Графика для консоли сойдёт, но не будет забывать что этоИгра оправдала ожидания в общем. Физика на высшем уровне и на много превосходит GT6. Графика для консоли сойдёт, но не будет забывать что это симулятор. От шифта(nfs shift) в игре ничего нет, не слушайте не доброжелателей. К минусам можно отнести разве что количество машин и не совсем удобное управление на джойстике, но и игра сделана под руль. В общем как и сказала в начале, игра мне понравилась, если вы скучаете по онлайн покатушкам GT5 и GT6, то игру стоит брать не думая ;) Expand
  2. May 28, 2015
    9
    I think that Project Cars is a very good game with a really good graphic and it's sometimes very realistic,but there aren't many cars and it'sI think that Project Cars is a very good game with a really good graphic and it's sometimes very realistic,but there aren't many cars and it's sometimes really hard. 9 out of 10 Expand
  3. May 12, 2015
    9
    On first playing this game I found it very difficult to adapt. Unlike Forza & Gran Turismo which were easier to adapt to I found I needed aOn first playing this game I found it very difficult to adapt. Unlike Forza & Gran Turismo which were easier to adapt to I found I needed a good 4 hours to understand the mechanics of the cars. The graphics are fantastic with very few issues & the weather system is the best on any racing game I have come across. The AI are also very good in comparison to other racing games of the Genre.

    Career mode offers a wide range of racing categories from which you can choose with Invitational's which give you chance to drive different cars as you go through. The button configuration is brilliant with plenty of options to choose from to make the controller as comfortable as you need.

    There is a wide variety of cars to choose from & also a large number of tracks, a lot of which I have never come across in a racing game before.

    Project cars is a brilliant Next Gen game & sets the bar for future racing games of its Genre. There is & will always be room for improvement but this is a large step in the right direction.
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  4. May 29, 2015
    7
    Anyone giving this game 0 is an idiot, but anyone giving 10 is turning a blind eye to its' many faults and missed opportunities.

    The
    Anyone giving this game 0 is an idiot, but anyone giving 10 is turning a blind eye to its' many faults and missed opportunities.

    The driving simulation is possibly the best of any racer I've played. For the sheer weight and feel of a car it beats GT by a long way. On this aspect alone the game would score an easy 10. The driving is tricky and requires skill and patience, with each car handling very differently. This is not a game for the casual arcade racer.

    Unfortunately the game fails in all other areas. I found the career mode really dull. There are no rewards or unlocks and the races are really easy, unless you manually adjust the AI to make it more difficult to win. A strange choice. Much as the vaunted "Freedom" may have sounded good, it provides no incentive to progress, and allows rookies to jump straight into the most difficult multiplayer and wreck others races.

    It's multiplayer where the game both shines and provides the greatest let down. If you manage to find a "clean" race with a sensible qualification period and lap count, the game is an absolute blast. Unfortunately you'll mostly be playing public games which are like the wild west and filled with trolls. While this is no fault of Slightly Mad Studios, they have provided no features in Multiplayer to punish bad players. When you're punted off the track or rear ended by a troll, it's most often you that will be punished for corner cutting. The lack of penalties for trolls can be rage inducing.

    Add to this the lack of cars (almost no Japanese cars is very disappointing), slow menu loading (with no egg timer to show that anything is happening) MP joining bugs and crashes (5 or so in a week) a potentially awesome game ends as just ok. A missed opportunity.
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  5. Sep 7, 2017
    6
    It is good. Play it with a wheel (for example the 'Thrustmaster T300RS') and you will feel how good it is. After Two years having it playedIt is good. Play it with a wheel (for example the 'Thrustmaster T300RS') and you will feel how good it is. After Two years having it played only with controller input I bought this wheel and a 'Wheelstand Pro V2', and it is night and day. Expand
  6. Aug 12, 2017
    5
    There is one thing you will definetly not find within this game: fun.

    The tracks look and are boring, the cars and graphics are ok. I
    There is one thing you will definetly not find within this game: fun.

    The tracks look and are boring, the cars and graphics are ok.

    I knew beforehand that this a hardcore simulation but the car controls are just torture. Imagine turning off every ABS, traction control etc in another racing game so that the cars are difficult to control. Now Imagine you still can't control them often enough with all helping system on. Welcome to Project cars.

    Having no progression in career mode is just wrong and no fun at all.

    I tried playing online and I found not a single race where guys drove automatic. And way too many **** kart races.
    Why is there no option or any people willing to go for a quick ride? Hell you can do that in every racing game... no you wait for eternity to just get wrecked in a manual race with **** cars (karts)

    I know those complaints can be summed down to I can play that game but I never had a problem with any racing games ever... so think there is something wrong here.

    I can not recommend this to anyone except you own a steering wheel and had fun playing Dark Souls with a drum from guitar hero or something like that.

    I seldom buy games and regret it but this one I did for sure.
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  7. Jun 1, 2017
    0
    There are way too many bugs for the game to be deserving of a 1. Some are more game-breaking than others, such as when two cars get stuckThere are way too many bugs for the game to be deserving of a 1. Some are more game-breaking than others, such as when two cars get stuck together when they barely touch, but ultimately all are incredibly annoying and make the game unenjoyable. Expand

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