Project CARS 3

 Xbox One
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4.1

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 6 out of 49
  3. Negative: 28 out of 49

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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Sep 6, 2020
    7
    Project CARS 3 is a racing video game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was first released on 28 August 2020 for the Xbox One. Project Cars 3, at least on the base console versions, isn’t quite the polished sequel we were hoping for, but despite its foibles – and there are many – it’s entertaining. The racing can be fun, finding that niche ofProject CARS 3 is a racing video game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was first released on 28 August 2020 for the Xbox One. Project Cars 3, at least on the base console versions, isn’t quite the polished sequel we were hoping for, but despite its foibles – and there are many – it’s entertaining. The racing can be fun, finding that niche of being accessible and competitive. If we look at the pros and cons... Pros = The inside look (cockpit view) is great and not makes your eyes hurt like some other games. There's lots of cars and tracks you can try so for some time you'll have enough resource to stick to the game. Handling style is smooth I really enjoyed while I was driving in Project Cars 3 trust me there's some games supposed to be a racing game but their worst future is handling like WHAT? Other than that only con I can talk about is I think career progression feels little slow like you going no where after a day or something like that. So people this game is quite nice I would play it if I'm a genre because as a gamer it was really fun!… Expand
  2. WeldedAngel
    Aug 29, 2020
    5
    My gripe with project cars 3 is it's trying to be to many things at once...... Is it a bad game no, not at all. It's easy to pick up and play, simpler control system for newer players to the series. But it's nothing like PJC 1 or 2, If your looking for a sim racer experience then sorry, this isn't it, think more of a mashup of need for speed, forza horizon and forza Motorsport.

    I would    My gripe with project cars 3 is it's trying to be to many things at once...... Is it a bad game no, not at all. It's easy to pick up and play, simpler control system for newer players to the series. But it's nothing like PJC 1 or 2, If your looking for a sim racer experience then sorry, this isn't it, think more of a mashup of need for speed, forza horizon and forza Motorsport.

    I would also suggest to look at a few videos of game play before you make the decision to purchase

    My Pros: Fun, Easy to pick up and play..

    My Cons: Not for someone looking for an experience like the previous titles, making itself a bit to many things at once.

    Overall the game is fun but not the project cars i'm used to.    … Expand
  3. SchorschG
    Sep 25, 2020
    0
    Project Cars 3 is still a simulation. It almost perfectly models the experience of a visually impaired person under drugs in rush hour traffic.
  4. Skyblue2008
    Aug 29, 2020
    1
    Runs smooth, graphics a step backwards from PC2, less tracks, less cars, poor customisation. A poor man's Forza. Totally ruined a good franchise. Played a handful of times will go back to PC2, ACC and Forza 7. Much cheaper to buy and way better games. Codemasters did great with F1 but totally failed on this.
  5. MinePlay512
    Aug 27, 2020
    7
    Namco did a good job with Project Cars 3. While it isn't great. I find this game to be good. Not great, but good.
  6. BigSoloFish
    Jan 28, 2021
    3
    The games dead. No online players at all when trying to have a race, even after release it was one or two people to race in lobbies. Graphics still suffering a of of screen tearing and it just doesn't feel like a fully game for the money. It's not as good as Project cars 2 from a sim point of view and it's not as good as Grid from an arcade angle. Forza 7 is a much better simcade game.
  7. DylanDrog
    Aug 29, 2020
    10
    This game Is 8 but to compensate nonsense reviews done watching youtube videos i gave 10. The game Is good, runs smooth on Xbox One x and Is a blast to play, i definitely love the Force feedback playing with a wheel.
  8. NascarFan
    Aug 28, 2020
    1
    Bad graphics even on Xbox one x, same content than Projet CARS 2. Races are too short, championships are too short. There isn't an offline custom championship mode. No pits, no tyres Wear... but many screen tearing. Very Bad game.
  9. Weewilly76
    Aug 28, 2020
    9
    Despite the bad reviews I bought the game anyway and I'm glad I did. It's nothing like the first 2 Project Cars Games, it's more like Grid meets Gran Turismo. The graphics aren't great, but they're OK. The game though is more like the game Grid should have been! There's a hefty 32gb patch to download, replacing most of the 35gb or so that was on the disc! Maybe this is why I found the gameDespite the bad reviews I bought the game anyway and I'm glad I did. It's nothing like the first 2 Project Cars Games, it's more like Grid meets Gran Turismo. The graphics aren't great, but they're OK. The game though is more like the game Grid should have been! There's a hefty 32gb patch to download, replacing most of the 35gb or so that was on the disc! Maybe this is why I found the game much more enjoyable than the reviewers. The update may have improved it. The driving with a Logitech G920 wheel is great fun! It's a simplified version of the first 2 games and just plain and simple fun!… Expand
  10. BOTOND_Springer
    Aug 28, 2020
    0
    Honestly it was my worst disappointment in 10 years! I don't mind if it's simcade or arcade either, BUT at least then it needs to be awesome graphics, great sounds and be immersive as well.... But it's not at all! Seriously it's looks like Forza Motorsport 4 from X-Box 360 era...
  11. drnicholasmills
    Aug 30, 2020
    8
    I can get the hate on this game. Did SMS say they were developing a full sim racer. Im not so sure.
    Is it a departure from the previous interations, yes it is.
    Is this a good game? I believe it is a good game, and people hate because theyre sim racers. Yes, I love sim racers and I have ACC for the xbox. Great game, but boy does it have flaws. Yes and many. Yet, I will work with    I can get the hate on this game. Did SMS say they were developing a full sim racer. Im not so sure.
    Is it a departure from the previous interations, yes it is.

    Is this a good game? I believe it is a good game, and people hate because theyre sim racers. Yes, I love sim racers and I have ACC for the xbox. Great game, but boy does it have flaws. Yes and many. Yet, I will work with the developer to get regular update and fix. It seems strange to me that many are not giving PC3 similar respect.

    Last night I drove in a multiplayer race around Nuremberg long circuit, 10mins per lap. It was an absolutely awesome race. Did it have the technical precision of ACC, no. But PC3 has accessibility.

    ACC is a difficult game to master and it requires a vastly higher degree of dedication to succeed at ACC. But it has limited cars and limited tracks. I still get the first corner right-off and poor collision mechanics. Poor multiplayer.

    PC3 have a vast number of tracks, huge number of cars, and great multiplayer. It definitely has its place with the less sim orientated crowd. If you're a sim racer, this game wont live up to the technical standards of ACC or other sim but it does provide fine racing in my opinion. Just get away from that early career mode where the driving is not that great and in my view provides a poor impression on actually how good the game is. Delve into multiplayer, the custom race, select those faster cars and watch it go. To good for 7.0 but not good enough for an 8.0, but that's the system here. On my early impressions, I would give it 76% Flawed but actually likeable.    … Expand
  12. Sleazed
    Sep 1, 2020
    0
    Absolute crap, project cars 3 is a really bad mobile style game that is nothing like pc1 or pc2.
    Ignore the critics score (as usual). The graphics are terrible, frame rate is very bad, and the the handling is atrocious, please heed this warning and do not buy it! Total rip off!
  13. KettuF1N
    Aug 31, 2020
    4
    Mobile game. The game looks awful compared to Forza or Gran Turismo. The game is poorly optimized xbox one x perfomance mode and the screen tearing is ridiculously too much. The graphics are Worse than in previous Project cars games. The feel of the controller is OK if you compare Forza or Gran Turismo. More time could have been spent optimizing the game. The game is worth buying onMobile game. The game looks awful compared to Forza or Gran Turismo. The game is poorly optimized xbox one x perfomance mode and the screen tearing is ridiculously too much. The graphics are Worse than in previous Project cars games. The feel of the controller is OK if you compare Forza or Gran Turismo. More time could have been spent optimizing the game. The game is worth buying on offer. What the car sounds like are these pretty ridiculous poor quality work done compared to Forza or Gran Turismo… Expand
  14. KarakACG
    Aug 29, 2020
    10
    It's a bit of a tragedy. i never thought the pCARS games were good games, but at least they were mediocre sims. pCARS 3 is a MUCH better GAME than its predecessors, the career is much better and it's much more fun to play with a controller now, which was almost unplayable before.

    It's a lot of fun to finally be able to enjoy those great tracks, that have always existed, in a more arcade    It's a bit of a tragedy. i never thought the pCARS games were good games, but at least they were mediocre sims. pCARS 3 is a MUCH better GAME than its predecessors, the career is much better and it's much more fun to play with a controller now, which was almost unplayable before.

    It's a lot of fun to finally be able to enjoy those great tracks, that have always existed, in a more arcade like racer, but it defies my understanding why they didn't call it Shift 3 instead, as that is basically what this game is.

    The game is nothing like the first two games, which seems like suicide from the marketing perspective, as it's clear as sauce this will greatly anger the long time fans and probably be overlooked by the more casual racers, who like Forza Horizon or GRiD, cause that's where this game is aimed at now.

    From a GAMER'S perspective I have WAY MORE fun with this game, than with the other two games though, UNTIL......

    Yeah, until one discovers, that the progression in this game feels very level-gated, which gives the whole game the feeling of a mobile game, which is somehow underlined by the truly lacklustre presentation, which looks clearly worse than on pCARS2, all while not really performing better.

    The VR mode atm is broken and unplayable for me, as it unexplicably jitters along from time to time.

    Sorry SMS, your last two games already released broken and unfinished but were never fixed. Please do better this time.

    As a verdict: I don't understand who this game is for. This would be a good game without the mobile progression, which simply reeks like GaaS and monetisation.

    I'd give it an 8, if it wasn't for that, but as it is I can't give more than a 6 right now    … Expand
  15. EVILTHE_TURTLE
    Aug 29, 2020
    0
    Looks worse than Project Cars 2, has worse handling and the cars are mostly a rehash from PCARS 2.
    Doesn't have as many new race tracks as needed, just more fictional street tracks that were designed to feel like NFS Shift 2 and Test Drive Ferrari.
    The handling is terrible, it feels almost as bad as GRID 2019. The career mode makes it feel like the mobile game Real Racing 3. I    Looks worse than Project Cars 2, has worse handling and the cars are mostly a rehash from PCARS 2.
    Doesn't have as many new race tracks as needed, just more fictional street tracks that were designed to feel like NFS Shift 2 and Test Drive Ferrari.

    The handling is terrible, it feels almost as bad as GRID 2019.

    The career mode makes it feel like the mobile game Real Racing 3.

    I had to ask Microsoft for a refund as I've never been more disappointed in a game that I was looking forward to since Mass Effect Andromeda.    … Expand
  16. rbfox9
    Aug 31, 2020
    0
    rip PCARS 3
    mobile car racing games are better than this
    gonna stick to PCARS 2
  17. Rikiwood
    Aug 30, 2020
    10
    Ce jeu est merveilleux. Il combine tout ce qui se fait de mieux en matière de jeu automobile.
  18. KwiqNiss
    Sep 8, 2020
    5
    I'm not quite sure how I feel about the car handling. Is it arcady? Or do the cheap cars just feel that way. I'd love to play to find out, but it's so buuugggy. I wanted to be able to give this game a 10 so bad. I had high expectations after how great the last two were, but this isn't even arcade quality yet. Ii hope it gets there. So long s they haven't wrecked the physics, then I don'tI'm not quite sure how I feel about the car handling. Is it arcady? Or do the cheap cars just feel that way. I'd love to play to find out, but it's so buuugggy. I wanted to be able to give this game a 10 so bad. I had high expectations after how great the last two were, but this isn't even arcade quality yet. Ii hope it gets there. So long s they haven't wrecked the physics, then I don't care about the other changes, but I can't get a good feel for it just yet. I'll try to update this post after they squash some bugs.… Expand
  19. Trollamiity
    Dec 12, 2020
    9
    I loooove it. The other Project cars games were clunky. This one is smoother than baby ****. I don't know why this game is getting so much hate. Make more like this Namco.
  20. Ray6701
    Feb 6, 2022
    10
    Awesome game dude I love it so much more its just incredible bro I love it so much more its just incredible bro I absolutely love it
  21. Broyax
    Sep 26, 2021
    1
    A priori et après quelques courses, ce nouveau ‘Project’ va dans le bon sens, rien que pour le fait qu’on ait plus à trifouiller les réglages de la manette pour piloter les différentes bagnoles… normalement ! avec ou sans les aides d’ailleurs. Mais en dehors néanmoins de soucis encore évidents concernant le comportement routier, c’est un autre gros problème que l’on découvre au fur et àA priori et après quelques courses, ce nouveau ‘Project’ va dans le bon sens, rien que pour le fait qu’on ait plus à trifouiller les réglages de la manette pour piloter les différentes bagnoles… normalement ! avec ou sans les aides d’ailleurs. Mais en dehors néanmoins de soucis encore évidents concernant le comportement routier, c’est un autre gros problème que l’on découvre au fur et à mesure : la carrière !

    Celle-ci est en effet si mal branlée qu’elle en devient horripilante étonnamment vite…! car il ne s’agit pas de remporter simplement des épreuves, non, non, il faut avant tout remplir des objectifs tels que doubler un nombre de caisses dans le temps imparti, faire un tour propre ou le plus rapide, maîtriser tant de virages etc, etc, des objectifs qui varient aussi en fonction du type d’épreuve comme un contre-la-montre, renverser des pancartes et ainsi de suite…

    Résultat, on se retrouve bloqué si l’on accomplit pas la grande majorité de ces ‘objectifs’, à moins de ‘débloquer’ les courses suivantes… avec du fric ! or, si on fait ça, on n’a plus de thunes pour acheter les véhicules requis (qui coûtent très cher) pour les prochaines épreuves : c’est donc le serpent qui se mord la bite ! et se bouffe les burnes de dépit. Il faut donc farmer les objectifs, y compris les plus chiants sinon, on risque pas d’avancer…

    Mais revenons aux soucis de comportement : si ce troisième Project Cars singe clairement les Forza Motorsport, il ne leur certainement pas à la cheville. Il n’arrive jamais à restituer ce délicat équilibre entre une dose d’arcade et trois doses de smulation, ce qui permet une prise en main impeccable mais aussi d’offrir au joueur des sensations proches d’un certain réalisme ou du moins, des sensations de réalisme ! et dans ce domaine, les Forza sont loin devant la concurrence, y compris les infâmes GTrons bien entendu, et ce depuis longtemps déjà.

    Ici donc, on reste dans le superficiel en matière de sensations de conduite, l’édulcoré, l’insipide : on ne ressent jamais la puissance des bolides, on a presque l’impression de se retrouver devant une codemasterie assez typique… mais sans les graphismes pour se consoler, car le ‘Projet numéro 3’ est assez vilain, étrangement vilain même, surtout pour un jeu sorti en 2020 ! le pire concerne la pluie, totalement ratée mais également -par dessus le marché- des ralentissements ici et là selon les épreuves, y compris sur Series X : c’est fou !

    Plutôt moche et parfois saccadé, le jeu est affublé de surcroît d’une IA bizarre qui tantôt reste sur des rails, tantôt fait des embardées brutales comme si vous n’existiez pas… Le pire, c’est de voir l’obsession du développeur sur le nombre de bagnoles et d’en coller 26 sur des circuits étroits et/ou minuscules : ça donne des grappes qu’on a toutes les peines du monde à doubler, d’autant que les collisions sont mal gérées ou pas gérées du tout.

    Enfin, la partie sonore reste étonnamment médiocre, indigne même d’un jeu triple A de cet acabit et d’ailleurs, seuls les fameux GTrons font pire à cet égard ! on l’a compris, Projet Totos 3 est raté sur tous les plans et/ou fort peu maîtrisé : une daube à éviter !    … Expand
  22. RILLAROO
    May 15, 2021
    10
    This game is similar to DriveClub. I'm looking forward to Project Cars 4. Awesome game
  23. ValeFabians
    Apr 12, 2022
    0
    worst racing game ever,in 2022 still lag in xbox sx. ruined a good saga,i still love PC2 but this game is useles,story mode is for baby child,no simulation. if i wanna play an arcade game i choose Grid. no more project cars for me
  24. Marcopreschle_4
    Feb 15, 2022
    7
    So people this game is quite nice I would play it if I'm a genre because as a gamer it was really fun! Collapse

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#94 Best Xbox One Game of 2020
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#36 Most Discussed Xbox One Game of 2020

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69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. GameGrin
    Sep 28, 2020
    65
    A fun, casual arcade racer that has a decent chunk of a career mode to keep you busy with some fun aspects, let down by wonky AI and being placed into the wrong series of games making it really hard to recommend to either demographic of casual race fans or sim racers.
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  2. Impulsegamer
    Sep 16, 2020
    60
    Summary: Project Cars 3 ditches its former charm in favour of pick up and play. As a result, the game struggles to find its own identity amongst a sea of better contenders.
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  3. GameMAG
    Sep 12, 2020
    70
    Project CARS 3 leaves mixed impressions. It can please fans with a nice process of driving, but it's difficult to recommend it to beginners because of the monotonicity factor in the career mode. Slightly Mad Studios still have a lot of work ahead to solve technical flaws and provide further support to the game, if they still want to win new players' attention.
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