I'm in the credits of this game and could talk for hours about it's development and some of the design choices made. On paper, pC3 genuinely wasn't a bad idea and even as a hardcore sim guy I fully supported the shift in direction (which was intended to be an offshoot similar to forza horizon, the name change to pCars 3 came at the eleventh hour and you can find remnants of the original name in the file structure and some promo material). Over the span of several years though, little decisions had a butterfly effect. IMO the biggest problem was it recycled too much content from pC2. If they had included just street cars, supercars, and street circuits, then sold the game at like $30, it would have been a spiritual successor to PGR and been a nice pick-up & play racer with fairly realistic handling. A sandbox for vehicle upgrades and quick little ranked races. The moment they started putting almost everything from pC2 into pC3, (basically the entire pc2 car/track roster, untouched), it gave the game a really weird identity and too many people looked at it and said "why wouldn't I just play pC2?" The unfortunate part is that from a tech side, so many important leaps were made. We fixed some really important things that fans were asking for. A lot of weird tire model issues were finally sorted out, as were FFB issues and pad handling filters. But like, because the actual game was such a weird hodgepodge of features and content, nobody really cared.

@danek8036

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your pov. What do you think of the direction reiza has gone with the ffb etc on top of PC2

@AustinOgonoski

2 жыл бұрын

@@danek8036 I wish Reiza polished their game a little more. You can tell they literally just took the madness engine, gave it a new UI, and inserted their own cars and tracks.

@adriangarnham6084

2 жыл бұрын

It launched without ffb and had almost no wheel support until updated. Biggest mistake imo was not calling it project cars race or similiar but lauching it as a numbered addition to the franchise killed pcars/project cars ipo. Its obvious this was the planned mobile version of the game and just a cash grab that you had nothing to do with.

@vMaxHeadroom

2 жыл бұрын

@@AustinOgonoski I have to disagree, loved PC2, couldn't believe what they did with PC3 but Reiza took on the challenge and have done a fantastic job and they continually update the game both from a physics and content perspective and most important it is one hell of a fun sim slotting in nicely in between the heavy weights. The new content with CART's, the vintage F1, GTE glorious graphics that does not need a monster GPU, I could go on and on... Could and should have been PC3 especially with the bigger team Madness had and money behind it!

@jgagnier

2 жыл бұрын

@@AustinOgonoski as someone who got AMS2 the week it was released, I can say that they have sloooooowly but surely been chipping away at it. It’s gone a long way. Sure, they aren’t a big studio and we all wish things would work faster (they still have so many UI quirks/bugs, and their initial roadmaps were hilariously optimistic), but I think they tend to point in the right direction. Would you?

Its A NFS Shift 3, and its amazing

Project CARS - "Community Assisted Racing Simulator". Project Cars 3 was a complete betrayal of the Project Cars backers and the whole community.

There's no reason why the game couldn't take the best elements of both arcade racing and simulations. Like with Gran Turismo, turning tyre wear on and off, simple stuff like that.

@X1erra

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree with this. Gran Turismo has pit stops, just that it's only relevant much later in the game when you start doing endurance racing. But it's always there. This is why PC3 really irks me, it killed any chances of having a long race.

@BorisKulagin

2 жыл бұрын

@@X1erra Not only GT. FM has pit stops, tyre wear etc. But - many games (almost all), which are positioned as a simulator, have the ability to turn off damage, tire wear, fuel consumption, enable assistants, etc. For me Project Cars 3 was a hit to face, I didn't hesitate to pre-order it and now the game is lying in the Steam garbage.

@LithFox

2 жыл бұрын

Here's the problem though: The backers wanted a true racing sim, and even the first game was disappointing. See posts by EmptyBox or anyone who actually plays the top racing sims. I backed the first one myself. The beta builds were far closer to a simulation. We made jokes that it was just Need for Speed: Shift. And then 3 actually was. The sim fans WERE the target audience. And then they weren't, and so they couldn't properly get both.

@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes

2 жыл бұрын

@@X1erra Think they were too busy rushing it out to actually stop and play FM7 or GTS. People love comparing it to Forza, But FM7 actually had the foresight to let you change the length of career races for a start. I could forgive this, if the framerate was actually stable - even on a Series X 🤨

@homeperson11244

2 жыл бұрын

Do you think sim game like Rfactor or Assetto Corsa cannot had it's mechanical system like tyre wear being shut off. No one would enjoy of game if it's force you to be great from the start, and even in those kinda sim they still allow you to be a beginner with assists like ABS or TC.

The one thing I do appreciate about Project Cars games is how they let you test out and race every car straight out of the box. No having to grind on career to get to drive the cars you want to drive.

Hey, if you just want to jump in and do 10 or 15 laps without all the fuss, this simcade is a blast. The problem is not the sim, but the influencers. They spend their lives racing all day, fine tuning the cars, the pitstops, the time of day, the weather, etc, they luv it. Well that's for them. But there are many of us that don't spend our lives on sim racing and just want to have fun. I find the PC3 cars to be much more fun to drive than on, what I call, the spin out sims. If you just want fun racing, this is the game for you!

@pijinio

7 ай бұрын

EXACTLY

@martindescoteaux9288

Ай бұрын

Hi, does the game still good today. I can get it for 30$

They shot themselves in the foot. They marketed the game wrong by calling it Project Cars 3. They should have made it like an spin-off type of game just like Xbox does with Forza Horizon. It should have been Project Cars Turbo or some BS like that. Now they have a long road to recovery if they ever decide to make a 4th installment. Sim drivers are going to be skeptical about purchasing the game if they aren't sure if the game will be more arcade or if it will be an actual driving simulation game.

@istillplayroblox6952

2 жыл бұрын

It should be named Project Cars: Showdown instead Also i am based on a comment of another user

@charlesberkley3460

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, same game with an other name may given them a better chance

@NobbsAndVagene

2 жыл бұрын

That's why I have a try before I buy attitude whenever possible. Yes, this apparently makes me a heinous criminal, but if I hadn't cracked PC2 there's no way I'd have ever bought it. Which I did, with DLCs. Went through the same process with PC3, did not buy it. Thanks, common sense.

@pat_rick2419

2 жыл бұрын

there will never be a project cars 4. This game trashed the Project Cars name. They will have to reboot the series under a different name if they want to avoid having a completely skeptical audience before and during launch season. You never want to have to win over an angry audience with any project and that's what project cars 4 would have to do. If they're smart they'll reboot it under a new name to have a fresh start

@goonfish

Жыл бұрын

Aaaand looks like they went and _sawed off their other foot_ (or they're running out of money...) - as they just pulled ALL purchase avenues for Project Cars 2 for good today. :( No official physical or digital purchasing available anywhere (can still find some straggler keys from key-resellers, while they last at least), and Project Cars 1 will be pulled this October 3rd... They've officially shot-down license renewals for everything geared towards enthusiasts, which is not a great sign.

They could have made ams2. That's how good the engine is, but they made it a cash grab and failed miserably..

Didn't know it had been crowd funded in the first place. No wonder people went ballistic. That's a phoenix unlikely to revive...

NFS Shift was fantastic. Very good way for a newcomer to get into track racing. On Xbox 360 with a steering wheel it was a great experience for me.

I saw the dumpster fire a mile away and avoided it.

My issue is the devs flat out Lied to its Loyal driver Base.. Pc2 was always a Esports option way to fk that up with your mobile bag of 💩 I apologise for the Language but I Loved Pc2..live track was one of the most beautiful additions to a racing game I had ever seem

For what it is, it's a fun game. Whenever family or friends stop by to see the sim rig, PC3 is the game that I fire up for them. You know, to build up their confidence. Then, when they're having fun and the trash talking starts to get out of hand, I crush their spirits with RaceRoom, rFactor2, AMS2, or ACC. They start complaining that RaceRoom, rFactor2, AMS2 and ACC are too hard and they want to play PC3 again. So PC3 does have entertainment value.

@JOHB25

2 жыл бұрын

Its fine and all, but you gave money towards Ian Bell, noooo :)

@OhItsThat

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve never played PC3 but I know for sure I’d never let anyone who wanted to try my sim rig play it in my sim rig. If It’s feels anything like PC2 there’s no way PC3 would be an impressive first impression. For this I use AC with, CM , CSP and SOL. Hopefully someday I can use AMS2.

@JOHB25

2 жыл бұрын

@@OhItsThat AMS2 in my G2 is the best way to sell sim racing - it looks and performs lovely.

@jerwatson79

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, PC3 handles very well and has good points. Ppl are just butt hurt cuz its not what they expected

@yoavmend1909

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerwatson79 I mean yea people crowdfunded a sim and 3 games later it's a full on arcade game people are justified not being happy about it

I am a sim racer, and I couldn't agree with you more about this game becoming a toy for kids.

@apophisstr6719

2 жыл бұрын

Probably worse, even the kids aren't interested because it's not arcade enough. They wanted it to be everything and ended up becoming nothing, it's a common amateur artist/creator mistake.

@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes

2 жыл бұрын

@@apophisstr6719 Some of the tracks not in PC2, kept me coming back to it, but then the choppy framerate shows up and I'm like 🤬 this. Thank god for PC2, otherwise I'd be a pissed off Series X owner.

@AkibaMomoro

2 жыл бұрын

@@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes Project Cars 2 also has a full lobby for gt3 racing almost every night which is super nice for returning PC players.

@ianhenninger6677

2 жыл бұрын

they should have just made a content update for all the classes for Pc2 instead of this

@Himothyx10

2 жыл бұрын

Poops 💩 I’m just getting home 🏠

What is crazy is AMS2 gets grouped in with this. Yeah it the same engine but....

@blacknovella

2 жыл бұрын

ams2 is a fantastic sim.. pc3 tho is garbage

@danielharris3827

2 жыл бұрын

@@blacknovella My no1 sim rn!!! AMS2 is FIRE!

@krakentortoise7531

2 жыл бұрын

AMS2 gets grouped with PC2, not PC3. Because it's the same engine which SMS and has been updating since 2008.

@danielharris3827

2 жыл бұрын

@@krakentortoise7531 2 or 3, it is a tragedy AMS2 is compared to PC.

@blacknovella

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielharris3827 same since the big update i have basically not touched ACC and AC

The biggest mistake this game made was call itself "Project Cars 3" should've been called "Project Cars: Shift" or something...

Wow, I just got project cars three a month ago and I love it. I got it on a steam sale and have all the DLC for it and I have been having a blast especially California highway. I’m glad I got to the game now and not when they initially had released.

I disagree with your notion that project cars 2 didn't deliver. IMO it's still the best (and probably only) racing sim that offers a fleshed-out career. Where you can go from a grassroots category all the way up to the top echelons of motorsport. And although ACC or iracing may offer better physics engines, that emersion that's achieved by the career is what did it for me.

He (Ian Bell) has started a new studio now: Straight4

Not only was it dead. The whole studio, the franchise, AND codemasters is in a smoldering EA™ crater®

Ian Bell didn't give up, though. He's working on a new project. I believe its called GTR Revival. I wish him lots of luck and good fortune. It would be interesting to see him deliver on his vision, this time around.

This video came a year and a half too late... What's the point of it, when everyone with a bit of interest in SIM racing already knows that PC3 failed at so many levels even before it was released. The CEO continued to make false promises which today it make me think or either he was lying from the beginning or he didn't have a clue about SIM racing and what the SIM racing community value.

@LithFox

2 жыл бұрын

It's simply to apologize it seems. The thing about this sorta thing is if you're like, say, someone like me who is into Sim Racing from 25 years ago (I am not much older than that), you would've seen the signs. But if you're not a part of sim racing, it's a lil harder to see.

Atleast the game is playable on controller

Loved pc1 & 2 warts and all... just could not believe what I saw when the first trailer came out... It just got worse from that point. Im firmly in the quick 10-20 minute race crowd but it must be authentic to real world and pc3 with its blocked pits, magic tyres, notably worse graphics, weird car movements, neon flashing signs, dude bro tents everywhere, horrific class matching on track etc... was just a bad bad dream. So dissapointed...

The car list,engine sounds & physics are underrated in this game.

I simply did not like it. I tried the first couple of races and quickly realised PC3 was definitely not for me. PC1 and 2 by comparison are so much better even though PC1 hasn't been supported in ages. I GAVE my game away; asking for money would have been insulting!!

they could've learn with how Turn10 and Polyphony did "Simcadey" but they seem to refuse to lmao.

@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes

2 жыл бұрын

Too busy rushing it out to stop and do their homework on those.

When I first got to realise that PC3 had removed a lot of manual customisation with most reviewers pointing out the game had arcade style, ngl I was so so disappointed...but after playing the game I can definitely say, although I’d want them to bring back customisation of PC2 but the gameplay physics, the vehicle sounds and attention to detail on realism of and experience of racing in PC3 is just on another level of spectacular ...

I didn't know Ian Bell resigned. Now I know PC4 is dead.

If they wanted to make a game like this they should have let go of the name Project Cars. But it is still a kick it the butt for their old fanbase to completely ignore them and make a completely different game for a different kind of gamer. tbh I am glad it didn’t sell well.

Not gonna lie didnt even know Project Cars 3 existed and thought this was going to be some joke about AMS2. I bought AMS2 and felt like it was a successor of PC2.

The best thing came out from the pCARS franchise is that they sold the Madness engine to Reiza. So there is simulator pCARS, but it's called Automobilista 2. 😉

I play Assetto Corsa, GT Sport, and PC2 and I'd honestly have to say Project Cars 3 is my favorite by far.

You could see the progress from PC1 to PC2. It's too bad they didn't iterate on it for PC3 because it really could have been something special. What a waste.

They shouldnt have called it project cars 3 it should have been its own new franchise

I just picked it up on sale. One thing I hate is a stupid red crash effect and weird noise in cockpit view. Did you trun this off, is there a way to remove this? Always liked PC 2. Thanks

PCARS 3's main Problem, IMO, was Ian Bell not telling the Truth! :( Had He just told the Truth and Said "we have made an Arcade Racing Game to try and Help the Franchise sell better on Console" Instead of telling us, Barefaced, that it was what it most certainly is *not* , a "Sim" " , I think the Game would have been *Far* better Received. Why Codemasters did not allow it to be Sold as Project CARS -Shift, as a Spin off (and a Nice Shoutout back to SMS's Roots too!) I will never know, as that also probably would have helped People to see that, given PCARS 2 is very much a Sim-Cade Game (Again, see it as a Sim and You are going to hate it, to "Get" what PCARS 2 is, You have to compare it to Forza Motorsport or Gran Turismo, as a Sim-Cade, not to a Real Sim like Assetto Corsa, which will Drive Rings around it!) A La Forza Motorsport, that this Game was going to be more like PCARS answer to Forza Horizon, an Arcade Spin off, and it would have been Received Better. Ideally they, IMO, should have removed all the Racing Cars, added in considerably more Road Cars, and then made the Game Open World around the "Azure Coast" Location (Say 100KM2 Map?) based around the "CARS" Festival (Like how TC2 has "Motornation", basically just the Horizon Festival with the Chassis Number Swapped!) , to give PCARS a True Rival to Forza Horizon to go along with PCARS 2 as its Forza Motorsport Rival. Sadly, it was not to Be :( There is a good Arcade Game here, and that's its Problem, its an Arcade Game, wearing the Name and Reputation of a Pretty Good "Sim Cade" Game :( Peace.

For me as a gamepad player, PC2 was little to hard on rainy and snowy conditions. I loved NFS Shift 2 handling (with fixed input lag ofc), and i kind of liked PC3. I would love it, if not the bugs. I knew its gonna be more gamepad racing game, like Shift, before i purchased it, and i was really happy about handling again. But twitchy opponents (fixable on Nv GPU by ultra low latency mode - also shortening extremaly long loading times, unfortunately unfixable on AMD GPU, which i have now), crazy FAST AI on SOME tracks, and crazy SLOW on OTHER tracks, with many smaller bugs made me regret i bought it so early. This is literały last game i bought after release. But today, i have this installed and enjoy it. Its fixes collision with other cars on tracks, which was most hated issue by myself (when my car joined (melted) other car and we both fall of the track).

i feel like why the change happend was because slightly mad was helping automobilista 2 and didn't want to have that be in competition.

Many years ago when 60 dollars was a lot of money for me, I did pay it to fund PC1 because I was a huge fan of Shift 2, the promise of a Shift 2 with full simulation was like a dream for me and at the time there where no racing games like Gran Turismo or Forza on PC, what I imagined it to be was a GT with better physics with support for all racing gear. PC1 was a HUGE disappointment for me and felt like a rushed and incomplete game, for me just felt like Shift 2 but worse because it didn't have any of the customization and progression aspect of Shift 2 and the physics were just slightly better than Shift 2, you could feel how similar Shift 2 and PC1 physics were by the way SMS try to emulate downforce and that made me ignore for years PC2, I got PC2 on sale for like 5 dollars and OMG PC2 still didn't have the customization of Shift 2 but as a Racing Simulator it was a great game. So I got hyped for PC3, but thank god I didn't pay before the game release, when I watched the first trailer for PC3 I just lol really hard and just forgot it. What a shame.

@nfdrummer92

2 жыл бұрын

You should try Automobilista2

@MrBeerscuits

2 жыл бұрын

@@nfdrummer92 Yes I have it since it came out! It is great.

Good call dude.. cant be blamed for supporting something you love

A very underrated game A really well made and fun RACING game

Nice video, I saw the writing on the wall very early and never bought PC3. I absolutely love PC2 and I still play it to this day. I fear we'll never see a product from them again because PC3 is a financial failure

Simply ARSE (Arcade Racing Simulator Experience)

@OverTake_gg

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂👌

I honestly don't mind them going the arcade direction they did with PC3 - they should just have made it clear that was what they were doing. The dishonesty of pretending you are making the ultimate simulator to your fans and then slinging them a crap version of GRID made that change very hard to bear though. The thing I really don't get though is how they made it look worse than PC2, whilst also performing worse - especially in VR. PC2 remains a great looking game and is optimised so well you can really crank that supersampling for extra bling. No matter what I do with PC3 though it just look awful, jaggy and with flickering textures a constant problem. If I have people around and they want a more arcade style racer, instead of a full on sim, my go to remains PC2 as you can easily make that feel arcadey enough for people, the car selection is incredible and the graphics are still gorgeous. PC3 sits in a weird place where it worse in all ways, even if you actually want an arcade racer. I say open the trash up for modding and let the modding community fix what the developer clearly doesn't care about.

@daviddanser8011

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed, they should have also changed the name of the title.

The main problem with project cars 3 is that they called it project cars 3. If they had called it anything else or added something like Horizon at the end they wouldn't have had that back of a backlash. They could've advertised as a more casual racing game

I think PCars 2 was pretty good. Could have been better in some areas, but overall I thought it was decent. If only PCars 3 had just been another improvement over what PCars 2 tried to do, I would have bought it for one, but also I think it would have been a great success.

I bought it digitally bc I figured it would still have some redeemable qualities. It doesn't. It's Forza 5. All they had to do was not screw up PC2, it was almost perfect.

The Biggest problem PC3 is the performace to this day when it rains it poors in this game perfmace goes from 120 to 20fps everytime it rains you can have 4090 for all care rain literally makes you gpu wett

I'd prefer PC2 over PC3, cause you have a whole lot more options of racing, GT1, GTE, LMP Hybrid cars, Drifting, Rallycross and much more

Dumbing down the physics so much was a turn-off for me, I loved the amount and type of cars however...

Had EA acquired codemasters prior to release they could have got away calling this NFS Shift 3

The only problem I see with this game was the title / marketing. Make it a spinoff, Call it Project Cars: Skyline, or Project Cars: GT or something like that and you're golden. People were so butthurt, understandably to a certain degree, because they were expecting a sim, but the game itself was great. Best handling and realistic arcade Racer out there. The way the tires and the chassis felt on a controller no less, oh my god. Really extraordinary.

To each their own. I am not a super ultra hyper mega expert in racing sim games, and I'm sure the huge majority of gamers aren't either. Yeah, I get the thing of Project Cars that caters to a particular segment but hey, lots of us regular dudes can grab a game like that one and enjoy the set of cars, races and beautiful tracks. I think the devs just wanted a piece of that cake of a market.

@damienmb2365

2 жыл бұрын

Sure but why would you buy a mid-budget pretend-sim that is only known for betraying it's former fanbase instead of Forza/GT/NFS?

@crisvis8905

2 жыл бұрын

The problem is the false advertising. They advertised PC3 as the a more realistic racing sim than PC2, when it's literally the opposite. They should have been honest and advertised it to casual racers, instead of hardcore sim racers.

this sucks I wanted to buy Project Cars 3 because its 70% off right now. $28.49 for the Deluxe Edition but now i see why its for sale. Thank you for the video

Having not played it, I'm intrigued to know about the driving experience. Gamification of the interface and lack of tyre wear aside. It's still the PC2 physics, presumably.

@RatRacer

2 жыл бұрын

It's not the same phsyics

@pabelmon

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately it’s a lot worse and the VR is broken, there’s a bug they never fixed between simucube 2 bases and VR with black screen at the start of every race… thanks to steam I refunded it right after buying it on sale. It’s not even worth 25% of the price.

@nattyhead5988

2 жыл бұрын

No...

@ReXzz

2 жыл бұрын

You can clearly see from the trailer that physics are on the same level of your average Need for Spees. I.e absolute garbage.

I just got this cause 2 was hard and I don’t have a wheel and want a chill racing game with cars and tracks that I can actually drive

I absolutly love PC3

@OverTake_gg

2 жыл бұрын

If you enjoy it, that's great! ❤️

So now it's Project EAR"S" (Electronic Arts Racing "Simulator")

This game has probably seen it's last dollar with Forza already out and Gran Turismo release around the corner

lol, this is me before it's released, I was dead wrong defending it, and now I'm still playing PC2.

Sr, you are a gentleman.

Time to look forward bring on GT7 and project cars 4 in the future hopefully PC4 Will be better game

Project Arcade: Unleashed

PC3 would have been perfect if they fixed the bugs of PC2 and added new tracks and cars , thats ALL they had to do , and they bottled it smh idiots

The split time IS SO FUCKING AGRRIVATINGSHEHEJ, IVE DONE PERFECT RUNS BUT ONLY GOT BAD SPLIT TIME THE GAME SUCKDJSNSJSJDHC)DM

i wonder why it is still priced usd 59... isn't too expensive for a failed title?

Awesome video from Marvin! 👏

PROJECT CARS 3 would not have been such a failure if they called it project car showdown/rival or some crap as an arcade variant of the game.

looks good to me.if it's anything as good as Grid I'm happy.

just think to it : a game who was supposed to be a sim being presented in a trailer where a car is litterally pit maneuvering another...and they had the nerve to pretend that it was " all the sim we ever wanted" ....

My unpopular opinion- PC3 played very well and had great features and modes (as a stand alone game)

@beyond72deepsoulfulhousemixes

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn't play very well on my Series X and I've defended the game in the past. Great potential ruined by a rush job.

@janthonyfremont

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Project Cars 3. I honestly feel like it's a better game than PC2 and I played the crap out of that.

@jerwatson79

2 жыл бұрын

@@janthonyfremont quiet bro, you'll get burned alive for that opinion lol

@janthonyfremont

2 жыл бұрын

@@jerwatson79 ya I can see that lol, dudes going psychotic trashing it in the comments that havent even played the game. Im gonna man up and defend it though because it's badass.

@jerwatson79

2 жыл бұрын

@@janthonyfremont Fer sher. I enjoyed it and it handles really good. So what if it's "different"

I was so amped for pc3 I spent over a hundred bucks for ultimate for early release, well I was so dissatisfied. Wish I could get my money back

Honestly. It’s a sad sorry in sim racing. Pc2 was the closest thing they got to their goal

You forgot mention about shocking graphics

We all experience frustrations in life. but among so many that I've had, the disappointment I felt when I expected a racing simulator with perfect physics and graphics stands out tremendously when I came across with this "Trojan Horse" being promoted by a soulless industry that only seeks profit and nothing else .

People need to look at AMS2 that’s we’re PC3 went. What they sold us was a. Cash grab.

Still loving this game...better than Forza Motorsport. Awesome sound....immersive experience.

I’ve been playing forza since forza 2, but I recently made the switch to a PS5, so I’m looking for a new racing game. Having never played project cars even on Xbox, I find myself looking at it as a potential replacement, so this next game has a lot to prove, but I won’t be first in line.

2022 and we talking this?

We all gotta make money 💰 Sometimes at the expense of everyone else... 🤑 Shift & Pc2 in their current modded states are great games tho! Especially vr 😎👌

It's sad to see a game developer quit the project due to EA, that company sure paint themselves a very bad image of themselves lately.

SMS was really going somewhere. The improvement from PC1 to PC2 was immense. Imagine what 3 could have been after learning what they did right in the first 2 and reimplementing that and learning what was done wrong and improving it further. We could have been sitting here today saying PC4 is going to be the best sim ever made. But they turned the other cheek.

My only complaints would be issues with the graphics, and starting with only 1 car.

Player count on steam at 03/18/24: 30... ouch!

Here is a thought maybe Codemasters wanted to remove SMS. Ive seen it happened before.

Bit harsh to say they failed. PC2 was solid.

they could have easily prevented this chaos by naming the game *project cars arcade* or something , this situation is kinda similar to nfs mw 2012

Promised a lot, delivered an alpha version of game with PC2, eventually shit on the people who funded his endeavor with PC3, and got rich in the process.

I think there may be a few moderators at the pC2 forum who are now angry with you 🤣

Everybody who likes pc2 believe in madness engine. However that flag is now in the hand of AMS2. Even reiza had mastered that engine ambience wise pc2 feels still the most thrilling

@LithFox

2 жыл бұрын

AMS2 is still kinda bad tbh... Graphics wise yeah its great. But.. physics wise is... still behind iRacing, ACC, and rF2. And hell, I'd argue even R3E. Which is weird for me to say.

PC3, the only game I ever returned

@OverTake_gg

2 жыл бұрын

That's a statement 🤣🤣

My question is would the game have gotten such negativity if it was not called Project Cars? Is it a decent game as is, say compared to Forza and Gran Turismo or GRID, cause from the gameplay I've seen it looks like those kinds of games. Which isnt a bad thing at all, I own Project Cars 2 and its kinda boring, the career mode isnt very good, I prefer games like Forza and Gran Turismo or GRID. The only problem I keep people repeating are from expectations of the brand name, no one talks about the actual gameplay, the tracks or career mode. Hell I still play GT4 often because of the career mode, its made for longevity . It seems to me that the main problem was the game being called Project Cars and people had their associations and expectations with that name brand already. They should have just called it Racing Game, cause its hard to find a decent review from someone who doesn't mention the expectations of other people when trying to decide if its good or not.

I even tried to get my money back from steam. The game (it is not a sim) sucks.

@nattyhead5988

2 жыл бұрын

Gave mine away. I didn't even care about what I paid; I just wanted it gone.

@TheDude-xp4vb

2 жыл бұрын

They already said the game was going to be like Nfs shift

I completed got platinum trophy the game I really miss the pitstops though not the same and driving physics where too arcadey nothing like old Need for speed shift game

They should have not gone down the route they did. They could have improved on what was great in project cars 2. It wasn’t perfect but it was an amazing game, with good physics, amazing engine sounds and good track and car choice. But there were plenty of improvements to make. It never quite reached the realism or steering wheel feel of assetto corsa, but the graphics and sounds were better. Was so disappointed with project cars 3. Let’s hope they sort it out for the fourth game.

People didn't critiziced at launch because by the time it launched all the rage was already delivered and no one care about PC3 or it was even forgotten. It's one of the biggest epic fails born dead of the industry in the recent years and was really a bad joke for all the fans who were expecting an improved PC2 with all the variety it had, with a competent multiplayer that could rival against the popes of simracing. The fun part is that a really small studio like Reiza is achieveing more in automobilista 2 and little by little patching all the problems and mistakes PC2 engine had. I don't know how someome could not feel ashamed of watching a studio with less budget and smaller that is taking your product and making all the improvements you were ment to make that you ran away from.

They had to use project cars 3 name instead of spin off name

Good lesson learnt for a "sim racing" channel

Hey to start with I want to say that I was picked as a test driver for Project Cars 2 before it was released. I figured that overtaking has not improved by any kind. Just like in PC1 the overtaking and racing was impossible. The second u had the slightest touch with an opponent both cars became impossible to steer/control/save. From that moment on I knew I wasn't going to buy it and chose to buy GT Sport instead. I have not regretted It for a second and it is still my favorite game. Thank you for pointing out how very bad PC has become for real and nice driving/fighting. Keep up the great content on this channel and stay safe. :)