Slightly Mad Studios’ Project CARS released on May 7th, a mere six weeks ago, and now the developer has already confirmed Project CARS 2 is in development. This doesn’t mean that Project CARS will suddenly not be supported, with continuous updates and features being added to the game, but some of the stuff announced for Project CARS 2 does sound like it could have been added as content to the original further down the line as DLC should the studio have wished.
The features of Project CARS 2 includes:
- 50 unique locations and 200+ courses including ‘loose surface racing’ on dirt, gravel, mud, and snow. All will have dynamic time of day and weather.
- 8 different disciplines now including Rallycross, Hillclimbs, and Touge. 200+ cars from over 40 different vehicle classes including never-before-seen Concepts and Banned Race Cars.
- A co-op career where you can play as the Teammate Driver, Spotter, Driver Swap, or Co-Pilot.
- Personal, customisable Test Track to tune and test your cars. Others can be invited to use it too.
- Online Track Days where other players take control of AI controlled drivers in single player.
There is no release date frame yet, but if you want to help shape the development of Project CARS 2 you can do so here.
Source: Slightly Mad Studios
TSBonyman
Not hugely interested in the first game but “loose surface racing” and hillclimbs .. Sold!
beeje13
Game features look interesting, particularly the banned cars bit. Pricing seems steep, £50 seems steep for the lowest tier, even considering what you get.
Avenger
I can see why its not DLC, as that’s some quite substantial content, and 2 might see a refinement of graphics. Its more ideas and content, but will it be able to cover extra disciplines well, or will it be better to buy dedicated rally games and the like.
camdaz
I reckon there’ll be plenty of support for the first game as when SMS announced the season pass it was ‘season 1 pass’, even though it seems to have disappeared!
Very interested in Pcars 2.
Jag
I don’t think there will be a season pass now as they announced dlc will be “On Demand” i.e. pay for what you want.
camdaz
If there isn’t one it’s a shame as it’s always cheaper to buy the pass than buy everything separate.
Sitorimon
They need to sort out some of the stupid bugs in the first one! It also smacks a bit that its straight to crowd funding when I thought the first game sold quite well. I will ponder on it…
Jag
I’m glad they went back to crowd funding as unlike most you really get to provide input along the developmental process.
Although the strange garage menu for car and livery selection in the first one shows that not all quirks get picked up on during it.
camdaz
One of the worst bugs is when you hit an invisible ‘concrete wall’ on part of the track you’ve gone over x number of times without incident.
Jag
They’ve suckered me in again for one :)
It was cool to see how the project (pun somewhat intended) evolved over the years the first time around.
It will probably be another 4 years before this is out but I’m up for the ride.
stigdu
Selling my copy of P:Cars today, and going to get Arkham Knight.
I was very disappointed in this and will stick with Driveclub to get my racing kicks. Screen tearing, some sub-par track side graphics, little sense of career progression and some weird bugs really don’t do it any favours.
I do love how in-depth it is in areas, and the music is ace, but it’s not enough to warrant me keeping it.
CrawFail
I like Project Cars but it’s very intense to take everything in, not very friendly for people like me who don’t know how cars work. I also find the menus to be an utter clusterfuck of a mess.
Don’t think I’ll be getting the sequel.
bunimomike
Stick to MarioKart, fella. ;-)
Forrest_01
This is why I opted for Driveclub over Project Cars & also the reason why I have never bothered with a Gran Turismo. I have no idea if tweaking the flange will get me the desired result or not. Take that as you will. ;)
So yeah, Driveclub is much better on that front. Still a bit of a clusterfuck of a mess when it comes to menus though.