#Project cars go open beta Ps4
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In my experience, finding a comfortable camera angle for each car is the secret to speed, and Project CARS lets you choose from quite a few, including from inside the helmet. Some of the cars are a sheer joy to drive-current favorites are the Caterham SP/300.R and the Formula A car, both of which I predict will fill many an online race lobby in the coming weeks and months. I have no complaints when it comes to physics, either. As long as the sun’s not blinding you, that is. The graphics are rich and detailed-running at 900p on the Xbox One-so it’s easy and natural to continually be looking down the track for the next corner and turning point. The reward for those patient enough to stick with the game is a delightful one. The graphics can be tweaked to your liking-heat haze and lens flare and rain droplets-as can the controller inputs, the goal being to immerse the player deeply in the simulation.Īfter several rounds of kart races, you’re finally ready to graduate to something a little bigger, but the lessons from the karts apply equally to the 'grown-up' cars.

#Project cars go open beta Pc

There’s also a level of adjustability that PC gamers take for granted but which is refreshing in a console game. What you do get is 60fps graphics, dynamic weather and time of day, a physics engine running at 600Hz (evolved from Need for Speed: Shift), and up to 44 other cars on the track. There’s no rewind button, no racing line to show you where to turn or brake. Like those titles, it doesn’t suffer fools. We can trace Project CARS’ lineage back to games like GTR and GT Legends. The focus is on clean, hard racing with a minimum of hand-holding. There are no showrooms, no paint shops, and no Top Gear tie-in. But unlike its marquee rivals, Project CARS isn’t aiming to be all things to all gamers. There’s a career mode with different championships, a solo mode for quick races or just practice laps, and online and community events. The game's overall format is entirely conventional for a racing game.

#Project cars go open beta Ps4

We Xbox One and PS4 racers owe that community a thank you, because their honing of the game under the spotlight of a public beta has pushed the genre ahead for consoles, too. Although it is a game about cars, in this case CARS is an acronym-Community Assisted Racing Simulator-and the game replicates (mostly) real cars and tracks to a degree that until now has been the preserve of the PC racer.

Project CARS is here, and the hype that has built up during the game’s long development may be well deserved. Links: Official website | SteamIf the arrival of a good racing game is cause for celebration, then break out the party hats. Platform: PC, Xbox One (reviewed), PS4, Wii U (coming later this year), Linux (coming later this year). Game Details Developer: Slightly Mad Studios