Slightly Mad Studios has been making a lot of noise about Project CARS, with plenty of focus on its visuals, realism, community involvement and an assurance that the Wii U won't get a "crappy" version. If a title's quality was determined by hype and positive intention, then this one would be a guaranteed success.
Of course, that's not how it works. Nevertheless the developer has released fresh footage of the title that's expected in early 2014, featuring pre-alpha footage to give a taste of what it'll offer. This is undoubtedly PC footage, but is nevertheless rather pretty, and if the Wii U version is built from those same foundations then there are reasonable odds on it looking rather good on Nintendo's system, too. It may be early days, but this does look encouraging for car nuts and driving game fans.
Check out the footage below and let us know what you think.
[source vg247.com]
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Now thats what you call a racing game! ok nothing can beat mario kart but i would gladly get this that the crew.
I just had a crisis! Just need to decide what to get this on now.
bring back the 90's these realistic racers bore the life out of me...
First was GRID (and no, no grid 2 for sure)...and now will be Project CARS.
@Big_L91
You'll be wanting this game then, which also looks pretty great
https://www.nintendolife.com/games/wiiu-eshop/90s_arcade_racer
Wow. Amazing graphics. Pure awesomeness.
This looks so beastly. I love games that stick to the track and aren't open world. The physics in this game look so very good. Oh and those engines... how they pure. Day one purchase for me.
Nintendo should have published this. MS has Forza and Sony has GT.
Day 1 purchase for Wii U
Will buy, but probably not day one. Ill be broke from other games preordered with releases of early spring. Ill pick it up after my wallet recovers from holiday and spring.
my wallet is going to be destroyed lol so many i want
Remember the first sim racer on the Wii?
it almost looks real
@Exile20 ninty has mario kart
@ScorpionMG This does not compare to Mario Kart, it's different genres. But I can tell you, this baby looks and drives stunningly awesome!!
@Tra_Venous Reminds me a bit of Auto Modellista...
Looking excellent. Bring on 2014 already!
Looking excellent. Bring on 2014 already!
The trailer was un-doubtfully amazing and beautiful, but there was no gameplay footage. It was all pre-rendered cut scenes, and CGI is extremely powerful now.
I've be watching the demo footage of DriveClub from E3, you also have to remember the E3 demo was only 33% complete [an old build]. It has the realism of the graphics like a sim, but more of a arcade racer. Project Cars looks good but i'm not really into sim's more arcade racers for me.
@Exile20
they do...it's mario kart... xDD
but yea it would be a great idea if the did a racing simulator game like froza or GT
I have been waiting for more news about this one! I can't wait to have an alternative to Mario Kart and Sonic&Allstars
It's certainly rev my engine.
Nice to see all the enthusiastic comments! See developers? You put effort in the Wii U version of your game, you get showered with praise!
I hope the gameplay is good too. If so it might turn into a must-have for Wii U owners!
Can't wait for this. I really hope this turns out to be good.
@DavidHolliss oh i know mate this is well and truly on my radar
Please everyone support this game if it turns out to be good! Nintendo haven't had a top quality track racing game since the SNES days. EA have had free reign with average NFS games. I bought NFS:MWU for a Wii U fix at 'real' driving but this is more like what I would call real racing!
I really want to get this game on Wii U, but I'm so annoyed it doesn't have ANALOG TRIGGERS. Argh..
That gave me flashbacks of E3
@TheRealThanos Hopefully it will have better controls...
@siddyp00h I meant the game from the YouTube link that @Tra_Venous posted, not Project CARS, of course. Otherwise my answer would have been 'amen to that'...
@siddyp00h The Project CARS team consists largely of former team members of the people that made the Need for Speed Shift games and they added quite a bit of other talented people to it, so the controls are the least thing to worry about.
All I want to know if they can make the graphics stack up against the other versions. Need for Speed Most Wanted showed what a racing game can look like on Wii U, so it should definitely be possible and they promised that the Wii U version won't be a crappy one, but more publishers promised that in the past cough*Aliens Colonial Marines*cough so we'll just have to wait and see...
As a gamer and a car enthusiast, I am reallh stoked for this. All though I own the other systems I will be purchasing on wii u
im not much into cars myself but this looks sooooo promising keeping an eye on this one for sure
Wow. This looks great!
If the controls and content are as good as the graphics then.......um....then
Help me figure out an answer people!
hopefully the wii u version will look like this! i think it's very likely.
it's certainly pretty, but it's also certainly current gen level graphics. it's clearly not next-gen level stuff running on PC, seeing as it doesn't look nearly as good as Forza 5 or even GT 6. it's great that Wii U owners can get a racing sim (hopefully) on that level, but I also hope there is something to Project CARS that separates itself from Forza and GT.
Not trying to be a downer but how will this work on WIi U? Unless you use the analog stick or touch screen for the accelerator, this will be pretty unplayable if it's a "sim". It won't work if the gas pedal gets floored every time you press R
Is this anything like Grid ? that was the last serious racing game I liked... this looks cool... not a big racing game fan... But if I could Drive a Dodge Viper or new Lamborghini I would be game : )
Looks good. I might have to pick this one up.
Wii u isn't going to get many racing sims the way 3rd party support is going, and we know nintendo isn't going to make a racing sim, so this will be a definite purchase for me. I just need one great racing sim to tide me over for the consoles lifespan and this could be the one. Although that 90s arcade racer eshop title looks fun too. Both day one purchases.
This looks pretty awesome for being a Wii U title. If Nintendo's smart they could pretty much just snatch this franchise away from Sony and Microsoft. Then again they are having trouble making their own racer (F-Zero) so I probably wouldn't count on it.
Nintendo should have published it. It would have been great to have a 'mature' racer on a Nintendo console to compete with Forza and Gran Turismo.
Even if the game had remained a Wii U and PC only game like originally planned, that would have been great.
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