I have the patches hosted in google docs and rapidshare if you need to
 
http://forum.wmdportal.co...OADS-Alternative-Links

Very cool contest and prizes.  Florence, here I come!

Outstanding! Not only did they reach their goal, I am now part of an exclusive gaming project. I've never been in a Beta before, much less a preAlpha.
 
Congrats to WMD, let's race.

MajorTankz

Wow, I was interested in this game for a while but I didn't know all you had to do was register for the forums to get access. Guess I'm out of luck for now.

Yeah, I planned on getting this game as it was going to be my first racing game in a long time to go with my surround and my steering wheel.  I was just being lazy about it..... Oh well :(

This sim is definitely looking good even this much before release. They have any Porsche based cars? EA typically hoards the license for Porsche though.

Dajjal

They still have the licences for the Porsches unfortunatly.
Project CARS will have RUF's instead like most of the games do i posted a list with them a few posts ago or you can check the main website at www.wmdportal.com .

Thanks, I'll look into it. My main interest is because I'm building up a 986/987/996/997 simpit based on a Fanatec PWTS. I already have the full interior parts and seat for it using a real Porsche interior. I think it would be fun to keep in-theme by driving an in-game Porsche based car too. My assuption is there is a RUF variant of the 996/997.

A new trailer with multiplayer footage has been released by Jonz
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNMSB4-ggNg
 
Also the winners of the Thrustmaster Event have been announced ! Go check it at the main forums!

Interesting, I just got back from a long holiday and will have to check this out.

Dajjal
1991 BMW M3 E30 (<- click for more images)

I like the idea of older cars, because for instance you can go to a salvage yard and get an E30 frame for a simpit for cheap. Heck, I've got an E21 and E34 sitting in a barn at the moment. 

ILikeBeans

Yes it is progressing nicely! They are targeting Thanksgiving as an estimated release date now.
Thanks for updating this post Dajjal

Thank you too, but beware of that date. I know alot of press websites are saying that but it aint exactly true, they are giving that due to a post made @ the facebook fanpage which do not mean it will be released by that time. Its just an estimate if nothing goes wrong, but in this industry you never know whats around the corner :p

i so need to get a wheel and start playing it again. its just not much fun with the gamepad

Here i am again, another 2 weeks have gone by and “Oh my god” could they have been even better?

Let’s start with something I’ve spoken last time, the Grid Girls, I couldn’t show you images before but now I have one that can be shared.
Beware those with heart condition or that recently took Viagra, what you are about to see may cause undesired effects!


This is one of the variations (work in progress), there are others planned with different outfits/faces.

Another thing that may cause some funny feelings down there is the recent car announcement, the RUF RGT-8.
You may think the announcement isn’t that exciting, you already knew it was coming, but what if you could see some images of the car in-game? Oh yeah!!



Yes it’s not a Porsche we all know that, but it is a sexy beast and look at “DAT ASS” :cool:, even as a very early preview of the car it looks amazing and its hoped to come to a build in the next weeks.

Besides these 2 great news there’s another one for all the French car lovers out there, the Pirault Mega RS, similar to a Renault Megane III RS Cup this baby has been brought in-game to give the Focus RS some hard time and I must say it’s a really nifty car to drive. Slower in the straights than the RS but when you get into a corner you will just be gaining so much it wont matter how fast the Focus RS goes! (unless you are in a oval!)

More images available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9loe4f7errktern/lsjbPaJ9Ah/PCars Screenshots/2013/February/Pirault Megane

The fog effect also got some work done recently with the addition of a mist effect that looks absolutely brilliant and turns the whole experience much more immersive, you can check them below.

Do you have the guts to try and drive in these conditions?

The physics was another department that also suffered some changes recently with the addition of the flexible tire carcasses, we are starting to notice deformation on the tires and a different reaction in terms of grip depending on the compound used, there’s a lot of progress in this area with multiple tires currently available for different cars but not quite finished!  The feedback from the community and our resident consultants (Nicolas Hamilton and Ben Collins) has helped the developers to deliver a lot of fixes and improvements to turn this game into something that can’t be explained any longer by just using words or images.

Another great addition was the introduction of a built-in Downsampling method, delivering the same quality as the former AA methods like MSAA4x and 8x but with a better performance, theres still some edges that need refinement but the developers are on the right track, you will notice in the next community (coming next week) gallery for sure the difference it makes.

That’s all for now, hope you guys have enjoyed this update!

man...  that looks really nice.  wow.