Hi everyone,

I wish to share with you guys a game that until February i didn’t knew it existed and since then it conquered my heart and my devotion.

Project CARS as the name says is a Community Assisted Racing Simulator being developed by Slightly Mad Studios the developers behind the Need for Speed: Shift and Shift 2 but without EA backing them up this time. The developers have a long history in the racing simulator world having worked on some of the most fabulous games of the past years, GTL, GTR, Need for Speed Shift Series, PGR and many more and decided that this was the time to make something that would be the game to beat in the next years in every way, visuals, gameplay and quality.

What does Community Assisted Racing Simulator means?
For a long time unfortunately we have been used to be in the dark when there’s a game in development, we can’t comment, give opinions or receive a feedback from the developers about our ideas and thoughts on the game until it’s too late and the game is out and then they will give no support because the publisher wants them to make another bad quality game quickly.
With Project CARS it is different, they want you to participate, you are essential to the game development, your constructive ideas area welcomed, if you live near some important race tracks they may even ask for your help to get reference images, they care about your opinion. This is something that may seem a dream but it isn’t, the reason why is because the community is the one funding the game, we support the developers and in return they give us constant feedback about the game progress and show that our opinion matters.

How does the funding work?
They supply you with different options called Tool Perks, by supporting them they will give you something in return (free copy’s of the game when it comes out, your name ingame, exclusive cars and tracks) and in the meanwhile you can play the pre-alpha which is a in development version of the game that has weekly/monthly basis builds with new content and fixes.

What cars do they have?
Currently they have the following cars available:

Ariel Atom 300 Supercharged
Ariel Atom 500 V8
Ariel Atom Mugen
Asano LM11 TDX – Audi R18 TDI
Asano X4 Touring - Audi A4 DTM '11
BAC Mono
Caper Monterey Stockcar - Generic 1990's NASCAR
Caterham SP/300.R
Caterham Seven Classic
Caterham Superlight R500
Formula A – Formula 1
Formula B – Grand Prix 2
Formula Rookie – Formula Ford
GUMPERT Apollo S
Kart
Lotus 49 Cosworth
Lotus 78 Cosworth
Lotus 98T Renault Turbo
Pagani Huayra
Pagani Zonda R
Palmer Jaguar JP-LM
Racer L4-RS - Radical SR-3
Racer V8-RS - Radical SR-8
SuperKart 250cc

There are many others coming soon, currently they have almost ready to be released the 2012 BMW Z4 GT3 and the 1981 BMW Procar (pics below)




As you can see the detail put on the cars is big, every suspension will be independent and the each car will act in their own way, this is not arcade this is meant to be a racing simulator.

What about tracks ?

European Circuits
- Anhalt - Oschersleben
- Azure Circuit - Monaco
- Badenring - Hockenheim
- Belgian Forest Circuit - Spa Francorchamps
- Besos - Circuit de Catalunya
- Bologna - Imola
- Derby - Donington Park
- Eifelwald - Nordschleife
- Florence - Mugello
- Heusden - Zolder
- Loire 24 - Circuit de la Sarthe
- Loire National - Bugatti Circuit
- Milan - Monza
- Moravia - Brno
- Northampton - Silverstone

American Circuits

- California Raceway - Willow Springs
- Connecticut Hill GP - Watkins Glen
- Monterey - Laguna Seca
- Wisconsin Raceway - Road America

Asian Circuits

- Jin Ding - Zhuhai
- Sakitto - Suzuka

Oceania Circuits

- Bathurst - Mount Panorama

Historic Tracks

- Historic Badenring - Hockenheim (Pre 2002)
- Rouen Les Essarts
- Historic Milan - Monza (1967. GPL2.)

Oval Tracks

- Concord - Charlotte Motor Speedway **
- Delaware - Dover
- Harrison Pike Raceway - Indianapolis Speedway *
- Henrico - Richmond
- Memphis - Bristol
- Volusia - Daytona ***

Country Roads

- California Highway
- Azure Coast

Fictional Tracks

- Test Track

Planned/Confirmed Tracks

- Solitude Rennstrecke
- Brands Hatch
- Oulton Park
- Snetterton
- Cadwell Park
- Ruapuna Park
- Old Spa
- Milan Oval
- Macau

In-game Kart Tracks;

- Chesterfield
- Glencairn
- Summerton

Most of these tracks are still in development thus there can be some lack of visual quality under the right conditions but its being worked on at a fast pace.

What will it be the plan behind the game ?
The concept they have is the following:

ABOUT THE GAME...

PROJECT CARS represents THE ULTIMATE DRIVER JOURNEY...

FRANCHISE MODE allows you to carve out a personalized career starting in the Karting world and then progressing on to whichever motorsport specialization you prefer including Rally, Touring Cars, Open-Wheel, GT, Le Mans, and many more!

Play CO-OP with a friend as Driver/Co-Driver

FULL TEAM MANAGEMENT... Have a large number of friends? Create, manage, and compete together!

Experience the excitement of PIT STOPS like you've never seen before!

Revolutionary PIT-2-CAR RADIO gives you the strategic advantage

DYNAMIC Time Of Day & Localized Weather make every race unique and challenging

10+ GAME MODES covering every form of motorsport

CLOUD-BASED SOCIAL NETWORK allows you to connect with friends, compare times & scores, compete and challenge each other, and share content

USER-GENERATED CONTENT - Create your own liveries, decals, tuning setups, and even events! Then share them with the world - either for free, in-game credits or even real money!

PUSHING TO THE LIMITS - Advanced physics, lighting, and AI

PROJECT CARS is due for release on the following platforms...
Wii U // PC  // PlayStation 3 // Xbox 360

Gameplay wise i can say the game is very good, not perfect yet due to new tire model not being implemented yet but once it is the game will become one of the best currently in the market but it is progressing at a fast pace. Multiplayer is not available yet but it is expected to be in the next 2 months if nothing goes wrong.
I will end up this testimony with some screenshots taken ingame by the community for you guys to check out:







You can find more images in the gallerys at the main website

Panoramic/Interactive Shots by Sagedavid:
http://www.parispherique.com/panos/d...ianapolis.html
http://www.parispherique.com/panos/d...S_memphis.html
http://www.parispherique.com/panos/d...timelapse.html

Some videos for you guys to watch:
http://vimeo.com/45038618
http://vimeo.com/46406757
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2YLhXplu2k

Project Cars: Project CARS – WMD Portal
World of Mass Development Homepage:WMD Portal

PS: Im in no way related to the developers nor am i trying to sell anything, just sharing with other people a game i know its not very known but worth playing. I gain nothing by doing this nor i want any referall if you decide to /joinsupport the project.
Edit: i tried to search the forums before posting by several keywords and didnt find anything about this, but if theres is im sorry about it.

Oh you should try next friday look what they just teased us with at the forums :p
 

One time purchase with the possibility of earning money by making championships of your own with sponsors and such.

They are still in a very early stage of development but the Devs couldnt resist the pressure made by the community and released our beloved BMWs!





note: Theres still more BMW's in the assembly line like the BMW 1M!

They also included alot of fixes/improvements to some of our favorite tracks and changes to the Force Feedback with new settings that hopefully will give a better feeling, the devs are requesting feedback from the community in the forums in order to get them even better.

Ps: Im not trying to bump the thread, just posting an update that in my opinion is important since it has BMW's !  :p

Welcome to the community i hope you enjoy it as much as we do! And show us some pictures of your game, theres a tutorial here on how to use the camera http://forum.wmdportal.co...w-to-Take-beauty-shots
 
EDIT:
Heres a few examples that the community just took!
 

I use a Dualshock 3, what controller do you have?

Dajjal

7 September - THE BMWS ARE HERE !

They are still in a very early stage of development but the Devs couldnt resist the pressure made by the community and released our beloved BMWs!





note: Theres still more BMW's in the assembly line like the BMW 1M!

They also included alot of fixes/improvements to some of our favorite tracks and changes to the Force Feedback with new settings that hopefully will give a better feeling, the devs are requesting feedback from the community in the forums in order to get them even better.

Ps: Im not trying to bump the thread, just posting an update that in my opinion is important since it has BMW's !  :p

Are those from the game??? The graphics look fantastic!

So can anyone download this?

For a minimum of €10.. $13 anyone can join the project and play monthly builds.. all the way up to €25,000.. $32,000.
 
 http://forum.wmdportal.com/toolpacks.php
 

Haven't played it yet, but I did pay for one of their packages. I felt it deserved my support.

Oh man I am so in... however when I saw the name Project Cars I thought this:
 

 
lol anyway I am going to donate and start playing tomorrow!!1

Amazing new trailer released by community member Halcyon!
A must watch !
http://youtu.be/MnkxcJIpqlg?hd=1
http://vimeo.com/49717388#at=0
 

Nop, so far they have 50+ cars for the release. DLC is still being discussed with the community to decide what is the best which is the best thing about this project, they ask for you opinion :)