PCARS Project C.A.R.S - General

But it looks so easy to drive with a controller

Looks like there will be quite a few PS4 purchases before November!!

There's some good fun to be had Jamie. Sniper Elite 3 is epic. MLB is good if you like baseball, NFS is good for a laugh, Wolfenstein is pretty good and Tomb Raider will blow you away if you haven't played it on PS3...it blew me away anyway!
Plus some decent freebie action happening.

Hey guys, if you've got any questions about the game post them here and I'll get you the scoops.

Some random stuff off the top of my head:
* Dynamic tyre model - 37 parameters, advanced behaviour such as aquaplaning simply "fall out" of the model
* Dynamic weather - clouds, rain, fog, lightning, day/night, track co-ordinates, surface temperature, etc - looks great and has a physics impact on the car
* Full pit stops (WIP)
* Full endurance racing possible (PC supports up to 64 cars on track when there are enough grid spaces/pit bays on track). Console may be half that for single player and perhaps 16 for online sue to Sony/Microsoft limitations. You'll want a very strong CPU/GPU for lots of AI (especially if you're driving in the rain and damage is turned on - the AI use a simplified tyre model so as not to fry your hardware).
* 90% of the video trailers are made by community members like myself - I think the devs have only made 2. SMS have 'hired' some of the most active community members, one of which is a video trailer maker.
* Custom car liveries (i.e. the ones with real brands/sponsors) are made in Photoshop/Gimp. Enables a great degree of creative freedom, and I think the plan is to be able to share them in the Steam Workshop on PC, but you most likely won't see custom liveries on console at this stage (maybe in an update post-release)
* Like driving in the rain (Velly)? Ben Collins absolutely *loves* the wet weather physics (particularly GT3 racecars) in pCARS. He's also a massive fan of the modern and '77 F1 cars.
* The game has no currency or unlockables - it's a sandbox racer. You pick whatever discipline you're into (either start from karts and work up, or jump straight in at F1 level), sign up with a team, and go racing.
* Wheel support on the new consoles is a big talking point across all driving games. SMS can't say much due to Sony NDAs, but essentially it's up to Sony and Logitech/Fanatec/Tm to make the wheels PS4 compatible (system drivers, etc), and then SMS will make those wheels play nice with the game. If you've got the means, PC will be the best platform (and you'll open yourself up to all the other PC-only driving sims - OzCoMoBros are looking at iRacing for example).
* The unoptimised PS4 version of Project CARS at E3 was running an unlocked framerate between 50-70FPS @1080p. DriveClub (which looks great graphically as well) is locked down at 30FPS by way of comparison.
* Project CARS has a license for the 2013 Ford V8SC CotF but it hasn't been built yet - probably going to come post launch. There's also a license for an NZ SuperTourer iirc as well as NZ's Ruapuna Speedway (coming later).
* Gamepad filtering is actively bring worked on right now - going for a good comparison to GT4 and Forza.
* The core dev team used to be called Blimey, and came from SimBin. They made GT Legends, GTR, and GTR2. Yes they also made the NFS Shift games but they got annoyed with EA sticking their nose in and making things worse, which is why they went the community-funded route.
* On the side they are making a very arcade game for Russian service prodier my.com (World of Speed). Project CARS benefits a lot from this in the way of extra dev income and car licenses. World of Speed benefits by getting some cars/tracks from pCARS and also the graphics engine. The two games don't share a line of physics code though.
* The driving model is engaging, challenging, and fun. (You just have to read the forums to know which cars are most developed and which have placeholder or experimental physics). I remember having loads of fun in one single-player race starting from mid-back of the pack at Oschersleben - 10 laps in I had only gained 3 positions and was still fighting hard to defend... I eventually stuffed up and crashed of course.

I'll let you guys get in with questions now.

Yeah Tm seem to be replacing the market that Logitech used to have. I'd guess/hope that a simple PS4 software update and/or T500RS firmware update would do the trick - we'll find out soon enough. I'm not getting either console yet for the same reason - I spent more than both the new consoles combined on my controllers (~$1300).

The only thing I care about in this game is sounds and physics.
GT sounds are deplorable in most cases as we all know but the videos and stuff I've seen and heard from PCARS sound incredible.
As for physics, GT is ok, but can never seem to get it 100%. Kerb riding is basically impossible in GT and is completely unrealistic. Attacking kerbs is part of racing but in GT they are like someone has coated them in vaseline or something.
It's also a bit dodgy in GT in terms of suspension. Sometimes you hit a kerb and the whole car gets pushed one whole car width away from the apex which also doesn't happen unless you're going 100kmh too fast.

Is PCARS a bit more realistic in that aspect? Can you attack kerbs without fear of the car spinning like a top or being thrown into the gravel or armco?

Or perhaps