2022-08-22 21:28 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun
It's sadly not uncommon for racing games to disappear from sale due to expiring licenses. Next for the scrapheap are Project CARS 1 and 2, the simulation racing games from Slightly Mad Studios, which will disappear from sale on October 3rd and September 21st respectively. Read more
2021-10-29 16:15 UTC · Eurogamer
Ian Bell, the founder and CEO of Slightly Mad Studios, is to leave the Project Cars developer. Bell made the announcement via Twitter, with the news verified by our partners at GamesIndustry.biz. His departure comes in the aftermath of EA acquiring Codemasters this year - Codemasters having themselves acquired Slightly Mad Studios in 2019. Read more
2020-08-28 13:36 UTC · Community Announcements · [Izmar] Community Manager
Race 200+ elite-brand cars on 120+ gorgeous layouts and chase your racing dreams. Upgrade your cars, customise your drivers, battle through a fully-fledged career, and experience the emotions and thrills of authentic motorsport. If you can't get enough of the track, you'll want to pick up the Deluxe Edition! Not only will you receive the Season Pass, packed with iconic cars and content, you'll also receive the Bonus Pack, which features 20 exclusively created liveries for the Honda Civic Type R, Jaguar F Type SVR, 2020 Acura NSX, Corvette Stingray, Mercedes AMG GTR, Radical RXC Turbo, Mitsubis
2019-11-30 15:06 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Chase Carter)
Codemasters, the makers of many zoom ’em ups, apparently want more power under their hood. They purchased the entirety of Slightly Mad Studios, developers of the Project Cars and Need For Speed: Shift games, this week to the tune of 23 million. The entirety of Slightly Mad’s 150-person team will reportedly join the company. (more…)
2019-01-03 13:00 UTC · Rock, Paper, Shotgun · contact@rockpapershotgun.com (Alice O'Connor)
Slightly Mad Studios, the makers of honk ’em ups including Project Cars and Need For Speed: Shift, have announced plans to launch a games console of their very own. Less than one week into 2019, we already have a strong contender for Gaming Folly Of The Year. Unlike the Ouya, the last big attempt to establish a new player in the console market, this is to be a big, fancy, expensive console like yer PlayBoxes and Xstations. What does this have to do with PC gaming? Well… I hope this daft plan doesn’t drag down a studio who make pretty deece games and employ 160-odd people.
2018-12-04 10:04 UTC · Community Announcements · John W
Update 1.7.1.1 includes: Added support for Tobii Eye Tracker.
2018-10-02 10:31 UTC · Community Announcements · John W
Update 1.7.1.0 includes: Adjusted issue with the number of drivers in an online game to allow for private broadcaster/director games without a broadcaster role being assigned. Resolved a problem where custom setups would be reverted to defaults when pitting. Fixed an issue where qualifying penalties were only applied to the host in an online game. Fixed a problem with loading the "Loose" tuning setup when the game language was not set to English.
2018-09-10 08:37 UTC · Community Announcements · John W
Update 1.7 includes: Fixed various stability issues. Improved usability of in-game tools. Improved AI ability at various tracks. Improved the penalty system. Improved pitstops and repair logic. WMR headset support now enabled. Various other minor fixes.
2018-06-05 15:47 UTC · Community Announcements · NathanBell_SMS
The 24-Hours of Le Mans comes to Project CARS 2 with the “Spirit of Le Mans” Pack, available as a standalone purchase, or as part of the Project CARS 2 Season Pass. Experience two of the most thrilling eras of sportscar racing at the world’s most evocative endurance race and discover the true Spirit of Le Mans as today’s LMP1 heroes meet yesteryear’s electrifying prototypes in one classic Pack that captures the pure essence of the 24 Heures du Mans. Along with the 9 cars (incl. 4 modern LMP1s and epic prototypes from Ferrari and Porsche ), comes the faithfully recreated 1971 track, 5 Career ev
2018-06-04 08:52 UTC · Community Announcements · John W
Update 1.6 includes: Fixed occasional stability issues. Improved usability of in-game tools. Improved AI ability at various tracks. Improved the penalty system. Optimised tyre wear in wet conditions. Optimisations to LiveTrack at various tracks. Improved track-limit zones. Other miscellaneous fixes.
2018-04-05 12:59 UTC · Community Announcements · NathanBell_SMS
Update 1.5 includes: Addition of the Ferrari 488 Challenge car, and liveries from the 2017 Ferrari Challenge series. This is the latest Ferrari to feature in Maranello’s single-marque championship, and the most powerful car in the series’ 25-year history. Addition of two new layouts to the Porsche Leipzig on-road circuit. Corrected a small number of turbo and suspension issues on various cars. Resolved an issue where some drivers would appear stuck on track during qualification or race session. Resolved an issue where the end of race results would display incorrectly. Resolved multiple ghost
2018-04-05 12:59 UTC · Community Announcements · NathanBell_SMS
Update 5 includes: Addition of the Ferrari 488 Challenge car, and liveries from the 2017 Ferrari Challenge series. This is the latest Ferrari to feature in Maranello’s single-marque championship, and the most powerful car in the series’ 25-year history. Addition of two new layouts to the Porsche Leipzig on-road circuit. Corrected a small number of turbo and suspension issues on various cars. Resolved an issue where some drivers would appear stuck on track during qualification or race session. Resolved an issue where the end of race results would display incorrectly. Resolved multiple ghost lo
2018-03-08 18:35 UTC · Announcement · Valve
Save 50% on Project CARS 2 as part of this week's Weekend Deal*! The ultimate driver journey! Project CARS 2 delivers the soul of motor racing in the world’s most beautiful, authentic, and technically-advanced racing game. *Offer ends Monday at 10AM Pacific Time
2018-02-09 13:01 UTC · Community Announcements · NathanBell_SMS
PC Solved link to Facebook page when user selects the Facebook option on the Extras tab whilst Microsoft Edge is set as default browser on PC. Corrected multiple options in Photo Mode not being reflected when playing in VR. Solved VR flicker. Dedicated Server: corrected session duration automatically changing to 140 minutes when the player sets the time to more than 140 minutes. Dedicated Server: improved client and server code that uses older net API, allowing for more reliable connections. Changed the default drawing distance when playing in VR to minimize intermittent texture flickering. Im
2018-02-09 13:01 UTC · Community Announcements · NathanBell_SMS
PC Solved link to Facebook page when user selects the Facebook option on the Extras tab whilst Microsoft Edge is set as default browser on PC. Corrected multiple options in Photo Mode not being reflected when playing in VR. Solved VR flicker. Dedicated Server: corrected session duration automatically changing to 140 minutes when the player sets the time to more than 140 minutes. Dedicated Server: improved client and server code that uses older net API, allowing for more reliable connections. Changed the default drawing distance when playing in VR to minimize intermittent texture flickering. Im
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