Project CARS 2 Retrospective: Sim Racing’s Black Sheep 

#TheRaceIsNotOver

Can’t believe EA killed the game that single handedly changed sim racing

I still play project cars 2 to this day. The track selection is amazing. Car selection is amazing. Setting up races and multi class races is super easy. The graphics paired with a vr is hands down the best immersive sim experience ever.

Project cars 2 lives on in Automobilista 2 since 2021. They are using the madness engine so if you want a modern project cars game thats the game.

Appreciate the shoutout to Driveclub, still genuinely one of my favourite racing games. Each of the tracks/countries were so unique, and the environment and weather effects are still among the best of any racing title. I just regret Evolution Studios never made a next generation Motorstorm with Mudrunner physics.

I still love this on my PS5 for it's track selection alone 💟

I still play/love this game. I started playing last year but no one else plays it. I feel bad ngl

best track list ever

Absolutely love PC2. Its crazy how good this sim is

Pc2 is awesome!!! Still playing

Great video. I still love playing this game. It might be my favorite thus far. It really was ahead of its time.

Only 600 views? You deserve more

Very nice in depth video! Project CARS 1 & 2 are underrated in my opinion, I started a career mode series on this game in 2018 and I’m still in the process of completing all the championships, I’ve also done GT3 league racing and endurance racing including 2 24 hour races at the Nurburgring online with a friend and a Le Mans 24H in endurance in career mode, the immersion and the handling & ffb is very nice imo and I love the original Project CARS as well :)

It was unfinished but it was FUN. I still love it.

Something nobody ever talks about is that project cars 2 has the best sense of speed and camera angles of any game I've played. That helmet cams lean when you come to a turn, the hood cams seem like you're going really fast, it's just great to have a variety. And the fact that you have a cockpit view that views the passenger seat as well is insane to me

Incredible game for the Xbox. Had all the features games are striving for today and what a great track list

Kudos, it was an amazing effort to present the short comings of PC franchise. I do want to mention that, you forgot the chance to mention Automobilista 2, which revived Project Cars using the same Madness Engine. AMS2 did exactly what PC wasn't able to.

PC2 is legendary. I still love this game, and wish to hell that another sim of this quality will make it to a console someday.

I play pc2 daily on ps4

Visually and aurally breathtaking game. I love driving the old racecars on an h pattern Sim shifter

it is not a game from the same franchise, but it uses the same engine as project cars, and the company has one of the games that is considered one of the most realistic. for those who want to forget Project cars 3, you can search for automobilista 2

awesome dude!!

Very good content

Still use PC 1,2 and if you ever, PC3 for practice for other platforms. I have a lot of love for the first 2, not so much for no 3, but hey. What a Trio of Fun they are and in my humble opinion, still way ahead of many modern sims. Cheers man 👍🏁🇬🇧❤

Still running PC2 as a newbie. I got the hang of it very lately but definitely enjoying it.

I missed PC2 and GT so bad.. Good memories and feelings

Automobilista 2 uses the same game engine and is what Project cars 3 should have been. BUT a name is just a name. You will find Project cars 3 when you play Automobilista 2!

Love it Racing 🏁 PC2 🏁

GTR: Revival, rumors say it's aimed for a release at 2024 holiday period, this will be the sim racing I need for 5 years to come, ACC and AMS2 feel plain, PCARS2's experience is second to none, the other titles are looking for a piece of the action in sim racing tournaments, like iRacing, ACC or that new comer Rennsport, they are about a business model, but Slightly Mad Studio aims for a realistic racing experience for the people, the whole package not just the handling, yes being taken apart by EA during PCARS 4 development was sad, but they've gotten back up and GTR: Revival could be the real Project CARS 3.

I would say that GRID Legends is the modern spiritual successor to the NFS Shift series. Great physics, Great content, and really challenging AI. Sadly, the game got timing'd and didn't sell too well.

PC2 is what made me upgrade from the basic Xbox One to the OneX. Though I've moved on to ACC, PC2 will always hold a spot in my heart, for the variety in tracks, cars, and disciplines.

good video

Nfs Shift was a really fun and entertaining game, in some places bit crazy, but still based in believable setting, it had a pro street feel to it. Shift 2 was somewhat an improvement, the tittle screen presented the game as more serious, with toned down festival vibe of pro street and more of an official racing leauge, which it didn't feel like, the side challenges were boring and some even unable to complete, the overall carrer felt stretched up, and the first person camera was also less shaky, it no longer felt as dangerous when driving over 200km/h. as in first game. PC2 it takes itself more serious it does feel like a proper sim, with actual option to use pit stop (unlike in shift series where there was just a barrier), change your assists in go, more variety in car selection, it adds up to a really good, and average consumer friendly sim racer. The progression is more streamlined, completing a championship is really self rewarding, the e-mail system also adds a bit of depth into the racing. Another thing worth mentioning are mods, they feel like proper dlc's with new and returning cars, all of them are high quality and bring even more variety to the game, I myself found endurance racing the most fun, with 2019 porsche 911 gt3 R

PC2 was a great bang for buck, lots of tracks and car categories to choose from, the weather, oh the weather, it's spiritual successor has been Automobilista 2, they took the Madness Engine and polished it's features to shining mirror, both physics and weather, they update the game regularly and at each update you can feel the difference, it's not available to consoles though, it would be great to have a sim title with crossplay, but all we have is arcades like Grid Legends and The Crew Motorfest (both great games though)

Great presentation!

Here again in January 2024, after the announcement of LoveLive Nijigasaki High School Idol Club Season 4 Trilogy Movies: THE FINAL CHAPTER. PROJECT CARS 2, Seven years after its release, still is very impressive! Even as amazing as Assetto Corsa Competizione!

Wish I could’ve gotten the Panoz before it was D-listed. Still love playing it though

It's still better than Project Cars 3

Ha And I still play pc2 ❤😮 In 2023🔥🏎️🏁😎

Had difficult with controller at first, but found a guide to change settings in options and made it a lot easier for controller usage.

I can speculate that what held the Project Cars franchise back was only the name which is not sexy.

Iam not a hardcore simracer but I was looking for a modern alternative to my beloved GTR2. Assettos mod community is great but I just couldnt get warm with the stiff driving physics. So I got Project Cars2 and iam happy with it so far. Its a good balance between sim and arcade and can even be played on a latop with keyboard when I travel for work ( shameful I know). Yes Automobilista2 is better in some apsects but I like Project Cars2´s content a bit more and I like having a little structured career mode that throws me into races at a button push after work...

Might have to reinstall this on PC and check it out again. I didn’t own a wheel when I originally bought this game.

❤ IT'S THE BEST ❤

Like shooters, more realistic titles tend to not do so well and get canned or expanded too wide to be a sim anymore. Idk why this is. And rarely hits a good mix of arcade and sim.

Initially, rFactor was the game that made me interested in sim racing. But Project CARS 2 made me even interested. Shame that a masterpiece like this game had to be wasted by EA, which is literally the Hitler of gaming. When I got the news that the Project CARS franchise would stop, it felt like a massive punch in the stomach. Especially when I remember that Project CARS 2 was my first sim racing game that I played on an actual sim racing setup. I know this sounds crazy but when PC3 was launched, I felt like I was targeted by simply hoping that PC3 would be better. I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one who thought so. But will it change that Project CARS has done what another company would do to bring sim racing to consoles? I think it never will. Project CARS might be a dead franchise but its glimpse of fairness of bringing sim racing to consoles will never die.

I am a NEWB. I learned about PC2 after it was pulled. I searched for a PC version outside of Steam and to my surprise ignorance, I found PC2 Delux Steam Key?! So I bought it along with a Japanese addition and I have it on Steam. I play it in 4K. Even though it's been left behind I have KAOS's IR-18 Indy Mod on it. I usually run GT races. I actually found some activity on it's servers and Qualified 2nd out of 3 online drivers for the long Nurburgring! I've got nothing but great things to say about PC2! Sim community states it's arcade like or outdated?! I say Bullshit. The car quality and action is better than AMS2 in my opinion. iracing has good stuff and I'll comparer PC2 with it as well in many ways. I think what we use for our gear makes a difference too. I'm running a GT-DD pro with VRS Pedals and a Club Sport V 2.5 rim. I'm looking to upgrade to a Simucube 2 Pro here pretty quick. I want to run a Simucube 2 cause it runs two power supplies "Mean Well" power units at 48 volts a pop at 280 watts! So running both is approx 560 watts! That's probably why the Simucube does so well with it's filtering. WA killed this game cause it's about technology, marketing and making money compared to a smaller population that has a passion for racing. PC3 is proof of this. If they sell enough of a product they don't care considering their overhead. It is written that Assetto Corsa is the most played sim around. The beloved Mod community" & AMS2? AMS2 has nice eye candy but it's GT cars are sluggish and something happened to AMS2's audio?! I think the Mod community ought to grab a hold of PC2 if possible. For me, PC2 is one of my main sims. That and ACC , I like the new F1 older vintage 70's Senna cars they just released. But I love PC2's vintage Lotus 60's F1 and their vintage Le Mans!! I'm personally buying a more vintage wheel and stick shift just for those in PC2! I've recently purchased the VRS clutch pedal to add to my Gas n break for those cars. In the later years here licensing fees , corporate marketing and larger sales dictate the finish line on a product so that's where it gets ugly for our passion. Hopefully Assetto Corsa EVO has not fallen as well.

0:32 I don’t know what kind of set up this is, but I don’t think any race car is going to be doing all of that type of motion on a race track. This looks like it should be a flight simular, as one is experiencing turbulence 😂

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Best sim

Awesome video, trying to buy the game and can't find it ..

I have Project Cars & Project Cars 2 on PS4 & i'm playing on PS5! After i saw the reviews and gameplay of Project Cars 3 i didn't purchased it

can't even play it even if i want to buy it :(

After playing GT7 i just had to re-download PC2 and remind myself how much better this game is even with the wacky FFB once dialed in a bit.. u just can beat the fact you can experience any and weather any season .. also redownloaded assetto corsa on ps5 and to my suprise the soun in that game OH MY GODDD moder games like Gt7 and FM have nothing on these

Easily some of your best work!

This is a sim?? Being serious.

sure would be nice to actually have full control over the car when you're driving and not have all this annoying computer assisted crutches that take all the fun out of driving. Anyone that likes driving likes it because they feel that they have control over the machine. If you don't like having control over the car then maybe a Train simulator would be better for you. Controllers have analog sticks as well as triggers. These analog controls are designed for racing games in particularly the triggers which work for throttle and braking. They are analog and can regulate the pressure applied for your brakes and throttle. Trials Rising the game created by Ubisoft Masterfully makes use of the controller and its analog abilities. You can perform nose wheelies on the front tire by applying brake pressure accurately if you have the skill or you can wheelie on the rear tire. In trials rising there's no computer assisted crutches for less skilled players to cheat their way through the game and making the game super Boring. Being a purely Skill based game Trials Rising is one the best games ever made. It would be nice if these driving game software companies could take note. Maybe make a game that gets played for a decade instead of slapped together hype train fad game thats hot for a week or two and then is completely forgotten about like fast food software.

to put if lightly and easily its just not a fun game.. they didnt put in much effort in making the game pleasant from the loading screens to the gameplay interface its about as attractive as someone who.. isnt attractive