Project CARS offers us a chance to go back to our roots and compete on our home turf in
the sim racing genre with our own IP.
No doubt a large percentage of these sales belong to the consoles which have now thankfully become a viable platform for
the sim racing genre.
Initially only slated for PC, the decision to port Project CARS to the current - gen consoles is a significant milestone for
the sim racing genre.
Project CARS has taken
the sim racing genre by storm.
As
the sim racing genre radically shifts toward esports, it's no surprise that three of the biggest games we'll see this generation will all aim to capture that market.
Not exact matches
This
racing sim from Slightly Mad Studios is expected to be one of the most innovative experience in this
genre of games.
The controls are tight as a gasket, and the whole «
sim» aspect of this
racing sim will delight
genre fanatics when they see the absurd degree to which tuning setups can be customized — tire pressure, downforce, camber angle, whatever.
As a result, I think it's a great fit for the
racing -
sim genre.
Just as I began to fire up the remaster of said beloved game I received a tap at my window from the guys at Codemasters with a game I simply couldn't refuse, a totally over the top and explosive
racing sim guaranteed to inject some va - va - vroom into the
genre I couldn't give a shift about... strap yourselves in!
Polarbit's initial Xperia PLAY line - up will include award - winning street racer Raging Thunder 2, best selling top - down dirt racer Reckless
Racing and a range of further titles from popular
genres such as first person shooter, strategy and flight -
sim.
Each of these titles offers their own take on the
racing -
sim genre, thus making comparisons between them a little askew.
The
racing sim genre is expanding far beyond the days of Gran Turismo and Project Cars plans on proving that with what developer Slightly Mad hopes to be the best
racing sim yet.
If I don't like 1
genre I would at least have a choice (unlike July with Until Dawn and GoT) an adventure game and an RPG or
Racing, Fighting,
Sim, Action, Etc, Etc..
The result of these efforts is Project Cars, a
sim racing title that delivers a solid experience, but feels lacking in some areas compared to the staples of the
genre.
While Gran Turismo may have pioneered the
sim -
racing on consoles, the
genre has come along way since the original GT debuted on the * gasp * original PlayStation.
2017 marked a Golden Age for
racing sims and maybe — because it was a year of quiet dread where a fresh disaster seemed to lurk around every corner and I can no longer quite shake the night's morbid thoughts in the cold light of morning — a high - water mark for the
genre itself.
Vehicle
sims come in all shapes and sizes, but the
genre can be divided into two prominent sub-genres:
racing simulations and combat simulations.
Along with a new campaign (the «Forza Driver's Cup»), Turn 10 Studios» latest racer is set to dominate the
racing sim genre once again.