C.A.R.S. race sim

[KingPing]

Check this new race sim from Slightly Mad Studios: GT Legends, GTR2, BMW Challenge, Shift & Shift 2. http://www.wmdportal.com/

ETA Q1 2013 for PC, Wii U, PS3, Xbox 360, next gen consoles (not confirmed yet)

To be able to play the alpha builds you have to be a team member and buy a tool pack (start at 10 Euro) NOT ONLY YOU GET ACCESS TO THE BUILDS AND A DISCOUNT TO THE GAME (or free game if you choose full member+) BUT YOU GET A SHARE OF THE PROFITS once the game goes gold.

Slightly Mad Studios Announce Ford Licensing Agreement: http://forum.wmdportal.com/showthrea...sing-Agreement

Slightly Mad Studios & Pagani Announce Partnership: http://forum.wmdportal.com/showthrea...ce-Partnership

Slightly Mad Studios are proud to announce a licensing deal with Mitsubishi Motors: http://forum.wmdportal.com/showthrea...o-Project-CARS

Licensed cars so far:
2012 Formula Gulf 1000 --> Thanks to member petrolhd from Dubai
GUMPERT apollo S
Ariel Atom
Ariel Atom Mugen
Ariel Atom V8
Palmer Jaguar JP-LM
Caterham Classic
Caterham R500 Superlight
Caterham SP/300.R
BAC Mono
Mitsubishi Evo VI Tommi Mäkinen Edition
Mitsubishi Evo IX FQ 360
Mitsubishi Evo X FQ 400
Pagani Zonda R
Pagani Huayra
Pagani Zonda Cinque
1966 Ford Mustang 2+2 fastback
1967 Ford MK IV
1972 Ford Escort RS1600
1980 Ford Capri Group 5 Team Zakspeed
1988 Ford Sierra RS500 Cosworth Group A
1997 Ford Mustang Cobra SCCA Trans-Am
2012 Ford Fusion NASCAR Stock Car
2012 Ford Focus ST
2012 Ford Focus ST BTCC
2013 Ford Falcon FG Australian V8 Supercar Car of the Future
2013 Ford Shelby GT500

Not licensed yet or fictional:
Asano LM11 TDX --> Audi R18 2011
Asano X4 Touring --> Audi A4 DTM 2011
Leonus F68 Cromwell --> 1967 Lotus 49
Leonus F77 --> Lotus 78
Leunus F86 Pirault Turbo --> Lotus 98T
Racer L4-RS --> Radical SR4 CS
Racer V8-RS --> Radical SR8 RX
Formula Rookie --> 2011 Formula Ford
Formula B --> Formula 2
Formula A --> Formula 1
Shifter Kart 125cc
Shifter Kart 250cc "super kart"
1990 Caper Stock car --> early 90s NASCAR


Tracks: (i put the real names to avoid confusion, but in the game some tracks have fictional names due to licenses limitations)

Modern:
Oschersleben (GP, National)
Hockenheim (GP Post 2002, National, Short)
Mount Panorama
Spa Francorchamps
Circuit de Catalunya (Pre/Post 2007)
Imola
Willow Springs
Watkins Glen (GP, Short)
Donington Park (GP, National)
Mugello
Zolder
Zhuhai
Circuit de la Sarthe (Le Mans)
Bugatti Circuit
Monza (GP, Short)
Laguna Seca
Brno
Silverstone
Suzuka (GP/East/West)
Road America

Historic:
Hockenheim (Pre 2002)
Rouen Les Essarts
Monza (1967. GPL2.)

Oval:
Dover
Indianapolis Speedway (fictional infield)
Richmond
Bristol

Country Roads:
California Highway
Azure Coast

Not yet in game but confirmed Tracks:
Nordschleife
Monaco
Solitude Rennstrecke (historic) --> Thanks to member FLX81
Milan Oval (historic)
Old Spa (historic)
Brands Hatch (laser scaned)
Oulton Park (laser scaned)
Snetterton (laser scaned)
Cadwell Park (laser scaned)



HOW TO BECOME A PARTNER:

1.Visit the website & register on the WMD forum. --> http://www.wmdportal.com/
2. Buy any tool pack to become a member. --> http://forum.wmdportal.com/toolpacks.php
3. Download the build and enjoy!

**recommended minimum specs to run the development build**
Quad Core 2.4ghz or better
9800gt 512MB
2GB Ram (3-4GB recommended)

[RevengE]

A Pc only game! WUT?!! I will def support these guys.

[D4S4]

C.A.R.S.

seriously?

but if this turns out well, imma be buying me a new steering wheel!

[Kwod]

This is a multi platform with a staggered release schedule.

[WhiteNoise]

Looks damn good. I will think about becoming a member.

[erocker]

Looks allright, though if I'm going to play any game like this it's going to be iRacing. http://www.iracing.com/

Also PC only.

[stinger608]

Originally Posted by erocker

Looks allright, though if I'm going to play any game like this it's going to be iRacing. http://www.iracing.com/

Also PC only.

I mostly agree with ya Rocker, however I am not much into the pay every month to play a game let alone a racing sim. Now I will say that iracing is an awesome simulation of racing!

I wish someone would come out with an awesome NASCAR sim game again. None of the damn EA crap (NASCAR 2004 & NASCAR sim) will run on Windows 7. NASCAR 2004 will somewhat run, but it is windowed. We need another good NASCAR sim racing game that a person does not have to pay monthly.

[whitrzac]

Originally Posted by erocker

Looks allright, though if I'm going to play any game like this it's going to be iRacing. http://www.iracing.com/

Also PC only.

want... but at holy crap, that looks like it could get expensive fast... $12 for a car, $15 for a track+$8/month...

[Kursah]

I've been waiting for the official C.A.R.S. announcement for a long time! Ya part of why I steered clear of iracing is the money to invest...I'm just not that hardcore about it I guess. Looks amazing, I'm sure it's worth it for fans that want to be in the thick of a realistic simulation.

CARS looks extremely promising as well...SMS has a pretty solid background and I have no doubts about their future work. Just gotta decide between Junior or Team to show my support.

[Kwod]

Originally Posted by whitrzac

want... but at holy crap, that looks like it could get expensive fast... $12 for a car, $15 for a track+$8/month...

If you have a wheel, get RACE07 $6.00, or Race07+GTR Evo for $19.99 on steam, although steam might be playing up atm.
These are proper racing sims, and there's heaps pf cheap expansion packs, and scores of free mods for cars and tracks.

[H82LUZ73]

Originally Posted by stinger608

I mostly agree with ya Rocker, however I am not much into the pay every month to play a game let alone a racing sim. Now I will say that iracing is an awesome simulation of racing!

I wish someone would come out with an awesome NASCAR sim game again. None of the damn EA crap (NASCAR 2004 & NASCAR sim) will run on Windows 7. NASCAR 2004 will somewhat run, but it is windowed. We need another good NASCAR sim racing game that a person does not have to pay monthly.

Iracing is from the former Papyrus founder and game engine builder Dave Kramer and he has John Henry (yes the dude that owns the Boston Red Sox ) As a backer,If they do a NASCAR sim i want it from Dave ,The way EA took the rights to NASCAR sims way back in late 03 (NASCAR Racing 2003 is still the best sim to get)Hurt him big time, and that ran out for EA after not releasing any games since 2004 which pissed Dave off to the point were any guys doing mods for NR03 would get a lawyer on his butt,Iracing uses most if not all Nr03 game engine(maybe the tire models and NASCAR rules were updated to current ones)Dave had to sue Activision in the mean time to get his precious NR03 engine back too at this time.That is when he said F!ck it i will go WOW for my next sim.
But nope no good NASCAR sim ever again,If you want one you have to pay Dave a lot just to race online again,Me i was ticked and still am at the way it all unfolded.

[Hybrid_theory]

Originally Posted by Kwod

If you have a wheel, get RACE07 $6.00, or Race07+GTR Evo for $19.99 on steam, although steam might be playing up atm.
These are proper racing sims, and there's heaps pf cheap expansion packs, and scores of free mods for cars and tracks.

I never liked the way the FFB felt with GTR evolution. Though maybe itll be nicer with my fanatec wheel.

[newconroer]

Originally Posted by stinger608

I mostly agree with ya Rocker, however I am not much into the pay every month to play a game let alone a racing sim. Now I will say that iracing is an awesome simulation of racing!

I wish someone would come out with an awesome NASCAR sim game again. None of the damn EA crap (NASCAR 2004 & NASCAR sim) will run on Windows 7. NASCAR 2004 will somewhat run, but it is windowed. We need another good NASCAR sim racing game that a person does not have to pay monthly.

There hasn't been a good NASCAR game (or Indycar for that matter) since the Papyrus days (before they got bought out by Sierra). That was also the end of the Microprose/Geoff Crammond years.

I installed Grand Prix II on a legacy machine the other day. Still amazes me how much more simulation and enjoyable it is in contrast to F1 2011 or rFactor with the F1 mod.

Somethings are just classic for a reason.


As for C.A.R.S. it's got two things going against it.

A) It's based of Shift.. so..yuck toilet..
B) The damn name makes me think I'm playing some Resident Evil with a driving mod.

[ShiBDiB]

All I can think of is

[stinger608]

Originally Posted by newconroer

There hasn't been a good NASCAR game (or Indycar for that matter) since the Papyrus days (before they got bought out by Sierra). That was also the end of the Microprose/Geoff Crammond years.

I installed Grand Prix II on a legacy machine the other day. Still amazes me how much more simulation and enjoyable it is in contrast to F1 2011 or rFactor with the F1 mod.

Somethings are just classic for a reason.


As for C.A.R.S. it's got two things going against it.

A) It's based of Shift.. so..yuck toilet..
B) The damn name makes me think I'm playing some Resident Evil with a driving mod.

I totally agree that there has been nothing since Papyrus!!! They were the shit man. And I agree that C.A.R.S. has a bunch against it.

[rizla1]

i just signed up for junior.
why not if it sells well you get your money back and maybe some profit aswell all for just playing a game..!

[Kwod]

Originally Posted by ShiBDiB

All I can think of is

http://freedisneyclipartsite.com/ima...ng_mcqueen.jpg

A shift2 based game won't handle as well

[KingPing]

Originally Posted by rizla1

i just signed up for junior.
why not if it sells well you get your money back and maybe some profit aswell all for just playing a game..!

I thought the same hehe

[ShiBDiB]

I dont like high performance racing games, if this had a forza esque lineup of cars id be all over it.

[Animalpak]

good looks very good, a bunch of more FPS will help.

[ShiBDiB]

Originally Posted by Animalpak

good looks very good, a bunch of more FPS will help.

Huh

[Animalpak]

Originally Posted by ShiBDiB

Huh

i mean the game needs more FPS to run smoothly, or that guy does not have the necessary hardware.

[ShiBDiB]

Originally Posted by Animalpak

i mean the game needs more FPS to run smoothly, or that guy does not have the necessary hardware.

Ahh makes sense now, was thinking something else

[Kwod]

Race sim....no, no way.
b144 is just plain bad from a sim pov.
Terrible driving model, terrible FFB....

Shift2 has a better driving model, granted some of the cars in S2 sway etc, but as a sim, this is an outright farce.

Before anyone says, "hang on, why not give it more time"....my answer is, "for what?".
All they had to do was eliminate the sway and work a bit on the excess oversteer from Shift2, and you'd at least have a very good simcade model, but as it stands, pcars is just plain bad.
The brakes suck, completely lifeless, and the driving model is all over the place depending on the car.

So, if you're a casual racer, you might well enjoy this, but I can't imagine any sim fan rating this, and as I said, they could've had the driving model ready by now simply by fixing the S2 problems and instead of building more bad cars, just build a slow one and a fast one with good FFB and driving model.

[Hybrid_theory]

Originally Posted by Kwod

Race sim....no, no way.
b144 is just plain bad from a sim pov.
Terrible driving model, terrible FFB....

Shift2 has a better driving model, granted some of the cars in S2 sway etc, but as a sim, this is an outright farce.

Before anyone says, "hang on, why not give it more time"....my answer is, "for what?".
All they had to do was eliminate the sway and work a bit on the excess oversteer from Shift2, and you'd at least have a very good simcade model, but as it stands, pcars is just plain bad.
The brakes suck, completely lifeless, and the driving model is all over the place depending on the car.

So, if you're a casual racer, you might well enjoy this, but I can't imagine any sim fan rating this, and as I said, they could've had the driving model ready by now simply by fixing the S2 problems and instead of building more bad cars, just build a slow one and a fast one with good FFB and driving model.

The sway in shift 2 made it undriveable, I couldn't play it anymore it angered me so much.
When I played build 124 I thought it felt pretty good, but needs some improvement. Then a month later, a large amount of FFB updates. The feel of the wheel is much improved.

When you say the driving model is all over the place depending on the car, well all cars handle differently than others. Especially when the cars maybe Formula A, B, touring cars, Le mans racers, etc. Maybe explain what you mean by this?