There’s a new Fast & Furious game on the way, and it’ll probably be better than 2013’s forgotten Showdown, as it seems Project CARS 2 developer Slightly Mad Studios is in the driving seat. Bizarrely, speculation comes courtesy of the firm's CEO Ian Bell, who randomly dropped into a stream with Australian YouTuber SpotTheOzzie overnight, where he offered an impromptu Q&A.
Here’s what he had to say: “Guess what the latest Need for Speed game is doing, and have a think about which Hollywood film they're copying,” he said, referring to Need for Speed: Payback. “And then I can tell you we have a six year deal with that major Hollywood company that'll beat what Need for Speed is doing. For the next six years.”
If that wasn’t obvious enough, Bell added: “If you look at me, I'm a bald guy and I work out a bit. So that's a clue.”
We have the sneaking suspicion that the executive may find himself in a spot of bother this morning, as he clearly let on way more than he should. Nevertheless, there’s massive video game potential in the Fast & Furious franchise – we’re looking forward to seeing what the studio has got cooking.
[source youtube.com, via eurogamer.net]
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Slightly Mad are a very capable studio that should do a good job with a F&F game.
I hate the movies so ill pass on the games and hmmm someone is a little arrogant i really dislike that stuff. Plus since when i the FF franchise the founding father carchase movies if he means the boring milked to the bone stories then he is spot on though.
I don't see why SMS would be a good pick for a F&F game. It they were talking about lending a hand with games like Forza or Gran Turismo, that would be fitting.
I watched the stream.. He was half drunk. Also making comments suggesting Lewis Hamilton said p cars 2 is a better sim than Mercedes' own f1 training sims due to what p cars can accurately simulate when the physics engine is ran at 2000hz instead of 600hz which we get on PC and console public release due to the really beefy PC required to do that. But he couldn't say names but it was clear who and what he was meaning.
In fairness they have 20 proper racing drivers giving feedback on how and what isn't being modelled properly and making changes accordingly.
Goes in to great technical depth on why project cars is a better sim than most and the depth of what the game can simulate is staggering. Seems a good egg tbf and has clear aims on where he wants to take project cars.
@SMKpaladin why not? Look who made need for speed shift 1 and 2.
It's all about family man, you play the game for your family. Your family....
Family.
@Rudy_Manchego It's all about family, and corona. Slight correction.
@soracloud28 Good point - I mean, I was drinking a corona when I was talking about family.
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