Project CARS 3 is an interesting game; it was announced only back in June, and is now on the verge of release. With such a short turnaround, then, racing game enthusiasts want to know -- how is it? Does it have all the simulation bells and whistles of its predecessors? Has it turned into something different? The first few reviews have begun to make their way online, and it seems as though this is another great racer from Slightly Mad, although it does sound like a more accessible game overall.
Below are some of the verdicts we've found so far. Our review is forthcoming, so keep an eye on Push Square over the next few days.
Eurogamer - Recommended
Slightly Mad's expansive world of motorsport arguably works better as a hard-edged arcade racer than it ever did as a sim.
Hardcore Gamer - 4/5
While some might balk at the fact that Project CARS 3 is designed to be accessible, under the hood is the same bone-grindingly difficult racing sim that the series has always been.
GamesRadar+ - 3.5/5
Project Cars 3 is a great way to get into sim racing for newcomers thanks to its overtly gamey career mode, but the move into proper ‘simcade’ territory feels odd and unfulfilling.
Do you like the sound of Project CARS 3? Drift into the comments section below.
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I love both sim racing and arcade. I’m on the fence with this, I’d rather go one way or the other instead of it being a weird hybrid of both. Nothing will ever beat Ridge Racer Type 4 for sheer arcade fun!
Obviously it will divide opinion but for me the fact this seems to be more of an arcade racer is definitely a good thing.
I'm not averse to a Sim racer as such but I had Project Cars 1 and was slightly put off by all the customisation and tweaking of every tiny little thing.
I long for the days where you could simply pick between the Red car or the Blue one and away you go
Iracing is the only SIM worth caring about tbf.
P Cars 3 is SMS's attempt to get in with the Gran Turismo - Forza crowd. And that's fair enough I guess.
Great that this is reviewing well enough, gameplay videos I've watch look good. Looking forward to trying this out hopefully soon especially that glorious looking C8!!!
Love me a good Simcade racer, Driveclub had the perfect balance there, hopefully this one is the same.
Very disappointed that this game has been "Codemastered" PC1 and 2 were great little sims and i was hoping this one will follow in its foot steps but alas, codemasters see pound signs but dumbing it down for the mass appeal and were left with a game that resemble PC only by name.
@Slippship no need in bring snide. I'm sure many of us have both systems.
@Kidfunkadelic83 nah man this is not down to Codies............if you look at the front cover of the game you will see it is Published by Bandai Namco Entertainment this is their swan song.
I was looking forward to this , as a spiritual "successor" to the - in my mind - brilliant Shift 2. God , I loved that game !
First alarmbells going off were that only previews on PC emerged , never on console ...
Turns out , PS4 Pro version doesn't even do 60fps and it looks
WORSE than project cars 2 ! (which wasn't a real looker on consoles - not like forza 7 or GT Sport).
And they removed the "SIM" bits , so it can't even compete with
Assetto Cors. Comp. which also runs like *** on consoles.
To quote a (dutch ) review site Power Unlimited : "We are all looking forward to the next generation of consoles , but this game takes us BACK a generation , to remind us what games looked like then."
Proceed with caution people !
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