Project CARS 2 Review

[@PvtDonutDJ88]

This is first time I’ve seen a video from you. But Im really surprised to see a sim racer take serious look at all of motor sports and not be bias just to Endurance sport car racing, or just open wheel racing, or just ovals or road courses. I really liked the fact you looked at any and all Motorsport fans and said who would or would not like this game. Great review man!

[@soujaunlimited]

PvtDonut DJ88 indeed he on point like ACG

[@azynkron]

My experience is that they focus on GT3 too much, so it's nice to see a better overview.

[@soujaunlimited]

BadTrip Indeed

[@Daeys2411]

PvtDonut DJ88 is

[@Simracingpaddock]

Thank you!

[@JoaoGomesHD]

Am I the only one who loves when the AI randomly crash?

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

Define random. If you mean like how drivers in real life will have an unexpected crash or off, yes. It adds a bit of realistic variation to the game. If you mean like the AI acting like complete morons and running off track every third corner, its quite a drag.

[@EmreErturk]

The randomness, artificial human factor, is really hard to achieve. It is a rather scientific model. I do not think pc2 has that. I also think that it would be unfair to expect that from a commercial title like pc2.

[@Simracingpaddock]

I want to make a correction to what's mentioned in the review. There actually IS Flat Spotting through the Force Feedback! It is a lot more subtle compared to rFactor 2 and Assetto Corsa, but it is actually there... You can see me test it a bit in my live stream I did. Correction 2: When I put in "Not everyday you drive a Mitsubishi on the Nordschleife in a Blizzard at night", it was ACTUALLY the Nissan GT-R Nismo. I accidentally mixed up the two clips I had planned on using xD

[@RetroGenetic]

I think the problem you had with the camera is to do with helmet cam and not cockpit cam?

[@Simracingpaddock]

No, it happened on both cockpit cameras. It was fixed by changing "World Movement to 100%".

[@ff0732]

Sim Racing Paddock I'd say the oval track criticism is somewhat of nitpicking, the ONLY game that I've ever played including majority of the NASCAR focused games to get the rules correct, is nascar 07. Which is kind of sad because I loved project cars and the codemasters games because they had yellow and red flags that made the races a little more interesting compared to forza and the bunch. But things like that aren't on priority lists so we'll just have to do without them

[@HalfdeadRider]

Also this video has as many mistakes as PC1 apparently had lol PC1 was not so bad. This game supports up to 12k not just 4k, just one of many to point out and I'm only five minutes in ;)

[@Logan912]

FF07 And rFactor 2 as well as NASCAR Racing 2003 Season for 2003 rules at least.

[@CASEMSTR]

The way I look at this game. It is an all in one package. No messing about with mods, no pay as you go scheme. Everything at day one (Not Including the few DLCs, but you get the point) so I think it can come short on a few things as the price for content is far superior to any other racing title, in my opinion.

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

For a console player, this'll make PC2 a solid racing title, as console racers don't usually get a chance to mod for improvement, and we generally hate Microtransactions and super-incremental DLC's (One of the reasons why the Forza series is starting to overstay its' welcome).

[@glenniiZw]

you can use DRS all the time because that was the case in 2011, formula a is a 2011 F1 car

[@chimpyman92]

For the ai. If you add the warmup lap. It mostly gets rid of the ai turn one pileup

[@Haneye1]

chimpyman92 Great advice. Tanx

[@MetalGamer666]

But don't the cars stop again after the warmup race? Or is it a rolling start?

[@LeoGarciaPhotos]

Also... If you have the aggression too low the AI freak out on the first corner

[@chimpyman92]

warmup into rolling

[@EddoWagt]

And do qualifying to get the fast cars in front

[@TheCameltotem]

Considering Asetto Corsa don't even have racing rules or other car classes, these negatives are not even a problem. Great review! Seems like much better than I thought. Will buy it!!

[@niklassilen4313]

Agreed. Also, the AI has it's own problems in AC, like every other sim out there. I just reinstalled AC yesterday (and bought the glorious new Ferrari DLC!! Love it!!) and was quite shocked how bad the AI is still. It does race much more competitively now but it could still get stuck behind me even though I was way slower than them and they couldn't take the first few corners at speed.. but these are problems in virtually all the simulators that have AI. Not sure why Project CARS got so singled out (even the first one).

[@TheCameltotem]

Yeah I mean the patch in AC really made the AI so much better but they still got problems just like in any game, PC just gets the most shit for it.

[@niklassilen4313]

To be fair though, the AI in pC1 could be absolutely brutal sometimes, especially if the player wasn't up to speed with the AI. It was good practice for online though haha.

[@_Smile_Today]

Hi there is a good reason why they don't have Any of the nascar tracks and cars. The studio would have had to pay each sponsor and team owner to be featured and the rules of the nascar series would be under the license as well.

[@ff0732]

Pettyium 117 not exactly, I remember in Project cars 1 they'd just make up companies and put them on the cars as sponsors. They'd just have to get Ford Chevrolet and Toyota licenses

[@zetetick395]

I wish these sim channels would revisit these titles a couple of years after the initial release, to give us the _full picture,_ after the game has been rounded-out with updates / patches / DLC etc They're always at their most slight upon day 1 release, and we need the big picture of how it ended up imo

[@Loudlevin]

the youtubers get more clicks when they gang bang a title down when it didnt deserve it. And all the morons watching just eat it up and parrot each other as well. This was a fun game that didnt deserve to get beat down the way it did by all the zombies.

[@themightydash1714]

Slightly Mad did mention in one of their live streams that they can't have Nascar/F1 accurately portrayed in the game because they don't have the licenses for them series, that's why the DRS isn't based on F1 rules and the Nascar doesn't have cautions, they'd be sued if they had them accurately, it's a shame, I'd love to see proper flagging systems in online races, but we have Broadcast and Race Director mode now so maybe the Director can throw flag messages on screen?

[@ThisIsKettsGames]

that's a good idea, I guess we will have to see how racing leagues and the pros handle it before anything, it's fair enough when a big crash happens throwing up a caution from the race director but its getting it comunicated and making sure everyone follows it.

[@ff0732]

Flagging isn't a NASCAR exclusive, it'd just be nice to have a "no overtaking, track hazard" or "red flag, stop your car" every now and then. Just for the variety

[@mathewhosier1663]

No actually the formula a is based on the 2011 rules and regulations when there were no restrictions to drs

[@blairmann9997]

They said in one of their live streams that they couldn't get the proper licence for NASCAR that's why it's not called that in the game it's just oval racing.

[@gizzyuk710]

Yeah if they had anything that replicated NASCAR in a certain they would of got in trouble for it

[@Tintop]

gtr2 had livetrack 1.0 (yes, 80% of the actual SMS team made GTR2, some people still don't know), pcars had livetrack 2.0 and pcars2 now livetrack 3.0 now you know ^^ Edit: whoops, ninja'd by Niklas

[@TheCe1ticZombie]

Tintop I loved the GTR series, especially Gt Legends. I'd pay pay a GT Legends DLC. Also it will be interesting to see GTR 3 next year and how that development team is doing without its old staff.

[@miy1925hassun]

I don't know if GTR 2 exactly had the 1.0 version. It's probably more like a 1.3 or a 1.5 since livetrack actually came out with GTR 1.

[@kamelkadri2843]

shouldn't there be a competition between RaceRoom and Pcars giving the history of the same origin

[@themalse]

First-corner-itis is real! Did you not watch F1 over the weekend!

[@MadAlPlays]

Don't confuse the fact the FA is based on 2011 F1 specifications and the FA series having F1 rules... the rules can be whatever and not having DRS zones and some 1 second distance BS was the choice (as it was in PC1) in fact trying to copy F1 rules would probably fall foul of the F1 Codemasters license. Simple fact is DRS is a BS answer to a simple problem.. get rid of wing based Aero.

[@galakstiv]

I see no wrongs with DRS in F1, if someone is not slower and still passed thanks to DRS, he will have the same advantage afterward. Where is the harm ? unless people like driver who avoiding being passed pure based on blocking.

[@janrdoh]

Nice thorough review. As for A-I tus it pretty much replicates real humans online and look at F1 2017 at Singapore.

[@mattdoyle9772]

comment of the day

[@saabturbo2903]

How does the physics of PCar2 compare with Assetto Corsa?

[@Staki6908]

How do you feel it compares to Call of Duty or Battlefield 5?

[@arthurmorgan7086]

Todd Ison No

[@Staki6908]

COD clone you say? I thought so.

[@akshat3516]

Todd Ison Not sure if you are trolling but this is a racing game not First person shooter like Battlefield or call of duty which is a completely different beast.It's like comparing apples to oranges.

[@ff0732]

h Hole the handling in battlefield is ass and the physics in cod is shit. Problem solved

[@MikeGubisch]

Todd Ison yea dude I’d wait for battlefront 7 before pulling the trigger

[@tylerohrn9103]

I really liked this review. I enjoyed the first Project Cars but it certainly had its faults. NASCAR is my favorite form of motorsports but I appreciate other racing series as well. You mentioned that there's only three ovals but you're forgetting the Historic Monza Oval which a neat addition to the game. Full course cautions would be nice but they seem to be wonky in other titles. I suspect private/league racing will end up implementing manual cautions anyway, especially now that the broadcasting feature exists. As a NASCAR fan I also appreciate the fact they have the 69 Camaro Trans Am which has a lot of similarities with the stock cars of that era. I do hope they bring back the late 80s/early 90s Chevy Lumina "Days of Thunder" stock car in a DLC at some point.What I really loved about Project Cars was the variety of vehicles and the fact you could instantly jump around between vastly different disciplines and PC2 seems to have amped this up with many more tracks and vehicles to choose from. I definitely think there's a market for people such as myself who like sim racing but prefer to race on a console. I'm really looking forward to this release and I think Project Cars 2 has the ability to become a much more affordable Iracing.

[@ff0732]

Tyler Ohrn remember how brutal the stock car was in pc1?

[@TheSaOk]

The night rally at 2:45 looks like some old colin mcray rally from late 90s as graphics. :D Else cant wait to get this.

[@CragScrambler]

TheSaOk the whole game looks like its from the playstation 2 era.

[@roodick85]

CragScrambler I just got this game again hoping they fixed some of the bugs...not much has changed and yeah it's definitely reminiscent of ps2 games. Using that old ass NFS "sim" engine is this games biggest handicap

[@Modupehsautowork13]

I like Gran Turismo, I really do. It's just that, it's missing something. The big comparison is to Project Cars 2 right now. I see GT Sport as that woman that brings in all the makeup artists from around the world to do the most remarkable work on her presentation, walk, speech, and prepare her with the scripted delivery to the public. She's visually flawless and you can't quite criticize her at face value, but you really can't connect with her. Project Cars 2 is still that sexy woman that's sought after, but she grew up in the suburbs and has plenty friends that she connects with daily. Her approach is natural, and she responds to you. She may have a few flaws that you can point out, but all around, she's the one you want to take home.

[@George19712]

Cool.

[@bbc6rgf57ytty5yxyw5gt]

I want you to describe Forza 7, DIRT 4 and F1 2017 in the same way.

[@hashimiyazib]

I hate people who call anything that isn't iRacing, rFactor2, or Assetto Corsa a simcade. But let's be serious, Gran Turismo is barely a sim racer. That's why these people don't compare it to other titles.

[@roodick85]

Beetrroot the best thing GT had was customizing cars and tuning. They took that away so it's now basically Driveclub

[@kanob6440]

Pc1 was a great game imo. My only complaint about it was that I kept spinning out every time so that made me not want to play it.

[@MrDjsmooth87]

Great game review, honest, no pulled punches and with the game it's about where I'd expect something this filled to produce. After launch I'm positive the minor bugs over time will be fleshed out like Project Cars (1). So stoked to get this sim and yes I'm really saddened that the oval racing experience seems a bit shy. However, with enough comments, requests, and complaints for improvements I'm sure they'll eventually make great adjustments. With a game/sim of this scale on console, will inevitably have some issues where it looks like no one did enough research in certain motorsports but the main course should still be a fulfilling delight to enjoy.

[@mindofmyown333]

MrDjsmooth87 I'm really hoping that with the broadcasting function, someone can watch the race and throw a caution. It would be sort of an honor system, but really cool of people are serious

[@MrDjsmooth87]

mindofmyown333 that's actually a fantastic idea, especially in privatized custom leagues and or private races.

[@adrianstealth340]

great vid thanks , on a arcade to sim scale if arcade is 1 & if full sim like iracing & rfactor2 is a 10 , where is Pcars2 on the scale ??

[@GamjaField]

Modern rFactor 2

[@Simracingpaddock]

I'd give it around an 8... It's missing a few features such as the mentioned Tire flat spotting (EDIT: Felt through the Force Feedback), but I'm kind of shocked at how much better this feels than the press preview I was given a while ago...

[@johnnypenso9574]

There is flatspotting as I understand it.

[@Simracingpaddock]

I meant through the FFB, sorry, meant to clarify

[@TheCameltotem]

Ian Bell acually said yesterday in a interview that they really toned down the FFB of flatspots because in real life it's very annoying. Sounds weird, but that's why there is a small ammount of FFB from it.

[@mikeyboy8127]

Does anyone know if there's visual degradation on worn tyres or not??

[@xxHaranxx]

Hi you mentioned you have fanatec wheel but what about T300rs under what category in ffb setting would go into? and also in comparison with iracing and assetto corsa where do you think PC2 stands?

[@bliglum]

I was sold as soon as I tried the VR implementation. Among the most immersive VR sim racing I've ever experienced!!! There is certainly room for improvement, the wet tyre physics are a bit off and buggy, other issues etc. But I still feel it was worth the discounted Steam sale price I paid $35.

[@Roxidius]

dude it would help if you told us what wheel you are using that is capable of communicating all that info to your hands??

[@gregbroz8109]

So when you compare to the problems of Pcars 1, are you referring to pre 2.0 patch of Pcar1 or are you talking about after the last patches (10 or 11 or what ever it was)

[@toddmcdonough]

Nice review William. I am relieved to hear about the improvements to FFB, physics and car setups. I'd like to see more details about pit stops/strategy , replays and photomode. I for one love watching dramatic race moments in slow motion and taking screenshots to document my career. Maybe you can add those to your upcoming multiplayer review ?

[@BadDanMe]

Set the Worldmovement (or whatever it is called) to 100 and the camera is fixed. Don´t know, why they do it so, but it was also that way in pCars 1.

[@joedunleavy841]

How do the physics and force feedback compare with the likes of rfactor2, raceroom and Assetto? Being somewhat underwhelmed by ASsetto, I was a little disappointed to see another reviewer say that the physics and force feedback in PC2 wasn't even on par with Assetto.

[@soujaunlimited]

Does this game have a pit system? How large can you make the grid compared to the 40 car max grid on PC 1? Is there any customization?

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

I think the largest grid I've seen so far is 32 Indycars at Indianapolis, with about 30 cars on most other circuits.

[@humanbeing2420]

I just started sim racing a few days ago, with a PS4 + Logitech G29. I bought this game and Assetto Corsa. So far I've done about 3 hours in Assetto Corsa and it's incredibly fun. I can't wait to dig into Project Cars 2....

[@johnhargreaves9714]

Solid, fair review, thanks for putting it together, looks like a lot of fun.

[@Millzieeeee]

how the hell am i supposed to turn corners wheels just lock up or you have to go like 5mph just to turn

[@pcgameplay9739]

Can I challenge ghosts from a Global leader board like in Race Room Racing Experience? For this and or the first game?

[@AL-ud2is]

is there mid race saves for the endurance races?

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

Yeah, it's pointless if races can go on for 4 or more hours but we don't have the option to save mid-race.

[@AL-ud2is]

asked on the forum and they said they may add it at some point....so just wait and see...

[@larrynelson4499]

Could you recommend an entry level VR set up with sim racing as it's main if not only purpose? Thanks in advance.

[@AndrewDaniele87]

Look at the windows mixed reality headsets, they're a low price and don't need anything other than the headset/controllers itself to play (other headsets will have you use light towers in your room to track where the headset is, but the windows mixed reality headsets use cameras right on the headset)

[@lawyer4ever]

Thanks William. I am very much looking forward to firing this up tomorrow night and getting into it. I played Project CARS for about 5 years and loved it. After my last save game glitched, however, I deleted it from my hard drive and figured I would just wait for Project CARS 2.

[@Cake_Doge]

FD Mustang RTR will probably come it was on Fun Pack DLC’s cover photo and you forgot one thing that is the kerb bump I used to flip at 2nd chicane in Monza but this looks better and more realistic

[@kubanskiloewe]

is it Win7 compatible and can you drift in PC2 now ???

[@shfd3832]

What did you say about project cars 1 sound? I could not understand..

[@saxon_moyes]

Hi, is it possible to mod in this game? Thanks

[@Daniel_h86]

Great and informative review.Receiving my HTC Vive tomorrow, and Project CARS 2 on friday - I's going to be one hell of a weekend (with motion sickness... :-D) THANK YOU - GREAT WORK! :)

[@jacobevenson8702]

+Sim Racing Paddock The reason why the Indycar series is at the top of the list is because they are generally a hell of a lot harder to drive.

[@FallingPicturesProductions]

And nowadays, alot of drivers who rise through the F1 feeder series will often migrate over to Indycar if they can't find a way in F1 (Joseph Newgarden, Alexander Rossi). Seems like quite an acceptable deduction to me, if you can't have F1 itself in the game.

[@ff0732]

Just watch the Indy 500, the drivers look shaken after getting out the cars

[@mathewhosier1663]

Falling Pictures Productions no f1 just discriminates against americans

[@MrKaiBas]

Hey everybody, which option should i use to stop the game shifting the view up and down based on the track height. For example at Spa i could not see the wheel the hole time

[@Simracingpaddock]

In the camera settings, set "World Movement" to 100%, that should lock your head to the cockpit.

[@Dougie2945c]

Thanks for the video SRP. I have a question about PC2 in relation to the car roster. In PC1 when you selected a car you didn't have a choice of the livery and that is something which i hate about PC1 because some of the car liveries are just awful in my opinion. Do we have the option of choosing a livery in PC2?

[@donkhorse]

I wish in Formula 1 they would get rid of: KERS, DRS, Qualifying broken into 3 separate stages, post Podium interviews, the HALO, etc... And I’d like to see them bring back refueling during the races. Also, I’m sure having several more teams out there on the tracks would liven things up a bit. The drivers microphones also need a HUGE amount of upgrading, as most of the time I can’t understand a word they say. Also I think it would be pretty cool if teammates could talk directly to each other during the races. And, if nothing else, I’m pretty certain many many of those conversations would be hugely entertaining for us, the fans, to listen to! 😁

[@TravelswithYoly]

My first attempt at Career Mode put me a GT4 in the American Series. I was super disappointed that Road America wasn't on the schedule :-(

[@leomessiful]

Can anybody comment on the KTM X-Bow? In AC the car feels very alive and you can kick the back out pretty easily while in PC 2 it seems to have so much grip, almost like it drives on rails.

[@ihababbas9863]

Thanks for this great video my. by the way do you have a discounted code to buy the project cars 2 from steam or anywhere else?

[@BLDalton85]

Does the engineer have a "safety net?" I know how to setup cars and stuff and along the way i learned often people will setup to fix problems with driving instead of problems with the car resulting in "fixing" non existent problems. Does it prevent you from doing that in any way? I certainly think its a cool and neat feature to help people but i'm wondering if it'll run into that. Id hate to see it turn off the exact people its trying to help since this is the first time ive seen it in a game. Until you can drive on the edge of the input limits properly in a car your time is likely lost due to driver error. Many new guys think "it has to be setup" and often thats just not the case. After re-watching that section it looks like it may be playing it safe but its hard to say.

[@FungedeBagre]

Is it recommended for people looking for great physics simulation?

[@HandlesSuck123]

David Martins Well, if you find AC a "sim", then yes. Otherwise I'd stick with more hardcore sims like rFactor2 or iRacing.

[@markotark]

Loved this review and you got yourself a new subscriber. I really loved PC1 at first because of the handling-model that made the car feel like it had weight and that things like tires and suspension were really working. I've played racing-games/sims on consoles from Gran Turismo 1 and Forza 1 onwards and PC1 was my favourite until i started to hate it. The game got a career-save bug that at first destroyed my save after some 100 hours that i had put into it, then it did the same to my next save after dozens of hours of driving. It got more and more frequent until i couldn't play career anymore, with no update ever from the developers to fix this . I just hope that Slightly Mad-Studios haven't let this bug slip also into PC2...

[@FreshlyBaked13]

Does anyone have a template for sensitivity/control specs on xbox? I’m lost.

[@yazidguile]

How it compares to iRacing physics wise?

[@nathanadams1332]

Very exited for pc2. Any recomendations on a decent racing wheel under 300 dollars?

[@BurtSampson]

G29 (or G920 if you're going to be playing on the XBone.) T150 is good too, but good luck finding one with the T3PA pedals for under $300(and you'll need those pedals because the base ones are garbage), plus Thrustmaster has developed a bit of a bad reputation in regards to reliability. G29 is built like a tank, and as far as FFB goes, it's still really good, especially as a first wheel.

[@nathanadams1332]

Burt Sampson Thanks

[@Pedro.Chapps]

yea any of the Logitech wheels are a good starting point, you can not go wrong there, you will need to buy the H shiftier separate tough, Not needed but nice to have

[@leonhardeuler3140]

I just recently bought a thrustmaster tx wheel from b&h photo and video for 300 dollars and free shipping. I thoroughly enjoy using it, and plan on upgrading it soon. It definitely has my recommendation and it is usually 400 dollars. I have heard thrustmaster has had reliability issues in the past when the products were rolling off the line, such as them breaking immideately. But i've also heard they have largely fixed this problem so consider that. Most new reviews dont mention reliabilty issues. Hope you find a wheel that fits!

[@dexbuild1206]

G29!

[@PauloRobertoElias]

Congratulations and thank you. It is one of the best game reviews I've ever seen on KZbin. One more subscriber to you.

[@jai_b_drums]

Would this game be worth getting in your opinion, if you have AC for the Xbox and just want the closest thing to sim like physics on console with a bit more content?

[@kerrysgold1]

@Jai Drums Me too. Not much noise made about it's release on Xbox. All I've seen are graphical comparison's. Based on those, the game unfortunately looks terrible.

[@jai_b_drums]

David Lacey by terrible do you mean in general or just involving graphics?

[@bbc6rgf57ytty5yxyw5gt]

It doesn't look amazing on console but it should look better than AC.

[@jai_b_drums]

bbc6rgf 57 ytty5 y xy w5gt to be honest graphics are the last thing I look at nowadays, I just something with good physics and some content. But I didn't preorder the game for the reason that the first was incomplete

[@paulthomson9709]

Jai Drums not sure about xbox but I had assetto on ps4 and ended up trading it in , personally I thought it was terrible , looked bad sounded bad handled nothing like a real track car . I bought project cars 2 and don't regret it at all

[@Steve30x]

I spent about six hours on this game on my brothers ps4 last night with a Thrust master T150. Its horrible on PS4. The physics are the same as PCars 1 and the only FFB we felt was center spring. There was no feel from bumps on the road surface , there was no rumble from kerbs and there was no feel from what the car was doing like under steer or oversteer. We tried adjusting FFB settings but it made no difference. I have this game on PC and the physical s are much better with fantastic FFB. It seems SMS released a broken ps4 version.

[@jaimemedina6430]

I never quite understood the carrier mode menu🙄🙄😒 in Project cars 1

[@tigerbalm666]

I tried playing PCars1, but it was frustrating. Since I has a pricey Fanetec wheel, if I had to pick 1 racing sim, which should I get? Pcars 2? For now, I play Forza 6 on Xbox one, but I miss getting the full experence with my $$$ wheel! Yes, I just subbed!

[@adaptable1]

Great review, William! Did you purposely stay away from comparing it to other sim titles like Assetto Corsa, iRacing, and rFactor2? I think each title has its pros and cons, but I would love to hear your opinion on how Project Cars 2 compares to them individually....and perhaps a ranking of the major titles for different feature sets.

[@Simracingpaddock]

I didn't mean to, I just wanted to focus on the features and other elements. In some ways I feel the car's behavior is a bit better than AC, especially in low speed corners and managing slides.I think rFactor 2 still has it beat for tire model. I'm planning on doing a "Sim Racing Superlatives" video, where I do rank them based on features, so look out for that soon :D

[@bbc6rgf57ytty5yxyw5gt]

I'm sure the comments will be fun on that video.

[@Alby911]

AC thrives on physics, PC2 wins in graphics and content. It's almost apples and oranges.

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

adaptable1 yada yada yada iracing is king. The end. You're welcome-- saved you months of hate from iracing minions.

[@joshuaredford2002]

How does the Rallycross compare to Dirt 4?

[@jbkahl]

my H8RA shifter is not recognized in this game arrrgh only paddle shifting

[@muffe5537]

How much can you adjust the FOV?

[@hobbnob1]

World movement at 0 makes the world not move much, so the car moves more in your view. Set it to around 100 to have it locked to the car properly :)

[@mattyfromlondon]

unrealistic rain and no spray from the cars in front when crossing in front of you! slightly mad if your going to do rain do it properly or don't do it at all

[@StevieM007]

Great Review. I like reviews when a score is not given but detailed reasons why you should or shouldn't buy the game.

[@dathyr1]

Well it is now 2024. I agree with all you say in your video. I have had Project Cars 2 for quite a while now and really like what it provides. Though there is not much in 3rd party modding for this game, it is still fun to do races - select a car, a track, and go racing. It has allot more variety of tracks and cars compared to some of the newer games today. Getting tired of just GT racing games. PC2 gives kind of a sample of different tracks and vehicles and don't mind that - I am not fussy. It is just a racing game. Bye!!!!

[@-Markus-]

They shouldn't have skipped rally and ovals completely and stuck to road/course racing, its what the game is about and throwing in a few gimmicks hurt more then it helps imo. Your spot on with your comment on GT5, its implementation of rally and nascar was atrocious. Completely useless features.

[@paulmartin430]

I love driving in the rain but the footage here seems to be the same as PC1 regards the wipers cleaning the windscreen (windshield). They've not changed it and it still looks bad! The only title that handles this correctly is drive club (sorry not played forza but) so they know what they've got to aim for! Other than that the extra tracks and cars are welcome.

[@bennv5909h]

That was not a Mitsubishi evo that was a nissan GTR

[@Pelimuistelot]

Project Cars 1 Beta had oval tracks and nascar cars in it. But i guess the removed them so they can put them in the sequel.

[@Ewane]

Career also has 2 GT3 series(GT Tier 1 is PWC and GT Tier 2 is GT3)

[@mathewhosier1663]

AOR SmokingPuppy841 which is dumb, 61 classes in the game and they had to waste 2 spots on gt3_ most easy to drive overused newb classes in the game

[@dielegende9141]

Great review, really good but there's one point to correct: The Formula A cars are 2011 F1 cars and back then they could use DRS whenever they wanted and wherever they wanted

[@Simracingpaddock]

They could only use DRS "wherever they wanted" during Practice and Qualifying sessions if I remember correctly. There were still DRS Zones and the 1 second rule in effect during races in 2011.

[@dielegende9141]

Sim Racing Paddock yeah, you're right. But at least for the practice and qualifying sessions, PC2 is a good simulation 😅

[@mataiterapreha]

Is this the release version?

[@Simracingpaddock]

mataiterapreha Correct

[@r6201sk]

are blue flags working for AI ? lapped AI letting you pass or slower car class getting blue to let faster one go ... like in AMS ?

[@Blahde]

6:09 I had no idea. I thought that was what happened/what you actually see in VR! Good to know. I've seen this pop up on other streams and I was all...WTF is that? 😁 I don't get it on my game/sim but now I know why! I don't have VR....YET...😜 Thanks matey, appreciate the info.

[@cjr96]

T300 gte good for this game? On pc ?

[@GalacticAstroparticles]

At the moment, I'm just salty that even though I could run the first Project Cars on High settings with very high fps, it seems that I am unable to even run Project Cars 2 (even on low settings)!

[@ikbensiep]

Ha, they still thought having green or red text for laptimes in the dead middle of the screen is somehow legible?

[@George19712]

It can be moved around or removed.

[@gizzyuk710]

Basically if you liked the first game you will love this one if you didnt like the first one it might be worth a try depending on your view of it. I personally loved the first game for the GT3 Class and Endurance and see it more as an Endurance Sim with added extras to have fun with and mess about with.

[@JCTiggs1]

SMS had 2 years, TWO YEARS to fix the AI, and it's still terrible. :(

[@mathewhosier1663]

JCTiggs still better than assetto corsa and online lobbies tho

[@mathewhosier1663]

JCTiggs its better than pc1, much better

[@bendbusters2269]

would like to have seen some night racing or day to night transition . looks like a big difference in some track qualities. Fuji looked great Brands sucked. Keen to give it a good run tomorrow

[@Drzinqzee]

Can you use a controller effectively?

[@Simracingpaddock]

I've used it pretty well. If I had one complaint, it would be the brake is a little touchy, but it's easy to adapt.

[@csmith9684]

PC 1 had an issue that AI always was slow in at least 1 corner in most tracks [bug?] Like rubber banding. Do u see this in PC 2? Great stuff Will

[@ShaqFuGuru]

I agree about the racing regulations. Pcars does way more than Forza in this area, but it's actually more annoying things aren't right. I love f1 2017 due to the regulations and strategies you expect from an official focused title along with the deep immersive career mode.

[@FBFerran]

This is the first ever video i have seen from you, but this is magnificent! Excellent review with very high standards and talking about all the game's modes. With that said though, i have a question for you, is this game enjoyable to play with a controller? Yes, i know i should get a wheel to get maximum enjoyment out of sim games but i ain't got the money neither the space, so will i be able to have fun and enjoy proper simulation with a controller? Thank you in advance, you have now a new subscriber.

[@HipsterNgariman]

There's plenty of videos from other sim racers who already highlighted this question. I come from playing PC1 with a controller and with proper settings, it felt nice. Enough to play the game at its full - controller experience - potential. People said it felt super bad and they seem to have improved it. So it means it's gonna be fine.

[@Simracingpaddock]

I haven't done much testing myself with a controller, but from what little I did, I enjoyed it (most of my controller testing was at a press event where it was sampling Ice Racing). I'll do some testing at home but I think it is a solid improvement.

[@darrenbell4898]

Good review mate, well done

[@g4ngst4m4n]

what is DRS?

[@dergrunepunkt]

Your main disappointment in PCars2 is the same for me too, this game and almost every sim game lacks something really important: immersion, gameplay is shallow, developers focus too much on the looks but not in the immersion, I think that Worthabuy express this more clearly and directly than I can in a couple of lines.

[@NoSkillDriver]

witch is better. Project cars 2 or assetto corsa.?

[@DustySticks]

Nice informative review William. Thank you for posting your thoughts.

[@antonnilsson6117]

So there isn't anything more to the Rallycross events than just the main final? That was a bit annoying for me, as a big RX enthusiast. If at least the semi-finals are included, that could do for me (the first two races in the Swedish shampionship in 1999 was raced using a similar format, so that could be a bit fun for me in that sense!), but only one race per event? Nice that everything else seems to be well done, though! :)

[@ANIMLFIRE]

Its the most immersive racing sim I've played and I've played/raced them all, Maybe its personal preference but this game is amazing when played at its most realistic settings including no hud

[@reclusiam]

Oval racing not fleshed out? So it's a must buy then!

[@mauriciococao]

Gt or pc2 ? I already have pc 1

[@blaqjac21]

TOCA pro race driver 3 had some of the best indy car action ive ever experienced to this date lol

[@retropolis1]

Haven't played PC2 yet, so I can't say much about the physics and or the controls. But judging by your footage, PC2 can't hold a candle in terms of graphics compared to Forza Motorsport 7. I tried the FM7 Demo in 4K and it is a blast, no matter if in the rain or with dry weather.

[@srtspeedy4983]

Best Review for the more demanding user. Fast and god work! Something that can lift PC2 wery high is the online system wich will be wery intresting follow upp video.