However, right from the outset, the force feedback felt muted and disconnected, leaving me to guess what was happening at the front axle. With high hopes, I jumped in with my Thrustmaster TS-PC Racer steering wheel hoping for the best. Aside from the obvious, it's also an acronym for Community Assisted Racing Simulator but as it turns out, this game is anything but a racing sim. Many might not be aware, but the word Cars in the game's title actually has a double meaning. Therefore, I expected the PC version of PC3 to pick up where the previous titles left off. Sure, its predecessors weren’t picture perfect, but they provided a wealth of content with limited barriers to entry into the sim racing world.

Smith sampled PC3 on an Xbox One X with a Logitech G920 wheel combo, while Crisara took a test drive on PC with a Thrustmaster TS-PC rig.Īfter having great experiences with the previous two Project Cars titles, I walked into the third installment with loads of confidence. Instead, PC3 offers quick-fire racing events with forgiving physics, wrapped in an arcade experience.ĭoes this mean PC3 is a failure? writers Christopher Smith and Matthew Crisara took a deep dive into all aspects of the game to try and answer that question. Rather, it’s a reboot that removes much of the realism like pre-race practice and qualifying sessions, fuel usage, tire wear, vehicle damage, and pit stops. However, we quickly discovered PC3 isn’t a sequel. We stepped into Project Cars 3 thinking of it as a sequel to Project Cars 2, dialing in the game’s shortcomings for a better experience.

Project Cars 3 launched at the end of August, and while its forerunner garnered accolades for its realistic racing environment in career mode, you won’t find that here.

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