PC2 Early Project CARS 2 Trailer Leaked?

[Paul Jeffrey]

An interesting video has surfaced on the internet recently that could quite possibly be the first leaked trailer for the upcoming Project CARS 2 game from Slightly Mad Studios.

We all know the sequel to the highly popular Project CARS is in the works with an expected release date for some time during 2017, however could the below video be the very first leaked trailer from the new game? Ok hands up, I seriously have no idea if this is an official video or not, but man it looks impressive. The video, doing the rounds on the internet as we speak, features some of the first moving footage from the new game that I have seen so far. The one and a half minutes of footage gives us a first look at some new for PCARS2 goodies like snow conditions, changeable wind directions, rain build-up improvements and several new forms of racing and brands associated with the upcoming title.

From what I can make out from the newly leaked video it appears PC2 might well have one or two interesting new vehicles in the car line-up come release, with several Porsche's and Ferrari's having already made brief appearances in other leaked images, alongside such heavyweight manufacturers as Lamborghini, McLaren and Mercedes. Looking through the breakdown of the trailer above, we can see the McLaren P1 GTR, McLaren F1 GTR, Ford GT, Lamborghini Super Trofeo, Mini Countryman Rallycross, Ford Raptor Truck, Ford Capri Zakspeed, Ferrari 288 GTO, Nissan Fairlady, Mercedes C63 AMG Coupe, Porsche 918, La Ferrari and the Jaguar XJ220. Please be aware, this trailer is by no means confirmed as official footage, and by all accounts the final game may not contain any or all of the vehicles depicted in the footage.

If we take what we've seen as correct from the above video, and add to this some of the cars we've already found in the game via other leaked screenshots, we are already starting to get an interesting picture of a wide variety of machinery that might make it into the new game from Slightly Mad Studios.

With the recent images leaks showing off a Ford Sierra Cosworth touring car, Mercedes A-Class, Ford Fiesta Rallycross and Mitsubishi Lancer Evo it appears that SMS are looking to cover a wide range of cars from different disciplines of racing and eras of production. I'm a fan of the classic cars myself, so those vehicles with a Group 5 leaning or the Sierra from 80's touring car racing both hold particular interest for me.

Other noteworthy things to take from the trailer include what appears to be the ability to bring snow conditions to the standard circuit racing tracks, with Brands Hatch used as an example in the video to show off the new weather feature. This is interesting as we very rarely see these kinds of conditions make an appearance outside of rally games. It will be interesting to see how Project CARS 2 simulates these conditions on a traditional tarmac racing surface.

Project CARS 2 is due for release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC during 2017.

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Are you looking forward to Project CARS 2? Will you be trying out the game on launch later this year? Let us know in the comments section below!

 

[Caramidaru Andrei Bogdan]

Caught the bullet once, like a ****inng moron, not only I got on the band waggon like a lot of people but I bought the digital and physical copy, thinking that sometime in the future this EPIC game will be memorabilia, man was I wrong.
Except for the good graphics this game was garbage at best for me, ffb crap with Logitech and 2 Thrustmaster products, crash/bug galore, some very retarded and childish developers when you call them out for the bugs, all in all, a very bad experience.
Fool me once, good on you, fool me twice, NO WAY!
For those that had an enjoyable experience good for you, if it works for you great, for me it doesn't

 

[JayJayRaceinho]

i still don't get it.... my 25€ investment for pcars1, do i earn further ca$h with pcars2?

otherwise, if it's not a complete overhaul of pcars1 ...the trailers looked even good back in the pcars-alpha stage.

 

[christoph1954x32]

I mean...

That IS funny stuff indeed!!
But nevertheless: I never had ANY problems like this with the game - the only thing that pisses me is the bad triple screen support: it is about the same as in Dirt Rally - that means NO support.
But in sense of driving fun, this is a great GAME. ME I prefere it to AC and RRE and RF2.

 

[mopro]

if you are saying it drives the same, then I guess you either never played it, or you are maybe not suitable for more serious sims, if you can't feel the differences

it's quite big, especially for certain cars. Road cars I feel like are probably the biggest difference to pCARS1

Good to know.. thanks for the info

 

[Cody White]

Here's a bit of sorcery...

 

[Philipp Koch]

well the traler looket legit to me...well i guess someone made a mistake there but hey it looks nice (weather details :O ) and some nice new stuff well letz see what happens

 

[c172fccc]

Looks like someone has no clue how development of Pcars works

Looks like you neither. Never seen you give any feedback in the physics threads.

 

[TheReaper GT]

You kids are adorable

 

[Tr51]

There will be the DD wheel support ?

 

[Sun Levi]

I'm personally really looking forward to this, the first game was a disappointment but still enjoyed it. Using Jack Spade's FFB Tweaker files improved the driving massively, the game should've felt like the tweaker out of the box, it leaves a bad first impression and takes way to long tinkering with so many settings to make the game feel better. Hopefully they can fix that in Project CARS 2.

Things that I really hope to see improved are AI, FFB, Physics, Cold tires, Sounds, Replay Cameras, pretty much all the basics really. The first game had so much potential but just didn't feel polished at all.

Overall I'm excited for Project CARS 2! The first game offered some enjoyable experiences, driving at night in the storm at
Nordschleife with these visuals is something no other sim offers. If only this game had AMS/AC/R3E physics

Dirt 4 and now this, exciting times!

 

[Blimey]

if it doesn't have laser-scanned tracks, I'm not buying it.

 

[JayJayRaceinho]

if it doesn't have quality, i'm not buying it.

 

[martinsalat]

it have quality laser-scanned tracks.

 

[DaVeX↯]

If someone will not buy it for some reason, I will not care.
(I wrote this just to add something usefull me too)

 

[Andy_J]

it have quality laser-scanned tracks.

Pcars a laser scanned track simulator. All it needs is a proper race sim added.

 

[ermo]

For those of you who feel that you got burned by pCARS my advice is simply this:

Don't buy it on launch day; rather, wait for a few patches to land and then try out pCARS 2 on a properly set up PC rig with a fully supported FFB wheel and either a triple-screen setup or VR. That way you'll be able to base any potential purchasing decision on the experience the devs intended you to have.

For those of you worrying about overly complex and hard-to-configure FFB settings, I'm cautiously optimistic that you'll be pleasantly surprised by the changes in this area.

I'm not going to comment on the physics other than to say that it is clear to me that the devs are working very hard on matching 1st, 2nd and 3rd order data from real life and from racing driver feedback.

Full Disclosure: I put down £100 to be able to watch pC2 develop and give input + get a full digital copy of the goodies. So far I feel like I've got my money's worth, but the jury is obviously still out on how good the final product will be -- and by that I mean after the inevitable post-release patches (but this is the same for almost every title released these days).

 

[Tr3voRR]

This is not a trailer... it's the current intro for the early access game. You got video game site reporting it as news... wow they are amazing at their job... sarcasm x10000000000000

 

[Andy_J]

Don't buy it on launch day; rather, wait for a few patches to land and then try out pCARS 2 on a properly set up PC rig with a fully supported FFB wheel and either a triple-screen setup or VR. That way you'll be able to base any potential purchasing decision on the experience the devs intended you to have.

So any one with a normal PC monitor or 4k tv are not going to be able to make an informed decision because the devs are intending it for VR and triple screen only? Surely the VR and triple screen users are in a minority?
Out of interest Ermo, how much did you put down on Pcars 1 to see that develop into the sim of all sims?

 

[Patrik Marek]

So any one with a normal PC monitor or 4k tv are not going to be able to make an informed decision because the devs are intending it for VR and triple screen only? Surely the VR and triple screen users are in a minority?
Out of interest Ermo, how much did you put down on Pcars 1 to see that develop into the sim of all sims?

how does that matter in comparison to pcars2, where there are no moeny to be made by backers?

 

[Adam#81]

It doesn't, it's the usual snide remarks with no meaning behind them. That's not what ermo meant in the first place anyway, but how dare he support PCARS.