Project Motor Racing

Project Motor Racing is a title that takes a stand, and it does so without compromise. It doesn’t aim to please everyone, it doesn’t want to be yet another flashy racing game that confuses realism with visual spectacle, and it doesn’t intend to hand out easy wins or deliver a career that passes by without leaving any mark.

Slipping up on its premise, Project Motor Racing failed to deliver a competent and realistic racing experience. While it has qualities such as its selection of cars and tracks, as well as customization options, several things fell short. These include an uninteresting visual style and problems with gameplay and customization. In the end, the game is still a minimally interesting option for fans of the genre, but nothing more than that.

Disappointment is an understatement when it comes to Project Motor Racing. Vehicle control, sub-par graphics, and cost all contribute to the calamity that is PMR.

There's a lot of good and a lot of bad with Project Motor Racing. The handling is unique and challenging, while the Career Mode and online ranked license system are different and unique. The range of cars is great for fans of racing over the years. More will come with DLC in the future, but the various physics elements for the different cars provide something most console racers haven't experienced. The development team really wants to make this as close to the real experience as possible, but unfortunately, the LMDh class is broken and undriveable. The ultimate immersion breaker is just how frustrating and atrocious the AI is, and they can't even be bumped out of the way, all while pushing players around. The online races are fine before release, and having a custom lobby system will be a plus. It's also cross-platform, so the lobbies and races can have the maximum possible players. Project Motor Racing has big issues that hinder the experience, but the GT Cars are worth experiencing.

Project Motor Racing shows clear ambition in trying to deliver a serious racing simulation, with detailed cars, demanding driving physics, and a focus on authentic track experiences. However, technical problems, inconsistent AI behavior, and a lack of polish often undermine that potential, making the experience feel less refined than it should be. As you spend more time on the track, it becomes clear that the game has solid ideas at its core, but struggles to fully realize them.

Project Motor Racing clearly wants to emulate the likes of Project Cars but simply doesn't have the breadth of content or options to live up to that expectation. It's tricky handling model can be a handful on controller and I just don't quite get the oomph from the throttle that I'd like. That said, I did enjoy trying to figure that out. It's surprisingly tense and sharp to require that much focus behind the wheel. The career mode lacks some flexibility and, on the technical side, there's a lack of polish that can make things look and feel dated.

Project Motor Racing is not a good game. The frustrating vehicle gameplay, the violent A.I that comes to make your life a living hell and the fact the game punishes you for its own mistakes, really bring this game down. It isn’t fun to play and the online mode is evident that a lot of people don’t care about this game. Despite having nice looking cars, tracks based off of iconic locations and a career mode that does offer lots of freedom, it doesn’t make up for the poor gameplay. This is one race simulator you need to steer clear of.

Faccio una breve rece dopo la patch del 28 Novembre (mi pare la seconda). Premesso che non ho provato l'online pero la parte single player con le gare fatte con GT3 / GT4 / GTO sono ben fatte e con un ottimo comparto fisico anche con condizioni miste. La patch del 28 novembre risolve poi i seguenti problemi - AI decisamente fatta bene per il single player (non ti viene piu addosso) - Hanno sistemato le penalità - Hanno sistemato il bilanciamento del riscaldamento della gomma sia per l'utente che per l'AI Generalmente per quel che ho provato nelle gare single player , e su console è un gioco con alto potenziale Ci sono dei problemi da risolvere , tipo i crash, o alcune auto e pista che vanno ottimizzate pero ha un ottimo potenziale. Sicuramente dopo le due patch in 3 giorni , le recensioni andrebbero riviste. Su console rappresenta un titolo maturo ma che va supportato e soprattutto va constantemente migliorato partendo da questa base del 28 novembre che risulta godibile e con un single player interessante.

"Project Motor Racing" isn't a bad game. It's an ambitious, in parts impressive project, but it feels noticeably unfinished. The selection of vehicles and tracks is strong, the career mode is consistent, and the simulation aspect is clearly evident.However, the underdeveloped physics of some classes, an overly harsh penalty system, technical weaknesses, and console-specific limitations are currently preventing it from achieving mainstream success. The competition is more mature, more stable, and significantly more advanced in many areas. The game perfectly reflects its name: a project – with great potential, but not yet mature enough to compete at the very top.

The game did release like it was a beta version. But since the last two update the game is in way better shape. I see a lot of potiental. It is a simracing game that i like.

I really think it's a shame to say that I was really looking forward to this, bad handling with steering wheel slightly better image is not good gt7 and assetto corsa are much better Career mode on authentic is almost impossible then you have to start first the opponents ram you out of the first corner it is actually just crap If you want a good racing sim for PS5, you should go to Assetto Corsa or GT7

A lot promised and not much delivered, with even less in regards to progress. Having been playing driving sims since Geoff Crammonds GP, I can honestly say that PMR has so far to go to even be passable let alone good, in every area. Graphics are frankly dreadful on Playstation and as many say, have a PlayStation 3 era about them, and no, this isn't exaggeration despite what anyone says. Extremely lifeless to look at with dead lighting, absolutely awful anti aliasing in replays with shadows that might barely pass for the lowest on a PC. This however isn't the biggest problem. Framerate, frame timing, and or micro stutters plague every lap often at the same place on a track and often just because.... With clearly some problem they haven't resolved with vsync or something similar. AI are at best basic and at worst blind and dumb that amazingly have improved in some patches then went off a cliff of incompetence in later ones. Currently this review is based on 1.6.0. Comparing to most driving experiences on the PS5, 15 AI is poor. ACC can manage well over 20 and GT7, 19, but this is not forgetting that it looks stunning and will run smoothly at 120fps with those 19. Physics and FFB have only gotten worse. Out of the box some things were clearly broken but the ones that worked, felt actually pretty decent but now, the only comparison I can make is if you know what PC2 feels like with a wheel or controller, it's moved in that direction. Not as bad by any means but for sure the quickest way round a track is to bully the car and slip and slide. Not even remotely close to top sims I've played such as Assetto Corsa, Rfactor2, etc. Talking of which, Assetto Corsa on Playstation, PS4, running on my PS5 Pro somehow looks, feels, and runs better in every way. I truly wanted PMR to be better than this and I know it's early but this game was never ready for release and still is a long long way from up to any standard. I hope I'm wrong, but I feel the base it is built on is so fundamentally broken, and possibly the limited team and resources working on it moving forward, that miracles will need to happen.