PC1 Project Cars launch trailer released. Retail PC edition delayed in Australia.

Alex Franchini · May 5, 2015

Here's the launch trailer for Project Cars, the long-awaited title from Slightly Mad Studios.

The lights are almost green for Project Cars. After several delays the multiplatform racing title is finally ready to speed onto the market on May 7th...but not in Australia.

Unluckily, storms have been hitting the Sydney area, and the Namco Bandai warehouse containing the boxed PC copies of the title has been flooded. According to Kotaku Australia, the copies of the game have been "severely damaged".

The release date for the boxed edition of the PC game has been moved to May 8th so, hopefully, it's not going to be a big delay.

The PS4 and Xbox One versions are not affected by this, along with, obviously, the Steam versions.

Getrag · May 5, 2015

"Severely damage"
That's what I'd say too if I handed them out to my friends before launch

Grand Tourist · May 6, 2015

Nice trailer. Makes me wanna buy it. I'll never abandon AC though. Tough break in Sydney, I guess karma has its strange ways...they just kept postponing Project Cars until the storm was there....

Frank · May 6, 2015

Sunny Sky Speed said:
Nice trailer. Makes me wanna buy it. I'll never abandon AC though. Tough break in Sydney, I guess karma has its strange ways...they just kept postponing Project Cars until the storm was there....

We can play ALL the sims!

Glen Orpheus · May 6, 2015

I'm confused as i thought that the release date was already may 8th for the boxed PC edition ?

Grand Tourist · May 6, 2015

Frank said:
We can play ALL the sims!

Maybe I'll buy it so I can make skins for Project Cars too.

Tim Lundy · May 6, 2015

The reviews are flowing in and almost universally positive so far. Metacritic is in the mid-80's. Congratulations SMS and WMD!!!

Dinca Andrei · May 6, 2015

Wha..i`ve received a 20% coupon for pCars...thats 10 bucks,the money i invested at the very beginning of pCars...it came as a surprise...

Patrick Moore · May 6, 2015

Tim Lundy said:
The reviews are flowing in and almost universally positive so far. Metacritic is in the mid-80's. Congratulations SMS and WMD!!!

Yes, congrats to SMS and WMD on releasing pCARS.

I am interested to see the reviewer rating compared to the reviewer's starting point for racing games (arcade-style, sim-style, console racer, pc racer, etc).

Andy Ainsworth · May 6, 2015

Glen Orpheus said:
I'm confused as i thought that the release date was already may 8th for the boxed PC edition ?

Same here, some sites say the 8th, some the 7th.
I don't know wether to get excited or not!

Alex Franchini · May 6, 2015

Well, some of the reviews do raise questions about the online structure of the game - and they're still reviews in progress. Eurogamer.net says it's not the most realistic game out there and the recurring comparison seems to be Grid Autosport. Nothing wrong with a "lightweight sim" title, mind you, but I'm gonna guess the more hardcore crowd is going to be disappointed.
Also, EmptyBox (link) seems to be pretty negative about it.
I dunno. There seem to be a lot of conflicting opinions.