Project CARS 3

First I just want to say I knew that it's an arcade game beforehand, and different than PC 1 and 2. I'm a fan of both sim and arcade racing. I just like to race. I mainly use my wheel for sims, and xbox controller or steam deck for acrade. I mainly play racing games, so I am not a noob.

PC 3 is just a bad game. The rubber banding ai is game breaking to me. Following a pack of cars and matching their speed, but getting thrown against a wall at a turn, while the ai cars go turn at full speed is beyond absurd. I played around with the settings but nothing improves this. I can tolerate a certain amount of rubber banding, but this is the worst I've ever seen.

Only played this on my steam deck and I can report it does run well on the steam deck. Solid 60 fps. That's the only positive thing, but it's not enough and I'm getting a refund.

Don’t believe the Reviews!

I discarded this game at launch and almost 5 year’s later I picked the game up again on Console, feeling like there was no new compelling racing games, I gave it another chance. (10 Hours on Console then I payed full price for the game On Steam and I have been playing on an OLED Steamdeck since)

The first thing I started to notice was that the Physics are way better than expected! I get PC3 is a far different feeling game then PC2, but that doesnt make it bad.
I enjoyed PC2 with a wheel, its the game that literally made me buy a wheel as it was impossible with a controller.
And this is where the controversy begins, PC3 is very much a casual pick up and go experience, made for controller above anything else.
The Game really should have been called something like: Project Cars Motorsport or something.
Because it really does feel like a difficult game, and the physics may not be the Sim physics that PC1-2 fans love, but they are by no means bad!
The body roll of the Suspension, wheel’s literally lifting off the ground going around a corner when not tuned well, the effect of physics with rain etc, is all top notch and very fun feeling.
The upgrade system feels dynamic and certain upgrades will throw the car right out. Supercharge the engine to max but nothing else? Expect to have long Reving between gears on Automatic and a car that missiles into walls.
Upgrading and fine tuning your cars is very satisfying in PC3.
The tracks are great too, some more than others, and weather effects make it even more dynamic.
The pricing of the game is a huge let down!
90AUD for a old game plus 50 for season pass is beyond a joke! But for me the game is that fun, that I wanted all it had to offer on the Steamdeck.
The visual customisation is quite good to, especially having Number plate customisation.

Theres plenty more I can say but really, I would just say, give it a go.

just got back into this game and it really is alot of fun. i love the thunderstorms at night while racing. no it is not a sim, its just good clean fun. works great with my tspc wheel and fanatec v3 pedals. i did have to crank up the force feedback though. and my next level racing hf8 seat pad works good to add to the immersion.

This is great casual racing game for simulation-focused racers. Perfect for the times you need a short break from iRacing. It might be arcade in overall approach, but the physics, steering wheel support, and FFB are more sim-cade than arcade and they feel way better IMO than the arcade feeling of Grid and Grid Legends.

I know this game got a bad rap when it first came out, but that was because it didn't meet simracing expectations. If you treat this game w/out expectations, I think you'll like it a lot.

Oh you have to get this game, it's more serious fun than just serious. Power sliding around, cars all feel correct, upgrades are meaningful. I wish I would not have listened to these bad reviews. This simcade is an absolute blast to play.

alot fun

Great Game if You like Car Sim. When You figure out the Logitech 920 System requires all the VC redistributes and all Net Frame work. Things work very well, Wheel Wise. As I am only running Windows 10, You need to fully understand the actual requirements of the OS to get things up and Running. Took me a very long time to figure it all out. But that were a few Years ago now. I hope that others get to enjoy this game as much as I do.

Can't get my wheel to work with this game pretty mad about because i haven't got through the first race

Project CARS 2 is better but I still really enjoy this game.

Get it on a sale as this game is expensive

Bought this the first day it came out as I was such a fan of PC2. Turns out, absolute rubbish. Maybe a gamer would like this but as a simulator it's a disappointment. I had hoped it would get better with updates over time so I left it a while, but no, it's just rubbish. Uninstalling and going back to PC2

up or down this is a step back Project Cars 2 is better and is why it is no longer sold on Steam because people would buy it over Project Cars 3 Sad to see Project Cars 2 is gone and now for something that need to be added as a mod or the Devs need to overhaul this mess and add Qualifying laps so we don't need to play bumper cars . and pit Stops they make tuning fun and less hectic.But instead we wast time and long loads to waste more time So wrong to call this right try learning from GT legends a real Race Sim what a waste Forza Motorsport also dropped the Ball Dummy's making half right Games that Rot

Not for tryhards
Casual players rejoice
Feels a lot like need for speed shift from Temu
Good in VR
Works alright with tilt controls (through DS4Windows software)

underrated

SLECHT

Project Cars 3 Chase 360 VR Camera Is A Extremely UnderRated Feature Of This Game !!! PC3 Is Awesome BTW

Being a huge fan of Need for Speed Shift, hearing this described as feeling more like a Shift 3 than a Project CARS sequel from someone made me really excited to get this... and it's okay, mostly?

Like, the driving and sound design are good (to me, at least) but the career progression is straight garbage

So, the way you unlock new events is by completing career objectives, and there are 3 for every event. A lot of the time winning the race isn't even an objective, so for a bunch of events it's actually better to let everyone pass so you can master all corners in peace...
Winning does net you more exp though, which you're gonna want, because the way you earn money is... BY LEVELING UP!
You don't get any money whatsoever for participating in a race, or completing objectives, or even winning the dang thing, unless it provides enough exp for you to level up (and a single race giving you enough exp is pretty rare)
AND... you're really gonna need that cash, because a lot of events require very specific cars
"Oh, this event needs a Road D from between 1980-1989, and there are only 3 cars that fit that criteria and I don't own any of them" so you grind the same races you've already played to try to get any exp to level up to get credits to buy a new car, and as it turns out this car is only needed for this one event... so you sell it for HALF THE MONEY BACK, WHICH ISN'T EVEN ENOUGH TO BUY ANOTHER CAR FROM THE SAME CLASS, so you have to grind the same boring races to get another car that you're only gonna use in a single event (or, if you're lucky, you might even use it for TWO events)
Almost forgot, if you're like me and aren't a great driver, you might get stuck because you can't complete any remaining career objectives (pace setter and hot lap events suck) but fret not! You can spend some of your slowly earned pennies on unlocking the other events (good luck affording the car needed to race in it though!)

I have lost where I was going with this, I am only ranting because I want to love this game but am unable to do so

Have you ever wanted to drive bumper cars, but your car has no tires and slides with the slightest throttle touch, while all your opponents cars have tires that are physically and permanently mated with the ground? Have you ever wanted to drive with opponents that are all on literal rails, so that the lightest touch from them throws you careening into the side of the track while they themselves are completely unmovable? This is it. This is the game right here.

The AI is laughably aggressive even at minimum aggression settings, the tracks with weather hazards are almost impossible on any difficulty higher than easy. I've tried to like this game but its just not well designed.

i dont like project cars but i like need for speed shift 2. this is need for speed shift 3 with a different name :)

I tried this game, twice. It's a weird balance between arcade and sim. The lap penalty that happens it you take a corner slightly off track or bump another car is brutal. Cars just start driving through you. Why not have damage like the old Sega GT 2002 game?

A game so forgettable that after I uninstalled it, I forgot that I owned it (until now) and forgot to give it a quick review. If I remember correctly why I didn't like it, it was because it wasn't "authentic racing" as they claim and is more arcade like. Forza and GT are more authentic/sim than this was. That and there wasn't really any sense of progression. Like a normal racing game. Start in a slower car and work your way up type of thing. Maybe I will have to check it out again sometime to see if they changed anything major to it, but probably wont since there are to many games out/coming up that I am going to give my limited time to.

On 1 positive note, I did check it out in VR and I don't recall that being a bad experience.