Slightly Mad Studios founder and former CEO Ian Bell has disclosed that the maligned Project CARS 3 could have had a different name, which could have more clearly signposted the game’s intent.
This video explains why we think Electronic Arts didn’t see a future in the sim racing title Project CARS and promptly cancelled the fourth instalment.
Ian Bell, CEO of Slightly Mad Studios (SMS), has announced he is leaving the company. This comes just a day after SMS’s Project CARS GO – the free-to-play smartphone game – was cancelled. In a tweet, the SMS head said: “SMS began as a mad dream by a bunch of ambitious racing fans in a bedsit back in the late-90s. With the studio’s future…Continue reading “Project CARS GO cancelled, Ian Bell leaves Slightly Mad Studios”»
A new esports series is coming in 2022 and it will encompass a number of titles from the Codemasters library of racing games. The VERSUS ULTRA Series begins next year thanks to a new partnership between the game developer Codemasters and professional esports and racing team Veloce Esports. The league will be global and will…Continue reading “VERSUS ULTRA esports series launches in 2022”»
The final DLC pack for Project CARS 3 is now available and it provides quite the shock. The Electric Pack follows on from the Legends, Style and Power Pack sets and completes the Season Pass. It’s available for $9.99/£7.99/€9.99 on PS4, Xbox One and PC. Four electric cars are included as part of this addition…Continue reading “Experience instant torque with Project CARS 3’s Electric Pack DLC”»
Next week, the 4th of May to be more specific, will see a new update to the Project CARS 3 racing video game, and it looks set to include Circuit Zandvoort and the current season’s Formula E liveries. This is based mainly upon teasers on the Project Cars blog, but all hints lead to Zandvoort,…Continue reading “Next Project CARS 3 update adds Zandvoort and Formula E liveries”»
Do you have an Apple or Android smartphone? Do you get bored on journeys or when the TV is occupied by another? Are you hankering after a one-touch racer that’s a spin off from a once ascending racing series? Then you’re in luck, as Project CARS GO is now available. The game is a collaboration…Continue reading “Mobile racer Project CARS GO is now available”»
What’s in a name? This question must be circulating in the brains of the Slightly Mad Studios development team ad nauseam. The answer is quite a lot, as it transpires. Project CARS 3 was released at the end of August 2020 to cries of foul play and much derision. An unedifying situation for a franchise…Continue reading “Project CARS 3’s biggest problem isn’t the gameplay, but its name”»
