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Project Motor Racing’s expansive Test Centre to release 9th July

The varied proving ground can be explored at your leisure, but six fixed layouts can also be raced on.

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By Thomas Harrison-Lord

A brand new track is coming to Project Motor Racing. Actually, it’s more of a playground with the option of not one, but six raceable layouts.

Following social media teasers, Traxion understands that a Test Centre will be available for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S drivers tomorrow, Thursday, 9th July, for free via the in-game ModHub.

Reminding us a little of Gran Turismo 3’s Complex String test circuit, Straight4 Studios’ Italy-set venue includes switchback turns, banked corners, concrete-lined technical areas and multiple surface types.

It can be freely explored, but is also designed to help modders, who can test different surfaces, kerbs and corner types before implementing in their own creations. The developers are believed to be working on a guide to track modding, which will sample files and provide the ability to tweak the Test Centre as part of the learning process.

For those who simply want a new venue to race, offline and on, five set layouts (alongside the sixth ‘playground’ mode) have been created.

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Each is expected to have a different character. A small loop as a short track, a big loop for high-speed driving, a skid pad for drifting and a ‘Big Needle Route’ which is a combination and includes the aforementioned banked corners. Then there’s a more traditional and contemporary  ‘Racing Layout’.

The proving ground was first spotted and briefly tested by Traxion at May’s SimRacing Expo in Charlotte, ahead of its full unveil and release on the 9th.

It follows the release of virtual reality in alpha form and the GT Icons DLC.

Project Motor Racing Test Centre layouts

  • Playground
  • Racing Layout
  • Big Loop
  • Small Loop
  • Small Needle Skidpad
  • Big Needle Route

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