Project Motor Racing

Review v2.0.0.8 - PMR has huge potential, for now I can't recommend it. GFX framerates are meh. Despite their work to recalibrate brightness, it's overly saturated too. It's a bit like a very very old 8bit graphics game. I see why people say the grass is too long too, and because the colours are off - it's too green/bright. It's not realistic. In replays, it's the first thing you see. I'd love replays to be like GT or iRacing. Put some camera motion in, make it so that sometimes the operator is falling being the action/car. It's too static. It's not just colour saturation in PMR, it's like the image gamma is too high. I edit lots of photo's. The light levels are wrong in PMR. There's too much info/light in the mid & high spectrum. Not enough black. If we were to view a test card in the game, it'd look awful. It breaks immersion. It looks wrong regardless of time/weather/season. Credit where it's due, the seasons could look special. There's no deep shadows/colours. The black Lister Storm is a mid-grey to light grey. White cars over exposed. Tyre rubber can't look real, you can see it via YT videos. It doesn't look black enough, the wheels are the same. FPS performance is rough. Some settings are awful. The GFX/Giants engine needs lots of work. This COULD BE a very polished sim in a year or two(?). It needs about 30-40% overall higher framerates at minimum. Car models are good, ruined by the lighting. It's a bit like comparing the car body to the shell of a Tamiya RC car. When you shine light on it, the lacquer on the race cars look 6 inches deep. It's all you see, the lacquer reflects any light. It's like the invisible gfx engine light sources, that illuminate the scene/cars, are too close to the cars. Or too intense, as I say - it's not balanced. When you're pushing a car on track, there are times that it's hard to see the corner kerbs, due to the inaccurate lighting/shading. It's just odd, I've never seen this issue ever. Headlights aren't accurate too. Lots of GFX stutters that people mention, PMR is far from finished. The replay lacks a lap marker, which in 2026 is poor. Good luck thinking you'll skip to watch your fastest 5th lap. The replay bar, is just one line with no markings. Pad control is fine/can be tweaked. Physics are ok, but it's not totally a deep sim. It'd be nice if the tyres didn't recover grip so fast - but that would make it harder for anyone with less experience. I think they should make the tyres more realistic, then add a grip assist for casual newer racers. In the replays, the bottom of the tyre cuts through the top of the tarmac. It's just like everything was so rushed? So many bits missed/wrong. Other GFX issues inc flashing effects like spray from the car when on a wet track. The shadows in trees seem to move as well, odd. PMR never looks sharp, it's right what people say. It's like the image has a clear bit of faded vinyl over the top. I can't imagine how bad it looked at launch, it was far worse then. I hope they fix it. I'll update my review after each major patch. I've not run a full AI race, so can't comment on how bad FPS would dip. I tested 2 AI cars in a practise session on a wet track, those results weren't smooth! If you have a £2,500 RTX 5090, you don't need to worry as much. Those thinking that PCars 1 & 2 had bugs/issues that never got fixed - I hear ya. We won't know PMR's worth until these obvious issues are sorted. If they are. We just can't say. Hence, for now things are so messy I can't recommend PMR. I'll end on the following... In future, if PMR got many great cars like those in GT Legends - Lotus Cortina, Escort MK1, 60's racing Jaguar, some Aston Martin DB classics etc - this could be brilliant long term. If PMR got fixes to run well/look better, Goodwood with classic cars would be awesome. DLC pricing is good value. I got the GT Icons pack. Lots of new/old cars would make great car packs. Rare stuff seldom featured in games. If they poured lots more love on all the broken parts, and PMR got sorted - I could see myself spending £100's on DLC. It's all down to "IF". Today - PMR can't beat Raceroom or even AC. It doesn't run smooth or look decent enough. Cross-play is pointless if it runs like poop and looks as meh as it does. It just doesn't look sharp enough too. Aris is onboard to help sort car handling. It's "just" the Giants game engine and issues that need fixes. For now, it's a 3.5/10 title. Could be a future classic, but fundamentally flawed today. Hopefully I'll have better news in future updates...

Been following this game since release but never got to play it. I wanted to buy the game on release but the negative reviews were holding me back on buying it. Now version 2.0 is live and there is a free to play weekend, I've finally been able to play this game. The first thing I noticed when starting PMR is that the force feedback feels really flat. I don't really feel bumps on the circuit or what the car is doing. Some curbstones give feedback, some don't. Perhaps the force feedback needs some tweaking in the settings to make things feel better but I normally don't really bother too much with endless settings before playing. The graphics aren't too bad but certainly not the industry standard. What is annoying are some graphic glitches. For instance the shift lights on the steering wheel on certain cars have a massive glare on them which basically blocks around 15% of your view. It is well annoying. Also some white lines around the curbstones (for exemple Spa) seems like mirrors. They also have that annoying glare to them. I've driven in the rain and while it should be complete overcast in the sky, you still get some reflections of shadows from the trees projected in your front window. What is awesome though is the return of seasons. Like Project Cars, you can drive in Autumn and the trees turn orange. This gives a nice atmosphere. The AI is a bit on rails. When you brake too early, they just bump in to your rear instead of braking early or go for the overtake. They also don't really give you any space like they are not aware of where you are. Then the biggest turn down for me is the handling: all cars basically feel kinda the same and you can overdrive them massively. There is no challenge in driving a car without ABS and traction control. Giving full trottle on exit with a high powered car, doesn't get you sended into a barrier. An old vintage Le Mans racecar doens't feel dangerous to drive and doesn't give the feeling it wants to kill you. Driving in the rain isn't that challenging either with too much grip. There is a nice variety of cars. From old racecars to GT3 and everything in between and the game runs well on my PC. For now I'm not going to purchase the game. I will keep following this game for futher updates but right now this isn't the game for me.

Racing game getting regular updates to make it better... slow but steady, it will get where it should be.

Für mich ist das unspielbar. Die KI ist der letzte Dreck! Spiele Karriere und die KI fährt mich Nonstop über den Haufen. Habe die dann auf von 60 auf Schwierigkeit 40 gestellt und keine spürbare Veränderung festgestellt. Dreck, Dreck und nochmals Dreck. Egal was man bei der KI einstellt. die kicken einen permanent von der Strecke.

overhyped, underdelivered

My previous experience with Project Motor Racing was with version 1.7. After spending a full day with the current version, I can confidently say the game has improved. The force feedback is noticeably better than I expected, and the Mazda MX-5 Cup was surprisingly enjoyable. For the first time I felt like I could trust the car enough to race it instead of fighting it every lap. Unfortunately, the rest of the package still feels unfinished. The AI is wildly inconsistent. At the same difficulty setting I experienced everything from dominating races by 15-20 seconds to qualifying last while being only a few tenths off pole position. Some tracks seem completely out of scale compared to others, making it difficult to find a believable difficulty setting. The career mode is the biggest disappointment. At first it looks deep: create a team, choose sponsors, manage a budget, buy cars and progress through multiple seasons. In reality, it quickly turns into a sandbox where you farm money, buy another car and unlock more championships. There is very little sense of progression or achievement. Winning championships mostly rewards you with badges and increasingly large amounts of money, while the economy itself feels disconnected from reality. Entry fees are tiny compared to prize money, making financial decisions largely meaningless and removing any real sense of a motorsport ladder. The game does feature some genuinely interesting content, particularly the historic GT categories. However, the roster feels incomplete. For a project that originally started life as GTR Revival, the absence of the Ferrari 550 Maranello, Ferrari 575 GTC and Ferrari F430 GT feels particularly strange. More importantly, Project Motor Racing relies heavily on its career mode to give this content purpose, and the current career structure fails to provide a compelling or believable motorsport journey. Unlike other simulators, where individual race weekends naturally create their own stories and memorable moments, many of PMR’s championships end up feeling like isolated events rather than meaningful steps in a racing career. There are also numerous design issues and rough edges: * No TrackIR support * Incomplete SimHub integration * Weak UI and poor communication of important information * Weather conditions are hidden until the event is loaded * Questionable restart behavior * Very short championships in some categories * Aggressive LOD issues, especially in mirrors * Visual presentation that looks surprisingly dated for a modern racing title The driving experience also varies significantly between categories. While the MX-5 Cup was surprisingly enjoyable, the Mustang GT4 felt oddly disconnected, with a spring-like steering feel and very little sense of front-end load or weight transfer. Ironically, the category that impressed me the most was the Mazda MX-5 Cup, while the historic GT content that originally attracted me to the project remains incomplete. Good ideas, disappointing execution.

デフォルトのまま走るとFFBが物足りないが 車両のセットアップ→ハンドル→フォースフィードバックにある以下の2つを調整すると劇的に変わる。 ・アライメントブースト ・ロードブースト ただし車毎に設定しないといけないし、何故ここにあるのかは謎。 あと相変わらず日本語訳がおかしい。正式/フォースって？ GT500MODは、いくつかの車以外はたぶん架空のカラーリング？ これにはがっかり。 ただ、誰かがスキン作ってくれると期待してる。 そのスキンもゲーム内からダウンロードしてお手軽に反映出来るのがいい。 他のゲームならMOD管理ツールいれたり、自分でダウンロードしたりするので。 マルチではお互いに、同じスキンを入れておかないと反映されないので注意。 そのマルチは、簡単に部屋作って友人と走れるのがいい。 ただしスタートしてしまうと、入れなくなるのでその点も改善して欲しい。 欲を言えばマルチでAIを追加できるようにして欲しいかな。 色々書いたが何よりクロスプレイできるレースシムなんて これくらいしか知らないので、頑張って盛り返してほしい。

2026.8.10　再度テストドライブ。 コーナリングの車の挙動がどの車種も不自然。というより変。 あいかわらずタイヤの滑りが分からない。 夕方に走りたくないので、天候をデフォルトで昼間にして欲しい。 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 2026.8.3 に2.1を試した結果。 日本語はまだ修正されていない。 起動時に動画が２本あり、いちいちクリックしてキャンセルしないといけない。 メニュー操作後に、いちいち保存しましたが出る。意味あるのかな。 早く走り出したいのに、走れない時がある。アクセルに反応しない。なぜに？ スリップ感が全然伝わってこない。 最後にGaint 10.0.0.0エラーが出て強制終了。 なんなんだかな～ --------------------------------------- 2.0.0.7を試した感想。 無料のFordで試したけど、 ロードインフォメーションがほぼない。 路面のビリビリ感がない、タイヤのスキール音がない。 終了するときもエラーで終わる。 ＡＩを改善したとかは置いといて、自分が操作する車が楽しめない。 これでVer2か。 --------------------------------------------- ロードインフォメーションが少なすぎると思ったら、 Replayでも車の挙動が少なすぎるのが分かる。 路面が平らすぎるんじゃないかな。 走っているときのビリビリ感はほとんどない。少しロードアングルがあるのが分かるくらい。 また、Replayで見るとタイヤがほとんど動いていない。 他のSimだと、タイヤが小刻みに動いて、ボディも小刻みに動いているのだが、それが少なすぎる。 タイヤが路面にめり込んでいる。何かがおかしい。 空気圧を上げていくとブレーキロックし易くなるのは確認した。 日本語が意味不明でいまいちなので、日本人を雇って、早く直さないと日本人離れすると思う。 GT7のように、いろいろ言われて、車の挙動が改悪されない事を祈ります。 とにかくプロドライバーの意見を、1台づつで良いから反映して行ってほしいと希望します。 開発者がサーキットを走った事がないのでは、と思われる。 少なくとも開発陣は全員がスポーツドライビングの教習を受けて、何が問題なのかを正しく受け取り、それを正確に反映することだと思う。まずは速く走る事ではなく、車の挙動が正しいのか、それに尽きると思う。速く走るのはその次だと思われる。 1つでもいいから、気持ちよく走れる車とサーキットを用意して欲しいと思います。 2.0.0.3の感想。 シングルプレーヤーのワークスドライバーで、BMWを運転した感想。 ワークスマシンなので、デフォルトで、もう少し良い感じになっていると良かったのだが。 まず、夕方のコースを走ると、ライトを点けても暗すぎる。 いきなり、鬱になりそうな画面。初期設定を間違えていないかな。 タイヤと路面との摩擦を大きくしたのは感じられる。 シフトショックで、車の挙動が変化するようになった気がする。 摩擦が大きいためか、タイヤの滑りがしにくくなり、コース外からの復帰がしやすい感じ。 でも、摩擦が大きいためか、ハンドリングがもっさりしていて重い。 切れ角を小さくしても、ラインが、外に外に出される感じ。 足周りのブッシュが柔らかくて、ハンドルの挙動が素直にタイヤに反映されない印象。 時速200Kmだと路面からの反応も、ビリビリするハズなのに、皆無。調整で良くなるのか。 ハイスピードでヘアピンコーナーに入り、途中でアクセルを少し戻して、ワザとリアを少し滑らせ、回頭性を上げたいのだがそれがしにくい。 この後、AML2をやってみると、車の挙動がすごく俊敏で、回頭性を上げるテクニックが使える。AML2では、ABS/TC無しの、ちょいむずマクラーレンばかり乗ってます。 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rfactor 2、AC、ACC、LMUをやりつつ、普段使いとしては、Automobilista 2.0をやっています。 今回、割安になっていたので、PMR 2,0をやりましたが今ひとつピンと来ない。 どの車種も同じようなハンドリングとサウンド。 コース外での滑り始めてからのピーキーさは強い。 ロードインフォメーションが乏しく、フロントが滑っているかどうか分からない。 ブレーキを踏んでハンドリングすれば曲がる。ただそれだけ。 どちらかというと車のゲームという感じ。 まだ本格的なレースSimという感じではないと思う。 マクラーレンが全く収録されていなかったのもすごくがっかりした。 自分で調整すれば良いのかもしれないけど、デフォルトで、もっと調整をしておいてほしいな。 これからの進化を期待するしかない状況だと思います。