I liked Need for Speed Shift and Shift 2 (by slightly mad studios) for what they were at their time but now PCARS is supposed to be a more or less pure Sim. Looking at the money Project CARS had raised (and comparing it to how much money Forza and GT make) and also looking at the
overlap of tracks from Shift 2 and Project CARS... also hearing how cars SOUND(it's
very similar) my fear was that PCARS would be a Shift 2 with better graphics and slightly modified physics.
So I raced the same tracks in the same cars in 4 different games (don't know the PCARS build, but it's from last year):
Bathurst in Mercedes SLS AMG
- Shift 2: 2:21.9
- Forza 5: 2:27.8
- GT6: 2:28.5
- Project CARS: 2:28.1
Laguna Seca in Lancer Evo X
- Shift 2: 1:45.2
- Forza 5: 1:45.3
- GT6: 1:46.0
- Project CARS: 1:42.9
What makes all this hard to compare is that some times are older and I don't remember if they are from when I still used TCS and ABS and racing line in early 2014 (If I had to guess all times are already without assists, but some with racing line some not). Also my PCARS times are done on my friends T500 RS wheel that I never used before.
EDIT: The PCARS Lancer Evo X is a "Lancer Evo X FQ400" with more HP and higher downforce bodykit than the Evo X versions from the other games, sorry for that.