wim Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 I'm speechless. This plays and looks unlike anything I've experienced before. It looks real. And it's Rift compatible - which means I'll be buying the Oculus CV1 when it comes out in 2016 Q1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcYcVURP_1Q?vq=hd1080 My current specs: GPU: Strix GTX 970 CPU: 3.5GHz I5-4690 RAM: 16GB Panel: Bravia KDL55W900A AMP: Naquadria Trinity Digital (modified) Speakers: Elac FS 249 (modified) + Supertweeters Wheel: G27 Rig: Next Level GTxtreme V2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equaliser Posted May 10, 2015 Share Posted May 10, 2015 Is it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim Posted May 10, 2015 Author Share Posted May 10, 2015 It was available on Steam a couple of days ago. http://store.steampowered.com/app/234630/ I bought my key here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saad Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Yep loving it although the force feedback is a bit weak and not as good as iracing - hopefully will improve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sime Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Hey mate, long time no see @@saad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saad Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Hey mate, long time no see @@saad PA Sime? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Sime Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Giddy up @@saad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saad Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Hahah small internet. How are you mate? Still in the PA game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 Got it home and had a quick play, seems really, really good. These days I only game on the PS4 though so was rather annoyed to find out it does't support my G25... Guess I'll be getting a Thrustmaster... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Equaliser Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 I just found out that this game is absolutely unplayable using a keyboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jone5y Posted May 18, 2015 Share Posted May 18, 2015 As my uncle once told me after playing a racing game on my family' first PC... "yeah, I don't think keystroke steering will ever take off" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoggieHowser Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 I remember playing Geoff Crammond's Formula One Grand Prix on my DOS PC ages ago. It must have been a 386 PC fully loaded with RAM and graphics even with a Roland LAPC-1 sound card AND a SoundBlaster. I couldn't afford a steering wheel then so I played it on a PC. I remember memorising the track - right down to the number of taps of the key assigned to the brake for each corner. Insane. Of course, these days I can't play The Chain without thinking about the game The Roland really sounded good with the MIDI soundtrack. But I digress. I bought the PS4 version of Project Cars last year. I normally game on the Xbox One but it turned out, the Xbox One version would require me getting a completely new steering wheel - and I was still having a blast with my Fanatec Porsche Turbo S wheel. But a bout of sickness and other circumstances saw the game left in its shrink wrap. And I kinda forgot about it. I bought Forza 6 in the run up to Christmas but the lack of a compatible wheel made me put off playing it. The Christmas break allowed me to start looking at the steering wheel options and to be honest, I couldn't even convince myself on which wheel to go for. If you go with the Logitech camp, you are now forced to choose between a PS4/PC specific wheel or an XBox1/PC specific wheel. Ditto with Thrustmaster. The only universal wheel was from Fanatec and their prices have really ballooned since I got my Turbo S wheel from them almost 4 years ago. The wheel base alone costs close to 1000. And thats before adding a steering wheel. A proper wheel would set you back another 700 bucks (with the Xbox One hub). Or you could get a plasticky XB1 rim for $250. As a reviewer put it, it's insane to pay that much for a base and then go for a cheap small rim. Anyway, I remembered getting Project Cars on the PS4 so I could use my old steering wheel. So I hooked up my PS4 to my TV in the study and gave it a whirl this evening. But try as hard as I could, I could not get the game to recognise the wheel. So I upgraded the firmware on the Porsche Turbo S wheel. That took a while because it wouldn't work on Windows 10. And I couldn't get my Virtual Box Windows 7 VM to connect to the wheel. Lucky I found a Mac with BootCamp Windows 7 lying around. And got it upgraded. Tested it with Project Cars and again.. no joy. Finally I dug out my old PSN account and logged in to download the latest patch for Project Cars. Yes, even console games have patches these days. v7.00 apparently! I still think it is crazy you have to log in to PSN to download a patch. Almost two hours later - the 5.8GB patch was downloaded and installed. And this time, the Turbo S wheel lit up when the game loaded - with the red LED showing I did a quick test of it and have to say everything seems to be working. Force feedback, the manual shifters etc. But I would probably need to tweak the settings a bit more tomorrow. The "return spring" is waaaay too strong for one thing. It was kinda hard to drive with the audio off since I do use the engine note to change gears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 The graphics in project cars look pretty I gave up on car games years ago, even with a wheel and pedals I would end up ripping the steering wheel form the desk it was secured to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoggieHowser Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 The graphics in project cars look pretty I gave up on car games years ago, even with a wheel and pedals I would end up ripping the steering wheel form the desk it was secured to Get a wheel stand. There's an outfit based near the Gold Coast I think http://www.pagnianimports.com.au Their wheel stand allows a racing seat to be added later on or bought as a bundle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Muon Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 Get a wheel stand. There's an outfit based near the Gold Coast I think http://www.pagnianimports.com.au Their wheel stand allows a racing seat to be added later on or bought as a bundle. Probably better, but I suck at driving games anyhow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JPete9 Posted February 25, 2016 Share Posted February 25, 2016 (edited) How does PJ Cars compare to Forza 6? I bought F6 on the weekend and i am loving it, i think i will finally buy a wheel. Its a little forgiving. I only have a gamepad Anyone keen for SN racing online? Edited February 25, 2016 by JPete9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 I'm speechless. This plays and looks unlike anything I've experienced before. It looks real. And it's Rift compatible - which means I'll be buying the Oculus CV1 when it comes out in 2016 Q1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcYcVURP_1Q?vq=hd1080 My current specs: GPU: Strix GTX 970 CPU: 3.5GHz I5-4690 RAM: 16GB Panel: Bravia KDL55W900A AMP: Naquadria Trinity Digital (modified) Speakers: Elac FS 249 (modified) + Supertweeters Wheel: G27 Rig: Next Level GTxtreme V2 hah! such prognostication I won't be buying the rift this quarter as it's not yet time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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