Great graphics
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 positive reviews
“Gorgeous Graphics. Some of the best I've seen on another racing game that isn't Forza.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Project CARS - Pagani Edition
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Mixed · 51%Mixed · 51%Slightly Mad Studios2016Racing · Sports · Simulation
The verdict
A free demo of Project CARS with a few Pagani cars and 3 tracks. It looks great but handles very twitchy, and it is no longer on sale. Skip it if you have no wheel or want lots of content.
Great for
Wheel owners and VR fans who want to test Project CARS' physics and their PC for free
Main risk
Cars spin out constantly, especially on keyboard or gamepad, making it feel unplayable
What players love
Free demo to try the full game
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Great try-before-you-buy. Every game should have a demo like this so we don't have to torrent ;)”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
Realistic simulation feel
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“I have raced in a real race track and I can say that if you master this game, you will have fun in a real race track.”
Steam review · 4.5 h played ↗
Great with a wheel and force feedback
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Force feedback worked well,too.”
Steam review · 2.1 h played ↗
Runs well on modest PCs
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 positive reviews
“Seems to be well optimized. I get a consistant 50-60 FPS on my 960 4GB on 1080p max settings with MSAA.”
Steam review · 0.7 h played ↗
Good VR support
Mentioned in ~1 in 13 positive reviews
“Great intro to VR racing.”
Steam review · 0.6 h played ↗
What players complain about
Bad controls on keyboard and gamepad
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“Basically, if you're not a racing game enthusiast who has an entire racing setup in your room, you'll find this game is virtually unplayable.”
Steam review · 1.3 h played ↗
Cars spin out, handling feels like ice
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“impossible to drive any car. looks like they are over ice track!”
Steam review · 8.5 h played ↗
Crashes, lag and poor optimization
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 negative reviews
“I'm running this on a GTX 980 with an i7 6700 and 32gb RAM and this game still can't keep a decent framerate on its lowest settings.”
Steam review · 1.9 h played ↗
Poor force feedback and wheel problems
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“The force feedback in this game is a joke.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
Very limited content
Mentioned in ~1 in 17 negative reviews
“boring af... there is only four or five cars with three tracks”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Changes Windows desktop background and theme
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“When you launch it, it changes your windows "personalize" settings.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Unknown25 GB
Minimum
OSWindows Vista, Windows 7 with latest Service Packs, or later
Processor2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GTX 260, ATI Radeon HD 5770
Storage25 GB available space
OSWindows Vista, Windows 7 with latest Service Packs, or later
Processor2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsnVidia GTX 260, ATI Radeon HD 5770
Storage25 GB available space
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