Project CARS 2
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| Developers | |
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| Slightly Mad Studios | |
| Publishers | |
| Bandai Namco Entertainment | |
| Engines | |
| Madness Engine | |
| Release dates | |
| Windows | September 22, 2017 |
| Reception | |
| Metacritic | 84 |
| OpenCritic | 82 |
| IGDB | 84 |
| Taxonomy | |
| Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
| Modes | Singleplayer, Multiplayer |
| Perspectives | First-person, Third-person |
| Controls | Direct control |
| Genres | Racing, Simulation |
| Vehicles | Track racing |
| Art styles | Realistic |
| Series | Project CARS |
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| Project CARS | |
|---|---|
| Project CARS | 2015 |
| Project CARS - Pagani Edition | 2016 |
| Project CARS 2 | 2017 |
| Project CARS 3 | 2020 |
General information
Availability
| Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retail | |
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| GamersGate (unavailable) | |
Deluxe Edition | |
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 (unavailable) |
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Deluxe Edition also available. | |
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| Green Man Gaming (unavailable) | |
Region Locked in Latin America. | |
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| Humble Store (unavailable) | |
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| Steam (unavailable) | |
Deluxe Edition also available. | |
- All versions require Steam DRM.
- A demo is available.
- No longer available since September 22, 2022 due to licenses with vehicle manufacturers expiring.[1]
DLC and expansion packs
| Name | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Season Pass | |
Essential improvements
Skip intro videos
- Go to
<path-to-game>\Movies. - Rename or remove
projectcars_boottrailer.bik.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/378860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
| System | Location |
|---|---|
| Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Documents\Project Cars 2\savegame\<user-id>\project cars 2\profiles\ |
| Steam Play (Linux) | <Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/378860/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game cloud syncing
| System | Native | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| OneDrive | Requires enabling backup of the Documents folder in OneDrive on all computers. | |
| Steam Cloud |
Video
| Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Widescreen resolution | |||
| Multi-monitor | |||
| Ultra-widescreen | |||
| 4K Ultra HD | |||
| Field of view (FOV) | |||
| Windowed | |||
| Borderless fullscreen windowed | See Borderless fullscreen windowed. | ||
| Anisotropic filtering (AF) | Up to 16x. | ||
| Anti-aliasing (AA) | FXAA, SMAA, MSAA, SSAA | ||
| High-fidelity upscaling | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
| Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
| 60 FPS and 120+ FPS | Setting -fpscap x argument in game launch options will limit framerate to X fps. Replace X with desired limit. | ||
| High dynamic range display (HDR) | Console versions only.[2] | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed
| -windowed -borderless[3] |
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Input
- The game can send telemetry data to supported software like SimHub and devices like motion platforms, bass shakers and telemetry displays through shared memory and UDP protocols.
| Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Remapping | ||
| Mouse acceleration | ||
| Mouse sensitivity | ||
| Mouse input in menus | ||
| Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
| Controller | ||
| Controller support | ||
| Full controller support | ||
| Controller remapping | ||
| Controller sensitivity | ||
| Controller Y-axis inversion |
| Controller types |
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| XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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| Xbox button prompts | ||
| Impulse Trigger vibration |
| PlayStation controllers |
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| Tracked motion controllers |
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| Generic/other controllers |
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| Additional information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Controller hotplugging | ||
| Haptic feedback | See Haptic feedback. | |
| Digital movement supported | ||
| Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Haptic feedback
- XInput controller vibration can not be disabled in-game.
| Disable using custom DLL file[4] |
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Audio
| Audio feature | State | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Separate volume controls | ||
| Surround sound | ||
| Subtitles | ||
| Closed captions | ||
| Mute on focus lost | ||
| Royalty free audio |
Localizations
| Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English | ||||
| Simplified Chinese | ||||
| Traditional Chinese | ||||
| French | ||||
| German | ||||
| Italian | ||||
| Japanese | ||||
| Korean | ||||
| Polish | ||||
| Brazilian Portuguese | ||||
| Russian | ||||
| Spanish | ||||
| Latin American Spanish |
Network
Multiplayer types
| Type | Native | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Local play | |||
| LAN play | |||
| Online play | |||
VR support
| Headsets | State | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| SteamVR | |||
| Oculus VR (LibOVR) | |||
| Windows Mixed Reality | |||
| OSVR | |||
| Devices | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Tracked motion controllers | |||
| Traditional controller | See Input for details. | ||
| Keyboard/Mouse | |||
| Tobii Eye Tracking | Supports: Extended View - Eye & Head Tracking. Game must be started in Steam VR mode and helmet cam enabled for eye tracking to work. | ||
| TrackIR | Supports: Yaw, Pitch, Roll, X, Y, Z. | ||
| Play area | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Seated | |||
| Standing | |||
| Room-scale | |||
Other information
API
| Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Direct3D | 11 |
| Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows |
Middleware
| Middleware | Notes | |
|---|---|---|
| Anti-cheat | Easy Anti-Cheat | EasyAntiCheat_x64.dll & EasyAntiCheat_x86.dll are present within game folder. |
System requirements
| Windows | ||
|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Recommended | |
| Operating system (OS) | 7 | 10 |
| Processor (CPU) | Intel Core i5-3450 3.5 GHz AMD FX-8350 |
Intel Core i7-6700K |
| System memory (RAM) | 8 GB | 16 GB |
| Hard disk drive (HDD) | 50 GB | |
| Video card (GPU) | Nvidia GeForce GTX 680 DirectX 11 compatible | Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 AMD Radeon RX 480 |
| Sound (audio device) | DirectX compatible | |
- A 64-bit operating system is required.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data (use Wine regedit to access Windows registry paths). Games with Steam Cloud support may store data in
~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/378860/in addition to or instead of this directory. The app ID (378860) may differ in some cases. Treat backslashes as forward slashes. See the glossary page for details.
References
- ↑ Project Cars 2 Removed From Steam Indefinitely - DualShockers - last accessed on 2022-09-22
- ↑ PC - No HDR support? - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ Verified by User:Flang on 2018-12-12
- ↑ XInput · john-peterson/bin-patch Wiki - last accessed on 9 June 2023