Project CARS 2 Trailer Is Here and It Looks Amazing

Sorry, Forza Motorsports and Gran Turismo, there's a new challenger in town looking to be the best racing simulator on the market. Based on the launch trailer revealed today, Project CARS 2 looks like it will give them a very close race.

The new game will be available for PC, Xbox One, and PS4. The stunning scenery showcases rain, snow, time of day changes, and even the Northern Lights. But as great as the scenery looks, that's not what gamers are really looking for. Even if it will be rendered in up to 12K resolution on three screens and has virtual reality support.

What racers are looking for are tracks and cars, and the game looks to deliver. There are 60 tracks, what they call the largest track roster ever on a console. It includes real tracks like the Nurburgring, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca, and Australia's Mount Panorama, but there are also original tracks. Some are simulations of real highways, and some are ice-racing circuits and dirt tracks. All get LiveTrack 3.0 which adds changes to dynamics for temperature, pressure, altitude, wind, and real weather as well as time of day. They also claim that rainfall now has fluid dynamic models that let rain fall, pool and, drain off naturally. The tracks will even get slippery when you put four-off and drag some grass back onto the pavement with you.

The car selection will include over 170 cars, including street cars, GT cars, LeMans prototypes, Rallycross, and Indycar racers. The full list of licenses hasn't been released yet, but they have confirmed Ferrari, Lamborghini, and the often missing from games Porsche.

The developers have also said that the handling models and controller response have been revised from the first Project CARS to improve realism and resolve issues that controller players have had in the past.

Project CARS 2 doesn't have a release date yet but should be available later this year.