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Project CARS 3
''Project CARS 3'' is a racing video game developed by Codemasters subsidiary Slightly Mad Studios and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It was released on 28 August 2020 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. The game marks a departure from the realistic, motor simulation gameplay of the series' first two instalments, with the game featuring more arcade-style racing and simpler mechanics. ''Project CARS 3'' received mixed reviews from critics. It is also the last mainline instalment in the ''Project CARS'' series, as future development of the series was cancelled by Slightly Mad's owner, Electronic Arts, in November 2022. Gameplay ''Project CARS 3'' introduces more customizable cars that are available to race over 140 global circuits. The game also features 24-hour cycles, various seasons, and weather effects. The career mode has been rebuilt, with the artificial intelligence being enhanced. The game also support VR on PC. According to CEO of Slightly Mad Studios I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slightly Mad Studios
Slightly Mad Studios Ltd. was a British video game developer based in London. Founded in 2009, it was best known for the '' Project CARS'' series of racing games that it developed from 2015 until the series' discontinuation in 2022. Codemasters acquired Slightly Mad Studios in 2019 and was itself acquired by Electronic Arts in 2021. History On 12 January 2009, Ian Bell acquired the business and assets of Blimey! Games from bankrupt parent 10tacle Studios. In September 2009, Slightly Mad Studios released '' Need for Speed: Shift'' with Electronic Arts. Its sequel '' Shift 2: Unleashed'' was announced in November 2010 and released in March 2011. The company uses a distributed development structure, with developers living across the world and working remotely. Slightly Mad was ranked as the 17th most successful developer in the Develop 100 list for 2010. In 2012, the company released '' Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends'', which focuses on Ferrari's history across Formula On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtual Reality
Virtual reality (VR) is a Simulation, simulated experience that employs 3D near-eye displays and pose tracking to give the user an immersive feel of a virtual world. Applications of virtual reality include entertainment (particularly video games), education (such as medical, safety, or military training) and business (such as virtual meetings). VR is one of the key technologies in the Reality–virtuality continuum, reality-virtuality continuum. As such, it is different from other digital visualization solutions, such as augmented virtuality and augmented reality. Currently, standard virtual reality systems use either virtual reality headsets or multi-projected environments to generate some realistic images, sounds, and other sensations that simulate a user's physical presence in a virtual environment. A person using virtual reality equipment is able to look around the artificial world, move around in it, and interact with virtual features or items. The effect is commonly creat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ego (game Engine)
The Codemasters Software Company Limited (trade name: Codemasters) is a British video game developer and former publisher based in Southam, England, which is a subsidiary of American corporation Electronic Arts and managed under the EA Sports division. Founded by brothers Richard and David Darling in October 1986, Codemasters is one of the oldest British game studios, and in 2005 was named the best independent video game developer by magazine '' Develop''. It formerly also published third-party games. Codemasters Group Holdings plc was the holding company of Codemasters, which was publicly traded and owned Codemasters until being purchased by EA in 2021 for $1.2 billion. History Background While attending school in Vancouver, Richard Darling and his elder brother, David Darling, had learned programming with punch cards and had access to the school's computer room outside of hours through one of the school's janitors. Additionally, on weekends, they were allowed to use th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Project CARS 2
''Project CARS 2'' is a motorsport racing simulator video game developed by Slightly Mad Studios and published and distributed by the Bandai Namco Entertainment group. It was released worldwide on 22 September 2017 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One. Gameplay ''Project CARS 2'' offers 140 track layouts at 60 different locations and 189 cars to choose from. It advertises that "each track is a living, organic venue" and "changes lap by lap" as the race progresses. This is achieved by a system called ''LiveTrack 3.0'', including e.g. track temperature or dynamic weather. The game now features off-road driving, including rallycross tracks and cars. There are new manufacturers in the game, including Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Jaguar, Honda, Acura and Nissan. In addition, ''Project CARS 2'' supports virtual reality (VR), up to 12K resolution, and triple screen support. Development Following the success of ''Project CARS'', funding began to open for ''Project CARS 2'' on 23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GamesRadar+
''GamesRadar+'' (formerly ''GamesRadar'') is an entertainment website for video game-related news, previews, and reviews. It is owned by Future plc. In late 2014, Future Publishing-owned sites ''Total Film'', '' SFX'', '' Edge'' and '' Computer and Video Games'' were merged into ''GamesRadar'', with the resulting, expanded website being renamed ''GamesRadar+'' in November that year. Format and style ''GamesRadar+'' publishes numerous articles each day, including official video game news, reviews, previews, and interviews with publishers and developers. One of the site's features was their "Top 7" lists, a weekly countdown detailing negative aspects of video games themselves, the industry and/or culture. Today, they also publish "best games" lists segmented by genre, platform, or theme. These are divided into living lists, for consoles and platforms that are still active, and legacy lists, for consoles and platforms that are no longer a target for commercial game development. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autoblog (website)
Weblogs, Inc. was a blog network that published content on a variety of subjects, including tech news, video games, automobiles, and pop culture. At one point, the network had as many as 90 blogs, although the vast majority of its traffic could be attributed to a smaller number of breakout titles, as was typical of most large-scale successful blog networks of the mid-2000s. Popular blogs included Engadget, Autoblog, TUAW, Joystiq, Luxist, Slashfood, Cinematical, TV Squad, Download Squad, Blogging Baby, Gadling, AdJab, and Blogging Stocks. Today, Engadget and Autoblog are the only remaining brands from the company, now existing as part of Yahoo! Inc. History The company was founded in September 2003 by Jason Calacanis and Brian Alvey, in the wake of Calacanis's ''Silicon Alley Reporter'' magazine, with backing from investor Mark Cuban. By early 2004, Weblogs, Inc. and Gawker Media were establishing the two most notable templates for networked blog empires. Initially, Weblogs, Inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grid (series)
''Grid'' (Stylised as ''GRID'') is the racing video game series developed by Codemasters and published by Electronic Arts. It serves as the successor of '' TOCA Race Driver'' series. Games ''Race Driver: Grid'' (2008) Developed under the working title ''Race Driver One'', ''Race Driver: Grid'' was released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, and Games for Windows in June 2008. Before its release, over one million people downloaded the demo. It features an improved graphics engine (a common complaint was that even on the lowest setting the graphics couldn't be handled by low-spec PCs) from '' Colin McRae: Dirt'', has over 40 real-life cars and a variety of both fictional and realistic interpretations of tracks. ''Grid 2'' (2013) Codemasters released the sequel to ''Race Driver: GRID'', ''Grid 2'' in May 2013 on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. ''Grid Autosport'' (2014) ''Grid Autosport'' attempts to move the series back towards "more authentic racing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TOCA (series)
''TOCA'' (also known as ''Race Driver'') is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters. The series originally focused specifically on touring car racing, but after ''World Touring Cars'', the series expanded to cover a wide variety of motorsport. The ''TOCA'' series was eventually succeeded by the ''Grid (series), Grid'' series of games, with ''Race Driver: Grid'' released in 2008. Games ''TOCA Touring Car Championship'' (1997) The first game of the series was released for Windows and PlayStation platforms in late 1997 in Europe, and in summer 1998 in the United States (as ''TOCA Championship Racing''). Featuring all the licensed cars (not including privateers) and tracks from the 1997 British Touring Car Championship, the game was acclaimed by the European games press, especially on console where it was widely considered the best in its genre until the release of ''Gran Turismo (1997 video game), Gran Turismo'' several months later. ''TOCA 2 Touring ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirt (series)
''Dirt'' and ''Dirt Rally'' (stylized as ''DiRT'' and ''DiRT Rally'', formerly known as ''Colin McRae Rally''), is a rally racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters. Codemasters had acquired the exclusive license to the ''World Rally Championship'' series in June 2020, which will begin as a five-year deal in 2023. Started in 1998, the franchise has been a critical and commercial success and is generally acknowledged as a pioneer of realistic rally sports racing games. The series is named after the World Rally Championship driver Colin McRae, who provided extensive technical advice during development. After McRae's death in September 2007, Codemasters used his name one more time in '' Colin McRae: Dirt 2'', dropping the moniker in ''Dirt 3''. The McRae name was then used once again in 2013 in the mobile release of ''Colin McRae Rally''. In 2021, Codemasters has announced entry into the 2021 Junior WRC season as "Codemasters Dirt Rally Team", which was la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F1 (video Game Series)
''F1'' is a racing video game series by Codemasters under the EA Sports banner since 2021. The series holds the official license of the FIA Formula One World Championship, with the FIA Formula 2 Championship available since the 2019 game. A total of twenty-three games have been released to date, with the series' latest installment, '' F1 25'', released in May 2025. Release history Electronic Arts' EA Sports division started the series with '' F1 2000''. Six games have been released between 2000 and 2003, when Image Space Incorporated and Visual Science took charge of the PC and the console versions respectively. Intelligent Games was also involved to produce '' F1 Manager'' for Microsoft Windows in 2000. In May 2008, Codemasters acquired the license after the end of Sony's own Formula One video game series, developing the Ego engine. They released each game in the series at an annual pace, with the first game being available on Wii, PlayStation Portable and iOS in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
