C.A.R.S

[Skurge]

C.A.R.S, stands for Community Assisted Racing Simulator.

Slightly Mad Studios (Shift & Shift2) are developing a racing where you pay to be a member have an influence over how development goes and have access to early builds.

http://www.virtualr.net/c-a-r-s-new-preview-lots-of-info/
http://www.wmdportal.com/

Some videos

http://www.virtualr.net/category/c-a-r-s/

Looks very interesting.

 

[CPA]

I can hear it now "I paid all of this money and none of my ideas were implemented! I wanna refund!"

 

[Skurge]

http://www.virtualr.net/c-a-r-s-four-british-tracks-coming-up/

Some of those are garage screenshots but that is what the Devs are aiming for. from the videos it looks like they are close.

 

[Mandres]

It sounds like they're trying to pay for development of the game without signing with a publisher. It's an interesting idea, I wonder if they'll be able to drum up enough support to keep the project going. I can't see many people signing up to pay $15/mo. or whatever for the years it takes to make a functioning game. And I would really hate for the guys who've been paying all along to lose their "investment" if the project stalls.

 

[Skurge]

It sounds like they're trying to pay for development of the game without signing with a publisher. It's an interesting idea, I wonder if they'll be able to drum up enough support to keep the project going. I can't see many people signing up to pay $15/mo. or whatever for the years it takes to make a functioning game. And I would really hate for the guys who've been paying all along to lose their "investment" if the project stalls.

Is it per month? I thought it was a one time payment.

 

[Mandres]

Oh, I have no idea. I was just speculating. This approach worked for Minecraft, so maybe it will work here too.

 

[Final8ty]

I see a problem in the 1st and 4th pic as the shadow stops short making the parts look like they are not connected to the car.

 

[Dankk]

Oh, I have no idea. I was just speculating. This approach worked for Minecraft, so maybe it will work here too.

You pay once. There is no "monthly free", you just pay for whatever membership level you like, and that's it. lol you'd have to be stupid to pay a monthly subscription for such a thing. (oh, wait a minute...)

Seriously though, I know this because I'm a contributor myself; a junior member to be more precise. So basically I get to play the monthly builds of the game. Anyone can do this. Just go to their forums, register, and there's a link at the top of the forums that let's you make a purchase. For 10 euros you can play it.

The only problem is that they make it extremely difficult to find where to sign up, and where to pay. They have a great product under their belts, but it's almost as if they don't want people to use it. It actually took me a long time before I realized that you have to sign up for their forums first, and then you actually have to pay for it in the forums. The button that says "become a payed member" or whatever is very small and well-hidden, but once you find it on the main forum page, it then lets you choose your membership level and finally you can play it.

Even their website is extremely hard to find by itself. Doing a google search for "project cars" brings up nothing, and refining it to something like "project cars racing simulator" didn't even work last time I checked. Their marketing team needs an SEO guy or something.

But yeah.... it's an impressive racing simulator, especially considering it's only in pre-alpha stages.

 

[Barfo]

I'll pay $200 for Mexican bouncing cars.

 

[darkdeus]

Another project cars member here. I made a trailer of one of the most recent builds if you guys are interested. It's my first ever attempt at using sony vegas and making a video of any kind though. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! This is all unedited gameplay from me playing the game. Everything still is a work in progress though, especially the time of day lighting transitions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpjftffFUm8&feature=youtu.be

Here's a few recent screens as well:

Cockpit view:

New weather transitions!
Clear:

Cloudy:

Hazy:

A few more:

Fullset: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/sets/72157627926694442/

Check out these pics from other members as well : http://imgur.com/a/ULQeq#0