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Project CARS
Project CARS	2015
Project CARS - Pagani Edition	2016
Project CARS 2	2017
Project CARS 3	2020

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GamersGate (unavailable)		Deluxe Edition
(unavailable)		Deluxe Edition also available.
Green Man Gaming (unavailable)		Region Locked in Latin America.
Humble Store (unavailable)
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)	<SteamLibrary-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)	<SteamLibrary-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]
Find Project CARS 2 in your Steam Library Right-click the game name Select `Properties` Select `Set Launch Options...` Input `-windowed -borderless` Press `OK` Launch the game

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

XInput-compatible controllers
Xbox button prompts
Impulse Trigger vibration

PlayStation controllers

Tracked motion controllers

Generic/other controllers

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]
Go to Dropbox. Download XInput9_1_0.rar and RumbleController9_1_0. Place XInput9_1_0.dll into main game directory Run RumbleController9_1_0.exe and press a button on the controller while all values are set to zero Close RumbleController9_1_0.exe. Run game and test that vibration is now disabled.

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
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/378860/.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (378860) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

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

[Proton_path_note-2] 1.0 ^1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/378860/.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (378860) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[2] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[3] Games with Steam Cloud support may also store data in ~/.steam/steam/userdata/<user-id>/378860/.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (378860) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] Project Cars 2 Removed From Steam Indefinitely - DualShockers - last accessed on 2022-09-22

[3] PC - No HDR support? - last accessed on May 2023

[Flang-4] Verified by User:Flang on 2018-12-12

[5] XInput · john-peterson/bin-patch Wiki - last accessed on 9 June 2023

[1]

[Note 1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

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 |taxonomy     =
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | DLC }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/monetization      | One-time game purchase, DLC }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/microtransactions | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/modes             | Singleplayer, Multiplayer }}
@@ Line 24: / Line 24: @@
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/sports            | }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/vehicles          | Track racing }}
+{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/themes            | }}
-{{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/art styles        | Realistic }}
 {{Infobox game/row/taxonomy/series            | Project CARS }}
 |steam appid  = 378860
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 ==Availability==
 {{Availability|
-{{Availability/row| GamersGate | DD-PROJECT-CARS-2 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Retail | | Steam | | | Windows }}
-{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 3321-1 | Steam | {{store link|Gamesplanet|3321-2|Deluxe Edition}} also available. |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GamersGate | project-cars-2 | Steam | {{store link|GamersGate|project-cars-2-deluxe|Deluxe Edition}} |  | Windows | unavailable }}
-{{Availability/row| GMG | project-cars-2 | Steam | Region Locked in Latin America. | | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Gamesplanet | 3321-1 | Steam | {{store link|Gamesplanet|3321-2|Deluxe Edition}} also available. |  | Windows | unavailable }}
-{{Availability/row| Humble | project-cars-2 | Steam |  |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| GMG | project-cars-2 | Steam | Region Locked in Latin America. | | Windows | unavailable }}
-{{Availability/row| Steam | 378860 | Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. |  | Windows }}
+{{Availability/row| Humble | project-cars-2 | Steam |  |  | Windows | unavailable }}
+{{Availability/row| Steam | 378860 | Steam | Deluxe Edition also available. |  | Windows | unavailable }}
 }}
 {{ii}} All versions require {{DRM|Steam}}.
 {{ii}} A {{store link|Steam|737770|demo}} is available.
+{{ii}} No longer available since September 22, 2022 due to licenses with vehicle manufacturers expiring.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.dualshockers.com/project-cars-2-removed-from-steam/|title=Project Cars 2 Removed From Steam Indefinitely - DualShockers|date=2022-09-22}}</ref>
 {{DLC|
 {{DLC/row| Season Pass | | Windows }}
 }}
+==Essential improvements==
+===Skip intro videos===
+# Go to <code>{{p|game}}\Movies</code>.
+# Rename or remove {{file|projectcars_boottrailer.bik}}.
 ==Game data==
@@ Line 111: / Line 118: @@
 |antialiasing               = true
 |antialiasing notes         = [[FXAA]], [[SMAA]], [[MSAA]], [[SSAA]]
+|upscaling                  = false
+|upscaling tech             =
+|upscaling notes            =
 |vsync                      = true
 |vsync notes                =
@@ Line 116: / Line 126: @@
 |60 fps notes               =
 |120 fps                    = true
-|120 fps notes              =
+|120 fps notes              = Setting '''-fpscap x''' argument in game launch options will limit framerate to X fps. Replace X with desired limit.
 |hdr                        = false
-|hdr notes                  = Console versions only.<ref>[http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/showthread.php?53890-PC-No-HDR-support/page2 PC - No HDR support?]</ref>
+|hdr notes                  = Console versions only.<ref>{{Refurl|url=http://forum.projectcarsgame.com/showthread.php?53890-PC-No-HDR-support/page2|title=PC - No HDR support?|date=May 2023}}</ref>
 |color blind                = unknown
 |color blind notes          =
@@ Line 124: / Line 134: @@
 ===[[Glossary:Borderless fullscreen windowed|Borderless fullscreen windowed]]===
-{{Fixbox|description=--windowed -borderless|ref=<ref name="Flang">{{Refcheck|user=Flang|date=2018-12-12}}</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=-windowed -borderless|ref=<ref name="Flang">{{Refcheck|user=Flang|date=2018-12-12}}</ref>|fix=
 # Find Project CARS 2 in your Steam Library
 # Right-click the game name
@@ Line 135: / Line 145: @@
 ==Input==
+{{ii}} The game can send telemetry data to supported software like [https://www.simhubdash.com/ SimHub] and devices like motion platforms, bass shakers and telemetry displays through shared memory and UDP protocols.
 {{Input
 |key remap                 = true
@@ Line 201: / Line 212: @@
 {{ii}} XInput controller vibration can not be disabled in-game.
-{{Fixbox|description=Disable using custom DLL file|ref=<ref>[https://github.com/john-peterson/bin-patch/wiki/XInput XInput · john-peterson/bin-patch Wiki]</ref>|fix=
+{{Fixbox|description=Disable using custom DLL file|ref=<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://github.com/john-peterson/bin-patch/wiki/XInput|title=XInput · john-peterson/bin-patch Wiki|date=9 June 2023}}</ref>|fix=
 # Go to [https://www.dropbox.com/sh/vkz69zldyqfytxp/AAAvsvUuYsaeWi0a_v0oTPvGa/64?dl=0&subfolder_nav_tracking=1 Dropbox].
 # Download XInput9_1_0.rar and RumbleController9_1_0.
@@ Line 223: / Line 234: @@
 |mute on focus lost notes =
 |eax support              =
-|eax support notes        =
+|eax support notes         =
+|royalty free audio        = unknown
+|royalty free audio notes  =
 }}
@@ Line 276: / Line 289: @@
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
-|language  = Mexican Spanish
+|language  = Japanese
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
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 }}
 {{L10n/switch
-|language  = Japanese
+|language  = Korean
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
@@ Line 292: / Line 305: @@
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
-|language  = Korean
+|language  = Polish
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
@@ Line 300: / Line 313: @@
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
-|language  = Polish
+|language  = Brazilian Portuguese
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
@@ Line 308: / Line 321: @@
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
-|language  = Brazilian Portuguese
+|language  = Russian
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
@@ Line 316: / Line 329: @@
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
-|language  = Russian
+|language  = Spanish
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
@@ Line 324: / Line 337: @@
 }}
 {{L10n/switch
-|language  = Spanish
+|language  = Mexican Spanish
 |interface = true
 |audio     = false
@@ Line 331: / Line 344: @@
 |fan       =
 }}
+}}
+==Network==
+{{Network/Multiplayer
+|local play           = unknown
+|local play players   =
+|local play modes     =
+|local play notes     =
+|lan play             = unknown
+|lan play players     =
+|lan play modes       =
+|lan play notes       =
+|online play          = true
+|online play players  =
+|online play modes    =
+|online play notes    =
+|asynchronous         =
+|asynchronous notes   =
 }}
@@ Line 400: / Line 431: @@
 |windows 32-bit exe     = unknown
 |windows 64-bit exe     = true
+|windows arm app        = unknown
 |windows exe notes      =
 |mac os x powerpc app   =
 |macos intel 32-bit app =
 |macos intel 64-bit app =
+|macos arm app          = unknown
 |macos app notes        =
 |linux 32-bit executable=
 |linux 64-bit executable=
+|linux arm app          = unknown
 |linux executable notes =
+}}
+===Middleware===
+{{Middleware
+|physics          =
+|physics notes    =
+|audio            =
+|audio notes      =
+|interface        =
+|interface notes  =
+|input            =
+|input notes      =
+|cutscenes        =
+|cutscenes notes  =
+|multiplayer      =
+|multiplayer notes=
+|anticheat        = Easy Anti-Cheat
+|anticheat notes  = EasyAntiCheat_x64.dll & EasyAntiCheat_x86.dll are present within game folder.
 }}
@@ Line 430: / Line 482: @@
 |recGPU2  = AMD Radeon RX 480
 |recDX    =
-|notes    = {{ii}} 64-bit OS is required
+|notes    = {{ii}} A 64-bit operating system is required.
 }}
 {{References}}

Developers

	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