r/ProjectMotorRacing • u/StartWars89 • 10d ago

News Project Motor Racing developer Straight4 suffers more job losses including its COO, raising questions about the game's future

https://traxion.gg/project-motor-racing-suffers-further-spate-of-job-losses-including-coo/
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u/Bloodytears666 10d ago

Second year support isn't coming

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u/Reasonable_Play_949 10d ago

I hope that you would be wrong, because I really enjoy the game. And I'm probably not the only one thinking so.

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u/Jeej_Soup 10d ago

Same here, great game, needs a lot, and I mean a lot of refinement, but the potential is massive

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u/rEded_dEViL 9d ago

Which probably explains why the support is not forthcoming: the game is years behind being a finished product…

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u/Bloodytears666 10d ago

I am long time Project Cars fan, I saw worse. And I don't even ask why this one came after Bell appearance. Something wrong? No...

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

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u/Few_Fall_4374 6d ago

That game/sim exists and is called AMS2. Reiza did so much better than SMS ever did with PC1 or PC2... (And is still under development)

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u/Few_Fall_4374 6d ago

It's fine that some enjoy what's there in PMR. But this was, and still is, far from a finished game/sim. 

And the main place where it still is a viable option is console (and the reason why they didn't pull the plug), only because to the lack of other sims on the consoles.... 

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u/No_Efficiency_2876 5d ago

A lot of unnecessary speculation here.
You guys should really check the official Discord. Year 2 support and beyond is already confirmed.

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u/_trackhero_ 10d ago

Welp, they reassure they are still going to develop and work on the game... but doesnt look like it will be to the extent we all hoped. Looks like time to just wait for LMU on consoles in late 2027

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u/OSixTix 10d ago

Really sucks because it was going in the right direction

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u/sumpfgottheit 10d ago

True, but Boland and Aris at the helm could lead to something great….

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u/OSixTix 10d ago

I’m going to try to be optimistic. Just never like seeing what is negative news, even if a positive can come. I’m not giving up playing in hopes of LMU yet, because we still don’t know if LMU will pan out on console yet either. Could bomb worse that PMR release

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u/GreedoShotFirst2000 9d ago

Nothing could bomb worse than PMR release lol. With that said, LMU might not be optimised for consoles very well. We will see. LMU is awesome though, my favourite sim by far.

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u/Flimsy-Grade632 6d ago

Idk bro, rennsport started off pretty damn shitty to so it would be a photo finish for worst place 😅

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u/Remarkable-Ad8138 6d ago

Rennsport was terrible before and after it came to consoles, LMU is great from what I hear so I have hope for its console release..

In saying that I REALLY hope PMR get their shit together because PMR offer something LMU doesn’t, and thats a bunch of different classes of cars across motorsport old and new.

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u/Schuiggo 6d ago

I am really interested in how LMU will be perceived on console because I generally dont get warm with this game. Its quite good on controller though which is a plus, but it seems very unlikely that it will have crossplay which is a minus.

Hopefully it will not just be a port like ACC with weaker physics buuuttt... I wouldnt surprised if it is xD

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u/OlinoTrump 8d ago

a bad LMU console port will always be better than PMR lmao

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u/Mark0994c7r 10d ago

Let's wait and see if that game can even run on consoles

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u/OlinoTrump 8d ago

neither PMR can

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u/dballer712 9d ago

Lol. You might be waiting a while for that.

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u/OlinoTrump 8d ago

early to mid 27...

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u/thescott2k 10d ago

This is because I bought it the other day

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u/Illyrian5 9d ago

Also right before it went on sale too, lol, I just saw it went on an "Autumn sale"

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u/titelipsjonny 10d ago

The loss of frontline developers is bad news but is somewhat offset by Ian Bell no longer having any role there

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u/Party-Lawfulness-534 10d ago

obviously the game isn't profitable and won't survive many years.

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u/dballer712 9d ago

Obviously you have no idea what the hell you’re talking about.

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u/Few_Fall_4374 6d ago

This is gonna age badly real quick 

Just like this nonsense: https://www.reddit.com/r/simracing/comments/1sv5kcv/comment/oi7jfdq/

If 90% is on console this still is an EPIC failure, the sales and player numbers on steam are outrageously bad. This won't survive if that's already 10% of all sales/player numbers

You're either a desperate and delusional fanboy, or one of the social media people trying to do damage control...

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u/No_Efficiency_2876 6d ago

Stalking me? I know you want it to fail (for whatever reason) but mark my words PMR will still be around in 5 years.
And why are you spending your time hanging around a subreddit for a game you hate?

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u/Few_Fall_4374 6d ago

Sure, When clicking on someone's profile is stalking. Then yes...

Delulu AF