Believe it or not, there’s another new sim racing game currently in development. And the studio behind its development - Straight4 Studios - is headed by Ian Bell who helped create some of sim racing’s most mythical games—starting with GTR and the Project CARS franchise and with the seminal GT Legends thrown in for good measure.
The (imo) awkwardly named Project Motor Racing will run on the engine that drives the many, many, many tractors and combine harvesters of the Farming Simulator franchise.
Straight4 Studios have partnered with GIANTS Software (the folk behind the Farming Simulator franchise) who will be providing both the engine and the publishing team for Project Motor Racing. While the two have been working on finalising their partnership since early 2023, an official announcement and the first in-engine screenshots were only made last month.
GIANTS Software and Straight4 Studios have been collaborating on integrating the GIANTS engine into Project Motor Racing since 2023. Both studios are already deep into the development phase of tuning the engine for sim racing-specific duty.
The GIANTS Engine was developed from the ground up and saw the light of day in 2008 in the first Farming Simulator. Since then, it has been continuously developed and used in all common platforms, so that today it easily meets the latest technical requirements for PC and console gaming.
Interesting combination of game engine and genre, but I could actually see it working. Farming Sim has a fair amount of physics simulated so the engine will be conducive for building in reaching physics.
A few months later and we have news… a PMR release is coming sometime this “Fall” (so, September/October-ish I guess). The news comes today together with some preview material that some sim racing channels and content creators releasing information about the upcoming game.
Project Motor Racing ignites all the passion, beauty, and intensity of professional motorsport. Race across eras in 70+ iconic cars across 10 definitive racing classes in intense Single Player Career and Online Racing Modes.
Feel every second with a new, benchmark-setting physics engine built on the mod-friendly GIANTS Engine 10 that delivers unmatched handling realism and high-fidelity FFB.
Experience “living” cockpits with visible G-forces, dirt, heat-haze, and then feel the precision of “True2Track” on 27 scanned track layouts, all with Dynamic Weather Conditions, Adaptive Racing & Drying Line, and a full 24-hour day/night cycle.
Also available from today are direct pre-order sales for PC via the games’ site. The title is also due to release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles at the same time as the PC release. At €90 for the PMR - Year 1 Bundle and €60 for the base game, I can’t see too many locals taking a gamble on the pre-ordering an untested title at those prices.
Personally, I can do without Johnny Herbert, but that’s a me thing I guess
Sim racer legends, check out the Factory Driver Program info at 14:34 - more news on that towards the end of May.
The lads from TraxionGG were at the media event too:
Great summary of the genealogy of PMR at the start of this video.
Published by GIANTS Software and developed by Straight4 Studios, Project Motor Racing ignites all the passion, beauty and intensity of professional motorsport. The racing simulator will hit the track in fall 2025 with 70+ vehicles from 10 racing classes and 27 track layouts.
From sim racers to first-time racers, Project Motor Racing boasts game modes for everyone: from Single Player Career Mode to in-depth Online Racing, from fun leaderboards to packed Full Race Weekends.
From today’s radical LMDh hypercars to iconic legends from motorsport’s rich legacy, each car is meticulously recreated and licensed from the world’s top car manufacturers like Lamborghini, Aston Martin, and Audi.
Each class has been curated to ensure definitive grids of motor racing heroes from today and yesterday, from LMP to turn-of-the-century GTs, from today’s GT3s to 1970s sportscars. With action-packed 4-class racing across 27 scanned, global tracks, Project Motor Racing is a motorsport-first simulation.
“True2Track” will allow racers to experience the authenticity of every track with dynamic weather conditions, adaptive racing & drying line, and a 24-hour day/night cycle.
