Save location

[CunkFeatures]

Anyone know where the games save location is? I keep steam and documents on separate partitions but each time I format Windows the game is back to the beginning.

[Balderick]

All your steam game game saves are found in the userdata directory in your steam installation folder. Just simply copy C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\steam\userdata to any source of your choosing to back up your entire steam library game progress info
OR
copy C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\steam\userdata\#########\234630 to backup just Project Cars.

After reinstalling windows and steam you could have tried "verify game cache" BEFORE trying to launch game in order to try and get the saved game info in steam cloud to sync to your empty new steam install userdata folder.

[CunkFeatures]

I see, so once C:\ has been formatted and windows re installed, once I direct the new C: Steam instalation to use the original Stream on D: I then need to verify each games cache.

Bit of a pain but makes sense. I normally just add the original steam directory and jump back into gaming.

Luckily on the second time I didn't bother with career again. Will keep this in mind, thanks.

[♥samantha♥]

Originally posted by tomtalk24:

Anyone know where the games save location is? I keep steam and documents on separate partitions but each time I format Windows the game is back to the beginning.

My Project Cars Profile, media and Ghost lap times are saved here

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\32233164\234630\local\project cars

It is important to back up this location before formatting, as in the media folder, will contain, replays you have saved, from Multiplayer online race replays to single player race replays.

Crash dumps, ffb, screenshot, and video settings are stored here.

C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Project CARS

[CunkFeatures]

Originally posted by ♥samantha♥:

Originally posted by tomtalk24:

Anyone know where the games save location is? I keep steam and documents on separate partitions but each time I format Windows the game is back to the beginning.

My Project Cars Profile, media and Ghost lap times are saved here

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\userdata\32233164\234630\local\project cars

It is important to back up this location before formatting, as in the media folder, will contain, replays you have saved, from Multiplayer online race replays to single player race replays.

Crash dumps, ffb, screenshot, and video settings are stored here.

C:\Users\[username]\Documents\Project CARS

Thanks, again I have Windows installed on a seperate partition (C:/) so when formatting that partition the games (D:/) and documents (E:/) partitons are not effected.
@Balderick has explained after a new installation of Windows I need to verify the games cache even though Steam hasn't changed (all games still installed, nothing removed etc). This should help me with a few games I have lost saves on over time. But thanks again.

[Wypoor]

This is nice enigma with saves. Normal u have in Documents. I copied that. But now I haven't nothing. I format partiton with old system, but I didn't take right save file. LOL I take whole this things from documents!!!!! No! Save was somewhere else. FFS!

[PinkPаптҥэя]

Originally posted by Balderick:

All your steam game game saves are found in the userdata directory in your steam installation folder. Just simply copy C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\steam\userdata to any source of your choosing to back up your entire steam library game progress info...

Actually only very few games use that location for storing their save games.

Originally posted by Wypoor:

...Normal u have in Documents.. No! Save was somewhere else. FFS!

pCars is one of the few; it's save game is in:
...\Steam\userdata\xxxxxxxx\234630\local\project cars\profiles

Much more common is %userprofile%\Documents\
or %userprofile%\Documents\my games

I have like 400 games in my library and the vast majority of them keep their saves in the user's Documents path.

[Wypoor]

So I consider that my SAVE goes to digital hell... Thank you SMS! Anyway, thaks mate that you described this for me. ;)

PS

Anyway, anybody can tell me what for is this whole trash in documents?

[76561199499905840]

Originally posted by Balderick:

All your steam game game saves are found in the userdata directory in your steam installation folder. Just simply copy C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\steam\userdata to any source of your choosing to back up your entire steam library game progress info
OR
copy C:\ProgramFiles(x86)\steam\userdata\#########\234630 to backup just Project Cars.

After reinstalling windows and steam you could have tried "verify game cache" BEFORE trying to launch game in order to try and get the saved game info in steam cloud to sync to your empty new steam install userdata folder.

found it！ thank you so much！