Any news on getting Ferrari and Lamborghini license ?

[Tr3voRR9999]

Would be nice.

[yusupov]

NO

[Tr3voRR9999]

Originally posted by yusupov:

NO

NO or No ? why are you shouting ?

[T0MMY]

they will announce when the dev team manage to secure the license, thats how every licensing announcement works.

[SternLX]

No news on those manufacturers. If SMS does manage to secure licensing for them it'll be after Release.

[Tr3voRR9999]

Originally posted by SternLX:

No news on those manufacturers. If SMS does manage to secure licensing for them it'll be after Release.

Fingers cross, I really would like the full line of GT3's and for that we need Lambo license. We can't get Porsche but RUF is always a good switch. We still need camaro GT3, mustang GT3, the new Corvette GT3 (unless they already in it) and so on.

[T0MMY]

there is a Ruf RGT-8 GT3 in game now, it is based on the 991 chassis but it is running a V8 instead of a flat-6

[yusupov]

yes, porsche gt3 is represented by ruf. thats the way its going to be until the deal with EA expires.

i dont really see why you 'need' camaro or ford. i would like to see the c7 just because its the newest.

if they got ferrari or lamorghini licenses there are a lot of cars id rather see before a gt3 car tbh, but theyd almost definitely do the gt3 car if they got the license.

[DeadRyanDancing]

I'm a fan of every type of sports car, but Ferrari and Lamborghini missing would hurt the game a bit. Those are the two most recognizable sports car manufacturers from Italy, if not the world. I can't recall the last time I played a driving game that didn't have Ferrari and Lamborghini in it. Maybe Gran Turismo 3? I really hope they secure the license.

[pez2k]

Originally posted by DeadRyanDancing:

I really hope they secure the license.

A Ferrari license would cost roughly the entire game's budget - they charge an absolute fortune which is why they're generally restricted to big publisher games, and even then it took Gran Turismo nine years to secure a license. They're in Assetto Corsa, but that's because Kunos are Italian themselves and have previously made a promotional game for Ferrari.

Lamborghini on the other hand is not only expensive too, but not actually that valuable for Project CARS. The licenses have been picked to make for competitive racing and focus on genuine racecars, but Lamborghini have only just unveiled their first factory-supported GT3 racecar this week, there's nothing else outside of a one-make trophy. Even that car is closely related to the Audi R8 LMS already ingame.

[DeadRyanDancing]

Never really thought about the actual funding it would take to get the license of Ferrari. I agree about the GT3 Lamborghini, but I was thinking more in lines of the Aventador in the sports car class. That being said, it would probably be far too much money to shell out purely for one or two vehicles.

[pez2k]

Yeah, most of the sportscars in the game were part of bigger license deals - the SLS came with the GT3 version / Sauber C9 / 300SEL 6.8 etc., the P1 came with the 12C GT3 and F1 GTR, the R8+ came with the R8 LMS / R8 LMP / R18 etc., and so on. Even Ruf allowed the creation of a GT3-spec RGT-8 to make it worthwhile.

Don't get me wrong, it would indeed be nice to have a Huracan GT3 and a roadgoing Aventador, but as you say it's a lot of money per car. Maybe if a Reiter license could be sorted out too for the R-GT, LP600, SV-R and so on it might be more worthwhile, but it's on the list of 'things that only might happen if the game makes big profits'.

[V3ntilator]

Originally posted by pez2k:

Originally posted by DeadRyanDancing:

I really hope they secure the license.

A Ferrari license would cost roughly the entire game's budget.

Project Cars developer made a Ferrari game previously, and it was not big budget.
And Euthenyx? A small developer had a Ferrari game with Ferrari only, and they were even allowed to wreck Ferraris in it.
Its maybe the only developer game ever which got Ferrarri's permition on that.

[pez2k]

Both of those games were funded by publishers, and I suspect TD Ferrari even had multiple publishers behind it. Project CARS is crowd-funded.

[PolarisInParis]

Have we heard any news about the modability of the PC version? Shift 2: Unleashed didn't have the Ferrari license, so hackers just made/ripped models into the game. Could the same happen for Project CARS (especially because it's using an upgraded version of Shift 2's engine)?