Whats better? this or the first one?

[loafhimself]

I have played the first one a fair amount at my mates on a pad and found it easy to play (after i got the hang of it, is a sim after all) just wondering how this one compares.

Many thanks!

[MISTER WU]

mmm it all depends mate.
people are hoping/waiting for the next patch to fix a lot of issues that were in pcars1 and carried over to pcars2.

To me, they are basically the same but 2 has more tracks and cars and weather conditions.
Also remember pcars1 took around 4-6 months of patches to work half decently.

[SlowBloke]

This...if only for the improved physics at, and over the limit.

[ASR@Feynman]

For fun....Pcars1 works well...just online, very few drivers.

Pcars 2 I agree, it has more cars , more tracks.....improved physics, in some cases yes, but I’m not convinced it makes for a better GAME.....certainly it takes longer, imo...to get competitive and learn how to drive the cars, especially compared to pcars1.

Let’s see what the feb patch gives us

[SlowBloke]

Also VR experience is miles better. Using UI in the HMD is really well thought out.

Also being able to change some gfx / sound / ffb / etc... without quiting the session is really nice.

[A.G.Racer]

Pc1 is faaaaar superior to PC2 in Visual quality! PC2 is to arcade like and looks like Video Game (unrealistic colors and horrible trees) A big downgrade after PC1! Really sad.. i m not a fanboy, i play all car games! The most realistic is GT sport (ps4). i just like the snow races in pc2

[SlowBloke]

Originally posted by gabdimension:

Pc1 is faaaaar superior to PC2 in Visual quality! PC2 is to arcade like and looks like Video Game (unrealistic colors and horrible trees) A big downgrade after PC1! Really sad.. i m not a fanboy, i play all car games! The most realistic is GT sport (ps4). i just like the snow races in pc2

Yea.. err ok.. GT Sport realistic heheh - good one ;)

[Bob]

Originally posted by SlowBloke:

Yea.. err ok.. GT Sport realistic heheh - good one ;)

Actually GTS is a very good game, zero issues , one of the most polished games you can play online.
Ok not a sim as such , but against humans it is a lot of fun.

Originally posted by loafhimself:

I have played the first one a fair amount at my mates on a pad and found it easy to play (after i got the hang of it, is a sim after all) just wondering how this one compares.

Many thanks!

To be honest they are both very similar , I just came off after a short session playing in VR, PCARS 2 is a lot better than the first game especially in VR , still got some bugs here and there but if you are playing with a joypad it is certainly a lot better than PCARS 1.

The audio in particular is pretty intense , visuals are more colourful but less realistic I think , gameplay is solid enough, a few months ago I would not have recommended the game, but if you want a racing simcade type game using a joypad , you will enjoy it , on max settings the game is quite demanding but looks great at 4k. I play it @ 1080P 144FPS it is very stable on those settings, Good luck if you decide to buy it , I doubt you will regret it , as long as your aware it still requires a few fixes here and there.

[SCRABSDEAD]

PC2 FTW

[Squat']

Go for Pcars 2 lots more track / cars / better weather system for the track condition / more option to make a race.
I find Pcars 1 not really a simulation more like a demo for what they can do. I was disapointed when i got the 1 but love the 2.

Edit : If you do online race go for the 2, once you get a better ranking you can have clean race.

[SlowBloke]

@Bob - no doubt dont disagree at all there.

Used to love GT but GT5 was my last purchase - I cannot listen to the constant screeching of tyres in GT anymore plus it jsut felt like it was a rehash every time with essentially new gfx for exactly the same game - it just didnt move forward (until GT Sport by adding the multiplayer aspects they did - but still based on the videos it at least looks like it feels the same).

I do wish we had scheduled races in PC2 like SRS / GT Sport / iRacing.

Some aspects of graphics in GT Sport are for sure class leading (replays - wowzer).

GT is always slick - but they wisely take their time but then they also have limitless budgets in comparison.

Nothing wrong with a fun racer - but someone calling it more realistic is a bit of a stretch thats all :)

[Kobold]

Go for Pcars2, i own both and Pcars2 is already far superior to pcars1 and next patch coming in 2-3 weeks.

Much better physics in pcars2, more and better tracks, weather and ffb.

But pcars2 got also lower performance and sound compared to pcars1.

[A.G.Racer]

Originally posted by Bob:

Originally posted by SlowBloke:

Yea.. err ok.. GT Sport realistic heheh - good one ;)

Actually GTS is a very good game, zero issues , one of the most polished games you can play online.
Ok not a sim as such , but against humans it is a lot of fun.

Originally posted by loafhimself:

I have played the first one a fair amount at my mates on a pad and found it easy to play (after i got the hang of it, is a sim after all) just wondering how this one compares.

Many thanks!

To be honest they are both very similar , I just came off after a short session playing in VR, PCARS 2 is a lot better than the first game especially in VR , still got some bugs here and there but if you are playing with a joypad it is certainly a lot better than PCARS 1.

The audio in particular is pretty intense , visuals are more colourful but less realistic I think , gameplay is solid enough, a few months ago I would not have recommended the game, but if you want a racing simcade type game using a joypad , you will enjoy it , on max settings the game is quite demanding but looks great at 4k. I play it @ 1080P 144FPS it is very stable on those settings, Good luck if you decide to buy it , I doubt you will regret it , as long as your aware it still requires a few fixes here and there.

Wait.. 144fps 1080p ? What settings? no AA) Its horrible without AA in thie game (i got a gtx 1080ti) never reach 144fps in Ultra or high settings

[loafhimself]

Thanks for all the awesome feedback, think i will grab this when i have a few days off next week!
I'll see how i do with a pad first them i might get a wheel and peddles even though the last game i played with a wheel was GT3 lol

[Bob]

Originally posted by gabdimension:

Wait.. 144fps 1080p ? What settings? no AA) Its horrible without AA in thie game (i got a gtx 1080ti) never reach 144fps in Ultra or high settings

SLi .. no vsync , overall medium to high settings , ultra drops frames and we don't want that,
Performance for me everytime over visuals, solid as a rock on those settings for me.(144fps)