pCARS 3 is a MUCH better GAME than its predecessors, the career is much better and it's much more fun to play with a controller now, which was almost unplayable before.
i never thought the pCARS games were good games, but at least they were mediocre sims. It's a lot of fun to finally be able to enjoy those great tracks, that have always existed, in a more arcade It's a bit of a tragedy. Regardless of all that, the PC3 is simply inconsistent and not really engaging. Or like a being on a bumper-car as collisions are inevitable. The car selection is decent, but nothing spectacular, and so are the tracks, with an abundance of narrow "club racing" tracks that make those "win from the back" races feel like trying to drive around a big city at rush hour. AI is all over the place, rubber-banding a lot and beingeither useless or unbeatable. On dry tracks, the car feels sluggish and heavy, on wet tracks it's like handling a fish wearing soapy gloves. Car upgrades are limited to your car class (so you can't turn a Honda Civic into a monster and annihilate your opponents) but the effect on the car performances are minimal. You won by 20 seconds? Sorry, didn't pass 10 cars in 1 minute or didn't draft a car for 30 secs. So winning isn't enough, you must do so by also fulfilling some random criteria that can make your races extra boring or frustrating.
For starters, the TEDIOUS "start around the back of the grid" cliché, which conflicts with some of the arbitrary "goals" the games gives you to get extra money/XP. Or til you get bored, which is the most likely scenario within a few days of playing. Rinse and repeat til you reach the pinnacle of in-game motorsport.
The game's structure is nothing new or inspiring: you start with enough money to purchase a lowly road car, you work your way through some tiered racing series, you earn money and XP points, you purchase new cars, unlock new series and tiers. Or til you get bored, which is the most Project Cars 3 is a huge letdown.