Project CARS 2 and Forza Motorsport 7 Win Awards at Gamescom 2017

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Project CARS 2 and Forza Motorsport 7 Win Awards at Gamescom 2017
Turn 10 and Slightly Mad Studios both scoop silverware at Gamescom.

This article was published by Gary Slater (@AudiMan2011) on August 29th, 2017 in the Forza Motorsport 7 category.

 

[Cote Dazur]

"Project CARS 2 picked up a decisive win in the “Best Simulation” category. The nominees pitted against the Slightly Mad Studios title were much more varied, with the only other racing game being F1 2017"

Breaking news, PC2 a better simulator than F1 2017, wow I did not see that coming, surely it is the best 2017 simulator out there when not compared to any other simulator. Thanks God we have Gamescom to help us make judicious choices.

 

[JockeP22]

Nice article.

There's been a mistake though.

This article was published by Gary Slater (@AUDI Man) on August 29th, 2017 in the Forza Motorsport 7 category.

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[UKMikey]

"Project CARS 2 picked up a decisive win in the “Best Simulation” category. The nominees pitted against the Slightly Mad Studios title were much more varied, with the only other racing game being F1 2017"

Breaking news, PC2 a better simulator than F1 2017, wow I did not see that coming, surely it is the best 2017 simulator out there when not compared to any other simulator. Thanks God we have Gamescom to help us make judicious choices.

Maybe you could only enter your game for one category at a time and they didn't think it was a good enough racing game to go up against Forza? *shrugs*

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Nice article.

There's been a mistake though.

I don't know what you're talking about...

Small problem with the blog software. That, and Newsie can be a little temperamental if we don't feed him a regular supply of ones and zeros.

 

[Dsavage27]

Wow gran turismo sport was not even mentioned...lol

 

[FT-1]

Wow gran turismo sport was not even mentioned...lol

A curious absence from the awards list was Gran Turismo Sport. The upcoming PS4 racer didn’t make the shortlist for either the racing game or simulation categories. There’s a reason, however: it was a nominee last year and thus ineligible.

 

[Dsavage27]

Ahh I missed that part

 

[OooAhh Cantona]

I don't put much stake in these awards, but I still would like an explanation. Math may not be my strength. A racing game wins Best Simulator, but apparently it does not simulate racing well enough to win Best Racing Game. Hmm...

 

[Mr Tree]

I don't put much stake in these awards, but I still would like an explanation. Math may not be my strength. A racing game wins Best Simulator, but apparently it does not simulate racing well enough to win Best Racing Game. Hmm...

What if I told you a lot of people think it simulates racing to much to be considered a 'game'?

 

[HarlemG27]

Wait a minute, why wasn't Forza in the sim category?

 

[ImaRobot]

Wait a minute, why wasn't Forza in the sim category?

The game is very much a sim IMO, but just like GTS, it's just at the lower spectrum for most people I would imagine.

 

[UKMikey]

What if I told you a lot of people think it simulates racing to much to be considered a 'game'?

Maybe it's at the wrong trade show then.

 

[Mr Tree]

Maybe it's at the wrong trade show then.

Well it still is a game you know but if average joe has to pick best game I think higher fidelity sims score lower in thede contests.

 

[UKMikey]

Well it still is a game you know but if average joe has to pick best game I think higher fidelity sims score lower in thede contests.

Hence the separate sim and game awards, like I said above?

I think SMS needs at least some of those average joes to help pay for the next game in the series unless I'm drastically underestimating the amount of money they raise through crowdfunding. If so, they need to make it accessible to them as well. How well it manages that balancing act is probably what's represented in the judges' awards.