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Project CARS Will “Showcase The Hidden Power Of The Wii U”

Slightly Mad creative director Andy Tudor believes that the long-awaited Project CARS will showcase the hidden power of the Wii U. Tudor was asked by Gaming Bolt whether or not the lower specs of the Wii U compared to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 would ultimately affect the gorgeous racing game on the platform. Here’s his reply:

“No, if anything I think it’ll showcase the hidden power that the Wii U has. There’s no equivalent of Project CARS on Wii U, yet we hear the shouts from Nintendo fans loud and clear that they can’t wait to get their hands on this kind of experience so we hope to make them proud with the quality of the visuals.

“Sure there are maybe more stringent technical constraints but the same core experience will remain, plus additional features that take advantage of the controller’s unique second screen and touch interface.”

Thanks, LazyAnmtoR

160 thoughts on “Project CARS Will “Showcase The Hidden Power Of The Wii U””

    1. I’m surprised people still think the Wii U is weak even after Need for Speed Most Wanted U came out. The graphics rivaled that of the PC version.

      1. As an owner of said game, I can vouch for it and say that it is the best looking racer I’ve played on consoles thus far. Very happy to have it.

          1. I played both games and loved both games, I wish we could get one with the story of an old game and the graphics of a new game

        1. I bought it too and, visually, it is the best version. The hability to change cars with the touchscreen on the fly is great. Too bad the game doesn´t have local multiplayer (no version has).

        1. Uhh hello! mother says two all ways try ur best and two never give up four the holy spirit is in mii and i can due all things threw him.
          -thebensanders :)

          1. WiiU does not look better. However, Xenoblade 2 will be a wiiU exclusive and there is no game on XboxOne or PS4 that will ever come close to that game.

          1. So you’re agreeing with me? You just said the same thing i just said. And as an owner of both the PS4 and Wii U, The PS4 looks surprisingly alot better, but Wii U has more fun games, So I currently like the Wii U more.

            1. I thought you were being sarcastic because you posted an Assassin’s Creed IV comparison in which the PS$ version only looks slightly better.

              1. It’s slightly better because it’s a multiplat. If you compare Shadowfall to the launch title Zombi U you will see the PS4 is vastly superior, but It’s going to take more than pretty pictures for me to have fun on the PS4. I only have Knack, Killzone(My favorite), and Battlefield and i’m not impressed at all.

                1. To be fair, the ps4 was built for easy to develop next-gen graphics for day one apparently. It can last but there isn’t too much that can be improved over time (or so they think). The Wii U is a mileage system while PS4 is great from the get go, whether or not it improves we will see

                2. Comparing ShadowFall to ZombiU is pretty unfair. ZombiU looks like shit. Who cares if they’re both launch titles, killzone was clearly in development for much longer and probably had a bigger and more experienced team. Killzone is a first party title after all.

            2. Having played the ps4(my brother’s) for more than a day(played bf4, Ghost and killzone), right now the games wasnt worth the money spent on buying the ps4 IMO rather than spending it on the wiiu which has more games now, im thinking of picking up W101 cus it looks interesting..

            1. Multiplats are irrelevant when judging a console’s graphical prowess. The best looking PS3 exclusives “curbstomp” the best looking Wii U exclusives.

              1. Wii U’s been out for 14 months, PS3 has been out for 8 years. Compare Wii U’s best to PS3’s best in 2007.

              2. Ada, you do realize that the PS3 is shit to develop for? The only on to take real power of the console it took them close to the end of the consoles life cycle to get those. Yea multi’s may not count but when you look what they do with the hardware then you have to notice it.

                The Wii U’s best looking games being SM3DW, Sonic Lost World (if your generous), WWHD and Pikmin 3 look just as good and hell even better than a lot of PS3 exclusives and most of those are first time developing for the console

          2. Youtube videos don’t show off the best quality. And games like Monolith Softs X isn’t done yet. Not to mention Wii U has more 1080p and 60fps games in the pipeline. Yes PS4 is better at REALISTIC graphics but who gives a flying fuck about realism in games. You want realistic then how about Bob Goes To The Office: Overtime Edition.

              1. Uh… were you around during the 90s? The “console wars” were all about “blast processing”, “64 bit is better than 16”, “Mode 7”.

                  1. No they wouldn’t have been. The N64 and GCN got few multiplats because of their restrictive formats (cartridges and min-DVDS).

          3. Irrelevant. This talk is about how Need For Speed Most Wanted was better on WiiU than any other version. And, by the way, the jump on graphic quality is not so high from the last to the current generarion. Graphics today is the least thing we should care about when chosing what game to buy

    2. Everybody here who owns a wiiU better buy this game. If you don’t then don’t come on here complaining about third party support which I see many of you doing.

  1. Mhm, might pick up this game. As long as it’s better than EAs Need for Speed on my Wii U; the only EA game I have bought in ages, and it’s the only game I have that makes my Wii U freeze…

    1. Strange, my Wii U just freezes with NBA 2k13… Anyway, if you enjoy racing ganes, this might be one of the best ever created!!

    2. 3rd parties already know that!!! They are just too lazy to compete with Nintendo titles to tap Wii U’s true potential!!! Day one for me!

  2. if they wanna showcase the power of the wii u, a new F-Zero would certainly do the trick. like GX for gamecube, ran in silkysmooth 60fps and looked amazing! ;D looks even more amazing on the Dolphin emulator in 1080p… yummy!

    1. Maybe…but I am going to be one of those 50!!! What’s your point saying that anyways? Sounds like you are butt hurt about something?

  3. shin’en will already take care of showcasing the hidden power.. then it won’t be so hidden anymore

    but it’s of course never wrong to then utilize this “not so hidden anymore” power :D

    i’m just curious how they want to solve the analogue trigger problem.. i’ll never understand why nintendo omitted that, it’s common sense that such a feature is necessary in any modern controller

  4. I like how this company is saying “Wii U isn’t powerful? Ha! Nice joke, but really the system is really good for graphics, not like the PS4/Xbone but still looks sexier than the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions”

    This is what 3rd Parties need to do and take that risk of selling their game on the Wii U like these guys are doing :)

  5. It’s already been proven that the Wii U specs match up to the PS4 and XBOX One evenly if not with the capacity to outperform them so the comments from Slightly Mad Studios don’t surprise me at all. Particularly because they have had a Wii U kit for longer than most companies. Long enough to make a Wii U specific engine if the7 choose, or to optimize the bejabbers of any last-gen engine port.

    1. I think the Wii U is more on par with the Xbox One in terms of power but I think you’re right. The Wii U does have some hidden power because look at ZombiU and Need for Speed Most Wanted U, both those games show some of the hidden power of the console.

      1. To be honest ZombiU was not finished and it was Ubi’s fault was releasing it as it,was – it made the console look bad. On the other hand, Criterion ported Most Wanted U over and gave it PC visuals – and for what it was, I was impressed. It wasn’t even tapping into what it could really pull off.

        If Nintendo showed a taste from 3D World, then I would be amazed, if not a little scared as to what it can really pull off – and I mean all the hardware working together, literally at the bursting point.

      2. I’m not sure if you saw my post earlier about this, but the Wii U actually has power to match the PS4.

        As you know the PS4 and XBOX One have a 8-core x86 CPU code named ‘Jaguar.’ They also have 8GB of system RAM. It is said that the PS4 GPU is either a 7870 or a 7850 and the XBOX1 GPU is a 7850. x86 architecture uses what is called CISC or (Complex Instruction Set Computing.) This allows for the hardware to do the majority of the work and gives developers most of the power available right away.

        The Wii U has 3 CPUs. A custom tri-core PowerPC750 built to run like a Power7 code named ‘Expresso.’ It also has a dual-core input/output ARM processor and a dedicated sound CPU. So altogether the Wii U has 6 available physical cores. PowerPC runs on what is called RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computing.) This approach uses a much smaller memory footprint and has much faster communication. For those who are lazy this is kryptonite, but for those that are ambitious and talented this is a dream because it allows for better performance with very low power consumption. Once you actually take the time to figure out the architecture and make a engine making games will be just as easy as making them on the PS4 and XBOX1, but with better results.

        No only that, but PowerPC technology is more efficient than x86. One core of a PowerPC is worth 2 cores of an x86 So to put that in perspective. If you look at the fact that the Wii U has 3 CPUs with 6 cores between them that would be an equivalent to 12 cores of an x86. To show how this plays out in captivity, Resogun for the PS4 uses HALF of the 8-core PS4 CPU. Nano Assault NEO only uses on core of the Wii U. Nano Assualt NEO on the PS4 would use 2 cores. Not only that, Nano did not use any of the eDRAM on the Wii U GPU or any GPGPU functionality. And it was ported off of a last-gen engine. The games look virtually the same in terms of graphics.

        So as you can see at WORST the Wii U is capable of doing anything the PS4 can. At best (probably 1st-party games only) we may see games that actually look BETTER on the Wii U than the PS4. People will never accept this and that is fine but I’m just glad I know the power the Wii U has. It didn’t even rally need to be this powerful but it’s nice that it is. This kind of reminds me of the GameCube vs XBOX debate. On paper it looked like the XBOX was more powerful but the GameCube actually was more efficient and outperformed the XBOX. It’s all about optimization. That’s what Slightly Mad has done for Project C.A.R.S. and what Criterion did for NFS:MWU.

        This announcement from Slightly mad won’t go viral, but let someone say that Wii U is last-gen. That’ll be front page news.

          1. Traditionally that is not where truth is found. I would like to apologize however for any misconceptions that your opinion actually matters to anyone besides you. That was indeed a “miss” on my part. I should have been more forthcoming to inform you that it does not. I will not be as negligent in my duties in the future.

            Thanks for the heads up! :)

            1. You must be the most boring person in the world…

              Anyway, it is absurd to even suggest the Wii U can compete with, let alone out perform the PS4/X1. Clearly, you are clueless when it comes to computer hardware.

              1. Let say for the sake of argument that I am boring. Exactly what does that have to do with anything?

                Red herrings and ad-hominems. Really? C’mon. You can do better than that. Show me something besides insults and you opinion to prove otherwise since you are the hardware guru around here.

                I’m listening………..

                1. “No only that, but PowerPC technology is more efficient than x86. One core of a PowerPC is worth 2 cores of an x86 So to put that in perspective. If you look at the fact that the Wii U has 3 CPUs with 6 cores between them that would be an equivalent to 12 cores of an x86. To show how this plays out in captivity, Resogun for the PS4 uses HALF of the 8-core PS4 CPU. Nano Assault NEO only uses on core of the Wii U. Nano Assualt NEO on the PS4 would use 2 cores. Not only that, Nano did not use any of the eDRAM on the Wii U GPU or any GPGPU functionality. And it was ported off of a last-gen engine. The games look virtually the same in terms of graphics.”

                  Where the HELL did you get that load of shit from? It sounds like it was completely made up.

                  1. The you clearly do not understand hardware like some of us do.

                    He’s telling the complete truth. Plain and simple. If you think it’s made up, then provide evidence to blow the comment out of the water.

              2. He’s clueless? I’m not saying he’s completely right here, but he’s the only one that has come with any sort of explanation to why he believes the Wii U is so powerful. You on the other hand, just talk smack.

          1. You’ve got to be kidding me. You bring up a anonymous statement made by an “unnamed developer” as fodder against the wall of factual statements made by named developer.

            I made that post several days ago and it pissed you off so bad that you’ve been trolling around trying to find something you thought was tangible to debunk it and all you did was magnify the transparency of your own lack of intelligence.

            1. I use Flipboard and this article came up today. Coincidently the next article I read was the one I linked so I thought I’d link it here for your reading pleasure.

              I’m sorry to hurt you fanboy ego but this is the only place on the web where I have seen people trying to convince themselves that the WiiU has better graphics then the ps4.

              This really doesn’t affect me in any way but I just like to actually call out bs when I read it. I can find you dozens of articles saying that the ps4 produces better graphics than the WiiU but I’d be wasting my time as you already have yourself convinced.

    2. Indeed yes. The specs and the hardware configuration make sense and when the engines are designed correctly for the console and actually using the hardware as it is meant to be used, and not just code whacked here and there, and then ship if off – it doesn’t work.

      If this game is as good as it sounds, then I shall definitely be considered. Hopefully it will wipe the smirks off EA’s faces and the likes.

    3. Wii U is using Power pc, X86 is archaic as fuck I’m PS4 and xbox aren’t the powerhouses everone is saying they are.

      1. It’s cheap and easy. That’s my Microsoft and Sony are using it. It’s lazy-proof for developers and it allows the PS4 and XBOX One to sell at a profit (of course Kinect ruins the profit for the XBOX One.)

        Seriously, but off topic. Microsoft really needs to ditch the Kinect. It just really gets in the way of everything you want to do. It should not be forced upon people. Make it a peripheral for those who want it and call it a day.

        1. jesus the amount of ignorance in these posts is baffling

          suddenly x86 is cheap and easy too

          what next.. is it maybe using magic tricks?

          1. Actually X86 isn’t really the best, even Sony’s President said that Nintendo was wise to go for the PowerPC. Original, Sony had planned to use PowerPC but developers were complaining it was too hard to work with (Meaning the power of it was too much for them to handle) so Sony decide to switch to x86 which is cheaper and a lot more easier to develop for.

            1. “but developers were complaining it was too hard to work with (Meaning the power of it was too much for them to handle)”

              yeah i’m sure that was the reason ;)

              also i’d love to see some source to the claim that sony planned to go with powerPC because to my knowledge that was never the case

      2. no x86 is not archaic what the hell are you talking about

        do you want to know how old the kernel in the windows machine you’re currently using is? more than 20 years, that’s how old

        x86 is an ISA and as such it is mostly software and software can be kept up to date and in this case IS being kept up to date

        x86 is one of the most cultivated ISA available today

        software is *never* archaic just because it is old

    4. “It’s already been proven that the Wii U specs match up to the PS4 and XBOX One evenly if not with the capacity to outperform them”

      that is very far fetched.. none of that has been proven and it’s also very unlikely

      it’s ridiculous to claim the wii u is as slow as the last console gen but it’s equally ridiculous to claim it’s on par with both the PS4 or XBO or actually even *outperforming* them

      you’re not helping your case with that statement… not at all

        1. how about you do that? you made the ridiculous claim the wii u was more powerful than both the xbox one and the PS4 so please have a go at it

          1. What do you mean “how do you do that?” I didn’t make any claims at all. I stated what the hardware is in the Wii U, what the hardware is in the PS4 and XBOX One, and how they relate to each other power-wise.

            There is nothing else that needs to be said. It’s obvious that you choose not to believe it or choose to use your literacy skills either. I said that people won’t except this and that is fine, yet here you are……I don’t get it.

            I mean, why do you think it matters to me that you don’t believe this. There isn’t anything else for me to say. If it bothers you so much then do a research paper or something on PowerPC vs x86 and RISC vs CISC.

            I don’t argue with people. If someone willingly chooses not to believe something the conversation is over. You are perfectly entitled to believe whatever you want.

            1. “”I didn’t make any claims at all.”

              of course you didn’t

              “”It’s already been proven that the Wii U specs match up to the PS4 and XBOX One evenly if not with the capacity to outperform them””
              ring a bell?

              “”There is nothing else that needs to be said. It’s obvious that you choose not to believe it or choose to use your literacy skills either. “”

              oh you must be the church then expecting me to believe that homosexuals are bad people and will go to hell because they said so

              deliver some facts and if you can’t just keep your ridiculous claims to yourself

              “”I mean, why do you think it matters to me that you don’t believe this. “”

              why do you think it doesn’t matter to me when i can show everyone how ignorant you are?

              “”There isn’t anything else for me to say. If it bothers you so much then do a research paper or something on PowerPC vs x86 and RISC vs CISC. “”

              there is no such thing, nor will there ever be, no one associated with research who’s in their right mind would claim that either of the technologies is ultimately better than the other and yet here you are claiming that is the case
              congratulations

              “”I don’t argue with people.””
              that’s right you don’t, because obviously you don’t have anything to argue with

              “”If someone willingly chooses not to believe something the conversation is over. You are perfectly entitled to believe whatever you want. “”

              what conversation? you’re making shit up and expect people to believe it and agree with you, that’s not a conversation that’s sunday mass
              is this the extent of your social interaction with other people? how delusional can you get..

              your bigotry is fucking unbelievable and you’re really pissing me off with that

              whenever i see you making such idiotic claims again be sure that i WILL reply and i will pull them to pieces, i don’t need your consent for that or your willingness to do “conversation” as you say

              1. If you do not like what he said, as he gave you a suggestion that could prove whether what he is saying is right or wrong, you could do the research. Instead, you used insults which did not help anything or provide anything useful.

                1. he’s the one who made the tall claims, even saying it was *proven* (the nerve!), thus he is the one who has to provide sources

                  by definition you cannot disprove claims such as the one he made (“this and that has a lot of power you just can’t see it, no one can but me”) just as you cannot disprove it when i claim that a microscopic china teapot is revolving around the sun
                  however that doesn’t make the claim true

                  naturally he won’t come up with any sources
                  i know that these sources simply do not exist, i’ve been keeping myself up to speed on anything relating to the hardware of the wii u

                  he is making that stuff up as he goes along

                  yes i did insult him and i will again if i come across such statements of his again, denying to provide sources

          2. I’m sorry, but the burden of guilt is always on the accuser. If you wanna accuse someone of a crime, for example, you have to prove that they’re guilty, not the other way around.

            1. also this is not fucking lawschool here

              if you deny to provide facts to a bold statement, which xpander2k did, then that statement has no foundation and no relevance

            2. but hey maybe i should just do that too

              provide iditotic claims without sources which no one can easily disprove -> thus they must be correct

              and sure enough some random guy will come along and defend that claim as long as i make sure that it’s so fucking stupid that it simply MUST be true

              how about this one: the GPU in the wii U actually has more power than a 780ti
              it’s been proven!

        2. i can certainly understand why people claim this site is full of idiotic ignorant fanboys.. because it is

          i love nintendo, i really do, but even i have to cringe at the bullshit you’re writing here so you can justify supporting nintendo

          you wanna know how i justify supporting nintendo?
          *because i enjoy their games*!!

          i don’t have to make up some random bullshit facts like you apparently have to in order to increase the size of your e-peen

          jesus FUCKING christ

          1. You really don’t know much about x86 vs PowerPC tech….

            Go talk with the head of Sony and he’ll tell you the PowerPC in the Wii U is considerably more powerful than the x86 CPU in the PS4/Xbone. The only reason they went for x86 CPUs is because PC devs find them more easier to use.

            1. “You really don’t know much about x86 vs PowerPC tech…. ”

              and you do i suppose? then please elaborate
              this should be amusing

              also provide some sources for the bullshit you’re spouting

      1. But it is his job to promote and he couldnt get more than one improvised sentence out of his mouth? I guess the stage shock got to him but i thought he would be used to it sheeesh. he made the worst move possible by storming off like that.

  6. I am so looking forward to Project CARS, by far the game I’m most excited about in 2014! It made #1 on my list on my YouTube channel (TheS2Guy)

  7. Well you two, we’ve not really seen anything that it can do.

    Why is that you may say…..easy one, in fact no brainer. Developers look at the clock speeds, but no considered each core doing quite a lot. That’s why don’t read into clock speeds.

    Also the 34Mb of eDRAM can be clocked as high as 1Tb a second – now that’s very fast, that’s quicker than the 8Gb of GDDR5 RAM in the PS4, and that’s built onto the die.

    1. Don’t bother man. After the long dissertation I posed with facts as to the Wii U power (in a thread about a developer openly saying that the Wii U is powerful) I have people still saying prove the Wii U is as powerful at the PS4 with the potential to outperform it. For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. For those who don’t believe, no explanation will do.

        1. Their comments are kind of confusing and contradictory though. They on one hand they say that the game will show off the “hidden power” of the Wii U . Then they turn around and say that their are “stringent technical limitations” on the console. So which is it?

  8. this is one of those games I can get on PC and play it at Ultra setting but whats the point if the U version has the ultimate gameplay. see this is one of the reasons why Im not getting a ps4 or xbox one because what the U doesn’t get the PC will and it will play better. but if its on the U you bet your ass im going wiiU all day.

    1. Well yeah, I mean why would you spend money on a console with PC-like architecture and not go with a console that’s been designed from scratch?

      I’ve yet to see a shed of proof to show the Wii U cannot do something. So far I have seen nothing. That tells me people are just lying, and I am not a programmer.

    2. So where’s GTA , The Last of Us, Ni No Kuni, Halo, Uncharted, inFamous, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, God of War, Quantum Break, Ratchet and Clank, Destiny, Forza, Gran Turismo, Red Dead Redemption on your precious lil PC?

      1. Does he have to like those games? Not playing certain games will not make or break a person. I could live my life without those games but I do not have to. I only like two of those game series and that is GTA and God of War.

  9. A real shame I couldnt care less about racing sims :( I would love to support those guys…Well, maybe some other project sometime in the future. Or maybe I will take a look at Project Cars and discover my hidden love for racing sims :P

  10. “Sure there are maybe more stringent technical constraints but the same core experience will remain.”

    What exactly does that mean? It’ll look good but it won’t have as high a framerate?

    1. Not the frame rate, most likely the visuals (hate the word graphics).

      No point releasing a game that is unplayable – won’t sell. I am sure this developer won’t allow it.

  11. yeah we cannot wait to get our hands on it because there’s nothing else to play especially proper racing games, when kiddies go crazy for yet another re-hash Mario Kart !

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  14. “Sure there are maybe more stringent technical constraints but the same core experience will remain, plus additional features that take advantage of the controller’s unique second screen and touch interface.” That right there already makes me feel no confidence in it showcasing the console’s power.. the fact that they say the word “technical constraints” means it’s probably just going to be a lazy port graphics wise but with additional gamepad support. :(

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