Project CARS has not simply seen one or two delays, it has seen three. Back in October, Slightly Mad Studios revealed that their game, Project CARS had been delayed from a November 2014 release to a March 2015 release.
Last month, the second delay was announced. Instead of releasing on March 17, 2015 Project CARS would release on April 2nd.
Today, publisher Bandai Namco has revealed that Project CARS will be released in mid-May 2015 on the PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The Wii U's release remains as vague as it ever was. A statement from Slightly Mad Studios claims that the third delay is founded on the racing game being "intricately detailed" and requiring more polish.
In regards to all of the delays, Slightly Mad Studios will offer in-game content that will be available from day one.
Here's the full statement from Slightly Mad Studios' Ian Bell:
Despite our long heritage and pedigree in making critically-acclaimed racing games, Project Cars is by far the grandest and most intricately detailed of them all. Despite therefore the game being 99.9 per cent complete, the remaining 0.1 per cent attending to small issues and bugs has been tricky to anticipate.
We're absolutely dedicated to delivering a ground-breaking experience and by targeting mid-May fans can be assured that's what they'll receive.
Again, we want to thank our fans for their support and patience on this matter. There's a high expectancy from racing fans around the world that Project Cars is going to be an exciting new contender in the simulation racing space and we firmly believe gamers deserve it to be in its most complete and polished state when they come to play it on day one.
And since the gaming community is our primary focus and has always been at the heart of the project during development, we would like to offer some free content to all players as compensation for this short delay and as acknowledgement of how grateful we are. This gift, that we're sure is going to excite fans, will be available from day one and revealed shortly. Keep an eye on our website for more info.
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