eSport er bygget ind i Project Cars 2 "fra bunden af"

Project Cars 2 udkommer senere på måneden, og i den forbindelse tog vi os en snak med spillets instruktør, Stephen Viljoen, omkring en hel række emner. Blandt disse var spillets eSportspotentiale, og her er der åbenbart masser at komme efter:

"Project Cars was a big hit with the ever-competitive sim-racing community. Our focus for Project Cars 2 then was to get the esports component into the game from the ground-up, and that has resulted in a few new additions to the game that will make Project Cars an even stronger player in the esports arena. Top of that list of new additions is the new Competitive Racing License, and new Broadcast and Director Modes."

"The Competitive Racing License comes to Project Cars 2 to enhance two main areas; online racing, and matchmaking."

"To promote more orderly and clean racing, online players can choose to enable the Online Reputation License, which grades drivers based on their driving across online races. Poor driving and racing etiquette will give a player a lower safety ranking, or a deduction in their safety ranking, whereas professional, clean driving standards and race craft will give the driver a higher or improved safety ranking."

"The other part of the Competitive Racing License will also serve to highlight drivers' skill levels, and that will give prospective esport team-owners a chance to recruit the best talent into their teams for their esport programs."

"Live-stream functionality is now an essential part of esports. With this in mind, Project Cars 2 features both a Director and Broadcast Mode, built-in, that affords players powerful tools to live-stream their races along with advanced solutions for shoutcasting duties."

Det lader til at Project Cars 2 indeholder et hav af features der skal forbedre eSportsoplevelsen. Så er spørgsmålet bare, skal du have spillet?