Project Motor Racing may not have VR at launch

Straight4 Studios’ Project Motor Racing switched game engines late in its development cycle, moving from Unreal Engine to GIANTS Engine (as used in the Farm Simulator games).

One of the main reasons for this was what CEO Ian Bell described as Unreal’s poor VR performance, so it’s something of a surprise to hear that PMR may not have VR functionality on day one of its release.

“The ambition is for VR to be there at launch, but if not, it’s gonna be there soon after,” said Kevin Boland, Chief Development Officer at Straight4 Studios.

PlayStation VR2 headset functionality, on the other hand, is unlikely to happen at all: “PlayStation VR 2 support is not on the slate currently,” stated Boland. Sad.