Project Motor Racing can trace its roots back to the GTR days via its team - and a V8 rocket from those days will make it to the sim, as Straight4 Studios confirmed.
Most of the team at Straight4 Studios are veteran sim racing developers, with Studio Lead Ian Bell having gotten the band back together - for the most part, anyway. Their heritage from the GTR days, focusing on the FIA GT Series, were evident from the start of the project, then called GTRevival - early 2000s GT1 racers continue to inspire the team.
So much so, in fact, that the Lister Storm GT was the hero car of Straight4's Silverstone trip this summer on which we got to tag along. The wedge-shaped V12 beast is set to face one of its competitors from back in the day on track in Project Motor Racing - the Saleen S7-R has been confirmed to join the car roster.
Fitted with a 7-liter naturally aspirated V8 engine, the low-slung Saleen was one of the more successful early 2000s endurance cars, racking up wins and championship titles on both sides of the Atlantic. The car raced from 2000 to 2010, when Larbre Competition took its only class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
Having switched from Unreal Engine to GIANTS Engine after Straight4 agreed to a publishing deal with GIANTS Software in the summer of 2024, Project Motor Racing is set to be released in 2025.
What are you hoping for in Project Motor Racing? Let us know in the comments below!
Most of the team at Straight4 Studios are veteran sim racing developers, with Studio Lead Ian Bell having gotten the band back together - for the most part, anyway. Their heritage from the GTR days, focusing on the FIA GT Series, were evident from the start of the project, then called GTRevival - early 2000s GT1 racers continue to inspire the team.
So much so, in fact, that the Lister Storm GT was the hero car of Straight4's Silverstone trip this summer on which we got to tag along. The wedge-shaped V12 beast is set to face one of its competitors from back in the day on track in Project Motor Racing - the Saleen S7-R has been confirmed to join the car roster.
Fitted with a 7-liter naturally aspirated V8 engine, the low-slung Saleen was one of the more successful early 2000s endurance cars, racking up wins and championship titles on both sides of the Atlantic. The car raced from 2000 to 2010, when Larbre Competition took its only class victory at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
More GT1 Competitors Shown, But Not Confirmed
Previously, Straight4 Studios had shown more GT1 competitors that saw racing action against both the S7-R and the Lister, namely the Ferrari 550 GTS Maranello and the Chrysler Viper GTS-R, in screenshots. The cars have not officially been confirmed; however, the focus of the Straight4 team for Project Motor Racing clearly draws inspiration from this era of endurance racing - so we could possibly see even more GT1 goodness in the sim.Having switched from Unreal Engine to GIANTS Engine after Straight4 agreed to a publishing deal with GIANTS Software in the summer of 2024, Project Motor Racing is set to be released in 2025.
What are you hoping for in Project Motor Racing? Let us know in the comments below!
