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If Project CARS left you wanting more, this list of 50 similar games is for you. Each one shares part of its essence — deep simulation, strong narrative focus and single-player focus — and the NextGameLike editorial team ranks them by a similarity score computed across 8 attributes. My Summer Car comes closest (80/100).
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The closest game to Project CARS is My Summer Car — scoring 80/100 on our similarity scale. Forza Horizon 5 and GTR 2 FIA GT Racing Game follow close behind.
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Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to Project CARS. Each one has been evaluated across 8 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.
With Project CARS it shares strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is tone: punishing difficulty.
Its point of contact with Project CARS is strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode: co-op play.
Released 6 years after Project CARS.
It meets Project CARS on multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view.
With Project CARS it shares strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on game mode: this one brings co-op play.
Released 3 years after Project CARS.
The thread back to Project CARS runs through single-player focus and a first-person view.
It predates Project CARS by 10 years, with what that implies technically.
With Project CARS it shares single-player focus and a first-person view.
It meets Project CARS on strong narrative focus, single-player focus and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is game mode: PvP competition.
Held in common with Project CARS: single-player focus and a first-person view.
Held in common with Project CARS: single-player focus and a first-person view.
It meets Project CARS on single-player focus and a first-person view. What it adds of its own: exploration and discovery, and open world exploration.
Released 3 years after Project CARS.
Its point of contact with Project CARS is single-player focus and a first-person view.
It predates Project CARS by 12 years, with what that implies technically.
What carries over from Project CARS is single-player focus and a first-person view. What it adds of its own: exploration and discovery, and open world exploration.
Same studio: Slightly Mad Studios.
Its point of contact with Project CARS is multiplayer gameplay and a first-person view. Where the two diverge is visuals: an isometric view.
Its point of contact with Project CARS is single-player focus and a first-person view. They part company on visuals: this one brings an isometric view.
Released 3 years after Project CARS.
Its point of contact with Project CARS is single-player focus and a first-person view.
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