Project CARS System Requirements: Can You Run It?

Project CARS
Developer:
Slightly Mad Studios
Publisher:
Bandai Namco Entertainment, Slightly Mad Studios
Release date:
8 May 2015 (8 years ago)
User score:
4.8 / 5 (46 votes)
Hardware demand level:
(1/10)

Official Project CARS system requirements for PC

These are the PC specifications advised by developers to run Project CARS at minimal and recommended settings. Although these requirements are usually approximate, they can still be used to determine the indicative hardware tier needed to play the game.

PassMinimum requirements

Pass Graphics card:
nVidia GTX 260, ATI Radeon HD 5770
Pass CPU:
2.66 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q8400, 3.0 GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940
Pass Memory:
4Gb RAM
File size:
25 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows Vista, Windows 7 with latest Service Packs
DirectX:
Version 9.0c

PassRecommended requirements

Pass Graphics card:
GT600 series, AMD Radeon HD7000 series
Pass CPU:
3.5 GHz Intel Core i7 3700, 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350
Pass Memory:
8Gb RAM
File size:
25 GB available space
Operating system:
Windows 7 with latest Service Packs
DirectX:
Version 11

Project CARS performance on your PC

Project CARS performance on your GPU

GeForce RTX 3060's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

RTX 3060
recommended
GeForce GT 610
30 fps @ low
1366×768
60 fps @ medium
1920×1080

Projected FPS in various settings and resolutions

Project CARS FPS calculator: average frames per second on GeForce RTX 3060 (according to our approximations). FPS may vary depending on your operating system and other factors.

low settings / 768p
120−130 FPS
medium settings / 1080p
120−130 FPS

Project CARS performance on your CPU

Core i5-12400's performance compared to the game's official system requirements.

i5-12400
recommended
FX-8350

User Ratings

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4.8 46 votes

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