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Project CARS 3

Project CARS 3

Journey from weekend warrior to racing legend & experience the thrill & emotion of authentic racing. Own, upgrade and personalise hundreds of cars, customise your driver, tailor every setting & play the way you want in YOUR Ultimate Driver Journey.

Released Aug 27, 2020 Developer Slightly Mad Studios Publisher BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Platforms Windows RacingArcadeActionSportsAutomobile Sim
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

54.4%positive3,469 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“If you liked the Need for Speed Shift games, Forza Motorsport or Gran Turismo, you'll probably like this. Its not like Project Cars 1 or 2, its not a sim game at all. It's even less of a sim than Forza and GT. I've had fun with it this week though.”

— a player, Steam review · 18 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“has cars which is great for a racing game!!!!”

— a player, Steam review · 17 hrs played
Not recommended · 1 found this helpful

“AI can overrun you with insane grip, no matter the car AI drives”

— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:07 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

13playing at last check
1024-hour peak
704all-time peak
0 250 500 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 253 avg · Sep 2020

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

61achievements
4.5%median completion
0.6%rarest: Fully Charged
88.4% of players 79.9% of players 67.0% of players 54.9% of players 53.0% of players 49.6% of players 47.8% of players 45.7% of players 44.2% of players 38.1% of players 35.6% of players 34.8% of players 32.2% of players 29.5% of players 24.8% of players 21.3% of players 17.2% of players 15.7% of players 14.5% of players 14.2% of players 13.2% of players 12.9% of players 12.5% of players 12.4% of players 11.8% of players 10.7% of players 8.4% of players 7.6% of players 6.8% of players 6.1% of players 4.5% of players 4.0% of players 3.4% of players 3.2% of players 2.9% of players 2.7% of players 2.4% of players 2.3% of players 2.3% of players 2.2% of players 2.0% of players 1.9% of players 1.7% of players 1.7% of players 1.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.3% of players 1.3% of players 1.1% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 88.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
88.4%Here's The Keys — Purchase your first car.
79.9%The Journey Begins — Complete the first Career race.
67.0%The Treble — Complete all 3 Career Objectives in a single Career Event.
Rarest badges of honor
0.6%Fully Charged — Complete all objectives in the Electric Pack Career Events.
0.6%Max Power — Complete all objectives in the Power Pack Career Events.
0.6%Style Over Substance — Complete all objectives in the Style Pack Career Events.

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

Freecurrent · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
Freelowest since tracking began2026-07-11

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

May 04, 2021
The Electric Pack DLC for Project CARS 3 is available now !

The "Electric Pack" shines a light on the vehicles of the future with four astonishing electric-powered sports and race cars: 2020 Porsche Taycan Turbo S, 2020 Volkswagen ID.R, 2019 Nio EP9, and, for

Mar 02, 2021
The Power Pack DLC for Project CARS 3 is available now !

The “Power Pack” brings three legendary Japanese icons to the racing game: The 1985 Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-Apex (AE86), the Nissan Silvia S15 Spec-R Aero, and the Nissan 370Z. In addition, the 2021

Dec 15, 2020
The Style Pack DLC for Project CARS 3 is available now !

The "Style Pack" brings three breathtaking new cars to the game: the most powerful Ferrari road car in history, the most powerful Lamborghini in history, and the 1,817hp Hennessey Venom F5, months bef

Dec 07, 2020
Project CARS 3 Update 3

Thanks for playing Project CARS 3! We hope this latest update will improve your playing experience. Online Issue with online players moving at different times during rolling starts fixed with automati

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Screenshots

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Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresRacing
Player tagsRacing · Arcade · Action · Sports · Automobile Sim · First-Person · Simulation · Third Person · 3D Vision · Realistic · Immersive Sim · Driving (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · VR Supported · Steam Trading Cards
LanguagesEnglish * , French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Korean, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Spanish - Latin America *
ControllerFull support
Achievements61
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.projectcarsgame.com/three/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Window 10 (+ speficic versions of 7) Processor: 3.5 GHz Intel Core i5 3450 or 4.0 GHz AMD FX-8350 Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: GTX680 or equivalent DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 50 GB available space Sound Card: Direct X compatible sound card VR Support: SteamVR or Oculus PC. Keyboard or gamepad required Additional Notes: For VR or triple screen use, GTX980 or equivalent