Nintendo Wii U version of Project CARS officially cancelled

Slightly Mad Studios confirmed that the planned Nintendo Wii U version of Project CARS has been officially cancelled.

At this year’s E3 event, head of Slightly Mad Studios Ian Bell already admitted that the Pcars development team had problems porting the highly detailed racing game to Nintendo’s console system. Apparently the Wii U development version of the game was running at a slow 23 frames per second at 720p resolution, proving that the Project CARS game was simply too much for the humble Nintendo Wii U.

Now Slightly Mad Studios creative director Andy Tudor confirmed the cancellation and explained the main reason for ceasing all development.

“Despite much perseverance on the Wii U version of Project Cars, we will no longer be actively pursuing development on it as the quality does not meet our own high standards nor our intended vision for the title on this platform,” Andy Tudor explained.

“We eagerly look forward to any announcement of further hardware from Nintendo but right now Project Cars is simply too much for Wii U despite our very best efforts. Apologies to our Nintendo fans out there that have been waiting for further news on this but we have no desire to release a product that isn’t at the very least comparable with our highest-rated versions on other platforms. We optimistically look forward therefore to what the future may hold.”

It is hinted that the recently announced Project CARS sequel might appear on Nintendo’s coming NX game console. Currently, Project CARS is available on the PS4, Xbox One and PC.