If these features dont get you excited for PCars then the game is not for you…
The Racing
Crane picks up car stuck in gravel trap under yellow flag conditions.
Customized rolling starts/grid starts.
Leaves go up in the air when you drive over them. (Monza for example).
Multiple Ghost cars out on track.
Ability to accelerate the time of day up to 240x speed, as well as the ability to have the race at any time of day.
VR headset compatibility and head tracking.
You can damage your headlight(s) to the point where they don’t light up, if this happens during the night. You will be driving “blind”.
Career
Free Practice, Qualifying, Warm-up Laps, Safety Car, Rolling/Standing Start is all adjustable in career mode.
All events in career mode will be “scalable” in terms of length.
Full Indy 500 license, including all cars, drivers, and designs.
In the announcement of the 24h of Le Mans license they say that players will be able to race against a full field of 55 opponents (totaling 56 cars including player).
Build notes mention something regarding championship points in the career mode.
There will be Contact offers in Career (Confirmed).
The Cars
Each car will have its own respective features in alliance to real life (i.e. KERS, DRS, Active Aero, etc.)
Asymmetrical tuning.
Brake Heat.
Engine Heat.
Oil Temperature.
Each car has its own unique set of tires.
Driver helmets fit the time period of when the vehicle went into production.
Windshield Wiper button.
Headlights on/off button.
Tire deformation and punctures are included.
Online
Free Practice, Qualifying, Warm-up Laps, Safety Car, Rolling/Standing Start is all adjustable when creating an online session.
Inside Sim Racing claimed that the Consoles will have a max of 16 cars online. However this is not confirmed by Slightly Mad Studios.
Misc
The basic game difficulty levels are; “ARCADE” - “ACTION” - “REAL” - “SEMI-SIM” - “SIM”.
Create your own driver to your liking.
Ben Collins (AKA Stig) as a pit engineer.
Build notes mention something regarding “Motivational Speeches” via Pit2Car Radio (NOT CONFIRMED).
Lens Flare is adjustable.
(stolen from GTP)