 looking at the bottom of those spreadsheets?' EA, keeping on being awesome… I said my bit and I stand by every word as they continue to prove them. How are those numbers (sorry I mean people, with hopes, dreams and families) looking, at the bottom of those the spreadsheets?— Ian Bell – Something Unique and massive coming. (@bell_sms) November 8, 2022 Bell is no doubt referring to disparaging comments he made about the company back in 2017. Before Slightly Mad Studios was acquired by EA, the two had worked together before on 2009's Need For Speed: Shift and its sequel. Bell accused EA of trying to destroy his studio by cancelling development of a third game, claiming that EA offered $1.5 million (presumably, Bell didn't specify currency) for Slightly Mad Studios to work on a new game on the condition it didn't take on any other){kind=link}
As uncertainty surrounds Slightly Mad Studio’s future, its founder is already asking staff to join his new studio to revive GTR.
It was never formally announced to begin with, but any chance of there being a Project CARS 4 is effectively dead following a recent announcement by EA that they are discontinuing the whole franchise.
Series developer Slightly Mad Studios was working on a new racing sim, but the future of that project and the studio itself are now up in the air. Given EA’s comments, the studio is likely to be either repurposed or, worse case scenario, shut down.
Although nothing’s been confirmed yet, the studio’s founder, Ian Bell, has criticised EA’s decision and is already looking to hire staff from Slightly Mad Studios for his own new team.
Bell founded Slightly Mad Studios in 2009, fashioning it out of the remains of his last studio, Blimey! Games. He would eventually leave in 2021, a year after the release of Project CARS 3.