Former CEO of Slightly Mad Studios denounces the closure of Project Cars by EA

After ending the car series Project Cars, by Electronic Arts, the former CEO of Slightly Mad Studios, Ian Bell has offered his own version of how they have the IP. While the racing sim franchise had its ups and downs, with Project Cars 3 being the most criticized of the three titles, the franchise still had a following that will now seemingly be ignored by Electronic Arts.

Ian Bell had worked on Project Cars since the beginning of the franchise, and it seems that he is deeply disappointed with what Electronic Arts has done with the series. The former Slightly Mad CEO accused EA of looking at the end result instead of thinking about the people behind the IP, suggesting the publisher has made a huge mistake.

Even though EA has killed the franchise Project Carsit’s worth noting that Codemasters also held the rights to the racing franchises dirt, grid Y F1. It seems that all three have been more valuable to their new owner than Project Carswhich may have been believed to overlap to some extent with grid per se. Of course, EA also has need for speed under your umbrella.

Considering all of the Codemasters properties now under EA’s control, it’s not impossible that the publisher is looking to cancel more than just Project Cars.

EA, keeping on being awesome… I said my bit and I stand by every word as they continue to provide 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

For any of the old team I haven’t gotten numbers for (called as yet). please grab me on [email protected]

— Ian Bell – Something Unique and massive coming. (@bell_sms) November 9, 2022