The company is also working on a sequel to the racing title

Jul 21, 2015 13:51 GMT  ·  By

The development team at Slightly Mad Studios is announcing that it is canceling development on the Wii U version of Project Cars because the home console simply does not have the raw power required to run the racing game.

The information comes from an interview with NintendoLife and emerges after a long period during which the team talked about problems that affected the Nintendo-linked version of the title.

Project Cars was initially funded via crowd-sourcing, and the Wii U was not part of the original reveal of the game.

It seems that there are plans to continue to work on the game and maybe deliver it for a future version of Nintendo hardware.

Ian Bell, who leads Slightly Mad Studios, is quoted as saying that "The official line is that we're awaiting an announcement from Nintendo on new hardware. As of now Project CARS is simply too much for the Wii U."

At the moment, the racing game can be played on the PC, the PlayStation 4 from Sony, and the Xbox One from Microsoft.

At one point, the title was also supposed to arrive on older generation consoles, but it seems that the power requirements were also too high for them.

Nintendo has not yet offered details on NX hardware

Project Cars might be launched on future hardware from the company, but that will probably take years given that an announcement about it has not been made.

Nintendo has been talking about future plans with investors, but it has not explained what kind of device it is planning to create or how powerful it will be.

Recent rumors have suggested that AMD might be creating the customized processor that will power the NX and that manufacturing will be tested later in the year, and a full run of consoles will be delivered in time for a summer 2016 launch.

Nintendo has only confirmed that it has plans to talk about new hardware in the coming year, which might mean that a full reveal is planned for E3 2016, and an official release might take place later in the year.

In the meantime, Slightly Mad Studios has announced that it is working on a sequel to Project Cars even as it is planning to deliver more content for the already available title.