Trailer introduced showcasing collaborative development efforts for "Project Motor Racing" with race driver Tetsuya Yamano
Note: the original Japanese article can be found at:
https://www.4gamer.net/games/831/G083189/20251029009/
Editorial Department: Yagi-jima | 2025/10/29 02:45 (UTC)
Sega today (October 29, 2025) released a trailer showcasing racing driver Tetsuya Yamano’s involvement in the “Factory Driver Program,” a collaborative development initiative for its upcoming race simulation game “Project Motor Racing”, scheduled for release on November 25.
“Project Motor Racing” is a race simulation game developed by Straight4 Studios, known for titles such as the “Project CARS” series, “GTR - FIA GT Racing Game,” and “Need for Speed Shift.” Drawing on 20 years of development expertise, the studio aims to faithfully recreate motorsports.
All vehicles featured in the game are officially licensed. They undergo rigorous testing by top-tier professional drivers from real-world factory teams and hundreds of elite sim racers, ensuring handling that strives for authenticity. Furthermore, every circuit is rendered with “True2Track” technology to dynamically and accurately simulate a wide range of conditions—including weather, atmospheric changes, and full 24-hour day-night cycles.
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The Factory Driver Program is designed to narrow the boundary between virtual and real-world racing by regularly collecting feedback from active professional drivers and top sim racers. Through approximately 40 questions across five categories—vehicle setup, realism, speed pursuit, endurance racing, and tracks—the behavior of each vehicle can be evaluated in meticulous detail. This feedback is analyzed via algorithms and applied to improve the driving dynamics of race cars.
The trailer captures Yamano working closely with the development team to review vehicle handling and provide input aimed at delivering an even more realistic driving experience.
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Introducing the Trailer of Our Collaborative Development with Racing Driver Tetsuya Yamano
Pursuing the Ultimate Racing Simulator: Project Motor Racing
SEGA has released a new trailer showcasing racing driver Tetsuya Yamano’s participation in the “Factory Driver Program,” a collaborative development initiative for its upcoming game, “Project Motor Racing”, available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC (Steam/Epic Games Store/Windows). The trailer features Yamano working closely with the development team to review vehicle behavior and provide feedback, striving toward an even more realistic driving experience.
Evolution of “Project Motor Racing” through Feedback from Tetsuya Yamano
— Pursuing Excellence Through Collaboration:
https://youtu.be/v6GfQ_1rLfM
To narrow the boundary between virtual and real-world racing, “Project Motor Racing” operates the “Factory Driver Program,” a platform that regularly collects feedback from active drivers and top sim racers. Participants answer around 40 questions across five categories—vehicle setup, realism, speed pursuit, endurance racing, and tracks—to evaluate vehicle behavior in fine detail. Feedback is analyzed via algorithms and applied to improve race car dynamics. Additionally, developers and program participants can directly communicate through online forums, all aimed at achieving the ultimate racing simulation.
Currently, the “Factory Driver Program” is accepting applications from professional and amateur drivers and sim racers worldwide. For more information, please visit the official website of “Project Motor Racing.”
※The program will be conducted in English only. Not all applicants will be selected—please note this in advance.
[Tetsuya Yamano]
After graduating from a high school in the U.S., he enrolled at USC and later transferred to Sophia University. From 2004 to 2006, he became the only driver to win three consecutive series championships in Japan’s All-Japan GT Championship/SUPER GT with Honda, Toyota, and Mazda. He still holds a top-10 time at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb—a race with over 100 years of history. Yamano has won the JAF All-Japan Gymkhana Championship 147 times through 2024, securing 24 series titles. He is also a champion in the Super Taikyu Series and is widely known as the “Champion Contractor.”