

With recent updates, the mode has become a mix of arcade and simulation mechanics. Simulation is a mode designed to portray the realism of racing. CTF and Drift modes were removed from the original game after the release of Julia build on June 3, 2010, but were reinstated in the 2019 re-release. It features a variety of game modes such as Simulation, Arcade, and Thunder Alley. Project Torque features various cars, some of them being licensed version of actual production cars (not available in 2019 re-release) while others are imitations. Screenshot of the Thunder Alley Pro cars during the initial pace lap. The campaign goal was reached and in late August 2019 Jogara Ltd., a fan-run company, signed the publishing contract, with the game being re-released on Steam in December 2019. The funds were supposed to cover contract and legal fees for gaining the publishing rights to Project Torque from Invictus Games.

In August 2019, fans of Level-R and Project Torque started a crowdfunding campaign for $10,000 to get the game back online. HEAT Online's online service operated until May 2014. to publish a new North American service of Level-R, called HEAT Online. The 2019 version, however, has no licensed cars, nor does it have cars from post-2010 builds, such as the Corus R4 or certain Thunder Alley cars.Īs of July 31, 2010, the Project Torque service, hosted by Aeria Games Entertainment, is no longer in service. The Level-R versions combined with the original Project Torque version had 64 cars in total, although none of the versions have all 64 cars due to licensing issues. The Level-R versions across the world (localized versions were released for Russia, Indonesia, Thailand, and China, in addition to Europe and North America) were mostly similar to each other, with minor physics and content tweaks. Level-R was originally developed for the Japanese market in 2006 and was based on Cross Racing Championship Extreme 2005. It features gameplay elements such as tuning and customization. Project Torque, also known as Level-R outside North America and HEAT Online for the 2010 North American version, is a multiplayer online racing game (MMORG) with partially chargeable content, or micro-transactions, originally developed by Invictus Games.
