Community response seems to be rather negative, but I'm glad they're in some extent going back to their roots, as Project Cars is somewhat of a continuation of Need for Speed Shift 2.
There's plenty of serious sim content available in the form of AC, iRacing and AMS, which PC 2's driving never managed to compete with either. And I doubt the sim element of PC2 is going to be too watered down despite the upcoming customisation options.