The lies of Slightly Mad (Project Cars) Head of the studio confess that they were overpromising

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"Tudor said he sees the game regularly and he's impressed with where it's at. "It's got dynamic time of day, weather--it looks phenomenal," he said. "And the actual console itself is quite good."

^ That is at the very least misleading backers. I can definitely see how somebody can interpret it as lieing.