Looking for current racing games

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:14 pm

Merlin, what are the current racing games that you own or have played? I have the wheel and everything. I'm leery about racing games because it seems too easy to get a dud.

Processing power is no object (Neither is cash, but whatever)

I'm looking for NFS-style play. A bunch of different cars, street and pro, and NFS3-style tracks, meaning, that you take a nice country back road with the scenery and everything, and get 8 laps. I bought NFS5:PU but all the tracks were point-2-point, which suck because you only have one 'lap'. They were nice and pretty, I do like the game, but I really wish they took those p2p's and made them lap-able.

I'm not into Nascar style. I like ripping down country roads, city roads, whatever. Not excited about driving 500 miles in a circle, if that's all they are.

Thanks!

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:25 pm

GTR2, NFS Prostreet, and TOCA race driver 2

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 3:52 pm

GTR2 seconded (with Nordschleife addon of course

) you can play with heaps of drive assistants to play it NFS-style or in full simulation mode (clutch included). play with a sound system if possible, you will see why

rocks. big time.

man, that road is getting so small at 300km/h ... oh and, use your brakes.

Do_Checkor · Post by **Do_Checkor** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:03 pm

x 3 @ GTR 2

Alter-Fox · Post by **Alter-Fox** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:08 pm

Try TrackMania Sunrise, or possibly TrackMania United. If you want lap races, I wouldn't recommend the original, as it has none. The big perk about the TrackMania series is its incredibly easy to use editor, which the entire game is based around. It also has a strong online community. I personally don't play one track for more than a day, as the next day I'm busy building a new one. It's incredibly addictive.

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 4:12 pm

oh yeah, Trackmania Nations (free). there are hundreds of great new tracks already.

though Trackmania is arcade, very fun at that too.

Alter-Fox · Post by **Alter-Fox** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:07 pm

I almost forgot. Sonic Riders is available for PC. Although it doesn't have an editor, there's tons of unlockable stuff (I've beaten the main campaign, and there's still tracks I haven't played.) If you're looking for something new in the racing genre, and you like Sonic the Hedgehog, it's pretty good.

Alter-Fox · Post by **Alter-Fox** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:07 pm

I almost forgot. Sonic Riders is available for PC. Although it doesn't have an editor, there's tons of unlockable stuff (I've beaten the main campaign, and there's still tracks I haven't played.) If you're looking for something new in the racing genre, and you like Sonic the Hedgehog, it's pretty good.

Edit: Sorry for double posting.

Red_5 · Post by **Red_5** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:20 pm

NFS 6: Hot Pursuit 2! Old, but still an amazingly well-done game! Love mine!

Money! · Post by **Money!** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:08 pm

Damn I hated NFS: 6. The driving dynamics just weren't up to par.

I have loved and played (and beaten) every NFS game from 2 to 5. I loved Porsche Unleashed Testi! I've beaten it probably 4 times. But yea after that game IMO NFS went way downhill, especially when it bought into the whole ricer thing. Weak!

So those are the only games I can recommend. :p

Sedwick · Post by **Sedwick** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:08 pm

Did The Fast and the Furious ever get ported from the arcade? Nothing like being able to bust through a rich community's gate to shortcut through someone's garage, or plow a GTO through stone columns. Great fun...

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:26 pm

4 x GTR2 yes

Stay away from TOCA 2/3 starforcedgames

I have both and they are useless now ... I will no longer install starforced games on my PC

GTR and GT legends NO (starforced have those too useless now)

roid · Post by **roid** » Wed Feb 27, 2008 11:26 pm

Sedwick wrote:Did The Fast and the Furious ever get ported from the arcade? Nothing like being able to bust through a rich community's gate to shortcut through someone's garage, or plow a GTO through stone columns. Great fun...

sounds like those ricer versions of NFS, they had "rep points" etc. I forget what the games were called - but they were popular.

if you ask me, they sucked, huge, games made for the same 10-year-olds who thought the fast&furious movies were serious business.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:53 am

I have race driver 2 and 3. they both still work on my system, even though I play 2 much more than 3.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:44 am

GTR2, GTR, GTL, rFactor are about the best there is out there. Oh, Race 07 also.

The above games are ALL Sims and not arcade games. Flatout 2 has what you want. It also incorporates derby in the races. It's very well made and lots of fun. We are a few on Kali who play it but not often anymore. It does have an online community and some have made mods for it. Other than that, only NFS has what you want.

The racing scene is not big compared to other genres.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:53 am

Race 07 is my next purchase - another fine SimBin Production without Starforce

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:14 am

I was mentioning NFS for its variety of tracks, cars, and features. Sim/Arcade..either/or, tho' I'd lean more to sims because I like actual driving.

Thanks for suggestions, I'm going to waste some company time and check out a few sites.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:09 am

Also, the Logitech G25 is currently the best wheel you can get for cheap. It's about 200$ but well worth it.

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 10:17 am

I was just coming back here to talk about the wheel. Apparently Logitech still makes good ones? Awesome. I have a nice Logitech already, but it's NFS3-era, I'm sure the new ones have more buttons and (hopefully) a heavier foot base. I had to take mine apart and install rug spikes and lead weights from an old phone to keep the darn thing in one spot.

Do you have the G25? Is that shifter position-based? Like in a real car, you have the slots for each gear? If so, that seems a bit much, small grooves would seem to make it hard to shift.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:56 am

I have one, it's partly made of metal, metal pedals including clutch. Each have different resistances. full 900 degrees rotation, H style shifter that isn't attached to main body. Paddles shifters, and only 2 buttons on the wheel. The shifter does have 8 buttons, plus a gamepad control. The shifter works in H style or up/down cause some games don't support it yet. The shifter is like a car, no slots. You can easily shift into another gear if you aren't carful but it add to the realism of the game.

The G25 is about 1.5 yrs old at most. Puffer, Bubba, Vrooden, myself have the G25 and we all love it. Another add on you may want if you have the cash is Track IR Pro 4.

http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/gamin ... 1&cl=us,en

GTR 2 also has huge database of tracks, cars, updates etc from the community. The best forum is here.

http://forum.rscnet.org/

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:40 pm

Alright, if it supports plain up/down shifting, then I'm good. I'm not dealing with H pattern for something that small.

So far I'm looking at Race07 and GTR2, I hope my old wheel supports them for now. Race07 has the ghost car feature, which I'm interested in, graphics for both look pretty nice.

I checked out some new NFS titles, but they seem to be trash. Bad handling, and stupid in-game advertisements (Cingular ad plastered on 75% of the game while driving?!) Sucks, they used to be great.

Trackmania I think I've heard about. Found it, some of those screenshots show tracks with no support beams, very wide, and seems like a blast. Perhaps ultimate drunk-driving?

Is it single-player? (No info other than online stuff)

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:33 pm

Trackmania has Single and Multiplayer.

Alter-Fox · Post by **Alter-Fox** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:36 pm

What he said.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 6:34 pm

All racing sims support 99% of wheels. Even custom ones. GTR 2 also has the ghost car which is great. And if you want a challenge, have a race and set the AI to 110% and see if you can keep up.

WillyP · Post by **WillyP** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:11 pm

I just demo'd that trackmania nations Floyd mentioned, that is wierd! But, strangley addictive.

When you play online there are a bunch of other cars, but it's like they are ghost cars, you go right through them.

Has anyone played DiRT? I demo'd that for a while, it has damageable cars, like, if you hit a tree your front end crumples a bit and the car may not go as well, hoods, doors, etc.. fly off, then you run over them on the next lap. To much damage and your done.

Foil · Post by **Foil** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:17 pm

Olympia Gold! (Both Descent and racing... if it had ever been finished...

)

WillyP · Post by **WillyP** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 7:34 pm

Foil wrote:Olympia Gold! (Both Descent and racing... if it had ever been finished... )

Ah! now I know why it did not work for me!

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 9:23 pm

I tried Dirt demo but doesn't run well on my system. BUt I've heard it's a great game.

Floyd · Post by **Floyd** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:09 am

WillyP wrote:Has anyone played DiRT? I demo'd that for a while, it has damageable cars, like, if you hit a tree your front end crumples a bit and the car may not go as well, hoods, doors, etc.. fly off, then you run over them on the next lap. To much damage and your done.

everything and more in the GTR games included

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:28 pm

Yes, GTR series have excellent damage model. Also, they have different levels of play.

Amateur
Semi-Pro
Pro

Amateur is like the NFS series. All aids are on and you really can't spin out. Semi-Pro is a nice combo. I drive Pro because I find I have more fun with a bit of a twitchy car.

And you have a real style pit garage to change a zillion options on your car.

Red_5 · Post by **Red_5** » Fri Feb 29, 2008 4:39 pm

Burnout: Revenge! Another EA awesomeness game! Plenty of wrecks and explosions!

Jeff250 · Post by **Jeff250** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 10:42 pm

Maybe not exactly the style of racing game you're looking for, but Kinetica, the PS2 game, is a blast. I saw it in an EB Games bargain bin for $4 used the other day.

Ferno · Post by **Ferno** » Sun Mar 09, 2008 11:24 pm

the guy's looking for PC centric games. I'm pretty sure he would have asked what a good console game was if that's what he wanted.

BUBBALOU · Post by **BUBBALOU** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:35 am

WillyP wrote:Has anyone played DiRT? I demo'd that for a while, it has damageable cars, like, if you hit a tree your front end crumples a bit and the car may not go as well, hoods, doors, etc.. fly off, then you run over them on the next lap. To much damage and your done.

I will not Purchase DIRT of use the DIRT Demo until they have a PATCH to remove Starforcefrom it

I like having My 16X DVD Burner do just that . burn @ 16X not at 1X because of Starforce (Malware) Drivers with Ring-Level 0 Control scanning my optical drives ALL THE TIME and not Uninstalling when the Game is UNINSTALLED

Do you have Starforce Malware????
---------------------------------
Goto Device Manager
View/Show Hidden Devices
Non-Plug and Play Device Drivers Section
Look for anything that says "StarForce ...." or "Frontline...." and Remove it

Testiculese · Post by **Testiculese** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 11:47 am

I now have DiRT. It is AWESOME. It would have roid bouncing everywhere with it's awesomeness. There are so many tracks. Laps, p2p. It's great. Some of these tracks are lllllooooooooonnnnnnnnnnggggggg.

The Starforce is history. There is a nocd crack for it that disables Starforce before it even gets installed. In DiRT's case, the game asks before it installs the drivers, so you just apply the crack and you're never prompted.

WillyP · Post by **WillyP** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 9:23 am

Well, having read a bit about StarForce, (thanks Bub,) it does not sound so bad after all. But I removed it anyway. There is a remover on StarForce's website. I also removed that bit of granola bar that was stuck between my 'G' and 'H' key, this operation enhanced the performance of both afflicted keys immensely.

So, Testi, what are you using to control DiRT? I've tried it with my stick, but it doesn't like the stick too much. Kinda twitchy.

CDN_Merlin · Post by **CDN_Merlin** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:05 am

I just recently re-nstalled Grand Prix Legends (1967 Formula 1) with some programs that automatically update teh graphics, tracks, sounds etc and WOW, I forgot how hard this game is.

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