Are there any good driving/racing games for PC any more?

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 26 Jun 2006, 12:34

My favorite PC racin game was Need for Speed: High Stakes (or Road Challenge depending where you were).

Great cars, great tracks, and a good soundtrack that suited the game.

I liked the first Underground, but id rather race exotic sports cards instead of tuner cars, i didnt enjoy the second one at all. I love Most Wanted though :D.

Osteoman · Post by **Osteoman** » 26 Jun 2006, 19:19

I have enjoyed TOCA 3 a lot. Plays great with high FPS on my 2405 at native res, all maxed out. Lots of replay value with many, many, many, types of cars and tracks.

neoWidescreen · Post by **neoWidescreen** » 27 Jun 2006, 09:35

Driver 2 never appeared on the PC, and Driv3r sucked so much it was practically a black hole... ;)

LOL, that's a good one!

Driv3r had so much potential, but bugs just killed it. They got too distracted with Ridley Scott doing that short Driv3r film. :(

Blade · Post by **Blade** » 27 Jun 2006, 12:20

I have enjoyed TOCA 3 a lot. Plays great with high FPS on my 2405 at native res, all maxed out. Lots of replay value with many, many, many, types of cars and tracks.

I would agree with Osteoman... not too fussed on the off road tracks though.

Dave.

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 27 Jun 2006, 23:33

[quote]Driver 2 never appeared on the PC, and Driv3r sucked so much it was practically a black hole... ;)

LOL, that's a good one!

Driv3r had so much potential, but bugs just killed it. They got too distracted with Ridley Scott doing that short Driv3r film. :(

I bought Driv3r for my xBox, i was so annoyed by it, that i returned it the very next day. Shame as the first one was really good.

Morabu · Post by **Morabu** » 03 Jul 2006, 00:37

i rather enjoyed NFS underground 1 & 2
and i liked most wanted a little better, the new police chase's brought back hot pursuit memories.....they also have a new one coming out called Carbon

i can't believe noone on hear has mentioned MotoGP
this is MY favorite racing series on PC, MotoGP3 is great imho!
GTR looks good haven't gotten to play it, i think i'll wait on gtr2

i'll have to check out TOCA as well
looks like fun

Ewout_vB · Post by **Ewout_vB** » 03 Jul 2006, 01:15

My problem is that I'm addicted to realism. This really sucks for most recent "arcade" racers. Live for Speed - http://www.liveforspeed.com is pretty good. Graphics aren't the best though, but the physics are supposed to be the best, period.

Ewout_vB · Post by **Ewout_vB** » 03 Jul 2006, 02:51

A little video of Live for Speed : http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3137598571803081150&q=live+for+speed

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 03 Jul 2006, 11:01

i rather enjoyed NFS underground 1 & 2
and i liked most wanted a little better, the new police chase's brought back hot pursuit memories.....they also have a new one coming out called Carbon

It looks a lot more like NFS: Underground than Most Wanted, which is a real shame if you ask me :(. MW had the same feel as the older NFS games, while Underground was far too concentrated on tuning your car and stuff.

I just hope they include proper sports cars again instead of tuner cars.

Post by **maherie** » 03 Jul 2006, 17:26

Oh, and I know it's not 100% racing, but Crash day is pretty good, I've enjoyed it enough to keep playing it.

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 06 Jul 2006, 22:04

Outrun arrived today! Full 16:10 support and the game works great at 1920x1200 with full AA and AF.

It looks a little bit outdated actually, while its nice and sharp at the full res, it does look a little bland. I guess the high res just shows up the lack of detail.

Still a great game though, and an amazing soundtrack.

darklight_tr · Post by **darklight_tr** » 24 Jul 2006, 05:00

There hasn't been a good NFS game since Hot Pursuit 2 imho. The craptacular FWD cars found in undergound do nothing for me. If you are looking for a wacky style driving game, Trackmania Sunrise is worth taking a look it. It's just a fun game to play although it does have starforce so you may have issues with that. For hardcore racing you can go with TOCA3 or GTR to hold you over until GTR2 comes out.

I second TrackMania Sunrise. It is a really fun game!

Jupix · Post by **Jupix** » 24 Jul 2006, 12:26

If you're more into a simulator-ish racing game, Live For Speed is a good one. It isn't mind-blowingly beautiful and doesn't sound like Moby was their sound man but it's really good fun and on the other hand really hard work if you want to master it. I personally played the demo for months and months.

Then I've heard from friends that GT Legends is very good. And rFactor as well (though not as good as it was hyped to be).

If you're into rallying, Richard Burns Rally rocks. It's quite good looking, has decent sounds and most of all it was amazingly good fun to drive.

Oh and all of these have their own very lively internet communities if you're a competitive soul. :D

neoWidescreen · Post by **neoWidescreen** » 25 Jul 2006, 12:54

Are there any good driving/racing games for PC any more?

Back to the topic.... so far it's taken 33 posts to determine "no, not really". :lol:

Widescreen Guy · Post by **Widescreen Guy** » 26 Jul 2006, 00:25

Try the GTR 2 demo.

I love it and still, i'm no hardcore simhead.

oqvist · Post by **oqvist** » 05 Aug 2006, 17:47

Try the GTR 2 demo.

I love it and still, i'm no hardcore simhead.

I am and I really donÃ‚Â´t like it. To much grip not much of a challenge. But itÃ‚Â´s only a demo so things is still being tweaked.

Try running in full wet that is challenge enough for me anyway :D.

Otherwise there is GTR which I still love. Richard Burns Rally is a must as well.

Remember I am a hardcore simhead so donÃ‚Â´t expect them to be easy :). With aids in GTR anyway itÃ‚Â´s quite easy to control.

Otherwise FlatOut 2 was a great little arcade game. Physics has been dumbed down sadly (that is car behaviour otherwise itÃ‚Â´s better then ever ;)). The career mode could have been executed better. ItÃ‚Â´s console damaged but still itÃ‚Â´s damn fun and well worth the money.

FramerateUK · Post by **FramerateUK** » 08 Aug 2006, 11:07

I quite like the look of "Test Drive Unlimited" so far :).

Shame the PC version is coming out so long after the 360 one, ill still wait for it though.

http://www.testdriveunlimited.com/

dsublett · Post by **dsublett** » 12 Aug 2006, 05:50

I know it was mentioned earlier, but not in a good light. However, none of the above games really even comes close to rfactor. There are so many excellent mods out there for this sim. And, besides that it's just the best racing sim I have ever seen hands down!

oqvist · Post by **oqvist** » 13 Aug 2006, 02:11

I have rFactor and all the mods has been junk until now. Now there is some promise in mods like F1 1979. Zonda mod for example. Also Porsche Carrera 1.2 is getting good.

If you just want to try new mods every week then rFactor is for you :). But there is little that you can really run a full season with like GPL and GTR I feel.

I wish ISI could get their damn changeable weather going instead of implementing stupid stock cars...

But surely rFactor is good to play with but it lacks the depth of sims like GPL, RBR and GTR I feel.

It generally has the issue of GTR 2. To much grip which maybe is real but not that fun to drive...

But as mentioned there is challenging mods out now :).

rFactor donÃ‚Â´t have real tracks and cars only conversions. If you want accurate tracks itÃ‚Â´s Simbin sims you should get. rFactor has some great fantasy tracks though :)

Kaine_IHC · Post by **Kaine_IHC** » 02 Dec 2006, 13:57

Cross Racing Championship is quite fun especially if you use a wheel.

Insane Racing is an old game but the vehicle physics are better than most newer games. You can download it for free (100% legal, not warez) from http://www.1nsane.byethost10.com/free1NSANE.html
Also check out http://www.insaneheat.com & http://1nsane.invictus.hu/ for more info on it.

As you can probably tell I'm a bit of an Insane Racing fan :lol:

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