Good racing game for LAN?

mishima · 21 Dec 2008 at 19:20

Hi there,

What good racing game would you recommend for multiplayer - LAN play? I've had a look at Grid and it looks good and I know quite a few people like it. Does this have LAN option?

Thanks

pmbuzz · 21 Dec 2008 at 19:34

GRID, Trackmania, Pure ?

grudas · 21 Dec 2008 at 19:46

nfsu2, grid, trackmania, pure, dirt, lfs... would recomend grid or lfs

paradigm · 21 Dec 2008 at 19:46

Definately trackmania (original, or sunrise are best for a laugh, but nations is free)

Littlenose · 21 Dec 2008 at 21:07

mebbe i'm just getting too old, but although I like Trackmania (nations), I found it very frustrating with all the new tracks and the complexity of them... I much preferred it earlier on when the servers were using mainly the simpler tracks.
I guess as you can choose the tracks on LAN, then Trackmania would be great

As no-one's mentioned it yet, GPL , ok, so _now_ i'm old

mishima · 21 Dec 2008 at 22:16

Thanks for the suggestions!

stude1983 · 21 Dec 2008 at 22:50

trackmania nations was a lot of fun at i34 so i recommend that

Amnesia · 21 Dec 2008 at 22:55

rFactor surely

P_A_N_I_C · 21 Dec 2008 at 23:04

Flatout!

Gimpymoo · 21 Dec 2008 at 23:40

Trackmania Nations - And is Free.

Race 07/GTR Evolution/STCC - Compulsory pits

Psymonkee · 21 Dec 2008 at 23:51

P_A_N_I_C said:
Flatout!

This

Chaos on a big pointy stick

Phatjayunoi · 22 Dec 2008 at 02:20

OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast.

Awesome game if players can keep up with each other and play a competing game of the best drifts, or drift bashing in the corners. Plus, its OutRun! Good old fashioned arcade gameplay, and you have both the OutRun 2 and OutRun 2 SP games and their respective courses.

Gimpymoo · 22 Dec 2008 at 03:22

Phatjayunoi said:
OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast.

Awesome game if players can keep up with each other and play a competing game of the best drifts, or drift bashing in the corners. Plus, its OutRun! Good old fashioned arcade gameplay, and you have both the OutRun 2 and OutRun 2 SP games and their respective courses.

I'd forgotten about this.

A much underrated game IMHO.

Loved it.

Are there still many online?

Theyre releasing it on the 360 Arcade... I almost certain it will be this version.

Phatjayunoi · 22 Dec 2008 at 03:30

Online is still thriving on the Xbox version, maybe PS2 as well, but for the PC, its practically dead unless I race with some friends. Plus there seems to be account connection issues for the PC version too which is a pain, probably firewall issues.

Yeah the new OutRun Online for the 360 Arcade seems to be a mixture of different courses from the OutRun 2 games plus new ones, and the graphics is the same, just in HD resolution.

Menta · 22 Dec 2008 at 09:20

I would strongly recommend Test Drive Unlimited. Its the world’s first M.O.O.R. (Massively Open Online Racing). It was realeased in march 2007, but I still think its a very good game.

linktoinsanity · 22 Dec 2008 at 09:23

Colin McRae Rally 2, Monster Truck Madness or later Colin Mcrae game (latest?).

uv · 22 Dec 2008 at 10:00

Midtown Madness 2!

orderoftheflame · 22 Dec 2008 at 10:01

Mattf121 said:
Monster Truck Madness

Ah the memories.

Trackmania nations, it's free and awesome.

ChrisJSY · 22 Dec 2008 at 10:04

rFactor (With mods for cars you want)
Live for Speed - for it's realism and ease of play with friends. (Not to be confused with need for speed)
Grid - For mindless racing

Crashgate3 · 22 Dec 2008 at 11:09

Grid if you want arcadey-handling.

Live For Speed if you want realistic handling (imo the best, but opinion is divided) and aren't bothered about having real cars, although there are a couple. LFS also has easily the best public pickup-and-join online racing community.

rFactor if you want realistic handling (get the realfeel plugin too if you have a wheel) and do want real cars and tracks.