Anyone bought rFactor?

tonyyeb · 21 Dec 2006 at 14:48

Hi all

Ive got an S2 license for Live for Speed which is great but im a little bored of the cars and tracks. I'm in the middle of downloading the rFactor demo from http://www.rfactor.net/

I was wondering if anyone has bought the full game and if it is any good (@ £24.99)?

Cheers

mark_t50 · 21 Dec 2006 at 15:16

I've got rFactor and it's excellent. There are loads of tracks and car mods for it which add to the fun. It's also brilliant online and well worth the money imho.

LoadsaMoney · 21 Dec 2006 at 15:18

I see this sometimes on the Motors channel on Sky, on a games show called 3D Motors (all about racing games), looks pretty good, and they seem to like it to, didn't know there was a demo, think ill give it a go as well.

Bean0 · 21 Dec 2006 at 15:29

Bought it, tried it, got a refund.

Sadly it suffers from the same poor FFB as GTR/GTL, after playing LFS to death I just couldn't get away with it.

I also found the online play pretty poor...trying to join servers and getting errors due to different versions of mods, finding that you can't join any server with a race in progress to mention a couple of things.

JRS · 21 Dec 2006 at 16:07

Bought it on release day.

Bean0 said:
Bought it, tried it, got a refund.

Sadly it suffers from the same poor FFB as GTR/GTL, after playing LFS to death I just couldn't get away with it.

Some people don't like the FFB - I don't like FFB full stop, so run any sim with it disabled anyway. Maybe when I get a better wheel (currently have a Microsoft Sidewinder one) I'll try FFB in race sims again, for now it can stay disabled.

Bean0 said:
I also found the online play pretty poor...trying to join servers and getting errors due to different versions of mods, finding that you can't join any server with a race in progress to mention a couple of things.

Things are improving on the 'version issues' front now that some of the truly high quality mods are coming out. As for joining a race in progress - I believe that's a server setting, as it worked fine for the Bullrun race.

At any rate, in my rFactor install right now I have the F1 '79 demo, Team OSRM's V8Factor mod, Lo^'s '60s Legends (Ferrari 250GTO, Shelby Cobra, Daytona Coupé, Alfa TZ2) and the Historic Rally Cars mod. All of them are hugely enjoyable.

Type_R · 21 Dec 2006 at 16:08

Bought it the day it came out and have never regretted it since. FFB is perfect and with all the mods available for it, one minute you are racing in F1, the next in a Megane trophy.

Superb game and highly recommended.

Mr Men · 21 Dec 2006 at 17:32

Great game, easy to keep on top of the latest mods and tracks via http://www.rfactorcentral.com/index.cfm

BassPunk · 21 Dec 2006 at 18:55

Ive got it but havent tried any mods :eek:

Im still playing GT Legends

tonyyeb · 21 Dec 2006 at 19:52

Well played the demo and its ok. I dont think its a good as LFS for realism, i turned all the aides off and it was still a bit... not easy but too straight forward. There seems to be more depth in LFS, just wish it had mods etc...

shimy182 · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:17

so what would people who own this game rate the realism and physics, out of 10.

i swear i played the demo once but i forgot what it was like.

Mr Men · 21 Dec 2006 at 22:24

Depends on the mod really, most feel fine to me for realism, others are more glued to the track and arcadish, something for everyone really, mods like the F3 and Meganes seem most popular and not many complaints about the realism. The default cars are okish, but to be honest never spent much time in them although the single seater rTrainer is great fun.

Its all down to your own opinion tho, take a look at GTR2 for how it can divide the sim community on if its realistic or not

disco Stu · 21 Dec 2006 at 23:15

rfactor is a beauty online, I mainly play the etcc mod but there are soo many mods and everyone that I have played so far feel different.Its a matter of finding one you like.I just wish it looked as good as gtr2(which you can now get for £14.99!!!!!!!!!)

Mr Men · 22 Dec 2006 at 12:42

You could also just put the GTR2 conversion into rFactor

along with the tracks haha

Dougsnake · 22 Dec 2006 at 17:47

Mr Men said:
Depends on the mod really, most feel fine to me for realism, others are more glued to the track and arcadish, something for everyone really, mods like the F3 and Meganes seem most popular and not many complaints about the realism. The default cars are okish, but to be honest never spent much time in them although the single seater rTrainer is great fun.

Its all down to your own opinion tho, take a look at GTR2 for how it can divide the sim community on if its realistic or not

Summed up pretty good,most of mods are superb Pcc2005,meganes,v8 super cars,bmw m3 gtr,alfa 147,cdtp 2005 and lupo cup been my favourites and carnt wait for the rh2006 f1 mod that coming soon and when u get full grids upto 60 :eek:

its awesome provided u dont have numpty drivers and ram merchants

well worth its money imo

BassPunk · 26 Dec 2006 at 11:40

The newly released Grand Prix 1979 mod looks fun

Also gonna try our the ETCC car mod

Would like to race some lemans prototypes but they are still WIP

NutritioN · 26 Dec 2006 at 19:48

JRS said:
Maybe when I get a better wheel (currently have a Microsoft Sidewinder one) I'll try FFB in race sims again, for now it can stay disabled.

Wow! Out of interest, I take it you've tried LiveForSpeed? I have the same wheel and find the FF increases my enjoyment tenfold (roughly.) Not as good in any other game though for me.

JRS · 26 Dec 2006 at 23:08

NutritioN said:
Wow! Out of interest, I take it you've tried LiveForSpeed? I have the same wheel and find the FF increases my enjoyment tenfold (roughly.) Not as good in any other game though for me.

I have LFS. It's pretty darn good. But I prefer rFactor to be honest - in rFactor I can run NASCAR stockers, '79 GP cars, Aussie V8 Supercars, '60s Ferraris and Cobras, modern GP cars, 2CVs, Porsche 911s.....anything I want really, if I can design and build it for the sim or if someone else does so. And I can do all that in a sim that isn't still in the alpha stage of development, and that has a company with a proven track record behind it.

Which isn't to say that I don't rate LFS at all - I think the devs are doing a marvellous job with it, and I do like it. And rFactor isn't perfect - it needs rain for starters, the damage modelling isn't as good as Papyrus' efforts for NASCAR 2003, the AI isn't brilliant....I could go on. But as matters stand, I'm comfortable with rFactor. The cars I run in it behave exactly as I'd imagine they would do (and in some cases know they would do), changes I make in car setup have a predictable effect, and it is waaaaaaaaaay less buggy than the SimBin/Blimey efforts that I've tried and gave up on (GTR et al).

NutritioN said:
Not as good in any other game though for me.

Actually, I kinda lied when I said I didn't run FFB in any racing sim....have you tried netKar Pro?

Horrendously buggy? Undoubtably. Not finished? Unquestionably. Brilliant?

Yep

It's a complete train wreck as regards to general performance and useability as software, but as a racing simulation....well, it's got serious potential if the devs stick at it and ignore the bitching of the community for now. And the FFB actually works. It's the only sim I've found where it doesn't just serve to annoy me or put me off (yes GTL, I'm talking about you randomly switching the FFB off mid-corner when I'm runting a Mini around Imola....) - it actually lets me know what on Earth the car is doing at all times. And once they have it sorted to the point at which it's useable on the same level that rFactor, N2003, LFS etc are then they'll have a sure-fire winner.