Best sim / semi-sim racing games?

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I have Project Cars 1 and 2, AC1 and Dirt Rally. They're all good but I am in the mood for a new racing game. I am looking at Automobilista 2, PC3 and Dirt Rally 2 and wondering where to go next (Automobilista 2 looking likely).

I play with a xbox controller and sometimes a G29 steering wheel when I can be bothered to set it all up. VR support would be good too.

I'm less interested in racing modern racing cars and more interested in road cars (old and new) and classic road and racing cars. I'm not that interested in the more fringe events like truck racing and go kart racing.

I don't really play online I'm too chicken

What racing game would you recommend?
 
If you only can buy one then AMS2 seems to be what your after if you want a mix of old and new touring /GT/Formula cars, its a phenomenal sim but if you have a wheel use it, these sims are designed for wheels yes you can use a controller but nowhere near as good as a wheel setup.
Also AMS2 is the VR master apparently in the sim world.
ACC while its a modern GT3.GT4 simulator its fantastic too.
Dirt rally 2 is literally more of Dirt rally 1.
 
Agree with the above. ACC and AMS2 both fantastic. Ignore PC3 at all costs.

Jimmy Broadbent did a vid on his favourite sims, worth a watch. Dave Cam also did one recently
 
It's a bit left field but give wreckfest a try.

Great fun online and some good racing on some of the "clean" racing servers.

I love playing online
 
ACC is where it's at if you want some serious online racing, just pickups on public servers will guarantee 3 or 4 top racers battling it out within a couple of seconds. Hop on a 80+ race and don't be surprised to find yourself 15th on the grid if your anything more than a second off the pole, nothing short of league racing compares.

AMS 2 is the nuts if you like a variation of cars. The gen retro formula cars are amazing, the V8 stocks, sprints, GT1, and the mighty gen 2 V10's. Online is better than it was, it's seeing more action now they've added a rating system. Still don't like the pickup nature of the multiplayer, they need to work the system out so joining is easier by adding time to the sessions that are available. Aside from some of the more unique tracks available, reiza have done a nice job of tarting up the tracks they've nabbed from PC2.

last year i wouldn't have recommended AMS 2, probably would now. Be aware there's hardly any single player stuff beyond a basic framework championship, or single races against a ropey AI that don't care that your on track.
 
Holst1981 said:
It's a bit left field but give wreckfest a try.

Great fun online and some good racing on some of the "clean" racing servers.

I love playing online
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I only tried Wreckfest with strangers once. Went on a 'clean racing' server. Was having good fun, then a guy slaloms right across the front of my, hits my front quarter and spins out - a second later I get kicked for spinning someone out! Not sure whether they had it automated, or whether the person who spun with my assistance was the server owner. :D

I didn't deliberately decide not to try again, but I just never got around to it.

I did play for a good while with just three friends and the rest of the race filled with bots though, and it was hilarious fun.
 
Sim racing gets boring fast since there is so few titles.

Iracing is where the most fun is even if your suck you can probably win a race eventually, it's more about driving clean and not being a douche.


Forza motorsport is good fun btw even if it's not a sim
 
I really struggle with AC in terms of sim - I'm far from much of a driver but I've driven some of the cars in the game on some of the roads/tracks and even with my ability you can put them through corners at 2-3x the speed which in AC will have you understeering into the verge like you hit ice. Maybe something about my setup who knows.
 
I'm a big sim racer, mainly iRacing for the competitive online stuff, nothing comes close to it for me.

Offline definitely Assetto Corsa. As old as it is, with Content Manager and access to more mods than you could ever dream of via modding sites such as Race Department, there's so much content to never get bored of. Handling is fantastic also, FFB amazing.
 
Rroff said:
I really struggle with AC in terms of sim - I'm far from much of a driver but I've driven some of the cars in the game on some of the roads/tracks and even with my ability you can put them through corners at 2-3x the speed which in AC will have you understeering into the verge like you hit ice. Maybe something about my setup who knows.
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Is it the road cars of AC that you have driven?
Their race cars are pretty decent but I've heard pretty mixed reviews about the base road car selection.
 
MikeTheNative said:
Is it the road cars of AC that you have driven?
Their race cars are pretty decent but I've heard pretty mixed reviews about the base road car selection.
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Road cars and/or close equivalents to what is in AC - but I imagine it extents throughout as the race cars don't behave much like I expect either - even my pickup will corner more convincingly on similar kind of scenarios in real life.

Even a bone stock Fiat 500 handles way better in real life than the Abarth models do in the game.
 
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