Driving games for learner drivers?

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Just wondering are there any seriously realistic games out there, that would help my missus kind of see how driving goes?

I have the steering wheel with the 3 foot controls and gear lever etc but all the games I have are racing style, nothing with free range as such.

Anyone got any ideas?
 
There is a City Car Driving on steam, which is supposedly pretty good. I like Crew and Dirt Rally, which are obviously something different, but work both well with my wheel.
Euro Truck Simulator 2 is great, but it is..well, trucks.
 
Test drive Unlimited 2 is near enough. Actually pretty good with a wheel. Traffic lights, indicators and all that stuff. You don't have to hoon it.

 
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I've played TDU2 a lot in the past and it doesn't help in the slightest, even if you try and drive sensibly. :p

The AI is absolutely rubbish, the car doesn't handle like a car in any way shape or form, you don't have mirrors or anything like that, and the sort of roads in the game are completely irrelevant and alien to us.
 
Acme said:
I've played TDU2 a lot in the past and it doesn't help in the slightest, even if you try and drive sensibly. :p

The AI is absolutely rubbish, the car doesn't handle like a car in any way shape or form, you don't have mirrors or anything like that, and the sort of roads in the game are completely irrelevant and alien to us.
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With "hardcore" driving model the cars handle reasonably like a car albeit even the hardest settings are still like having most of the assists and stability control fully on. Ibiza has similarish roads albeit wrong side being European set even though Hawaii is largely irrelevant and there is atleast freeroam and a reasonable amount of traffic plus it supports gears with clutch, indicators and most cars do have mirrors though some you have to use 3rd party programs to reposition the cockpit to use them at all.
 
JunglistE said:
I'll be surprised if you can find any game that actually feels like driving.
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Not being able to look around with your head (short of some VR setup, etc.) is a fairly big difference.

Something like Asseto Corsa with a freeroam mode and AI traffic (plus pedestrians, etc.) would be pretty close as far as it goes though.
 
City Car Driving Simulator actually has mostly positive reviews on steam, apparently supports VR and TrackIR, has good mods and is getting updated all the time. Perked my own interest there... might check it out...

 
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Ok thanks for this guys.

Erm, Zethor... What would you say, if I told you that my missus bought herself a car just over a year ago and the ONLY driving that it has actually done, is my mate taking me to hospital a few times and to the MOT station once.
She has sat in it 2 or 3 times, moves the seat etc and said Brm brmm a few times before getting out, but thats is it!

My daughter has had her licence and she is about to learn to drive and I told her that is she passes her test, she can have the car cos the wife aint bothering to drive.

On a serious note, ( I am telling the truth about the car by the way ) but a half decent game that might let her piddle about with controls, might just get her thinking about it more? I dont expect there to be a sim so close to reality that its scary, but there must be some good apps there and so sure... I will try these.. .Got to be worth a shot.
 
Typical.
I just logged on to steam, had a search and found a few driving games and thought sod it... I will get the lot.

And no matter what I am doing, it wont accept my paypal money?

I logged on to paypal and its loggin in just fine, but why cant I buy it through steam? This is how I always buy things through steam!!!

Ah sod it, also tried using my card directly... Probably an issue with steam itself.

Well I tried to buy them... and they moan about piracy?
 
actually just remmbered eurotruck simultor 2

theres probably a car mod that doesnt suck, has traffic and road rules

defualt traffic density is pretty low so thats nice

fyi a lot of the games you can get cheaper if you shop around, think bundlestars have rfactor 1 in a bundle thats like £1.90 for example
 
GTA V is actually perfect. If you don't drive carefully or are reckless, the police will come after you. Strap in to a VR headset and it's pretty terrifying.
 
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