most grapicly stunning race sim

GJ02 · 9 Dec 2009 at 08:16

can someone spec me a race sim for my new g25 wheel
im looking for something as visual as it gets and with the realism of race dynamics
im running E8500 @ 4.2, GTX 295, 8GIG and win7 64
Many thanks

Tefal · 9 Dec 2009 at 08:31

Dirt 2 probably but you need a dx11 card for full beauty.

GJ02 · 9 Dec 2009 at 08:34

thanks tefal
ive got the demo and im not overly happy with the game
its basically grid but in the dust

why did u choose tefal as your user ? lol

AshD93 · 9 Dec 2009 at 08:47

If only GT5 was on PC... now that is stunning in my opinion.

Locke · 9 Dec 2009 at 08:55

GTR2.

Dutch Guy · 9 Dec 2009 at 09:02

Need for Speed Shift?

Spils · 9 Dec 2009 at 09:55

Tefal said:
Dirt 2 probably but you need a dx11 card for full beauty.

Huge lol since when as dirt 2 been a driving sim tefal. Its an arcade racer.

Iracing, rfactor, if you into effects.
But for me Live for speed looks awesome and the most realistic with some texture updates and control panel fiddling.

Tefal · 9 Dec 2009 at 09:57

meh, gfx seemed higher on his list than realism.

eekfek · 9 Dec 2009 at 10:47

GRID and NFS SHift both have superb graphics and both great games, rFactor has some cracking MOD's but favours realism over pretty visuals ..

grab them all you owe it to your G25 !!

gurusan · 9 Dec 2009 at 10:50

never seen any driving sims with anywhere near acceptable graphics (live for speed, rfactor..etC)

Tefal · 9 Dec 2009 at 11:28

gurusan said:
never seen any driving sims with anywhere near acceptable graphics (live for speed, rfactor..etC)

that'll be because driving sim don't have mass appeal and high end gfx cost quite a lot compared to the revenue such a game would make.

remy87 · 9 Dec 2009 at 12:07

Live for speed looks very dated
Anyone got a handy texture pack that are collected into one winrar rather than
each and every piece all over the place?

Spils · 9 Dec 2009 at 12:19

remy87 said:
Live for speed looks very dated
Anyone got a handy texture pack that are collected into one winrar rather than
each and every piece all over the place?

I disagree totally live for speed is one of the best looking games for me, suppose it depends on if you want Need for speed motion blur and effects.

Live for speed looks clean and realistic. I love its raw look.
http://www.lfs.net/page_images/screenshots/fbm_shot01.jpg

Both netkar and gtr-evo also look great and are both sims not arcade racers.

SKILL · 9 Dec 2009 at 13:52

iRacing is semi-good graphically, certainly better (imo) than rFactor/LFS (stock at least)

But as mentioned, generally sims aren't as bothered about graphics as the actual sim part is far more important, and also takes a big chunk of cpu power to do which is gonna affect how pretty the graphics could realistically be...

iRacing is also good as it's the best sim out there

demon8991 · 9 Dec 2009 at 14:25

Getting my G25 on sunday as an early xmas present from my parents before i leave for australia!

I've currently got

Dirt
Dirt 2
Grid
Need for Speed: Shift

Are these all going to be good with it?

chronic86 · 9 Dec 2009 at 14:56

shift is awsome just tturn all the traction control and stuff off!

demon8991 · 9 Dec 2009 at 15:00

Yer abolsutely love that game nearly completed it with my 360 controller.

Goldfingers · 9 Dec 2009 at 15:25

What is the point of turning traction control off? Even real racers use traction control.

.one. · 9 Dec 2009 at 15:28

Locke said:
GTR2.

This still looks good too me.

SKILL · 9 Dec 2009 at 16:30

Goldfingers said:
What is the point of turning traction control off? Even real racers use traction control.

In F1? GP2? BTCC? NASCAR?

Very few racing series have Traction Control, easily fits into the 'minority' category.

As for NFS: Shift and turning TC off, might make it harder/better, doesn't make it a sim

demon8991:

I've heard of some people struggling to get it set up with Grid, but it'll be good for all those games, sims will 'make more use' of the qualities of the G25 though imo (if you get what I mean)