Racers - What should I be playing?

BS Dave · 7 Oct 2023 at 09:20

After visiting the museum at Le Mans, I've got the urge to try a racing game but I know absolutely nothing about them.

I'd like something that will run well on my system RTX 3080 (10Gb), 5800x3d, ideally on my 4K OLED TV, and is on the fun side of sim and I'd really like to be able to drive the Porsche 917.

I'll be playing with a game pad to start of but getting a wheel and pedals is an option down the road.

It would also be great if it wasn't full of microtransactions. I'm ok with DLC though.

Help me out.

Thanks

Dave

Spleen Sauce · 7 Oct 2023 at 09:40

The new Forza Motorsport is out. Pick up gamepass for a month or two and try that. It’s more ‘simcade’ but it’s pretty much designed for the controller.

BS Dave · 7 Oct 2023 at 10:34

I've not heard great things tbh and isn't it riddled with microtransations? To be honest i'm more up for something that been out for a few years - tried and tested. Weren't the project cars games good? I know the name but not much about them...

agnes · 7 Oct 2023 at 14:09

Project cars 2 is fairly decent with the controller. But I've not played much (a few hours here and there)

Spleen Sauce · 8 Oct 2023 at 01:21

BS Dave said:
I've not heard great things tbh and isn't it riddled with microtransations? To be honest i'm more up for something that been out for a few years - tried and tested. Weren't the project cars games good? I know the name but not much about them...

No. You can buy premium packs etc but no need. Just get gamepass for a month and try it (and Forza Horizon if you're happy with something more casual still).

Tykey · 8 Oct 2023 at 06:44

OP have you ever considered VR? For driving sims it's just immersion on another level, most of the popular driving sims (Assetto Corsa, Project Cars 2, ACC, etc) have VR modes. I can't sim in 2D now.

john_smith · 8 Oct 2023 at 07:19

iRacing for a sim setup.

Spleen Sauce · 8 Oct 2023 at 12:35

john_smith said:
iRacing for a sim setup.

Isn’t really suited to a gamepad which is what he wants to start with.

ShiWarrior · 8 Oct 2023 at 14:45

I play Project Cars 2 on an Xbox pad
love it

ryu · 8 Oct 2023 at 14:57

If it needs to be realistic try.. Horizon Chase 2

BS Dave · 20 Oct 2023 at 20:54

ShiWarrior said:
I play Project Cars 2 on an Xbox pad
love it

I've only got a 3080 10Gb. Can I turn down settings enough to get a decent fps for VR?

Thanks for all the replies. I checked back a few times but didn't realise I'd had so many.

ShiWarrior · 20 Oct 2023 at 20:56

ive got a 3090, a 3080 will be fine

BS Dave · 20 Oct 2023 at 20:57

Spleen Sauce said:
Isn’t really suited to a gamepad which is what he wants to start with.

Tbh honest I'd love to get a wheel etc, but baby steps right?

BS Dave · 20 Oct 2023 at 22:31

So CD Keys have the deluxe edition for 36 quid - which I should be able to redeem on steam right? Can anyone confirm? (they don't sell it anymore due to licenses ending)

Will that get me all the cars/tracks etc?

BS Dave · 20 Oct 2023 at 22:33

ShiWarrior said:
ive got a 3090, a 3080 will be fine

How does it look on your Quest 3? What settings have you got? Mu 3080 does 2000+ on the core and +250 on mem - hopefully I should be able to get close to your 3090 performance

imtoooldforthis · 21 Oct 2023 at 00:11

You can get Assetto Corsa with all the DLC for £31 and then have access to an endless amount of content via its still thriving mod community. Even without mods it's a superior product to pCars2 but with mods it's by far the most complete single-player driving experience that's ever existed on PC. Its multiplayer is also more active than pCars 2 which the last time I checked was a total graveyard.

Can't speak for VR performance relative to pCars 2 though.

Uncle Petey · 21 Oct 2023 at 02:27

imtoooldforthis said:
You can get Assetto Corsa with all the DLC for £31 and then have access to endless amount of content via it's still thriving mod community. Even without mods it's much superior product to pCars2.

You can get the Ultimate edition for £13 on CDkeys.

imtoooldforthis · 21 Oct 2023 at 02:42

Uncle Petey said:
You can get the Ultimate edition for £13 on CDkeys.

Bargain, then chuck another £1 on for CSP https://www.patreon.com/x4fab/posts

£14 for the best-looking sim on the market with physics that still hold up well against the likes of iRacing, rFactor 2 etc

Guest2 · 21 Oct 2023 at 09:04

+1 for Assetto Corsa. Here’s me using wheel and pedals on my desk

ShiWarrior · 21 Oct 2023 at 09:04

BS Dave said:
How does it look on your Quest 3? What settings have you got? Mu 3080 does 2000+ on the core and +250 on mem - hopefully I should be able to get close to your 3090 performance

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