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

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...

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.

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

BS Dave · 21 Oct 2023 at 13:37

Sorry to be dumb but is AC the same as ACC - what's the difference?

BS Dave · 21 Oct 2023 at 16:41

steve45 said:
No not the same. They come from the same developer however:

AC - Very much a platform for modders, comes with ok base level of content (feeling a bit dated now), however what makes AC shine is the vast amount of community produced mods/tracks/cars that effectively cover pretty much every facet of motorsport, and bring the game very much right up to date. Some mod quality can be very questionable and can range from janky AF to professional developer quality, you just have to go by community reviews. Online racing can be a bit of a minefield and its pretty much necessary to be part of a league/community to get "good" racing.

ACC - Solely focuses on GT racing, fully licensed from SRO motorsports. Very good selection of tracks with all DLC. Cars are primarily GT3 however they have subsequently added GT4 and there are some single make cup cars as well like Porsche and Lambo. ACC in my opinion is a step forward in immersion, the sound and feel of the game are such an amazing experience. Though going by what some real world drivers have commented I think to some extent real world driving physics has taken a slight hit to enable the overall atmosphere of the game. Online is hit and miss on this, but there are a couple of projects to help improve this like LFM and PitSkill.

Thanks for this. I might dip my toes in with AC as I'll be able to drive the car that started this whole thing for me and it's cheap as well, and if I get the bug (and tbh there's not much else that interests me right now) I can always go from there