Racing Game, possibly sim to test my GPU

SkidMarkKing · 23 Jun 2013 at 16:09

Hello.

Im not a massive PC gamer. Usually play xbox360 due to most of my mates being on there.

Im looking for a racing game that will test my gtx460 graphics card that can be bought through steam. I have recently bought race07 and really like it but would like something a little more harsh on the graphics card in order to test mine out

Any recommendations?

arknor · 23 Jun 2013 at 16:19

I don't think there really are any until pcars comes out.
most sims have fairly simple graphics because they aren't what's important.

We don't really have anything like forza the closest thing is shift 2

chris182008 · 23 Jun 2013 at 16:20

Not a sim but shift 2 looks good with a few mods or you could always try assetto corsa there's a preview out if you buy netkar pro which is only £6 at the moment.

johnny cass · 23 Jun 2013 at 16:23

Grid 2 graphics are excellent in that. More arcade racer though.
Rfactor 2 is behind on the graphics but great force feed back.
I think the demo of Asseto corsa is out looks well.
F1 2013 has great graphics.
Pcars has good graphics but the subs are finished on that.
Burnout has good graphics also.

SkidMarkKing · 23 Jun 2013 at 16:25

Thanks for the replies guys. Yeah, that pcars looks brilliant.

Looks like I need a new genre of game in order to test my GPU.

johnny cass · 23 Jun 2013 at 16:29

Frame rates the main thing in racing games.

chris182008 · 23 Jun 2013 at 16:34

I think Shift 2 will be enough to test a 460 with if not Grid 2 will defiantly use all the pixel pushing power available.

SkidMarkKing · 23 Jun 2013 at 16:48

chris182008 said:
I think Shift 2 will be enough to test a 460 with if not Grid 2 will defiantly use all the pixel pushing power available.

Oki. I did go on systemrequirements website and it seems to pass the recommended for each game ive tried apart from devil may cry.

I have tried Far Cry, Crysis etc...

chris182008 · 23 Jun 2013 at 17:01

A 460 is still a capable card but if you start turning the settings up in newer games it will struggle. Battlefield 3, Crysis 3, Tomb Raider to name a few will push the 460 at higher settings.

SkidMarkKing · 23 Jun 2013 at 17:03

chris182008 said:
A 460 is still a capable card but if you start turning the settings up in newer games it will struggle. Battlefield 3, Crysis 3, Tomb Raider to name a few will push the 460 at higher settings.

Ahh oki. My card is completely standard, havn't overclocked the GPU or CPU.

chris182008 · 23 Jun 2013 at 17:11

If you download MSI afterburner you'll be able to see the fps your games are running at and adjust the settings accordingly you want to keep at about 60fps. You can also overclock your graphics card with afterburner if yours is supported.

SkidMarkKing · 23 Jun 2013 at 17:14

chris182008 said:
If you download MSI afterburner you'll be able to see the fps your games are running at and adjust the settings accordingly you want to keep at about 60fps. You can also overclock your graphics card with afterburner if yours is supported.

Oki. I do have gadget too which shows me the GPU/CPU temps

BassPunk · 23 Jun 2013 at 18:02

On Steam try the DiRT Showdown & F1 2012 demo's.

Tonester0011 · 23 Jun 2013 at 18:05

Grid 2 with settings turned up to 11 will make that card crawl (avg of <30fps). 100% arcade racer though. Despite that it's a good game imo.

GoggleZ · 24 Jun 2013 at 13:33

GRID 2 is really good, and you feel quite immersed in the game!

My fave car so far is the Subaru BRZ aka Toyota GT86!