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Hi all

Iv recently come over to pc gaming and sold my ps4 so far am loving it...

However I get the feeling I'm going to be missing out on racing games, I can't really find any that take my fancy, I really liked playing forza and I particular forza horizon on my 360. Can any one make suggestions I don't like the racers that all simulator I like a mix between arcade and sim.
 
Race 07, Forza is a terrible car game. If anything you have come to the best place for racing games. The new codemaster though not for me i hear few people here like it.

Do you have a race wheel ?
 
The one thing PC does well is cater for the more niche markets, the simulators, and that would be your Assetto Corsa, iRacing, rFactor and so on.

If thats not your thing, then you're looking at casual titles, which is exactly what Gran Turismo & Forza are (however they chose to portray themselves), and as they're not niche market, they're titles which tend to be big sellers because they appeal to casual gamers with their attitude to realism, AI, and in some cases novelty aspects.
Theres not much for the PC which isnt multi-platform in that respect, because casual = lucrative.

The only casual exclusive i can think of would be 'Next Car Game' which has some of the realism of a simulator, but its effectively demolition derby rules, so its going to appeal to a more arcade audience and attitude. Should be a lot of fun when its finished, but its in Early Access on steam already http://store.steampowered.com/app/228380 (wait for another sale).

After that, for the multi-platform titles you've got Grid Autosport which is out now, and Project CARS which is as much simulator as the SHIFT series (same developers) which is out at the end of the year (Nov?). Thats going to be in the same sort of space as GT and Forza IMO, though its been a few months since i tried it, but its that same casual simulation audience, even if it thinks its more highbrow its too dumbed down, but it should be a lot of fun in that Forza/GT market space, great graphics, fantastic weather effects, decent range of cars & tracks (see SHIFT) and just general fun for racing.

As i say though, there isnt an exclusive like GT/Forza which you've been missing out on, the closest we get is the multi-platforms from Codemasters & EA really.
 
Pretty much what Paul said. Your not really going to get a Forza clone on the PC . Ie a game where you have 5000000000000000 million billion zillion cars, that you can add turbos and otehr mods.

If you are using a pad your need to look at Race 07 it plays well on a pad, if a little old. And the new grid game. Others you can try are dirt 1-3 f1 2014 or whatever edition its on now.

If you really do like cars games then Assetto Corsa when retail and a cheap wheel should be what your looking at. Its not to bad on a pad but could be better, hopefully that happens as the games moved from Alpha.

If you want the best of the best then thats I-racing. Its addictive and not cheap. But if you have a passion for motorsports nothing on any other system including the PC comes close to what the service offers.
 
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