Recommend a Good driving game
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netKar PRO is good. Quite buggy atm, and in need of the new patch, but still quality.
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Another vote for GT Legends.
I was up until 5am one day last week playing it.
Runs butter smooth even with umpteen cars on screen at once!
I was up until 5am one day last week playing it.
Runs butter smooth even with umpteen cars on screen at once!
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only one i realy enjoy is flat out 2, but I aint a racing game fan
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Nothing on the ISI code (so GTL, GTR2, GTR2, F1C or rF) has very good force feedback. LFS is slightly better in terms of FF, but that's essentially an arcade game with some simulation features in it.
NR2003 (and the free GTP mod that can bolt onto it) is by far the most realistic. GPL has the 2nd best force feedback, but it's now 8 years old, and the graphics is showing it. Still, I don't look at the shiny bits anyway, it's all about the physics, and GPL still rocks in that area.
Looking forward to the controversial iRacing.com product though.
//edit: don't touch nK Pro with a barge-pole. There's been no support since the day after release, and there's unlikely to be either. It's essentially the same as the free nK from years before, but with better graphics. The graphics are awesome, but there's no offline racing, and the online is horribly broken. Still great if you like hotlapping, but it becomes rather boring rather quickly.
NR2003 (and the free GTP mod that can bolt onto it) is by far the most realistic. GPL has the 2nd best force feedback, but it's now 8 years old, and the graphics is showing it. Still, I don't look at the shiny bits anyway, it's all about the physics, and GPL still rocks in that area.
Looking forward to the controversial iRacing.com product though.
//edit: don't touch nK Pro with a barge-pole. There's been no support since the day after release, and there's unlikely to be either. It's essentially the same as the free nK from years before, but with better graphics. The graphics are awesome, but there's no offline racing, and the online is horribly broken. Still great if you like hotlapping, but it becomes rather boring rather quickly.
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this_is_gav said:
How so? I haven't heard much about it, can you give us some gumpth?
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Well it's to all intents and purposes the same guys who were at Papyrus when they lost the license to make NASCAR sims. Papyrus then ceased to exist, and out of the ashes, funded by John Henry, they formed iRacing.com. They've got a sim coming, but other than a list of tracks and cars, and that it's centred on an online-based career, no-one really knows much about it.leaskovski said:How so? I haven't heard much about it, can you give us some gumpth?
The reason it's so controversial is that they purchased the source code that was used for NR2003, and went about threatening legal action to anyone who reverse-engineered the code for NR2003, killing off a lot of mods and addons in the process, which was their right, but it didn't go down well with the fans, especially when some of their staff actually made mods themselves as a fan site once NR2003 was finished. The GTP mod was given special dispensation (or a license if you like) to use the code.
Papy probably made the best sims ever in whichever generation they chose to release a product, so I'm more than willing to subscribe to whatever they come out with, but others are refusing to back it given what they've done to the community, whether within their rights or not.
Another vote for rFactor here. The FF can be amazing if it's tweaked correctly, I have mine feeling pretty much perfect now.
As for arcade driving games, Flatout 2, without doubt. Such a fun game, I can't get enough of it
As for arcade driving games, Flatout 2, without doubt. Such a fun game, I can't get enough of it
this_is_gav said:
I have to take issue with you here. There has been virtually no support, and yes there are issues. However, the sim can be set up, and problems solved, and there are several leagues running with very few problems. I am running in two at the moment, and it's some of the best online racing I've had.
PC performance suffers because of the online code, but the physics make up for the current shortcomings. It is a matter of opinion, but many see them nKpro as having the best sim physics to date.
A new patch is being worked on and is currently being tested.
this_is_gav said:
I too think this will be the greatsest sim product to ever hit the market when it is released. I've been following their progress as closely as I can, and they really look like they're going to take sim racing to the next level.
I don't really understand the politics of the controversies, but I'm not too concerned. If it's good, I'll be there, and I imagine so will many of those who currently claim they'll have nothing to do with it.