Motorsport Gaming suggestions
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Looking to get a console for my new room (man cave). It will only be driving games and not war stuff. I am not too familiar with all the different options so would like to ask what would be the best console and affordable driving seat/frame etc? I would really like an intergrated seat with controls. Looking for sensible suggestions and thanks in advance!
Does it have to be console? There are a *lot* more options if you went for a PC instead. Even a modest PC can run some fantastic racing simulators like Asseto Corsa, iRacing, Live for Speed, GTR2, GTL, GTR Evo or rFactor (1 or 2)..
For consoles you've pretty much got Gran Turismo 6 on PS3 (rumoured to be PS4 too, end of next year) or Forza 4 on Xbox 360, and Forza 5 on Xbox One.
Wheel wise you've got loads of choice on PC to suit all budgets. Quite a lot of choice on PS3 to suit most budgets, and only about 3 different wheels (worth buying) on the Xbox.
As for racing frame there are hundreds - from simple stands and DIY MDF things to mad complete multi-screen or projector motion rigs..
Best bet would be to let us know the budget and we can see what's available for that? You could spend £150 (Xbox/PS3 & Wheel) - £20,000 (Motion setup+)
For consoles you've pretty much got Gran Turismo 6 on PS3 (rumoured to be PS4 too, end of next year) or Forza 4 on Xbox 360, and Forza 5 on Xbox One.
Wheel wise you've got loads of choice on PC to suit all budgets. Quite a lot of choice on PS3 to suit most budgets, and only about 3 different wheels (worth buying) on the Xbox.
As for racing frame there are hundreds - from simple stands and DIY MDF things to mad complete multi-screen or projector motion rigs..
Best bet would be to let us know the budget and we can see what's available for that? You could spend £150 (Xbox/PS3 & Wheel) - £20,000 (Motion setup+)
Edited by Altrezia on Friday 27th December 01:56
Assetto corsa and project cars blow the pants off the consoles, even th xbone and ps4 graphically. Sadly my pc isn't good enough to play those though 
so it would be good if someone could comment saying the specs and costs of a pc that runs those to give you an idea. There haven't raeally been many british circuits included in console racers since toca 3 at the moment. You can get brands, silverstone and donington in shift 2 and silverstone and brands in gt6 but that's as good as it gets really.
I'm not being pc biased as I have a 360 and an ageing pc but I do find myself returning to the pc more often to play racing games. Rfactor and gtr2 can be picked up pretty cheap now, along with race 07 (although you have to start a love/hate relationship with steam to get race07 I think) and they are very easy to get and install mods for and there is almost every uk track made for those two games by the community, along with hundreds for cars, including f1 from all eras.
As mentioned above it all depends on budget really
so it would be good if someone could comment saying the specs and costs of a pc that runs those to give you an idea. There haven't raeally been many british circuits included in console racers since toca 3 at the moment. You can get brands, silverstone and donington in shift 2 and silverstone and brands in gt6 but that's as good as it gets really. I'm not being pc biased as I have a 360 and an ageing pc but I do find myself returning to the pc more often to play racing games. Rfactor and gtr2 can be picked up pretty cheap now, along with race 07 (although you have to start a love/hate relationship with steam to get race07 I think) and they are very easy to get and install mods for and there is almost every uk track made for those two games by the community, along with hundreds for cars, including f1 from all eras.
As mentioned above it all depends on budget really
OK the consensus seems to be going towards PC. All my current PC's are more business types than gaming. What would the minimum PC spec be to run these games adequately for speed and graphics, size of monitor/screen etc?
You could also say what your ultimate spec would be for a gaming PC??
PS: Many years ago I had Toca shootout (I think!) which had lots of British circuits and seemed quite accurate for a game.
You could also say what your ultimate spec would be for a gaming PC??
PS: Many years ago I had Toca shootout (I think!) which had lots of British circuits and seemed quite accurate for a game.
Edited by ajondyh on Friday 27th December 12:39
Hello again.
PC wise anything relatively recent will do; just stick a half decent graphics card in - AMD 7870 / Nvidia 660 or better would do the trick.
Unless you're going tripple screen you shouldn't really run into any issues. The only 'games' that don't run that great at the moment are rFactor2 and Project Cars. Everything else only needs a mid-range PC to look good.
I'm running a i7 2600k with a Nvidia 4gb 680 card and it runs just about everything I can throw at it.
I've run rFactor(1) on an old laptop without any issues, it even runs on my spare Ion powered Aspire Revo at 1048x768 - not amazing looking but smooth ennough to play - I let my daughter use it when she fancies a go and mine isn't working.
PC wise anything relatively recent will do; just stick a half decent graphics card in - AMD 7870 / Nvidia 660 or better would do the trick.
Unless you're going tripple screen you shouldn't really run into any issues. The only 'games' that don't run that great at the moment are rFactor2 and Project Cars. Everything else only needs a mid-range PC to look good.
I'm running a i7 2600k with a Nvidia 4gb 680 card and it runs just about everything I can throw at it.
I've run rFactor(1) on an old laptop without any issues, it even runs on my spare Ion powered Aspire Revo at 1048x768 - not amazing looking but smooth ennough to play - I let my daughter use it when she fancies a go and mine isn't working.
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