Racing games-similar to UK circuits?
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Doesn't FOrza only have Silverstone, and the GP one at that, which isn't very often used to UK circuit racing? The tracks in the TOCA games aren't very realistic to be honest. I've used in car videos to learn UK tracks in the past - seems to be the only way forward. Failing that, there's always the Mark Hales DVD series.
David Godfrey said:
but that doesn't have any uk circuits 
many are available as add ons. try www.rfactorcentral.net to see what is about.
D_Mike said:
many are available as add ons. try www.rfactorcentral.net to see what is about.
see I'm not mad - really! 
David Godfrey said:
D_Mike said:
many are available as add ons. try www.rfactorcentral.net to see what is about.
see I'm not mad - really! 
Yes - thanks for that link D_Mike. It seems that most uk circuits are on there. I'll check them out when I'm next home (where my gaming PC lives!).RobM77 said:
Doesn't FOrza only have Silverstone, and the GP one at that, which isn't very often used to UK circuit racing? The tracks in the TOCA games aren't very realistic to be honest. I've used in car videos to learn UK tracks in the past - seems to be the only way forward. Failing that, there's always the Mark Hales DVD series.
Forza2 has 3 different variations of SilverstoneCivpilot said:
RobM77 said:
Doesn't FOrza only have Silverstone, and the GP one at that, which isn't very often used to UK circuit racing? The tracks in the TOCA games aren't very realistic to be honest. I've used in car videos to learn UK tracks in the past - seems to be the only way forward. Failing that, there's always the Mark Hales DVD series.
Forza2 has 3 different variations of SilverstoneDavid Godfrey said:
D_Mike said:
many are available as add ons. try www.rfactorcentral.net to see what is about.
see I'm not mad - really! I'm downloading some trial version, although I couldn't work out what file was the right one to download so I have just downloaded some one with the US flag next to it, couldn't find one with a UK flag.
mikey_p said:
David Godfrey said:
D_Mike said:
many are available as add ons. try www.rfactorcentral.net to see what is about.
see I'm not mad - really! I'm downloading some trial version, although I couldn't work out what file was the right one to download so I have just downloaded some one with the US flag next to it, couldn't find one with a UK flag.
the best mods are well up there as sims. The F1 car with the game was created with the help of BMW.
rFactor is a game in itself but its real strength is that is built to accomodate mods (modifications) made by third parties, with extra cars and tracks. obviusly some are better than others but the best are very good. search for rfactor on this forum - there is a lot written. The best mods are probably:
v8factor (current choice for PH rfactor league)
GP 1978 (1978 formula 1 cars! really good!)
Porsche Carrera Cup
few more... based on real and fictional cars and racing series.
many tracks are available (nordschleife included)
rFactor is a game in itself but its real strength is that is built to accomodate mods (modifications) made by third parties, with extra cars and tracks. obviusly some are better than others but the best are very good. search for rfactor on this forum - there is a lot written. The best mods are probably:
v8factor (current choice for PH rfactor league)
GP 1978 (1978 formula 1 cars! really good!)
Porsche Carrera Cup
few more... based on real and fictional cars and racing series.
many tracks are available (nordschleife included)
RobM77 said:
David Godfrey said:
but that doesn't have any uk circuits Brands Hatch
Croft
Castle Coombe
Cadwell Park
Crystal Palace
Donington
Goodwood
Knockhill
Mallory Park - yet released but on my PC
Rockingham
Silverstone
They are all available for rFactor
So if third parties [who presumably don't make much/any money out of these packs] are making the circuit add-ons how detailed are they? I mean do they go to the circuits and take thousands of measurements, levels, and photos so they are accurate copies such as Microsoft/Sony would? Because if they don't then surely there is no advantage to playing the game to learn a circuit over watching a video or just looking at a track map.
SimonY]So if third parties [who presumably don't make much/any money out of these packs said:
are making the circuit add-ons how detailed are they? I mean do they go to the circuits and take thousands of measurements, levels, and photos so they are accurate copies such as Microsoft/Sony would? Because if they don't then surely there is no advantage to playing the game to learn a circuit over watching a video or just looking at a track map.
Most are very detailed and very accurate. Others are conversions from other games.Here is the scratch built Le Man made by the Virtua-LM team - http://www.virtua-lm.com/lemans/ done professionally with thousands of hours work, photo's, GPS data etc...
Edited by FourWheelDrift on Monday 17th September 21:50
Panclan said:
RobM77 said:
David Godfrey said:
but that doesn't have any uk circuits Brands Hatch
Croft
Castle Coombe
Cadwell Park
Crystal Palace
Donington
Goodwood
Knockhill
Mallory Park - yet released but on my PC
Rockingham
Silverstone
They are all available for rFactor
SimonY]So if third parties [who presumably don't make much/any money out of these packs said:
are making the circuit add-ons how detailed are they? I mean do they go to the circuits and take thousands of measurements, levels, and photos so they are accurate copies such as Microsoft/Sony would? Because if they don't then surely there is no advantage to playing the game to learn a circuit over watching a video or just looking at a track map.
As said above, some are very accurate, but do be warned - some are fairly innacurate. Graham Hill at Brands Hatch for instance is usually wrong, as most sims seem to have the older version that was much shallower. Also, at the Nurburgring some of the straights are different lengths to how they are in real life. All sims are definitely a help though 
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