Can i build a cityscape driving simulator?

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I am interested in building a small cityscape 'driving' simulator. The purpose of it will be to simply drive around the roads of the city, no competition driving, just one vehicle. no action/special effects/sequences. If you can imagine doom/quake without the guts n gore. Has anyone any experience of 'gaming engines' that could point me in the right direction.

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timbob said:

I think there's been plenty done with the good old Quake 2 engine... I'd have a look there - it's been around long enough for there to be plenty of expertise on it.

Thanks for that TimBob, i was thinking of looking at the quake engine, but wasn't sure whether to go down the 'bitmap' route or some other kind of rendering engine for 'cleaner' look.