what is the best driving game ever?...............
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Is the handling the same as the SNES version, or the N64 version. I played the N64 version and it was rubbish.
In the SNES version the jump buttons were the key to driving. Holding them down and then jumping out of the slide by steering the wrong way was the best way to get 'round corners. N64 version, holding down jump was crap, and way different to the way the SNES version worked. There was a stupid 'boost' system which was rubbish.
Edited by MEMSDesign on Tuesday 22 January 10:40
In the SNES version the jump buttons were the key to driving. Holding them down and then jumping out of the slide by steering the wrong way was the best way to get 'round corners. N64 version, holding down jump was crap, and way different to the way the SNES version worked. There was a stupid 'boost' system which was rubbish.
Edited by MEMSDesign on Tuesday 22 January 10:40
Bought WRC the day it came out, finished a World championship in a day and put it back in the box. I wasn't too impressed with the handling or the graphics (pretty but no features, boring to watch on replay).
Then I borrowed a GT-Force steering wheel and the game was completely transformed. The wheel bucks and deflects, the throttle pedal means you can balance the car through corners and slow down slightly for fast corners without upsetting the balance. It transforms the game totally, but the wheel costs about £50 I think, not sure if I'd pay that much just to make the game playable.
Then I borrowed a GT-Force steering wheel and the game was completely transformed. The wheel bucks and deflects, the throttle pedal means you can balance the car through corners and slow down slightly for fast corners without upsetting the balance. It transforms the game totally, but the wheel costs about £50 I think, not sure if I'd pay that much just to make the game playable.
I remember an arcade game back in the 70's where you got to whizz tiny little cars around a number of tracks. I was a crude, 2D top down view, but it relieved me of many a 10p! Maybe not the best game ever, but it was fun at the time. Not entirely dissimilar to Grand Theft Auto thinking about it!
Anyone remember it?
Anyone remember it?
There were a few of them and they all ruled. Top down view, spinning the wheel round about twenty times to make it go round a hairpin.....
The four player ones of them must be going reasonably cheap now. Maybe it's time to go browse the arcade machine sales and see if there's one going cheap.
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The four player ones of them must be going reasonably cheap now. Maybe it's time to go browse the arcade machine sales and see if there's one going cheap.
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I remember an arcade game back in the 70's where you got to whizz tiny little cars around a number of tracks. I was a crude, 2D top down view, but it relieved me of many a 10p! Maybe not the best game ever, but it was fun at the time. Not entirely dissimilar to Grand Theft Auto thinking about it!
Anyone remember it?
SUPERSPRINT !
I think.
Anyone played offroad on the pc? handling is quite good, do-nuts leave tyre marks at least, BUT some engine sounds have been sourced from TVR's. I may be biased as I did write it :/ 1st one to put their hand up gets a free copy
( got a smiley for that ted ? ) Edited by RobM on Tuesday 22 January 20:53
If you're sad like me the best steering wheel I've used is the Logitech Momo Force feedback. Leather covered, excellent feedback, good peddles, as close to the real thing you can get, superb. BUT you have to be sad like me as it costs £150!! Hey if you think thats too much I have seen and been in a cockpit (excellent) BUT that costs £800.
I could justify the £150 cos of GPL (where feeling and control is everything). I also drive Colin Mcrae 2 and Rally championship.
I could justify the £150 cos of GPL (where feeling and control is everything). I also drive Colin Mcrae 2 and Rally championship.
I bought a PS2 just for GT3 (the DVD bit was a pleasant surprise...) and I was - still am - dissapointed. Sure, the graphics are great, the replays superb with the glowing brake discs etc, but it all feels a bit slow and soul less. Popped GT2 on the PS2 the other night far a sort of back-to-back and enjoyed it far more, even though it was a bit blocky on the graphics front. Loads more cars, racecar modifications available on most of them, better circuits, really chuckable feel when cornering and a sensation of real speed.
Throw in the fact that GT3 has - as someone said about other games - far too many locked circuits, even at 70% complete, and there's no contest. A lot of the championships are too long and drawn out; 20 laps of Test Track, anyone? Oh, and there's an endurance race for standard MX-5s, for god's sake! Insomniac's cure...
The best game ever? Still GT2 in my book.
Throw in the fact that GT3 has - as someone said about other games - far too many locked circuits, even at 70% complete, and there's no contest. A lot of the championships are too long and drawn out; 20 laps of Test Track, anyone? Oh, and there's an endurance race for standard MX-5s, for god's sake! Insomniac's cure...
The best game ever? Still GT2 in my book.
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I bought a PS2 just for GT3 (the DVD bit was a pleasant surprise...) and I was - still am - dissapointed. Sure, the graphics are great, the replays superb with the glowing brake discs etc, but it all feels a bit slow and soul less. Popped GT2 on the PS2 the other night far a sort of back-to-back and enjoyed it far more, even though it was a bit blocky on the graphics front. Loads more cars, racecar modifications available on most of them, better circuits, really chuckable feel when cornering and a sensation of real speed.
Throw in the fact that GT3 has - as someone said about other games - far too many locked circuits, even at 70% complete, and there's no contest. A lot of the championships are too long and drawn out; 20 laps of Test Track, anyone? Oh, and there's an endurance race for standard MX-5s, for god's sake! Insomniac's cure...
The best game ever? Still GT2 in my book.
I have raced GT, GT2 and GT3.
GT: Great, completed
GT2: annoyed me that you had to have the corrrect bhp to enter an event, little to much and you could not race. No second hand cars
GT3: love the graphics but what happened to the race car modification probably the best bit. Still no second hand cars which means we will not see an BMW E30 M3, siara cosworth
I don't think this is what you meant but lapping Volvos on the M40 used to be fun (before they built the services and it got busy). You find a Volvo estate in the middle lane and overtake, then slow down and pull into lane 1, let him overtake you. Pull out to lane 3, overtake and repeat. The game is to see how many laps you can do before he changes lane.
When this gets boring you can do the reverse or "illegal" lap where you go past in lane 1, pull out to lane 3 and slow down, allowing the Volvo to pass on your left. Pull into lane 1 and repeat.
My PB on one car is 12 legal laps and 10 illegal.
This is clearly a very dangerous and stupid game and I would never do it these days (refer my earlier posting somewhere about things I may have done in my youth that I'm not proud of - this is one of them)
When this gets boring you can do the reverse or "illegal" lap where you go past in lane 1, pull out to lane 3 and slow down, allowing the Volvo to pass on your left. Pull into lane 1 and repeat.
My PB on one car is 12 legal laps and 10 illegal.
This is clearly a very dangerous and stupid game and I would never do it these days (refer my earlier posting somewhere about things I may have done in my youth that I'm not proud of - this is one of them)Gassing Station | Motoring News | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff