Best PC game?

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duke thrust

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240 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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What's the best GT4 style game for the PC?

Cheers

docevi1

10,430 posts

249 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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There isn't anything like GT4 on the PC, the closest you get is Need For Speed : Underground 2, but that requires you to bolt on tat and offers limited tweaking of the settings.

Plotloss

67,280 posts

271 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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Simbim GTR

docevi1

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Tuesday 26th April 2005
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Plotloss said:
Simbim GTR
apart from the tweaking of settings, there are little similarities - you don't have to earn wonga to buy cars/ do them up etc.

You can't add stuff to the cars either (i.e. turbos and the like)

FourWheelDrift

88,554 posts

285 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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In short GT4 is an arcade game, GTR is a simulation.

_dobbo_

14,385 posts

249 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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Something like Toca Race driver 2 might fall somewhere in the middle - I loved it when I first got it, but got bored with it as it wasn't expandable...

FHCNICK

1,278 posts

232 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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not sure about being like gt4 but sports car gt is worth a mention, i know its old but its a cracking game.

The DJ 27

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254 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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Agree, an amazing game. Might be a bit difficult to find a lot of the addon stuff now though

Plotloss

67,280 posts

271 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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docevi1 said:

Plotloss said:
Simbim GTR

apart from the tweaking of settings, there are little similarities - you don't have to earn wonga to buy cars/ do them up etc.

You can't add stuff to the cars either (i.e. turbos and the like)


But is it not a good pc racing game?

Marki

15,763 posts

271 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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Need for speed Porsche 2000 , its a cracker

docevi1

10,430 posts

249 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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but GT4 it is not.

The hook of the Gran Turismo series is completing races to earn money to upgrade your car, buy new cars etc. GTR is a simple case of "you get a race car, you change the settings and race on a limited number of circuits". You can't change your car to gain a competitive edge over others (bar setups).

As FWD said as well, it's a sim, not an arcade game - it's not for everyone.

FHCNICK

1,278 posts

232 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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The DJ 27 said:
Agree, an amazing game. Might be a bit difficult to find a lot of the addon stuff now though


what add on stuff????

docevi1

10,430 posts

249 months

Tuesday 26th April 2005
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FHCNICK said:
The DJ 27 said:
Agree, an amazing game. Might be a bit difficult to find a lot of the addon stuff now though
what add on stuff????
www.bhmotorsports.com/SCGT/downloads

Steve_Evil

10,662 posts

230 months

Wednesday 27th April 2005
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Try live for speed, you can get a free demo version and the full game is only about £12, quite a lot of people playing it online, only downside is that you have to race hundreds of times before you can afford enough credits for the better cars. It's pretty realistic and not bad work for a small team of coders.

www.liveforspeed.net

duke thrust

Original Poster:

1,680 posts

240 months

Wednesday 27th April 2005
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Cheers guys, what would be a good street racing game like Project Gotham?

docevi1

10,430 posts

249 months

Wednesday 27th April 2005
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Need For Speed : Underground 2 has street racing.

Toca Race Driver2, GTR, et al are mostly tracks.