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am currently playing forza 3 (and it is very good),but keep thinking about my favourite driving game as i'm playing it. it would have to be project gotham racing 4

for me it is the best driving game that i have ever played.from the graphics (which still look fantastic imho) to the weather effects (just stunning,when racing over the brooklyn bridge in a thunderstorm in new york 😯 😀 if only they had the Edinburgh tracks in it from the 2nd game then it would have been absolutely perfect. just an awesome game 😀 p.s not my video by the way.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 7:42 pm
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Dodge the dartmoor pony.


 
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Gran Turismo 3 (ps2)

For me this is the best of the series, not too many cars like GT2, getting every car was realistic, no downloads either. the graphics were amazing for their time. Each car was beautifully rendered and pushed the hardware. The soundtrack was good too, the music really summed up the dance and indie charts of it's time. GT4 was too similar and didn't bring anything new to the genre while GT5 feels like an anachronism next to it's Forza counterparts.

Mario Kart Super Circuit (GBA)

The best multiplayer racing game bar none. Linking Gameboys via a cable and playing this (bowser castle) brings fond memories. So underrated, as good as the original, N64 version was good too.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 7:54 pm
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I-Racing


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 7:54 pm
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Forza 3 is still doing it for me .
Dirt 3 was absolute shite so looking forward to Forza 4.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 7:55 pm
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Forza 3


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 7:59 pm
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Mario Kart SNES, then Mario Kart 64.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 8:02 pm
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Forza 3

Mario Kart for pure fun


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 8:03 pm
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Grid - Chevrolet Lacetti touring car races online. Loads of fun wanging it around the corners at full tilt!


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 8:03 pm
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old skool, hard driving was ace first arcade driverthat gave real feedback thru the stearing wheel


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 8:03 pm
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Chequered Flag on the speccy.

Maybe


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 8:04 pm
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Wipeout on the PS1

Actually I quite enjoyed downhill domination as well, although you needed to race the technical downhill sections from the first person perspective to make it tough.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 8:31 pm
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Oulton Park.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 8:33 pm
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Hot pursuit on the iPad ain't half bad, the original coast to coast takes some beating for it's time though.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 8:35 pm
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For sheer feeling and feedback, has to be F1 2010 .... top game, have also enjoyed Dirt 3 and GT5 on the ps3 ..


 
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Does Wipeout 3 count? That was one of the very few games that was more than just a game, it was a sport in itself. Took months of proper graft to master the lightening fast top speeds.. you had to be REALLY into it. Not much else that I've played required that level of absorption and dedication.

As for cars, GT3 I loved too. Those 60 lap hour long races were pretty epic! Being quick was one thing, being quick and saving your tyres required a similar level of fine touch to Wipeout.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 8:38 pm
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geoff crammond's f1gp - still my all-time favourite!


 
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Favourite racing games include:

Supercars 2 (Amiga)
Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge (Amiga)
Rock and Roll Racing (SNES)
Micro Machines V8 (PS)
Wipeout 2097 (PS)
F-Zero X (Gamecube)

Always been a fan of the arcadier/sillier/fantasy racing games, Gran Turismo and Project Gotham just don't hold my interest. I did like V-Rally and Burnout, but those were mainly for causing ridiculous crashes. Never even played the normal mode on Burnout, only Crash for Cash.


 
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GT something..,.

5 was, well, good, but underwhelming

4 found hard work on the PS2

Surprisingly, prob a close call between GT5P and GT5


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 9:39 pm
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Out Run. In the big plastic ferrari in the arcade on Llandudno pier late 80's. 50p a go or 3 goes for a pound. Splash wave tune selected on the stereo.


 
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Supersprint
Daytona usa
Geoff Crammonds F1
Forza 3
Really enjoyed Grand Turismo HD demo (tuned Celica GT4), but GT5 is the most disapointing game i have played.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 10:07 pm
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Stuntcar racer on the amiga 500+


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 10:48 pm
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Supersprint

Stuntcar racer

I was about to say both of those.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 10:53 pm
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TT Superbikes on the ps2 and Tourist Trophy. Gran Turismo 2 on
ps1. One of the cd's smelled like burning rubber. Ace.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 11:15 pm
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Chicken or how long can I drive in the dark without lights.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 11:18 pm
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Dirt 3 is pretty good, really enjoying that at the moment.
I like RACE too, it's no simulator but it's lots of fun.
F1 2010 is very good too as is PGR4.

But the best driving game ever is Forza 3.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 11:20 pm
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I wish I was better at Forza though - even managed to get hold of an original (now discontinued) MS wheel and I'm still crap 🙁


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 11:26 pm
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TheArtistFormerlyKnownAsSTR don't worry about it.i'm rubbish at the game also (well just about all computer games to be honest 😳


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 11:30 pm
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Naked twister.


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 11:34 pm
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Ok neil - with baby oil?


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 11:36 pm
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Mario Kart for fun or Carmageddon for the zombie slaughter.

Real world has to be the A82 / A87 to Skye outwith tourist season. Bliss.


 
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Actually, I retract the Forza thing. What kind of crazy fool was I?

Grand Prix Legends. With all the user created updates.
500bhp in a car that weighs 500lb, real life physics, online support community that has a 'negative' challenge.

What an awesome game, so difficult, so challenging, so engaging. Loved it. And yes, I did go negative. hundreds of tracks, insanely difficult handling, 1960's cars, fantastic!


 
Posted : 20/08/2011 11:46 pm
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Screamer. With 16gb of RAM for the graphics upgrade.

TBH there's only 4 things you need from a car game- good engine sounds, good crashes, good opposition, and NO ****ING DRIVING TESTS. Bloomin Gran Turismo, honestly, I've spent longer doing bloody silly GT driving tests than I spent actually learning to drive a real car.


 
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From the annals of history... Stunt Race 2000 on the Acorn; like Stunt Car Racer but with madder tracks where you could go pretty much anywhere, including a massive "pool table" thing where you could knock the balls around. Never seen anything like it since, though, so I stuck with Wipeout 2097... I wasted many hours of my life playing that, far more than any other game...


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 7:49 am
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Used to love '1nsane', pretty good offroad racer with nice physics and damage. You could race ATVs all the way up to 8x8 behemoths.

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And one of the first games to have decent online play.


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 2:41 pm
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I like clipping cones with my front bumper and seeing how far they fly.

Extra points if you can spear a bloke leaning on a shovel.


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 2:43 pm
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mundo mamil massacre (millenium edition)


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 3:05 pm
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This is an absolute blast and it's free to play, Trackmania nations.


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 3:17 pm
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It's been years since I played a modern game, but my old favourite was always Need For Speed Porsche 2000. It had good graphics (for the time) but more importantly some realistic damage effects and a great array of cars, really giving a realistic insight of Porsche history.

That, and Mario Kart 64!


 
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grand prix legends, most realistic and difficult driving sim, somehow the word game doesn't give it justice!


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 5:43 pm
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(at the moment MX Vs ATV Alive on PS3

played too many driving games over the years to be able to choose an all time favorite.


 
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my favourite driving game is to see how close to recycling bins left on my road i can get some days it turns into how far can i launch one into a garden 🙂


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 5:52 pm
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+1 Grand Prix Legends


 
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Oh yeah.. the most fun I had for a short period of time was that off-road rally one on the PS1.. what was it called now.. was famous for having infintiely rigid blades of grass, bushes and cars but it modelled the physics of a car crash quite well so you'd be ripping along at 100mph on a straight, clip something and have the most spectacular crash ever seen on a computer game.. Plus it had a track editor so we'd do stuff like make a huge downhill straight with a jump at the bottom to see how much air we could get.. very funny.. good times 🙂

EDIT: V-Rally


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 6:27 pm
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mushrooms thanks for the heads up on trackmania (am just downloading it via steam/never used steam before) 🙂


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 7:32 pm
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Mine is Driving to the airport and getting on the plane 😉


 
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Grand Prix Legends was ace! I couldn't get it to run on my XP PC though 🙁


 
Posted : 21/08/2011 8:28 pm
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i just had to add.have just started playing trackmania.it is FANTASTIC! 😀 what a fun game.and it runs on my old (11 years old pc) would recommend it to anyone who loves a fun driving game (+ it's free from steam)


 
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Rally masters was great too, just remembered that gem. I had it on pc, but know it was on ps1 also. Going to track down a copy of that I think.


 
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Metropolis Street Racer on the Dreamcast is my all time favourite!

The first driving game I played that had a realistic landscape; at the time I was amazed to recognise the landmarks around London and Tokyo. Spent hours trying to get a clear run round some the tracks and beat the (seriously hard) benchmark times. Super addictive structure with the "Kudos" points too.


 
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I keep meaning to but GT5 for the PS3, but never seem to get round to getting it! I quite enjoy the Dirt and WRC series, but the graphics don't appear to compare to GT5.


 
Posted : 22/08/2011 1:55 pm
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Sega Rally. Game over yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.


 
Posted : 22/08/2011 2:17 pm
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GPL + 1000, had almost every single add on for it up till a year ago when one of my HDD died 🙁


 
Posted : 22/08/2011 2:32 pm
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Wipeout the original & HD

did like Downhill Domination & Sledstorm on the PS2

currently on the PS3 it's Baja


 
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NFS undercover , fast track no limits


 
Posted : 23/08/2011 7:09 pm
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sorry to reopen my thread,but i just bought this today

it is fantastic 😀 just like a cross between burnout,and how need for speed used to be (thinking of the original game).it is great fun (cannot wait to get some of the hyper cars (bugatti veyron i'm looking at you 😀


 
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