have played a fair few driving racing games in my time,and my favourites are a mixture of test drive unlimited (haven’t yet played the 2nd one) burnout,road rash e.t.c. have been imagining an ultimate version called test drive planet earth.basically it would replicate all the countries down to minutest detail (satellite images e.t.c) just like tdu you could zoom the map in to any point on earth and set up a race.but here’s the best part.you could race any vehicle (planes,boats,trains,cars,motorcycles e.t.c even push bikes).you could decide the distance (course you’d like to set up/race).also there would be real weather conditions (taken from real weather satellites) that would replicate in the game world.also you could enter any real motorsport event (that was going on in the real world.virtually e.g isle of man tt,you could do it virtually at the same time).i know there is no way that the game could be made (at present/waiting forr a holodeck to be created 😉 but boy would it be fantastic if it ever could be created 😀 what do you reckon?

I enjoyed playing one game that was based on central London. Not quite accurate, but knowing certain short cuts and the basic geography in real terms was a bonus. Caned my mate at it, simply cos I knew all the streets so well.

maybe you could have every real life game in this map. try putting a bit of gran theft auto in as well as heavy rain and fallout. constantly being updated to get the hole of the world’s society in some mad over the top game. make that and you will be a billionaire overnight if it’s any good

I’ve always thought the traffic in street racing games has always been too sparse. There’s never any trafic jams to force you to drive up the pavement or find a completely different route. There’s barely ever enough to make overtaking a challenge/gamble!

And need pesky pedestrians getting in the way too. I’m not suggesting Death Race 2000, but if you’re dangerous enough to mow down an innocent or two then you’d get the public as well as the Polis out to stop you (and probably dragging you from your car and stomping you into jam). Game over.

I had a great idea for a game called Essex Driver. It’s a blend of several racing games with a hint of GTA.

The idea is that you race around town centres of Chelmsford, Basildon, Romford and Colchester in a wheezy Fiesta. You have to stop off at off licenses to buy White Lightning cider and earn bonus points by getting as many noisy Essex girls in the car as possible, while playing really bad music.

Of course, a classy Essex lady isn’t going to get in any old car, so you can spend points upgrading to a more flatulent exhaust, tackier ill-fitting body kits or a less subtle sound system. You could then trade up to a wheezy Escort or a tragic Sierra with a Cosworth-alike body kit, resplendent in brick red or Dagenham maroon. The discerning ladies wouldn’t be able to resist.

You’d need a fitting soundtrack to go with such a barrage of good taste, so maybe quality artists like Akon, N-Dubz or Scooter would be tempted to contribute?