Driving Game recommendation

[david.c]

Want santa to bring me a new PC driving game for xmas.

I currently have an old Colin McRae rally game that I love, but I kind of know all the stages by heart.

Can anyone recommend a good one as there is so many to choose from.

Cheers

David

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

some great games out there ...Grid is good ...depends upon what spec pc you have? Like you say there are loads

[david.c]

PC is Dell Inspiron 2.6 Gig AMD Dual Core with 2Gig RAM & NVIDIA GeForce 8300GS Graphics Card running Vista home premium.

[AidanPlace]

2nd recommendation for Grid. Class game

Aidan

[Pilot Pete]

GTR, can get it for a pittance nowadays and its awsome, definitly need a steering wheel for it though if you dont have one already.

I played on donnington on GTR and then drove the westfield round there and can say its spot on!!!

[Jenko]

GRID, GRID.....and GRID :-)

[david.c]

GRID looks popular    

I use a gamepad controller. We did try a (cheap) steering wheel but it was pants      massive dead area in the middle and full lock at each end      

Cheers

David

[combatsapph]

GRID is gonna be a bit rubbish on that spec machine though.

If you want a realistic game, I've had many hours of fun with rFactor and it's easy on the specs as well (not that I care with qaud core 4ghz, 4gb, crossfired 4870's   )

[Cleggy the Spyder Man]

Grid should run ok m8 on your machine ... you wont be able to have everything on max but should be more than ok I would have thought ...

Download the demo first to test !!!

[Guest]

Try Richard Burns Rally... it's much more realistic that CMcrae and will take ages to master... other than that i like GTR2 for track action.

Edited to add... get yourself a steering wheel. Logitec G25 is the best but not cheap!

[Darren B]

Live for speed is a very good game, but you will need a steering wheel to get the best out of it (in fact any driving game is much better with a wheel).  LFS also has Lotus 7s in it as well as a host of others.

Live for Speed

Other ones in my rack are GTL and GTR 1 or 2.

I have a Momo Force Feedback Wheel for sale if you're interested.  Drop me a PM if you are.

[DanB]

rFactor .  You'll need a steering wheel, but rFactor, the Caterham mod and the RealFeel plugin are a very good combination.  And it's very easy to set up an online server if you fancy racing some friends.

[CedricTheBrave]

RFactor

[Richgm]

If you want a Sim then rFactor, GTR2, GT Legends, RB Rally are all good. Can't comment on Grid but the last of the Race Driver series i played (Number 3 IIRC) I thought was Rubbish.

For a bit of fun then I'm playing Test-drive Unlimited at the moment. Just tearing round a Hawaiian island in a number of exotic super cars.

Getting a wheel is a must. The best is a Logitec G25 which isn't cheap but like most things the more you pay the better the goods.

Rich.

PS. The likes of rfactor have a massive on line community and an abundance of free add-on tracks and cars to suit nearly every petrolheads taste.

[cashy]

race driver grid, its awesome on ps3, especially the online section.  Very realistic handling.

Or colin mcrae dirt......