Anime Whatever happened to racing games?

[Night Goat]

Are there any good, recent-ish ones that can be played on PC?

 

[Norfleet]

My guess is "AIs cheat, the Internet lags horribly", rendering pure racing games rather stale. There's only so much you can do with this genre outside of "prettier graphics" before it turns into Mario Kart.

 

[Prime Junta]

Funny you should ask, I've just recently been looking into this as I'd like to dip a toe in sim-racing.

Forza 6 Apex is free and in public beta right now, and the full series is coming to PC. Pretty good physics, game-y races (much shorter than real, AI is relatively easy to beat). Then there's Assetto Corsa, which has very good physics and more realistic races. And then there's Project Cars, which is also by all accounts pretty good.

The old stalwart iRacing is still soldiering along as well.

The newer ones -- Assetto Corsa and Project Cars at least -- feature extremely detailed, laser-scanned tracks, and the driving physics are getting impressively good also. Saw a YouTube while back where a competition sim-racer raced against a competition race car driver on the Nordschleife. The sim-racer won, but very very narrowly, and the real and sim cars' performance tracked each other quite closely.

 

[Perkel]

Project Cars is decent if you are into semi sim racing
Assetto Corsa is amazing racing sim
iRacing is the racing sim
rFactor2 is pile of rubish but does provide some enjoyement

Only Project Cars has actual proper single player content.

still nothing beats Asseto Corsas racing f40. Just pure quality of sound and simulation:

 

[Prime Junta]

I'm semi-planning to hold off until Oculus Rift support matures a bit. Then buy a rig good enough to drive it properly, with a proper wheel and pedals...

 

[Burning Bridges]

You can still play Grand Prix Legends.
I believe everything that came afterwards has been shit. There were some great mods for Nascar 2003 but they were all pulled for legal reasons (you can thank David Kaemmer himself for it).

 

[catfood]

 

[J_C]

I heared that Dirt Rally is also pretty good, one of the better rally games for years.

 

[Perkel]

I heared that Dirt Rally is also pretty good, one of the better rally games for years.

Try "the best rally game". It is strong contender for RBR trophy.

 

[J_C]

I heared that Dirt Rally is also pretty good, one of the better rally games for years.

Try "the best rally game". It is strong contender for RBR trophy.

Wow, that's good to hear. RBR is such an amazing rally game, might give Dirt Rally a go if it is that good.

 

[Haba]

If you are looking for more arcade title, Wreckfest is in a pretty good stage by now.

Not a complete game yet, but perfectly playable.

 

[Trash]

As a genre car games have been in an almost rpg's in the 2000's like slump. Almost, as there still are some decent games. Just not the amazing AAA stuff that Microprose and all used to bring.

Then again, people are still modding and updating Grand Prix Legends.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Same thing that happened to gaming as a whole. Decline is universal.

 

[Makabb]

If you are looking for more arcade title, Wreckfest is in a pretty good stage by now.

Not a complete game yet, but perfectly playable.

wreckfest seems like will be a v.fun multiplayer racer

 

[vitamin]

I used to play GPL a lot on my older PC, but now I just have rFactor installed. DRM Revival, TCL, and GTPC are all I need. But I'll switch to GTR2 as soon as BLT release their Group5 mod. Can't wait for all those cars.

http://brickyard-legends-team.com/media.php

 

[Severian Silk]

Couldn't decide if that was real or just very good graphics. Took a while to realize it's a real dude in front of three screens.

 

[Mr. Pink]

I just want to play a game like Sega rally but with better physics

 

[Prime Junta]

I decided to say fuck it and just buy a sports car instead

 

[trym88]

I decided to say fuck it and just buy a sports car instead

Good idea. Don't forget to push the restart button when you crash into a wall with 200 mph.

 

[DwarvenFood]

So semi on-topic, what is the title of the recent game that looks like Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge and Outrun ? I think it was in Greenlight or something.. someone posted a screenshot or two in the screenshot thread months ago...

 

[Severian Silk]

I suck at racing sims, so I just stick to stuff like Wipeout.

 

[Gerrard]

So semi on-topic, what is the title of the recent game that looks like Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge and Outrun ? I think it was in Greenlight or something.. someone posted a screenshot or two in the screenshot thread months ago...

The only one I know of is Horizon Chase, but that's mobile only for now.

 

[DwarvenFood]

So semi on-topic, what is the title of the recent game that looks like Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge and Outrun ? I think it was in Greenlight or something.. someone posted a screenshot or two in the screenshot thread months ago...

The only one I know of is Horizon Chase, but that's mobile only for now.

I actually found it: Slipstream - not yet released: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=479097756&searchtext=slipstream