List of other driving simulators

[Cola]

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List of driving simulators mentioned in this thread: (Arranged alphabetically)

Assetto Corsa (Unreleased)
City Car Driving

DiRT Series

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DiRT1, is fabulous, this is the first and last game really aimed to the rally public were you where able to fine-tune every car for different stages. DiRT2 however, is more arcade-ish, wich makes the game alot more easier then DiRT1. DiRT3.. Hardly said, if you like tons of drifting, X-Games, oh, and rally, then you might like it. Fine-tuning a car.. well, goes just as far as in Dirt2. From all of the 3 games, if you like to fine-tune a car in most ways possible, and for just the rally factor, get your hands on DiRT1.

Euro Truck Simulator

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Amazing truck simulator, just because there.. erh.. aren't any others around. I've played the 18WoS series, and a few before that, and this is one of the favourites. Apart from missing the bit of setting up a company ingame (wich you were possible to in 18WoS - 'Haulin if I'm right), is a pretty good game based, as the name suggest, on most of Europe.

Euro Truck Simulator 2
European Bus Simulator 2012
Ferrari Virtual Academy


F1 Series

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When I heard that Codemasters got a tonne of licenses, and announced a new F1 game.. I was happy... I pré-ordered it directly, and waited for its release-date, and just to be very, very, and very disappointed. Apart from my computer being barely able to run it at medium (I knew that already, so that doesn't really count), the FFB was weird, there was (not sure if still there) amazing bug with the Wheel - Game communication.. as it took about 1.5 - 2 seconds before the wheel ingame eventually started reacting on the wheel. This was however with F1 - 2010, and I'm not sure if the newer games were any better.

German Truck Simulator

GRiD

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Amazing racing game, didn't play it for to long as I was racing in rFactor at that time. (rFactor makes any other game feel totally weird, because its weird in its own way)

GT Legends
GTR/Race Series
iRacing
Live For Speed (Obviously)


M3 Challenge

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Amazing, but, well, there isn't much to do apart from driving a BMW around the Nurburgring - GP track

Need for Speed: Shift 2

Need for Speed: Underground 2 (Sort of)

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Can't call this a simulator to be, a little, too.. honest. Its an arcade, its a great arcade game.

netKar Pro

OMSI: Der Omnibus Simulator

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Simply said: you have to have the patience to drive a bus around. Other than that, its a fairly good game.

Project C.A.R.S (Community Assisted Race Simulator)
Racer

rFactor 1

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Pretty good racing-sim, as long as you don't have a G25, or G27, you'll be fine. As in, the FFB is redicilous weird if you don't use a RealFeel Plugin, and next to that, there seems to be an always-on-auto-clutch, as you can just jump from gears without using the clutch pedal. Apart from that, the game is able to be mod, and not just.. a bit.. There's a whole website regarding to car addons, track addons, etc. http://www.rfactorcentral.com

rFactor 2

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Heard about it when I was racing in rF1, totally forgot about it as they kept, moving, the freaking release date. Heard about it again when it was opened to an open-beta version, but I couldn't be arsed paying 65€ for a life-time license. (+- 35€ for a year license)

Richard Burns Rally

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Rally, rally, and loads of it. Tried it on a fairly cheap wheel, impossible. Its known for its realism, so you have to be able to fine-tune rally cars, and drive like a iron-balled rally-driver to be able to make the finish in time. Amazing simulator. Just a tad.. "old".

Rigs of Rods

Scania Truck Driving Simulator

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Tried it, its fabulous, but for some reason my computer didn't like the game so its still there.. dusty somewhere on my harddisk.

Test Drive Series

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TDU1.. was great fun. Arcade / Simulator mixed without being like NFS these days. (Oh right, this game was before the whole Pro Street / Shift series were even announced) Anyhow, great fun, the only bummer is.. They've just took down the multiplayer server, so the only way to go, is single-player, still a great fun, and a long story, but you can't cruise with friends anymore.

TDU2 on the other hand, is a cake from another planet. FFB is weird, and I just couldn't get along with it. Canceled the pre-order as I tried a leaked version, thats how bad I think it is.

UK Truck Simulator
WRC

[McGherkin]

It's not a simulator per se, and it's easy to make hideous cars in it, but NFS Underground 2 is great fun and runs on a toaster.

I'm addicted to just pottering around in the standard 106 GTI

If using a wheel set it to 180 degrees mode.

I'd love a city based game with LFS's physics though.

[Johan.]

You can try rFactor 1 (and 2 if you've got to much money on hands). There are tons of mods for it of reallife cars (M3 GTR's, old classic cars (Opel GT, etc)) and there are alot of downloadable maps for it. Its just the graphics that hold me back to play it.

Driving with the G27 is one heck of a try. I downloaded/installed it out of nothing, with the M3 GTR (e92, V8), but when you drop the clutch to quickly, you end up spinning. Pretty realistic.

[Cola]

Already have driven around in NFSU2

But thanks anyway. I've also just installed the rFactor 2 Beta, but I'm just not gonna pay ~85 $ for a game. Yaarrrh :>

Anyway. I've also got City Car Driving, but it just needs more cars, better sounds, and more maps/cities and tasks to do

Edit:
Just saw your post Johan. Thanks, I'ma try rFactor 1 then

[[RDSR] Roba]

Well if you didn't know, Euro Truck Simulator is very nice, tho for best graphics and already realistic trucks, wait for the ETS2 to be published. It has many EU countries to drive on, not all roads tho, but on the ETS I have, it has 2 cities on every country, and you need to unlock the countries with money.

I haven't played it alot recently, as I haven't had time for it, and patience is the key to find a good settings for wheel (I suggest to drive with wheel tho).

[Cola]

(2012-04-28 14:13)Roba Wrote:  Well if you didn't know, Euro Truck Simulator is very nice, tho for best graphics and already realistic trucks, wait for the ETS2 to be published. It has many EU countries to drive on, not all roads tho, but on the ETS I have, it has 2 cities on every country, and you need to unlock the countries with money.

I haven't played it alot recently, as I haven't had time for it, and patience is the key to find a good settings for wheel (I suggest to drive with wheel tho).

Thanks, but already beat that game twice (In form of unlocking everything w/o cheats)

[Aus]

Well, there is iRacing, Project C.A.R.S, and a few others. Just look on youtube and i'm sure you'll find something good.

[Cola]

(2012-04-28 16:18)Aus Wrote:  Well, there is iRacing, Project C.A.R.S, and a few others. Just look on youtube and i'm sure you'll find something good.

iRacing doesn't really look like my kind of thing, but Project CARS looks awesome, just a shame it isn't released yet-

[[RDSR] Roba]

I will surely get the Project CARS to PS3

[Johan.]

(2012-04-28 14:10)Cola Wrote:  Already have driven around in NFSU2

But thanks anyway. I've also just installed the rFactor 2 Beta, but I'm just not gonna pay ~85 $ for a game. Yaarrrh :>

Anyway. I've also got City Car Driving, but it just needs more cars, better sounds, and more maps/cities and tasks to do

Edit:
Just saw your post Johan. Thanks, I'ma try rFactor 1 then

Ask me via steam or skype for the '60 minutes'.

Rfactor 2.. yes.. well.. uh.. its just like LFS.. It keeps getting released 'later'. Infact, they said in 2009 that they would release it at the end of the year. We are in 2012 now, and there's still no final game .

65€ lifetime.. yes.. well.. uh.. if they didn't use the same graphic engine and wouldn't kill a G27 with its very strong FFB, I'd say 'fine', but in this case.. thanks but no thanks.

[Kyllone]

You really should try rF1 too. Its a great game and I dont think the graphics are too bad... Its simple to install tracks&mods in it too.

[Johan.]

Thats exactly what I recommended to Kyllone

[Kyllone]

Firstly sorry for the huge bump, but I dont wanna make a new thread.

So, I just wanna know some racing games now.

Needs to feel ok with a wheel and have a good singleplayer. Meaning not as dumb AI as LFS. I know, theres not much, but please, I really dont know much racing games so if someone has got ANY idea which would be a decent game, name it!

I know LFS obviously, rFactor, iRacing, F1 series, Grid, DIRT, Test Drive


Anything else or have I already played the best racing game that exists...?

[Tom]

(2012-10-15 20:17)Kyllone Wrote:  Firstly sorry for the huge bump, but I dont wanna make a new thread.

So, I just wanna know some racing games now.

Needs to feel ok with a wheel and have a good singleplayer. Meaning not as dumb AI as LFS. I know, theres not much, but please, I really dont know much racing games so if someone has got ANY idea which would be a decent game, name it!

I know LFS obviously, rFactor, iRacing, F1 series, Grid.


Anything else or have I already played the best racing game that exists...?

dirt an test drive
both gd driving sims

[Kyllone]

Thanks but i have tried those too

Added them to the list now

[Cola]

Oh yeah, forgot this thread.

I've got OMSI, Project C.A.R.S, and ETS 2 now.

I'ma edit the top thread, to contain a list of driving sims. Will rename thread.

[Tom]

(2012-10-15 20:52)Cola Wrote:  Oh yeah, forgot this thread.

I've got OMSI, Project C.A.R.S, and ETS 2 now.

I'ma edit the top thread, to contain a list of driving sims. Will rename thread.

how u get ets2? still 3 days ?

[Cola]

I preordered it.. Wasn't meant to say that I already got it, hehe, my mistake

[Tom]

(2012-10-15 21:00)Cola Wrote:  I preordered it.. Wasn't meant to say that I already got it, hehe, my mistake

fair enough lol

[Zipppy]

What about netKar Pro, and the unreleased Assetto Corsa?