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Hello guys,

I am searching for an good simulated games like Gran Turismo for PC... Since i couldn't find not a single game in same cat...

> Stock Cars that you can buy and customize the way you want
> Enough choice between cars (like in GT)
> Real Races on circuits ( not on streets or sum junk yards)
> I don't care about Graphics since i search for semi Simulation racer...

games that i tried:

Toca race driver 3,
GT Ledgends,
Flatout,
Moto gp ultimate raceing technology 3,
Outrun 2006,
Rallysport challenge 2,
Trackmania sunrise,
Need for speed (all crap)
Live for Speed
and more etc etc..


Any tips or help are welcome

asusi wrote:Hello guys,

I am searching for an good simulated games like Gran Turismo for PC... Since i couldn't find not a single game in same cat...

> Stock Cars that you can buy and customize the way you want
> Enough choice between cars (like in GT)
> Real Races on circuits ( not on streets or sum junk yards)
> I don't care about Graphics since i search for semi Simulation racer...

games that i tried:

Toca race driver 3,
GT Ledgends,
Flatout,
Moto gp ultimate raceing technology 3,
Outrun 2006,
Rallysport challenge 2,
Trackmania sunrise,
Need for speed (all crap)
Live for Speed
and more etc etc..


Any tips or help are welcome

That's a long list , i never got fond of racing games but the most racing one that i really liked was "Need for speed:Most Wanted" .
Tried other car games but none got my interest ,
( i do agree that need for speed 2 , carbon aren't good though Most wanted is actually nice ) .

I don't think you'll find a noteworthy realistic game where you can upgrade your cars NFS like, but here are some you might want to try:

if you want to try more hardcoreish realism stuff:
-rfactor
-richard burns rally
graphics of both games are on ps2/xbox level and cover the real tracks/realism points.
Buying cars and upgrading them not that much, but as far as i am aware is that rfactor is highly moddable with a relatively large modding community you might find something buried there.
Be sure to get you driving wheel ready though ,i tested Richard burns rally and it was nearly unplayable without a wheel.

collin mcrae rally 2005 was also a very nice game, great balance between realism and accessibility, but again no buying+modifying cars but it got group b cars <3.

Race driver: Grid: was also pretty decent, might be worth a look
Formula 1 2010: again good balance between realism and accessibility, great graphics and great racing tracks (spa,monza,silverstone,monaco) but it's formula 1 you can tweak your car settings for hours to get the best performance if you like, but no visual upgrading.

There might be more but these are all i can think of right now.

DIRT, DIRT2, and GRID all impressed me


they run off the LFS engine, but very modified to work great

Gaigemasta wrote:DIRT, DIRT2, and GRID all impressed me


they run off the LFS engine, but very modified to work great

^this
And Colin Mcrae Rally 2005

Thanks all for contribute

I think i will give try to grid tomorrow to begin.

Forza Motorsport 3... Not sure if they have it for pc though.

vietxboy911 wrote:Forza Motorsport 3... Not sure if they have it for pc though.

it's an xbox360 exclusive

Well i gave "Grid" a try...

> No stock cars that i can tune/pimp my self...
> Car choice is like 50 cars max?

crap steering for an simulation, made me almost smash my keyboard into two

I guess there is no car race like an GT... i think im gonna buy ps3..

DIRT 2 is a great improvement, give that a try as well

Gaigemasta wrote:DIRT 2 is a great improvement, give that a try as well

yeah well i found somebody selling ps3 + 2 controllers + gta for 200,- euro

Ps3 120gb new version..

Should expect the PS3 being sold for cheap considering online has been down for 3 weeks. A lot of people are impatient and don't care for what happened other than I want my online and I want it now.

If you ever planned on buying a PS3 now would be the chance.

Yeah , some hackers took every single info you provided to Sony ( in Ps3 online accounts to be more accurate ) , it was all stored in a notebook with no protection , guess they never supposed someone will bypass the hack shield and reach them .

Anyhow the credit cards are safe (luckily) .