What's The Most Realistic Racing Game

[discostig]

I just wish it was on PC :'(

[Panda Eyes]

im addicted to test drive unlimited atm.

driving style is a bit diff from others, but variety of tasks is cool.

cars have there own distinct sounds. scenery is great.

every time you hit the brakes though the screech sound is the worst.....

[NVYDF6]

Forza 3 is the best racing game I have played for realism & gameplay. Best part is the cars they have and being able to modify all of them. IMO it needs the steering wheel to appreciate the whole game though...

[discostig]

And be on PC. Waaaaaah! Threads all over the place about how awesome it is, loads of options, engine swaps etc...but I'm not a console gamer anymore so I miss out. damn pirates making the PC less lucrative! oh wait, that's me.

[XF Falcon]

Been cranking Forza Motorsport 3 a LOT since I've recently had a promotion to a "bum"

Love it, its so cool with all the things you can do. V8 Ford Focus with AWD drivetrain transplant anyone??

Heres a few of my cars I've tinkered with over the past few weeks. I made the WA Police decals as well

[discostig]

I hate you mike.

[JimmyXR6T04]

Forza 3 is the best racing game I have played for realism & gameplay. Best part is the cars they have and being able to modify all of them. IMO it needs the steering wheel to appreciate the whole game though...

yeah I got it the other day, and got a steering wheel for it yesterday. I haven't yet got quicker lap times with the wheel, but I'm improving.. it's so much more fun with the wheel.. What sort of wheel are people using for xbox 360?? I got the microsoft one, after reading several reviews, it seemed to get a lot of thumbs up... It feels good, and has good force feedback. How's the logitech? it was my other option, I hope I don't regret the microsoft choice, although so far so good...

[g6t]

car'nt wait 4 gt5, I must admit by far the best car game of all time Grandturismo

[Full Monty]

iRacing makes all these before mentioned games, just that, a game. IRacing is the current king when it comes to realisim. As mentioned a little earlier it is a subscription based model, with yearly subs costing around $80 - cheaper if you re-subscribe whilst they have their discount sale on, (a few times a year).

You then have to pay for individual cars, and tracks - once off. The cost does add up, but the detail and realism of physics / tyre modelling is far ahead of Rfactor and GTR2 etc making it worth it for me.

Each Car is weighed, including individual components, to best replicate the weight distribution and the cars are laser scanned for modelling accuracy.

The tracks are laser scanned, every single cm being reproduced as it is in real life, you feel every ripple and bump in the road surface.

Tons of the worlds best drivers, from Indycar, Nascar, ex F1 drivers etc use this simulation to pound out practice laps, and compete in the seasonal leagues. If you reach the upper license / skill levels, you could find yourself gridding up to race against Jacques Villenueve, Marcos AmbroseJustin Wilson, Dale Ernhart Jnr, and the worlds best sim racer Greger Huttu.

Mind you, to reach this level takes massive amounts of talent and dedication, these guys take it damn seriously.

You have to start out as a Rookie, and undertake a few races in the lower formula / control class, whilst the system monitors and assesses your safety rating and skill level, once a month there is a promotion date, at which time if you fullfill the required attributes, you can be promoted to the next license level, opening up new cars to race.

(any car can be purchased and used to practice offline, or on a dedicated server practice/qualy or race) but only eligible drivers may race it in sanctioned seasonal racing, this keeps the racing clean, and free of morons, intent on creating carnage, as every incident on track is recorded against your profile, affecting your rating.

The servers are populated with 1000's of drivers at any one time, and the races run on the hour 24/7 with qualy and practice sessions running inbetween, making it possible to get some competitive racing in any time of the day or night.

You have access to tons of information following each race, including a full editible replay video, all laps for all competitors, and there is even a judicial system for protests over unfair sportsmanship / takeouts etc.

Of interest to everyone here, The Falcon FG supercar was recently released, its an absolute blast to drive, there was a setup of 4 simulator cockpits at Phillip Island for the V8 enduro, and a few of the drivers in the event jumped in to have a go, giving very favourable feedback regarding the accuracy and feel of the car, including the laptimes of the Island. Unfortunatly P.Island is the only aussie track currently available, with Oran park recently scanned, soon to be released. It would be awesome if they did Bathurst.

As of last night, the Williams FW31 F1 car was released! Can't wait to get home and get into it!

It's been developed in conjunction with the Williams F1 team, the iRacing development team had access to tons of data regarding the car, to make it the most realistic representation possible.

I've raced in tons of sims over the years from Grand Prix Legends, through to simbins releases and Rfactor etc(also including most console racing games) and the racing in this sim is leagues ahead.

Check it out if you love realism / sim based games, tons of videos on youtube.

Edited 28/10/10 03:18 AM by Full Monty

[discostig]

That sounds epic, in the proper sense!