Best PC racing games?

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#1 JKnaperek
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What are some of the best PC racing games?Which are the best in each genre such as realistic, arcade, futuristic, dirtbikes/atv's etc.? Thanks!

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#2 Dark4ever01
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What are some of the best PC racing games?Which are the best in each genre such as realistic, arcade, futuristic, dirtbikes/atv's etc.? Thanks!

JKnaperek



Hmm let's see.

Racing Sims:
Race 07 and it's expansions.
Richard Burns Rally
rFactor
Live for Speed
And if your thing is racing online with people, the best one BY FAR is iRacing. It can be expensive though.

Arcade:
GRID
Dirt 2
Maybe Need for Speed Shift
Burnout Paradise
Flatout games

Futuristic is tricky but I guess:
Blur
Trackmania

Offroad stuff:
FUEL
ATV vs MX Reflex

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#3 kris9031998
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Big Rigs: Off the road racing :) On topic, Burnout paradise if you have an xbox 360 controller.
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#4 paladinqueen
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Need for Speed : I think it is a best racing game !!

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Prettiest: Need For Speed: Shift F1 2010
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Id wait for Dirt 3 but if you cant theres always - Dirt 2, GRID, Burnout Paradise, and one or two others to check out. Make sure you get a 360 controller.
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#7 MrUnSavory1
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Since no one listed any Racing Sims and only games I will give you a few suggestions from that genre:

ARCA Sim Racing (TheSimFactory)

GTR2, GTR Evo or any of the SimBin games

iRacing (although I don't usualy recommend it because it is just way too expensive)

Have fun!!!

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#8 illmatic87
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PC has everything from Burnout Paradise to GTR I'd recommend the codemasters games though, they are generally well designed... especially Grid.
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#9 Elann2008
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Definitely Need for Speed: Shift. Shift 2 is coming out in March, so look out for that one. I think it will top the original.
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Trackmania! It's addictive as anything.

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What are some of the best PC racing games?Which are the best in each genre such as realistic, arcade, futuristic, dirtbikes/atv's etc.? Thanks!

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Arcade: Split Second, Blur, NFS Hot Pursuit Sim: NFS Shift Rally: DiRT2 Online: TDU2
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Dirt 2 and Need For Speed: Shift
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http://vdrivex.blogspot.com/ . You can get it for $30
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I can see Project Cars being up there pretty soon. But it's still in Beta form atm.

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#15 NaveedLife
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Need For Speed Underground 2

Need For Speed Shift (granted, I have not played many other PC sim like racers)

Trackmania 1 and 2

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#16 chrinj
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Need For Speed series

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#17 JigglyWiggly_
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Dirt 3 all around
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#18 yellonet
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For simulation it's GTR 2, it's a few years old so it should run well on a new PC.

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#19 JigglyWiggly_
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For simulation it's GTR 2, it's a few years old so it should run well on a new PC.

yellonet
i uploaded this forever ago, but relevent http://beta.xfire.com/videos/3f131
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#20 yellonet
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[QUOTE="yellonet"]

For simulation it's GTR 2, it's a few years old so it should run well on a new PC.

JigglyWiggly_

i uploaded this forever ago, but relevent http://beta.xfire.com/videos/3f131

I'm not sure what you're trying to say with that video clip.

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ugh..guys.. ^necro thread.
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#22 JigglyWiggly_
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[QUOTE="JigglyWiggly_"][QUOTE="yellonet"]

For simulation it's GTR 2, it's a few years old so it should run well on a new PC.

yellonet

i uploaded this forever ago, but relevent http://beta.xfire.com/videos/3f131

I'm not sure what you're trying to say with that video clip.

it's just some gtr2 gameplay?
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Thread is from 2011, hell even i responded to it last year
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#24 drift2631
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The best PC racing/off road games in my opinion are:

Race Driver Grid

Dirt 2 and 3

Need For Speed: Pro Street

Flatout 2

Test Drive Unlimited 1 and 2

F1 2012/2013

WRC 2 and 3

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit

All Of The Burnout Series

Need for Speed Shift

and

Blur

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I love Grid and Grid 2. Not to arcadey not to sim like. Great graphics and racing feeling , decent A.I on hard difficulties and great sound

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#26  Edited By Bikouchu35
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Battletoads and double necro.

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Asseto Corsa
GTR 2
NFS Most Wanted '05, '12
NFS Hot Pursuit/
GRID, GRID 2

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#28  Edited By GeryGo  Moderator
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The new NFS Rivals is pretty good arcade, it has it's flaws but overall the concept works great.

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I wish there was something like Gran Turismo on PC. I love the variety of cars you can drive.

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#30  Edited By GeryGo  Moderator
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@kraken2109 said:

I wish there was something like Gran Turismo on PC. I love the variety of cars you can drive.

I wish Forza Horizon was on PC

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#31  Edited By Elann2008
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@insane_metalist said:

Asseto Corsa

GTR 2

NFS Most Wanted '05, '12

NFS Hot Pursuit/

GRID, GRID 2

Asseto Corsa is shaping up to be one fine racing game.

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#32  Edited By insane_metalist
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@Elann2008 said:

@insane_metalist said:

Asseto Corsa

GTR 2

NFS Most Wanted '05, '12

NFS Hot Pursuit/

GRID, GRID 2

Asseto Corsa is shaping up to be one fine racing game.

Closest thing to Forza. I don't know why M$ gotta skimp us so bad on Gears and Forza..

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#33 insane_metalist
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@kraken2109 said:

I wish there was something like Gran Turismo on PC. I love the variety of cars you can drive.

You should try Asseto Corsa (Steam). If you like Gran Turismo, you'll like Asseto Corsa.

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#34  Edited By kraken2109
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@insane_metalist: Looks good but currently has 11 cars.

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#35  Edited By Arthas045
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@kraken2109: Also I believe the AI is not in the game yet. I don't mind early access but it maybe to early.

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@kraken2109 said:

@insane_metalist: Looks good but currently has 11 cars.

It's currently a beta pretty much. But you pay $40 and then once the game is finished. You get the whole game for that price. I have a good feeling about it :p

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#37 kraken2109
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@insane_metalist: I can't bring myself to pay full price for a beta.