rec.autos.simulators

by **Freddi** » Wed, 02 Oct 2002 21:43:04

3 at my local Game. has the blurb that it is "PC Zone Award for excellence"
so is it any good?

I know its not a sim and the cars are not real, but from what I can read it
is quite amusing.

While I wait I shall go back to my GPL, which has become my favourite game
again with my new graphics card... :-)

by **Malc** » Wed, 02 Oct 2002 22:58:25

Definitely!

Malc.

PS sorry never heard of that other game but 3 is a pretty safe risk imo.

by **Gunnar Horrigm** » Wed, 02 Oct 2002 23:53:14

> 3 at my local Game. has the blurb that it is "PC Zone Award for excellence"
> so is it any good?

no.

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by **rick** » Thu, 03 Oct 2002 00:28:57

ok - but how is it bad - it must have had something going for it to be a
game of excellence. It seems that Freddie isn't looking for a sim (correct
me if otherwise) just a driving game thats a bit of fun.

> > 3 at my local Game. has the blurb that it is "PC Zone Award for
excellence"
> > so is it any good?

> no.

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by **Gunnar Horrigm** » Thu, 03 Oct 2002 01:09:50

> ok - but how is it bad

it drives like a five year old coin-op. think Crazy Taxi.

beats me. GP4 scored 50% better than F12002 in some mag I saw.

Freddie should get a PS2, then. :)

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by **Freddi** » Thu, 03 Oct 2002 01:22:49

Hang on - let me explain - I have two young kids, one 8, the other 10. They
cannot get to grips with GPL just yet, although they do enjoy TOCA2. I'm
looking for any games which may be a bit of fun that we can all have a blast
with behind the steering wheel.
Crazy Taxi was the biggest load of ***I ever installed, and I took it back
to get a refund. How a mag could even give it a score in the 80's was beyond
me. NFS got the response that 'the cars floating' and GP2/3/4 was just too
difficult - for now...
I don't want a PS2, even if they do. I have decent PC, a wheel, good sound,
and I'm not lashing out for one of those.
There must be a driving game out there which is fine for all the family to
have a go?

Fred.

> > ok - but how is it bad

> it drives like a five year old coin-op. think Crazy Taxi.

> > - it must have had something going for it to be a
> > game of excellence.

> beats me. GP4 scored 50% better than F12002 in some mag I saw.

> > It seems that Freddie isn't looking for a sim (correct
> > me if otherwise) just a driving game thats a bit of fun.

> Freddie should get a PS2, then. :)

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> "a language is a dialect with an army and a navy"

by **Malc** » Thu, 03 Oct 2002 01:44:23

Just buy the 3 game. Even if the kids only play it for a week it's still
good value, and after that you can recoup your costs a little bit & use it
as a coaster ;-)

As far as games for all the family go, CMR2 is pretty good fun, easy to
learn, but hard to master.

Malc.

by JM » Thu, 03 Oct 2002 03:10:55

I agree- Colin Mcrae 2 should be a budget release by now, and is great fun,
with a joypad or a wheel & pedals.

cheers
John

by **GTX_SlotCa** » Thu, 03 Oct 2002 04:11:28

Monster Truck Madness 2 is one of the favorites for my kids and I enjoy
racing them on our NET. They also enjoy Midtown Madness 1 and 2.

> Hang on - let me explain - I have two young kids, one 8, the other 10.
They
> cannot get to grips with GPL just yet, although they do enjoy TOCA2. I'm
> looking for any games which may be a bit of fun that we can all have a
blast
> with behind the steering wheel.
> Crazy Taxi was the biggest load of ***I ever installed, and I took it
back
> to get a refund. How a mag could even give it a score in the 80's was
beyond
> me. NFS got the response that 'the cars floating' and GP2/3/4 was just too
> difficult - for now...
> I don't want a PS2, even if they do. I have decent PC, a wheel, good
sound,
> and I'm not lashing out for one of those.
> There must be a driving game out there which is fine for all the family to
> have a go?

> Fred.

> > > ok - but how is it bad

> > it drives like a five year old coin-op. think Crazy Taxi.

> > > - it must have had something going for it to be a
> > > game of excellence.

> > beats me. GP4 scored 50% better than F12002 in some mag I saw.

> > > It seems that Freddie isn't looking for a sim (correct
> > > me if otherwise) just a driving game thats a bit of fun.

> > Freddie should get a PS2, then. :)

> > --
> > Gunnar
> > #31 SUCKS#015 Tupperware MC#002 DoD#0x1B DoDRT#003 DoD:CT#4,8 Kibo:
2
> > "a language is a dialect with an army and a navy"

by **Gunnar Horrigm** » Thu, 03 Oct 2002 05:28:59

> Hang on - let me explain - I have two young kids, one 8, the other 10. They
> cannot get to grips with GPL just yet, although they do enjoy TOCA2. I'm
> looking for any games which may be a bit of fun that we can all have a blast
> with behind the steering wheel.
> Crazy Taxi was the biggest load of ***I ever installed, and I took it back
> to get a refund. How a mag could even give it a score in the 80's was beyond
> me. NFS got the response that 'the cars floating' and GP2/3/4 was just too
> difficult - for now...
> I don't want a PS2, even if they do. I have decent PC, a wheel, good sound,
> and I'm not lashing out for one of those.
> There must be a driving game out there which is fine for all the family to
> have a go?

don't think so. not any recent ones anyway. Eracer will probably
work fine for a ten-year old, but I feel pretty confident when I say
that no GPLer on the face of the planet would stand it.

for good-clean-family-driving-fun-on-a-PC I'd go for Driver, CMR2 or
Porsche Unleashed myself, but like someone said; at three pounds...

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by **Alan Gauto** » Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:11:53

> > As far as games for all the family go, CMR2 is pretty good fun, easy
> > to learn, but hard to master.

> > Malc.

> I agree- Colin Mcrae 2 should be a budget release by now, and is great fun,
> with a joypad or a wheel & pedals.

Indeed, it's a 2nd generation budget release - budget at 10 being the
1st. Now on Sold Out for a fiver or less.

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by **Alan Gauto** » Fri, 04 Oct 2002 18:12:34

says...

Midtown Madness is now out on budget as well - a tenner, but claims it
doesn't work on XP.

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by **Freddi** » Sat, 05 Oct 2002 02:32:28

Acccording to my local store it is the original CM which is one the sold out
fiver range. They have CM2 listed for release for a tenner on the release of
CM3.

> > > As far as games for all the family go, CMR2 is pretty good fun, easy
> > > to learn, but hard to master.

> > > Malc.

> > I agree- Colin Mcrae 2 should be a budget release by now, and is great
fun,
> > with a joypad or a wheel & pedals.

> Indeed, it's a 2nd generation budget release - budget at 10 being the
> 1st. Now on Sold Out for a fiver or less.

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