Depends if you consider Grand Turismo (SCE) a racing sim or a driving sim,
really. It's not bad by any means, but it's not strictly a racing sim.
Colin McRae Rally is probably the best racing sim, or TOCA Touring Car (both
Codemasters/3DO in US)
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>Depends if you consider Grand Turismo (SCE) a racing sim or a driving sim,
>really. It's not bad by any means, but it's not strictly a racing sim.
>Colin McRae Rally is probably the best racing sim, or TOCA Touring Car (both
>Codemasters/3DO in US)
have fun
Raevyn
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> I finally broke down yesterday and bought a steering wheel for my
> PSX.. I figured while I'm saving up for a new Thomas wheel for the PC,
> I could indulge a little.
> Gran Turismo rocks no matter which way you slice it. It may not have
> an in car view, and it leans towards arcade a bit, but it has a great
> driving model and it's fun! I have'nt played Colin McRay Rally, but
> for me that's the next on the list. Need for Speed III is fun for
> pure arcade action, driving through the country at night in a
> lightning storm, and of course great replays.
> For racing sims you can't beat the PC,,, but for just having a blast
> the Playstation comes through just fine. (There are plenty of cornball
> racing titles, it's a minefield out there, but the jewels in the pack
> are worth the trouble.
> have fun
> Raevyn
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>> I finally broke down yesterday and bought a steering wheel for my
>> PSX.. I figured while I'm saving up for a new Thomas wheel for the PC,
>> I could indulge a little.
>> Gran Turismo rocks no matter which way you slice it. It may not have
>> an in car view, and it leans towards arcade a bit, but it has a great
>> driving model and it's fun! I have'nt played Colin McRay Rally, but
>> for me that's the next on the list. Need for Speed III is fun for
>> pure arcade action, driving through the country at night in a
>> lightning storm, and of course great replays.
>> For racing sims you can't beat the PC,,, but for just having a blast
>> the Playstation comes through just fine. (There are plenty of cornball
>> racing titles, it's a minefield out there, but the jewels in the pack
>> are worth the trouble.
>> have fun
>> Raevyn
I've read that the programing team for Gran Turismo have since found more
efficient code that would let the PSX compute more with less resrouces. A
prelude to GT 2?.. hmmmmm
Funj
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>> I finally broke down yesterday and bought a steering wheel for my
>> PSX.. I figured while I'm saving up for a new Thomas wheel for the PC,
>> I could indulge a little.
>> Gran Turismo rocks no matter which way you slice it. It may not
>I've read that the programing team for Gran Turismo have since found more
>efficient code that would let the PSX compute more with less resrouces. A
>prelude to GT 2?.. hmmmmm
>Funj
Z>
>Doesn't preclude the current GT being a poor *racing* sim, as the lack of
>competitors provides.
>It is however, easily the most realistic driving sim on the PSX
Funj
>>Doesn't preclude the current GT being a poor *racing* sim, as the lack of
>>competitors provides.
>>It is however, easily the most realistic driving sim on the PSX
>I haven't come across any PC driving simulator that is as realistic and fun
>as Gran Turismo. Please provide the list:
>Funj
TOCA is much better.
The Racing in F1 '97, is certtainly better than in GT, but the simulation
level is not.
Ridge Racer- any of them, better racing,
Gt really could have used a few more opponents.
It's either way to easy, to way to hard.
On the horizon, Ridge racer type 4 looks quite interesting.
And there is always Micro Machines V3, for the best PSX multiplayer game ever
;)
Z.
>>Doesn't preclude the current GT being a poor *racing* sim, as the lack of
>>competitors provides.
>>It is however, easily the most realistic driving sim on the PSX
>I haven't come across any PC driving simulator that is as realistic and fun
>as Gran Turismo. Please provide the list:
Keeping to "driving", GPL's physics seem superior. In GT, I can get
ridiculous top speeds (>150 mph) out of 130-150 hp, otherwise stock, cars. Not
possible. How they could miss on somerhing as easy to calculate as that, I
don't know.
As to fun, extremely subjective. I probably had more fun with GT than any PC
title as you win so readily and get to upgrade to such a wide range of cars in
GT. And the racing, while unrealistic, is a hoot.
