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pc game like GT

Edan Wei

pc game like GT

by Edan Wei » Sat, 12 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Can anybody tell me of any PC game that is equivalent to Gran Turismo on
playstation, in that it has lots of normal cars and normal tracks, not
rally driving or nascar racing.
Edan Wei

pc game like GT

by Edan Wei » Sat, 12 Dec 1998 04:00:00

Can anybody tell me of any PC game that is equivalent to Gran Turismo on
playstation, in that it has lots of normal cars and normal tracks, not
rally driving or nascar racing.

thank you,  Edan

Paul Stueb

pc game like GT

by Paul Stueb » Mon, 14 Dec 1998 04:00:00


says...
Viper racing.  I own both and they are almost identical
David Mast

pc game like GT

by David Mast » Mon, 14 Dec 1998 04:00:00



>says...
>> Can anybody tell me of any PC game that is equivalent to Gran Turismo on
>> playstation, in that it has lots of normal cars and normal tracks, not
>> rally driving or nascar racing.

>> thank you,  Edan

>Viper racing.  I own both and they are almost identical

Except that it has only one car.  I sure wish there was a PC game that had the
hundred+ real world cars that GT has.  The Test Drive and NFS series just
don't cut it for me.
Mnyric Syko

pc game like GT

by Mnyric Syko » Tue, 15 Dec 1998 04:00:00

I believe GT will soon be available in PC. In fact, I believe some of my
friends already have it.

Cheers
Mnyric Sykor





>>says...
>>> Can anybody tell me of any PC game that is equivalent to Gran Turismo on
>>> playstation, in that it has lots of normal cars and normal tracks, not
>>> rally driving or nascar racing.

>>> thank you,  Edan

>>Viper racing.  I own both and they are almost identical

>Except that it has only one car.  I sure wish there was a PC game that had
the
>hundred+ real world cars that GT has.  The Test Drive and NFS series just
>don't cut it for me.

Martin Urs

pc game like GT

by Martin Urs » Tue, 15 Dec 1998 04:00:00

On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 02:57:25 -0800, "Mnyric Sykor"


>I believe GT will soon be available in PC. In fact, I believe some of my
>friends already have it.

        Unless GT stands for "Grand Touring" (a far lesser game), this
is impossible.

        Of course, your friends may be playing an emulated version of
Gran Turismo.  PSEmu is able to run the game, though with many
glitches at this point.

Martin
Nigel Mansell RIP!

Tim

pc game like GT

by Tim » Tue, 15 Dec 1998 04:00:00



> says...
> > Can anybody tell me of any PC game that is equivalent to Gran Turismo on
> > playstation, in that it has lots of normal cars and normal tracks, not
> > rally driving or nascar racing.

> > thank you,  Edan

> Viper racing.  I own both and they are almost identical

  You rekon???? Viper Racing is more a mix of GT and Nascar-style racing. It's
biggest problem is that your always stuck in the one car. THE BEST thing about
GT is the great representation of the nearly 300 cars (PAL version), from the
car graphics, to the authentic sounds, to the true-to-the-real-thing handling
(although the overall handling isn't quite spot on).........
    Viper Racing is a good game, but it doesn't do what GT does for me........
Zonk

pc game like GT

by Zonk » Tue, 15 Dec 1998 04:00:00




>> says...
>> > Can anybody tell me of any PC game that is equivalent to Gran Turismo on
>> > playstation, in that it has lots of normal cars and normal tracks, not
>> > rally driving or nascar racing.

>> > thank you,  Edan

>> Viper racing.  I own both and they are almost identical

>  You rekon???? Viper Racing is more a mix of GT and Nascar-style racing. It's
>biggest problem is that your always stuck in the one car. THE BEST thing about
>GT is the great representation of the nearly 300 cars (PAL version), from the
>car graphics, to the authentic sounds, to the true-to-the-real-thing handling
>(although the overall handling isn't quite spot on).........
>    Viper Racing is a good game, but it doesn't do what GT does for me........

Hmm, to be honest SCE pulled off a marketing coup with GT. It's probably one
of the better racers in existance but suffers from-

-Poor AI
-Not enough AI
-Not flexable- races way too short, or way to long
-Few courses- they are all based on 4 or so circuits, with multiple routes.
*yawn*
- Cars- about 25 out right- with countless different spec models. It's hardly
what i'd refer to over "300" different  models.
- No damage modelling
- No***pit view

What is brilliant- is the Driver licensing system, now that is interesting,
and challanging for progression.

It's certainly one of the Top PSX driving games around- and the original
"hype" made me buy mine, but i've kept it and got games of which style are not
avalaible on the PC- console, quirky, etc, which work so well on the Console
format.

Z.

Daisy Du

pc game like GT

by Daisy Du » Tue, 15 Dec 1998 04:00:00





>>says...
>>> Can anybody tell me of any PC game that is equivalent to Gran Turismo on
>>> playstation, in that it has lots of normal cars and normal tracks, not
>>> rally driving or nascar racing.

>>> thank you,  Edan

>>Viper racing.  I own both and they are almost identical

>Except that it has only one car.  I sure wish there was a PC game that had the
>hundred+ real world cars that GT has.  The Test Drive and NFS series just
>don't cut it for me.

 Yea, I know what you mean. Part of the appeal of Grand Turismo is
that you can start off with a Civic or a Levin (or whatever) and trick
it out along the way. Viper  Racing is great but , even if I could
afford a Viper it's not likley that I whould ever own one. It is more
likely that I would own one of the cars available in GT (I do, 2 in
fact).
  I wish that a company like Papy whould make a true sim. that would
combine "real"  street cars and the ability to upgrade them with
realistic physics and tracks that are common for club racing. (Road
Atlanta, Lime Rock , ect.)
Matthias Buesi

pc game like GT

by Matthias Buesi » Tue, 15 Dec 1998 04:00:00

MS> I believe GT will soon be available in PC.

I wish - but I don't think so :-/

MS> In fact, I believe some of my friends already have it.

DEFINITELY NOT !

Also, man mailt sich...

.\\atze        [ FmMW2109 - FmMB2139 ]


*home* : http://www.home4u.de/buesing/

Anssi Lehtin

pc game like GT

by Anssi Lehtin » Wed, 16 Dec 1998 04:00:00



> -Poor AI
> -Not enough AI
> - No damage modelling
> -Not flexable- races way too short, or way to long

All True. My worst gripe is that the AI cars don't get cars that are equal
to yours. When you've got a good racer (A TVR Cerbera is my favourite) in
your carage, the AI has no chance.

I'm just counting them out here so I remember (been playing too much GPL
:): The street courses (route 5 and 11, I think), High speed ring, Autumn
Ring, Trial Mountain, Deep Forest, Grand Valley, The Oval. That makes 8,
and I think there are one or two more that I fail to recall. No GPL, but
no Ridge Racer either.

I won't say anything about this, gotta see the game again. I would say
there are at least 50 really different cars.

You mean dash and all, right?

--
Anssi Lehtinen

Mnyric Syko

pc game like GT

by Mnyric Syko » Wed, 16 Dec 1998 04:00:00

OK, stop hitting me...  :)
my mistake...

Cheers
Mnyric Sykor


>On Mon, 14 Dec 1998 02:57:25 -0800, "Mnyric Sykor"

>>I believe GT will soon be available in PC. In fact, I believe some of my
>>friends already have it.

> Unless GT stands for "Grand Touring" (a far lesser game), this
>is impossible.

> Of course, your friends may be playing an emulated version of
>Gran Turismo.  PSEmu is able to run the game, though with many
>glitches at this point.

>Martin
>Nigel Mansell RIP!


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