rec.autos.simulators

I'm looking for a game that was developed with attention to actual
physical behavior of cars.

I remember that in my early ***s I used to play a game called "Need
for Speed" - its first issue was apparently supported by some serious
analysis on car physics.

I'm also interested in realistic rally simulations. Could you name the
best ones?

Thanks.

Arcade.  Though Porshe Unleashed was decent.

Richard Burns Rally
Mobil 1 Rally Championship (older game)

These are all I can think of, off hand.

Alanb

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"Andi Cole" wrote

Personally I'd point people straight at the rFactor, LFS2(alpha), and
Richard Burns Rally demos.

http://www.liveforspeed.net/
http://www.gamershell.com/download_7496.shtml
http://www.gamershell.com/download_7164.shtml

GPL remains the mother of all racing sims, but it can be a bit complicated
to get it from its out-of-the-box state to something that looks halfway
decent.

Andrew McP

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Andi.

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I dunno I seem to remember the physics on the original NFS being fairly
decent for the time, but NFS2 onwards was arcade rubbish with the exception
of Porsche 2000/Unleashed

Agree with the rest though

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Robin

now playing:

One more issue: which of the autosimulators is the most widely used to
record replays? I.e. people record replays, they're posted on a website
and a sort of league is created.

If anyone is into first-person shooters here, you may know of an online
project of "Quake speedrunning" - a huge database of Quake replays.
They have quite a community there - with records beaten all the time,
people having fun competing, admiring the most skilled and innovative.

The only similar project in autosims that I know of was created for a
Finnish (?) game "Motorhead". I remember it was fun to download those
replays recorded by gamers eager to beat records. BTW, joysticks were
used for most records, i.e. they were a better controller than keyboard
or steering wheel.

So what is the most active community of "autosim replays competition"
online?

-Larry

I'd say, GPL, most likely, right?

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Live for Speed without a doubt. And it has a advantage to other
competitions/ranks, you don't have to blindly believe the time posted,
the replays are downloadable to see for yourself.
http://www.liveforspeed.net/
http://www.lfsworld.net/

GTRank is pretty active too.
http://gtr.gplrank.info/

Nascar Racing 2003 (physics = GPL IV) + 5 mods here!

Winston Cup
Busch
Trucks
Ferrari 330
Tran Am
GTP

Thanks,
Alex