TOCA Touring Car Championship
Codemasters · released 1997 · discussed in 1,709 posts, 1997-2010 · overall tone positive
Posts per month
Key threads
- Are sims harder to drive than real race cars? 1998-06-12 · 91 postsA poster argued that sims make cars harder to control than real ones and that the genre should balance realism and accessibility, praising TOCA and NASCAR 2's arcade mode. Others replied that real race cars are hard, that sims lack g-forces and fear, and that poor default setups make sims seem harder. The long thread debated whether TOCA counts as a sim and drifted into defining 'game' versus 'simulator'.
- TOCA Touring Car disappointment and steering pulls left 1998-04-15 · 24 postsA player complained about TOCA's choppy graphics and weaving cars. The thread turned into a troubleshooting session for a bug where wheels such as the Thrustmaster T2 made the car pull left, which the patch did not fix. Several users fixed it by installing a fresh DirectX 5 from Microsoft and recalibrating.
- Typo in TOCA online race announcement mocked 1998-08-14 · 24 postsDan Prescott announced an internet race series using TOCA Touring Car Championship, but his subject line misspelled 'live' as 'lice'. Regulars responded with a string of jokes about lice and modems, and he reacted angrily, which drew further ribbing.
Busiest threads
- Are sims harder to drive than real race cars? (35 posts about it)
- TOCA Touring Car disappointment and steering pulls left (19 posts about it)
- Codemasters asks newsgroup for TOCA 2 feature ideas (18 posts about it)
- TOCA realism (15 posts about it)
- TOCA vs NASCAR (14 posts about it)
- TOCA realism (13 posts about it)
- TOCA What hardware do U Have ? (12 posts about it)
- TOCA Release in US (10 posts about it)
- TOCA - Don't buy! (10 posts about it)
- TOCA review (9 posts about it)
- 3dfx and TOCA (9 posts about it)
- Early Grand Prix Legends video and 1967 authenticity (9 posts about it)
- TOCA won't work with Thrustmaster T2- Help! (9 posts about it)
- Help me shop - TOCA or Nascar 2 or ... (9 posts about it)
- TOCA Menu Problem (9 posts about it)
Sentiment by year
Each post that discussed the sim was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).
| Year | Posts | Positive | Negative | Tone |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 326 | 118 | 46 | positive (+0.30) |
| 1998 | 946 | 286 | 141 | positive (+0.22) |
| 1999 | 235 | 58 | 38 | mixed (+0.12) |
| 2000 | 94 | 27 | 13 | mixed (+0.14) |
| 2001 | 38 | 9 | 8 | mixed (+0.03) |
| 2002 | 32 | 8 | 7 | mixed (+0.00) |
| 2003 | 19 | 5 | 5 | mixed (-0.05) |
| 2004 | 8 | 2 | 0 | positive (+0.25) |
| 2005 | 7 | 1 | 1 | mixed (+0.00) |
| 2006 | 2 | 1 | 0 | positive (+0.50) |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 1 | negative (-0.50) |
Who talked about it most
Paul Jone · 81 ymenard · 35 Joe McGinn · 34 DPHI · 34 Andrew Fielden · 28 P Gagg · 25 Doug Bur · 23 John Wallace · 21 Paul Moone · 21 Zonky · 20 Jonathan Hill · 19 Nick · 18 Mike Zamaroc · 18 Neil Yeatma · 17 Michael Zamaroc · 17 Dave Henrie · 13 Andrew MacPherson · 12 Matthew Knutse · 12 BH · 12 Dan Prescot · 12
