Best game just to "drive around"

Hello, I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis on the "racing" factor (like in the Colin McRae) - just to drive around a city (like a taxi driver) or a road (like in the classic "Test Driver" series). Just a sheer pleasure of driving (with a force feedback steering wheel and pedals). All suggestions are welcome. greetings, Blumidoo

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> Hello, > > I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis > on the "racing" factor (like in the Colin McRae) - just to drive > around a city (like a taxi driver) or a road (like in the classic > "Test Driver" series). Just a sheer pleasure of driving (with a force > feedback steering wheel and pedals). All suggestions are welcome.

Have a look at Microsoft's Midtown Madness or Super Taxi Driver 2006 from Team6. http://www.microsoft.com/games/midtown/ http://www.team6-games.com/ Regards, Hans

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> Hello, > > I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis on > the "racing" factor (like in the Colin McRae) - just to drive around a > city (like a taxi driver) or a road (like in the classic "Test Driver" > series). Just a sheer pleasure of driving (with a force feedback steering > wheel and pedals). All suggestions are welcome. > > greetings, > Blumidoo > >

Need For Speed Underground 2 Ed

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> "Blumidoo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:dqbb3b$lne$[email hidden]... >> Hello, >> >> I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis >> on the "racing" factor (like in the Colin McRae) - just to drive > Need For Speed Underground 2

And how does it differ from NFS Most Wanted? -- Blumidoo

I don't have the game, but IIRC Mercedes Benz World Racing had cities where you could just drive around instead of racing a particular path. Kendt

> I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis on the "racing" factor (like in the Colin > McRae) - just to drive around a city World Racing 1 and World Racing 2 let you drive a car anywhere on complete 3d lanscapes.

Mafia. On Sat, 14 Jan 2006 18:06:57 +0100, "Blumidoo" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hello, > >I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis on the >"racing" factor (like in the Colin McRae) - just to drive around a city >(like a taxi driver) or a road (like in the classic "Test Driver" series). >Just a sheer pleasure of driving (with a force feedback steering wheel and >pedals). All suggestions are welcome. > >greetings, >Blumidoo >

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> Ed Medlin wrote: >> "Blumidoo" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> news:dqbb3b$lne$[email hidden]... >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis >>> on the "racing" factor (like in the Colin McRae) - just to drive >> Need For Speed Underground 2 > > And how does it differ from NFS Most Wanted? > > -- > Blumidoo

Really not much at all..........Just another one if you want to "just drive around" without a race or anything. Ed

I personaly like Mafia just to drive around. It's not a "racing game" but I like the atmosphere and the old cars. You can play Taxi driver and it's cheap! "Blumidoo" <[email hidden]> a �crit dans le message de news: dqbb3b$lne$[email hidden]...

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> Hello, > > I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis on > the "racing" factor (like in the Colin McRae) - just to drive around a > city (like a taxi driver) or a road (like in the classic "Test Driver" > series). Just a sheer pleasure of driving (with a force feedback steering > wheel and pedals). All suggestions are welcome. > > greetings, > Blumidoo > >

Suprising how no one's mentioned Vice City. :-)

"Jeff Reid" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:qciyf.161$MJ.115@fed1read07... > > I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis onthe "racing" factor (like in the Colin > > McRae) - just to drive around a city > > World Racing 1 and World Racing 2 let you drive a car anywhere on complete > 3d lanscapes. I second that, World Racing is great for driving around aimlessly, discovering things, throwing expensive cars off of mountains etc. Though the main game is fun as well. Physics and force-feedback are quite enjoyable. Where is World Racing 2 BTW? It's long overdue, can't find it anywhere in shops in the Netherlands. Vice City is great for driving around and exploring, the 80's atmosphere is awesome. It's great to just hijack any car or bike you fancy and then drive it around at high speeds until it's completely wrecked. No force-feedback though and the physics aren't that great. Driv3r can be fun as well if you just want to drive around exploring the city. For more mindless fun, at insane speeds, mass destruction and great force-feedback, see if you can find Rollcage 1 or 2. What a feeling, when you're driving on the ceiling.

> Where is World Racing 2 BTW? It's long overdue, can't find it anywhere in > shops in the Netherlands. I ordered my copy from computeruniverse online store in Germany. WR2 is supposed to be released within a couple of months. I finished the game, some sample videos: http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2rm.wmv http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2it3.wmv http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2ne2.wmv

> I ordered my copy from computeruniverse online store in Germany. WR2 is > supposed to be released within a couple of months. Thanks for the information!

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> I finished the game, > some sample videos: > > http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2rm.wmv > > http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2it3.wmv > > http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2ne2.wmv

And thanks for the videos, the game looks great, as expected. Very nice sense of scale in the city level, the buildings look huge. The most impressive aspect of the game still is that you can just drive anywhere around the scenery, that's really amazing.

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>> I finished the game, some sample videos: >> >> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2rm.wmv >> >> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2it3.wmv >> >> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2ne2.wmv > > And thanks for the videos, the game looks great, as expected. Very nice > sense of scale in the city level, the buildings look huge. > > The most impressive aspect of the game still is that you can just drive > anywhere around the scenery, that's really amazing.

Another video, showing the drive anywhere aspect of SUV events: http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2gl.wmv

> Vice City is great for driving around and exploring, the 80's atmosphereis > awesome. It's great to just hijack any car or bike you fancy and thendrive > it around at high speeds until it's completely wrecked. No force-feedback > though and the physics aren't that great. The physics in San Andreas are a big improvement over VC, however it's still not too realistic (and I don't think you get FF). You also don't get a manual gearbox.

How could I forget the Simpsons Hit and Run? Since it's a simulation of the Simpsons cartoon series, I think the game qualifies as one of the most "accurate" simulation racing games ever made. A sample video: http://jeffareid.net/hnr/hnr.wmv

Hehe. That actually looks like fun :) -Larry "Jeff Reid" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:D40Af.680$MJ.448@fed1read07...

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> How could I forget the Simpsons Hit and Run? Since it's a simulation > of the Simpsons cartoon series, I think the game qualifies as one of the > most "accurate" simulation racing games ever made. A sample > video: > > http://jeffareid.net/hnr/hnr.wmv > > > >

Jeff... I had MBWR(one) demo, it at least has a cockpit view, I take it that "2" doesnt? Jeff Reid enlightened us with:

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>>> I finished the game, some sample videos: >>> >>> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2rm.wmv >>> >>> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2it3.wmv >>> >>> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2ne2.wmv >> >> And thanks for the videos, the game looks great, as expected. Very >> nice sense of scale in the city level, the buildings look huge. >> >> The most impressive aspect of the game still is that you can just >> drive anywhere around the scenery, that's really amazing. > > Another video, showing the drive anywhere aspect of SUV events: > > http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2gl.wmv