Strategy Racing Game

I played Gran Turismo 3 for PS2 the other day, and it was Great FUN!!! Disappointed, I realized that the game did not come in a PC-version, and I do not have PS2 (nor do I have time to buy, It will only steal all my spare time). Does anybody know about a similar game for PC? The point for me is that the game should contain the buying and selling of cars, building, tuning and winning money to buy better cars. The racing itself is not that important. regards Bjoern Erik Glomsrud [email hidden]

> Does anybody know about a similar game for PC? > > The point for me is that the game should contain the buying and > selling of cars, building, tuning and winning money to buy better > cars. > The racing itself is not that important. As long as the racing is not important, you could try Sega GT, which is Sega's version of GT. Andy -- PC-Based Multimedia System http://www.andylaurence.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/pcbmms NB: Spamtrap - my name @yahoo.co.uk

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> I played Gran Turismo 3 for PS2 the other day, and it was Great FUN!!! > > Disappointed, I realized that the game did not come in a PC-version, > and I do not have PS2 (nor do I have time to buy, It will only steal > all my spare time). > > Does anybody know about a similar game for PC? > > The point for me is that the game should contain the buying and > selling of cars, building, tuning and winning money to buy better > cars. > The racing itself is not that important.

Sportscar GT has a certain money/career element in it. -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

Sports Car GT is a blast. It's a damned shame the developers/publishers haven't updated it for modern hardware :( The frame rates tap out rather quickly (much like GPL does) and upgrading hardware doesn't net any improvement with SCGT. SCGT-2 would be a welcome addition :) So would Viper-2. -Larry "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> [email hidden] (Bj�rn Erik Glomsrud) writes: > > > I played Gran Turismo 3 for PS2 the other day, and it was Great FUN!!! > > > > Disappointed, I realized that the game did not come in a PC-version, > > and I do not have PS2 (nor do I have time to buy, It will only steal > > all my spare time). > > > > Does anybody know about a similar game for PC? > > > > The point for me is that the game should contain the buying and > > selling of cars, building, tuning and winning money to buy better > > cars. > > The racing itself is not that important. > > Sportscar GT has a certain money/career element in it. > > -- > Olav K. Malmin > remove .spam when replying

The makers of SCGT are the ones behind F12001. somewhere I saw a sports car model being ran in F12001 [don't ask because I don't remember where]. So maybe SCGT2 will be a made from f12001 by some enterprising bunch. MadDAWG

On 11 Dec 2001 01:42:35 -0800, [email hidden] (Bj�rn Erik Glomsrud) wrote:

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>I played Gran Turismo 3 for PS2 the other day, and it was Great FUN!!! > >Disappointed, I realized that the game did not come in a PC-version, >and I do not have PS2 (nor do I have time to buy, It will only steal >all my spare time). > >Does anybody know about a similar game for PC? > >The point for me is that the game should contain the buying and >selling of cars, building, tuning and winning money to buy better >cars. >The racing itself is not that important.

Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed is about as close as you are going to get to GT on a PC (without using an emulator).

The CArt World Series sim/mod(whichever it is) will be based on F1 2001's engine so a Sportscar mod should be do-able as well. But the race lengths and driver swapping would probably be difficult for just a mod. dave henrie "MadDAWG" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > The makers of SCGT are the ones behind F12001. somewhere I saw a sportscar > model being ran in F12001 [don't ask because I don't remember where]. So > maybe SCGT2 will be a made from f12001 by some enterprising bunch. > > MadDAWG > >

"Bj�rn Erik Glomsrud" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> I played Gran Turismo 3 for PS2 the other day, and it was Great FUN!!! > > Disappointed, I realized that the game did not come in a PC-version, > and I do not have PS2 (nor do I have time to buy, It will only steal > all my spare time). > > Does anybody know about a similar game for PC? > > The point for me is that the game should contain the buying and > selling of cars, building, tuning and winning money to buy better > cars. > The racing itself is not that important.

As a few others said, "Sports Car GT" has that.

> > The point for me is that the game should contain the buying and > > selling of cars, building, tuning and winning money to buy better > > cars. > > The racing itself is not that important. > There's one called Grand Prix Manager that has no racing at all just team managing and strategy. More full of bugs then an ant farm. I think there's one called F1 Manager too.

Viper Racing sells parts, but no trading of cars. -Larry "STP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:GmOR7.3$[email hidden]...

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> > "Bj�rn Erik Glomsrud" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I played Gran Turismo 3 for PS2 the other day, and it was Great FUN!!! > > > > Disappointed, I realized that the game did not come in a PC-version, > > and I do not have PS2 (nor do I have time to buy, It will only steal > > all my spare time). > > > > Does anybody know about a similar game for PC? > > > > The point for me is that the game should contain the buying and > > selling of cars, building, tuning and winning money to buy better > > cars. > > The racing itself is not that important. > > As a few others said, "Sports Car GT" has that. > >

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>I played Gran Turismo 3 for PS2 the other day, and it was Great FUN!!! > >Disappointed, I realized that the game did not come in a PC-version, >and I do not have PS2 (nor do I have time to buy, It will only steal >all my spare time). > >Does anybody know about a similar game for PC? > >The point for me is that the game should contain the buying and >selling of cars, building, tuning and winning money to buy better >cars. >The racing itself is not that important. > >regards >Bjoern Erik Glomsrud >[email hidden] >

This is a real oldie, but I still love it: http://www.theunderdogs.org/game.php?name=Street+Rod+2 If this wierd link doesn't work, go to: http://www.theunderdogs.org And look for Street Rod 2. You start out with $1200 and a newspaper. Buy a car, fix it, race it, win money, buy better parts, etc.. The game's abandonware now (free download.) Todd Wasson --- Performance Simulations Drag Racing and Top Speed Prediction Software http://PerformanceSimulations.Com

On a similar topic, is there a "race engineer" game anywhere? I'm thinking of a sim where you put yourself in the place of the driver's race engineer (eg: Jock Clear for Jacques Villeneuve) and have to decide such things as race strategy, pit stops, how to fix the understeer the driver complains of, when to go out on the track in qualifying. Whether to change tyres if the track gets wetter or dryer. Whether to pit early if the driver gets stuck behind other traffic. To change pit stop strategy if your driver has to pit unexpectedly for damage. Things like that. Perhaps not so much for F1 racing, but CART or INDY racing would have you call the driver into the pits at a moments notice (or not) if a full course yellow comes out... etc...

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>On a similar topic, is there a "race engineer" game anywhere? >I'm thinking of a sim where you put yourself in the place of >the driver's race engineer (eg: Jock Clear for Jacques Villeneuve) >and have to decide such things as race strategy, pit stops, >how to fix the understeer the driver complains of, when to go >out on the track in qualifying. Whether to change tyres >if the track gets wetter or dryer. Whether to pit early if >the driver gets stuck behind other traffic. To change pit >stop strategy if your driver has to pit unexpectedly for >damage. Things like that. >Perhaps not so much for F1 racing, but CART or INDY racing >would have you call the driver into the pits at a moments >notice (or not) if a full course yellow comes out... etc... > >

Not that I know of. You might try searching: http://www.tucows.com http://cnet.com Who knows what it might turn up? Todd Wasson --- Performance Simulations Drag Racing and Top Speed Prediction Software http://PerformanceSimulations.Com