Good Touring Car sim

I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we didn't get word of in the US? Dave

In article <[email hidden]>, [email hidden] (David McCarson) wrote: > I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there > a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we > didn't get word of in the US? > > Dave TOCA 2 based on the British Touring Car Championship, not a true sim, but good enough, and some very close racing can be had, especially on expert level. Handling is ok. Graphics are good. Sound is ok too. Mulitplay is good, via LAN or Wireplay (www.Gameplay.com). 8-) *Peter* - http://www.cix.co.uk/~peterpc/home.html

Toca2 by Codemasters should be right up your alley. Simulates the British Touring Car Championship and it's support races. Very enjoyable. Jan. =--- David McCarson wrote... > I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there > a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we > didn't get word of in the US? > > Dave >

Toca 2 which is called Touring Car Challenge here in the States...Models the 2.0 litre super tourers from 1999 or 98...I forget which...Not the greatest sim but a fun racer.....lap speed unfortunately are tied to Frames per second. So if you turn everything off graphics wise, you will get better lap times...a pity.. dave henrie "David McCarson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there > a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we > didn't get word of in the US? > > Dave >

TOCA2 and Sweedish Touring Car Championship. Both arcade games. Neither worth a damn if you want something that matches GPL standards. -- ----------------------------------- Morgan Vincent Wooten GPLRank: +16.84 mailto:[email hidden] http://members.tripod.com/~morganv/ ----------------------------------- David McCarson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there > a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we > didn't get word of in the US? > > Dave > >

TOCA touring car is a good one, graphics are crap, but its the nearest thing we have in Europe to a decent Touring Car game - there is a sequel - TOCA2, but I havent got that, so I dont know what its like -- Phil. WCOutlaw_T (Wrecking Crew http://online.totalnfs.net) ICQ# 5065494 "David McCarson" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there > a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we > didn't get word of in the US? > > Dave >

On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:59:51 -0500, rrevved <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:37:50 GMT, "Morgan V. Wooten�" <[email hidden]> wrote: > >>TOCA2 and Sweedish Touring Car Championship. Both arcade games. Neither worth a >>damn if you want something that matches GPL standards. >> > >Uhh, I think he said he wanted to drive touring cars, not F1. > >hth > >> >>David McCarson <[email hidden]> wrote in message >>news:[email hidden]... >>> I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there >>> a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we >>> didn't get word of in the US? >>> >>> Dave >>> >>> >>

If a Touring Car sim that matched GPL standards existed, I would never leave the house again. N4/Heat in the morning (when they get here), GPL in the afternoon, Touring at night--and Rally on the weekends. Yep, what little life I have would be over.

hmmm.....how about a little LEAD FOOT on SUNDAYS SUNDAY SUNDAYS....can't wait to see that one also. seriously though....what about Sports Car GT - doesn't the GT stand for Grand Touring? That is a better sim that TOCA and there are lots of add ons to make it even better. David McCarson <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:59:51 -0500, rrevved > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:37:50 GMT, "Morgan V. Wooten�"<[email hidden]> wrote: > > > >>TOCA2 and Sweedish Touring Car Championship. Both arcade games. Neitherworth a

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> >>damn if you want something that matches GPL standards. > >> > > > >Uhh, I think he said he wanted to drive touring cars, not F1. > > > >hth > > > >> > >>David McCarson <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >>news:[email hidden]... > >>> I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there > >>> a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we > >>> didn't get word of in the US? > >>> > >>> Dave > >>> > >>> > >> > > If a Touring Car sim that matched GPL standards existed, I would > never leave the house again. N4/Heat in the morning (when they get > here), GPL in the afternoon, Touring at night--and Rally on the > weekends. Yep, what little life I have would be over.

Congratulations for being the first person in this thread to point out that (your sim here) is not as good as gpl. Yawn. Give it a chance, Toca2 was an entertaining sim. On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:37:50 GMT, "Morgan V. Wooten�" <[email hidden]> wrote: >TOCA2 and Sweedish Touring Car Championship. Both arcade games. Neither worth a >damn if you want something that matches GPL standards. [email hidden]

If you didn't know, "Touring Car" is a racing series, held in a few countries there is the BTCC, australian touring car, german, italian touring car (and probably a few more nations do them as well) People like Dario Franchitti used to race in the DTM (German touring car), Gabriele Tarquini, Frank Biela, many, many more - even the great Nigel Mansell has raced in touring car. - they are basically like the old thunder saloons, and Sports Car GT isnt in this class, unfortunatly there isnt much support for the Touring Cars in racing sims apart from add-on patches for the Nascar games, TOCA and TOCA2 are the only one's I've seen, and I own TOCA, its lame by racing sim standards - physics and graphics are crap, but the game is OK, its still pretty hard, and some good fun too... Just thought I'd clear that up, -- Phil. WCOutlaw (Wrecking Crew http://online.totalnfs.net) ICQ# 5065494 "L_NiN0" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9Jrj5.138997$[email hidden]... > hmmm.....how about a little LEAD FOOT on SUNDAYS SUNDAY SUNDAYS....can't > wait to see that one also. > > seriously though....what about Sports Car GT - doesn't the GT stand for > Grand Touring? That is a better sim that TOCA and there are lots of add ons > to make it even better. > > > David McCarson <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:59:51 -0500, rrevved > > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > >On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:37:50 GMT, "Morgan V. Wooten�" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > > > >>TOCA2 and Sweedish Touring Car Championship. Both arcade games. Neither > worth a > > >>damn if you want something that matches GPL standards. > > >> > > > > > >Uhh, I think he said he wanted to drive touring cars, not F1. > > > > > >hth > > > > > >> > > >>David McCarson <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > >>news:[email hidden]... > > >>> I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there > > >>> a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we > > >>> didn't get word of in the US? > > >>> > > >>> Dave > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > > > If a Touring Car sim that matched GPL standards existed, I would > > never leave the house again. N4/Heat in the morning (when they get > > here), GPL in the afternoon, Touring at night--and Rally on the > > weekends. Yep, what little life I have would be over. > >

I like TOCA2 a lot. I think it has very nice physics and graphics, and a lot of different game modes. There are races, championship, position and time "challenge" modes with a progression of more demanding events, support car races with progressively higher end cars (Ford Escorts, Von Diemen formulas, sports cars, prototypes...) you have to earn, classic british tracks, and an interesting test track complex. The AI is great, and it tends to generate very fun and competetive race events. Damage modelling is nice, and you can fight the other cars hitting them, but you get a penalty if you hit them too rough. I am not an expert in touring car physics, but in the game they are definitely not arcadish. Car control is very precise and challenging, yet manageable, whether it is realistically accurate or not. Works great with a keyboard only, two, and does not require a high end machine (I have 200MHz/32MB/Voodoo 1, which is not perfectly smooth and beautiful but quite enjoyable).

David McCarson wrote: > > I've played the Touring Car patches for the NASCAR games, but is there > a good Touring Car sim out there? Perhaps one in Eurpoe that we > didn't get word of in the US? Yeah, Dick Johnson's V8 Racing................... <climbs back onto the chair still laughing> Try the TOCA series, they're pretty good, and if you're not too picky, the STCC game, I hesitate to call it a sim, has some very nice track, including the Arctic Circle Raceway Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 07:16:58 +0100, "WCOutlaw" <[email hidden]> wrote: > - they are basically like the old thunder saloons, and Sports Car GT isnt >in this >class, unfortunatly there isnt much support for the Touring Cars in racing >sims >apart from add-on patches for the Nascar games, Who cares about TOCA2, SCGT does a much better job at simulating just about anything with four wheels and bumbers than TOCA, and it's pretty damn well customizable to represent anything from the American Le Mans series to Australian V8s to Minis. I have to agree with revved and the guys.

I've given it a chance and I'll probably give it more chances in the future since I love Touring Car racing and would love a good sim, but once one experiences GPL there's just no going back to traditional arcade-sims. -- ----------------------------------- Morgan Vincent Wooten GPLRank: +16.84 mailto:[email hidden] http://members.tripod.com/~morganv/ ----------------------------------- eejit <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Congratulations for being the first person in this thread to point out > that (your sim here) is not as good as gpl. Yawn. > > Give it a chance, Toca2 was an entertaining sim. > > > > On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:37:50 GMT, "Morgan V. Wooten�" > <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >TOCA2 and Sweedish Touring Car Championship. Both arcade games. Neither worth a > >damn if you want something that matches GPL standards. > > [email hidden]

I've been playing SCGT for a while--and that 300MB patch that is out there gave it exteneded life on my hard drive. I was hoping I had overlooked a good touring sim out there. TOCA2 runs for about 20 bucks around here, guess I'll pick it up and give it a try. I figure, once LEADFOOT and DTR:Sprint Cars comes out, I'll probably look for a way to permanently mount the wheel at the computer. Then with N4, NASCAR Heat, and WSC, I'll just give my 2 weeks notice at work. I certainly won't have time to race and hold a job... Dave "rrevved" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 05:23:17 GMT, "L_NiN0" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >hmmm.....how about a little LEAD FOOT on SUNDAYS SUNDAY SUNDAYS....can't > >wait to see that one also. > > > >seriously though....what about Sports Car GT - doesn't the GT stand for > >Grand Touring? That is a better sim that TOCA and there are lots of add

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> >to make it even better. > > > > I agree! > > He should grab SCGT and TOCA2 as well. >

I'll add my rec for TOCA2, as well as the Touring Cars you have Formual Ford, TVRs, Jaguars, Lister Storms etc. The FF is VG with the Act Labs wheel but v.dissapointing on MSFF wheel. Is pretty light on Resource, my son runs it on a P150 with basic GFX card, on-line as well and although a bit ugly, it runs great. MaXX On Mon, 07 Aug 2000 17:32:12 GMT, [email hidden] (Toni Lassila) wrote:

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>On Mon, 7 Aug 2000 07:16:58 +0100, "WCOutlaw" <[email hidden]> >wrote: >> - they are basically like the old thunder saloons, and Sports Car GT isnt >>in this >>class, unfortunatly there isnt much support for the Touring Cars in racing >>sims >>apart from add-on patches for the Nascar games, > >Who cares about TOCA2, SCGT does a much better job at simulating just about >anything with four wheels and bumbers than TOCA, and it's pretty damn well >customizable to represent anything from the American Le Mans series to >Australian V8s to Minis. > >I have to agree with revved and the guys.