Re: Best PSX driving game?

Gran Turismo without a doubt. Which of course will be 'bettered' by Gran Turismo 2 out on the 16th..... Andrew Olley <[email hidden]> wrote in article <82ugcv$hdu$[email hidden]>... > I've just bought a Platstation for my young cousin for Christmas, any > comments on the best driving title? I've bought Driver, which is a lot of > fun and I know he'll enjoy. Something with multiplayer would be nice. > > >

I've just bought a Platstation for my young cousin for Christmas, any comments on the best driving title? I've bought Driver, which is a lot of fun and I know he'll enjoy. Something with multiplayer would be nice.

IMO one of the very best driving games for the PSX is Gran Tourismo, although GT2 is due soon and is supposed to be even better. If you want something a bit more arcadey then you may like to try the latest NFS which can be good fun with a few friends around :) -- Ian Parker [email hidden] UKGPL League http://members.xoom.com/ukgpl/index.html http://www.ukgpl.com -- Andrew Olley <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:82ugcv$hdu$[email hidden]... > I've just bought a Platstation for my young cousin for Christmas, any > comments on the best driving title? I've bought Driver, which is a lot of > fun and I know he'll enjoy. Something with multiplayer would be nice. > >

I too enjoyed GT when it first came out, but I went back to it after about 8 months away (and being spoiled by newer PC games in the mantime) and found it completely dull. I personally find teh driving in Colin McRae Rally much more fun. GT seems rather pointless now. Hopefully GT2 will be the big improvement it is supposed to be. Stephen Ian Parker <[email hidden]> wrote: : IMO one of the very best driving games for the PSX is Gran Tourismo, : although GT2 is due soon and is supposed to be even better. If you want : something a bit more arcadey then you may like to try the latest NFS which : can be good fun with a few friends around :) : -- : Ian Parker : [email hidden] : UKGPL League : http://members.xoom.com/ukgpl/index.html : http://www.ukgpl.com : -- : Andrew Olley <[email hidden]> wrote in message : news:82ugcv$hdu$[email hidden]... :> I've just bought a Platstation for my young cousin for Christmas, any :> comments on the best driving title? I've bought Driver, which is a lot of :> fun and I know he'll enjoy. Something with multiplayer would be nice. :> :>

Definately Gran Tourismo, just don't expect the graphical quality of the generation of PC games. I went back to it and found it very blocky. Then again, all PSX games seem that way now. The Sega Saturn is even worse. The only downer with Gran Tourismo is that you can't roll the cars or damage them. Something to do with the licence granted I believe. Happy racing.! * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

There are 4 racing games worth getting TOCA 2, CMR, GT and, F1 '97. ALL of these are now to be found in your bargin-bin (apart from TOCA 2 maybe) Frankly, playing these games, with my mates, with a few bevies, is FAR better fun than spinning every 100 yards in GPL....(my opinion, and not that of the chronic GPL Faithfull) Doug Hal wrote:

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> > Definately Gran Tourismo, just don't expect the graphical quality of > the generation of PC games. I went back to it and found it very blocky. > Then again, all PSX games seem that way now. The Sega Saturn is even > worse. > > The only downer with Gran Tourismo is that you can't roll the cars or > damage them. Something to do with the licence granted I believe. > > Happy racing.! > > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

all those available for the PSX as per the original poster or were you just looking for another chance to take a potshot at GPL? David Douglas Ellison <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> There are 4 racing games worth getting > > TOCA 2, > CMR, > GT > and, F1 '97. > > ALL of these are now to be found in your bargin-bin (apart from TOCA 2 > maybe) > > Frankly, playing these games, with my mates, with a few bevies, is FAR > better fun than spinning every 100 yards in GPL....(my opinion, and not > that of the chronic GPL Faithfull) > > Doug > > > Hal wrote: > > > > Definately Gran Tourismo, just don't expect the graphical quality of > > the generation of PC games. I went back to it and found it very blocky. > > Then again, all PSX games seem that way now. The Sega Saturn is even > > worse. > > > > The only downer with Gran Tourismo is that you can't roll the cars or > > damage them. Something to do with the licence granted I believe. > > > > Happy racing.! > > > > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion

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> all those available for the PSX as per the original poster or were you just > looking for another chance to take a potshot at GPL? Both.... The guy wanted racing games that are suitable for a kid, and 2 player option a bonus. All 4 games fit this, and are now fairly cheap. The chance to slate GPL was just too good to miss. Don't get me wrong, I have GPL, and it gets maybe 15 minutes of a wet sunday afternoon every other week....because straight afterwards, I'll play TOCA 2, and RC2K and have a laugh...it's about entertaining oneself... When playing a GAME (they're all GAMES, not Arcade / Sim ) I don't want to have to spend hour on hour learning how to drive. I've got better things to do with my life. (Like slating GPL in Newsgroups for one...so don't say that the only better thing I've got to do is post shit in newsgroups...we are ALL guilty of that) So, I'm now going to do some WORK...and thisevening, if I've got a spare few minutes, I may do a couple of stages on RC2K, maybe have a few bevies, then get home, and play F1 '97 or CMR on my PSX with my housemates... Doug

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> David > > There are 4 racing games worth getting > > TOCA 2, > > CMR, > > GT > > and, F1 '97. > > ALL of these are now to be found in your bargin-bin (apart from TOCA 2 > > maybe) > > Frankly, playing these games, with my mates, with a few bevies, is FAR > > better fun than spinning every 100 yards in GPL....(my opinion, and not > > that of the chronic GPL Faithfull) > > Doug > > > Definately Gran Tourismo, just don't expect the graphical quality of > > > the generation of PC games. I went back to it and found it very blocky. > > > Then again, all PSX games seem that way now. The Sega Saturn is even > > > worse. > > > The only downer with Gran Tourismo is that you can't roll the cars or > > > damage them. Something to do with the licence granted I believe. > > > Happy racing.! > > > * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion > Network * > > > The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

THOU ARE SUPERIOR !!! ALL HAIL DOUGLAS !!!! I mean duh we are probably just a bunch of freaks to your eyes ! We don't have a life and we all praise your worshipeness for having found better things to do !!! And you have soo much stuff to do in your life that you lower yourself to us and post on rec.autos.simulators (note that it's not rec.autos.games). I mean GPL wow it's so "game", I cannot beleive my eyes that I have been contacted by YOU!!! Finally.. my greatness god. RTFFAQ!!!! -- (I bet some people will miss the irony here) -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> -- May the Downforce be with you... "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

When you burst into tears because GPL and GAME get mentioned in the same hour of the day - then yep - you look like freaks to me.... doug

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> > I've got better > > things to do with my life. > THOU ARE SUPERIOR !!! ALL HAIL DOUGLAS !!!! > I mean duh we are probably just a bunch of freaks to your eyes ! We don't > have a life and we all praise your worshipeness for having found better > things to do !!! And you have soo much stuff to do in your life that you > lower yourself to us and post on rec.autos.simulators (note that it's not > rec.autos.games). I mean GPL wow it's so "game", I cannot beleive my eyes > that I have been contacted by YOU!!! > Finally.. my greatness god. > RTFFAQ!!!! > -- (I bet some people will miss the irony here) > -- Fran?ois Mnard <ymenard> > -- May the Downforce be with you... > "People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realise > how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world."

*** in Glasgow are selling TOCA 2 for 20. -- AG Remove removes from address to remove anti-spam measures. -- Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour! (Damon Hill - 16th June 1999)

The best multiplayer for children, is probably "Crash Team Racing" ("Crash" stands for "Crash Bandicoot", the rascally hero of the "Crash Bandicoot" series of adventure games), if someone can layout the price of four extra controllers sometime. (3 more controllers, plus a four-player adaptor which costs about the same as a controller). With this equipment, CTR allows 4-player racing on a single screen. Gran Turismo is great, and Gran Turismo 2 is coming out soon. If you want to save some money, I'd say the "Greatest Hits" version of Gran Turismo is likely to be complex enough for a young cousin, although the "this is old stuff" peer pressure may cause him to ignore the game. Also, you need to either pass license tests, cheat with a Game Shark, or obtain an appropriate memory card download[*] in order to play most of the game. That's still true for Gran Turismo 2, but it sounds like there is *so* much to Gran Turismo 2 that you could spend the rest of your life playing it and not touch it all... And I've been playing Gran Turismo 1 too much for almost exactly a year, and still haven't exhaused it. The multiplayer racing in Gran Turismo 1 did have a few problems, actually. It clearly seemed to have been added as an afterthought. But when I spent a week with my nephews (and niece) of varying ages, two player Gran Turismo was adequately fun. Adrian. [*]PlayStation Underground Jampack, Winter 1998 ^^^^^^ Oops. I accidentally said "Fall" in my original post, now superseded...

You don't need to cheat to see the game. I was getting p****d off with having to do the licences, but the skills you have to learn to do these are needed later in the game. A little persistance is all that is needed. I managed to get all the licences in one week, and I'm by no means a good gamer. I agree with your CTR suggestion though. "Keep the pedal to the metal" Hal * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!

>>I've just bought a Platstation for my young cousin for Christmas, any >>comments on the best driving title? I've bought Driver, which is a lot of >>fun and I know he'll enjoy. Something with multiplayer would be nice. [...]

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>Gran Turismo is great, and Gran Turismo 2 is coming out soon. If you >want to save some money, I'd say the "Greatest Hits" version of Gran >Turismo is likely to be complex enough for a young cousin, although the >"this is old stuff" peer pressure may cause him to ignore the game. >Also, you need to either pass license tests, cheat with a Game Shark, >or obtain an appropriate memory card download[*] in order to play most >of the game. That's still true for Gran Turismo 2, but it sounds like >there is *so* much to Gran Turismo 2 that you could spend the rest of >your life playing it and not touch it all... And I've been playing >Gran Turismo 1 too much for almost exactly a year, and still haven't >exhaused it.

I sort of take that back. Gran Turismo 2 is probably better for youngsters because the license tests (even though there's a lot more of them) are doubly easier to learn. The minimum standards seem lower. It seems you pass when you reach the proficiency which in Gran Turismo would mean you were close enough to begin working off the last half-second or so.[*] And on top of that, if you come too close too many times, you get some sort of (undocumented) "Kiddie's Award" that might be sufficient for considering the test passed. I don't know; the people I know who had got these ( 8-) ) always kept going and replaced them with a proper "bronze". And in GT1 there were full-lap time trials for license tests; there are none such in GT2. Two laps of a skid-pad, yes, but no laps of road courses. There's a quite nice slalom test, and I'm surprised how much fun I found the rally course tests. And climbing the bottom of Pike's Peak with a huge wing with a tiny Suzuki attached to it! Wow! Besides that, you really do get two (2) two games in one! It comes with two disks, one Arcade and one Simulation, and these could be used on different PlayStations at the same time. Adrian. [*]I'm reasonably unco-ordinated, with relatively poor reactions, and a creature of habit who learns old things thoroughly and new things slowly, but I passed 48/50 GT2 license tests last night (this morning), meaning I've got 4 of 5 possible licenses already, and none of the tests use the old courses (excepting the drag race ones). "I Lost My Skill, on Apricot Hill..."

But for children, with GT1 you might be best to give them a card with a license or two so they can practise to gain the skills to pass the license tests in the first place. Repetition of the tests can be boring and not optimally productive. I gave both sets of nephews a couple of game cards when I gave them the game. The license tests in GT2 do seem a lot easier. Adrian.

The best driving games ever for the psx are 1. Gran Tourismo 2 or 1 2. RallyCross 1 ( don't get rallycross 2 its a lousy sequel ) 3. TOCA 4. need for speed 3 or 4 * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion Network * The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!