Le Mans 24 Hours on Dreamcast, and MSR too... Any good?

I'm thinking about picking up a Dreamcast as the indie shops close to where I work are rife with 2nd hand consoles. A number of Dreamcast owners I've spoken recommend a broadly identical selection of 10 or so games, of those LM24 and MSR figure very highly. What's the RAS take on these games, and are there any other racing titles for the format worth looking for? ++ Fillyourboots

F355 is the most realistic imho. Plenty of long term play value and worth looking for. Le Mans and MSR were fun for a bit, but the arcade style physics wears thin. Worth picking up if they are priced cheap. Dave "Fillyourboots" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:bukcib$kbd$[email hidden]... > I'm thinking about picking up a Dreamcast as the indie shops close towhere > I work are rife with 2nd hand consoles. A number of Dreamcast owners I've > spoken recommend a broadly identical selection of 10 or so games, of those > LM24 and MSR figure very highly. What's the RAS take on these games, andare > there any other racing titles for the format worth looking for? > > ++ > Fillyourboots > >

On Tue, 20 Jan 2004 23:11:08 +0000 (UTC), "Fillyourboots" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I'm thinking about picking up a Dreamcast as the indie shops close to where >I work are rife with 2nd hand consoles. A number of Dreamcast owners I've >spoken recommend a broadly identical selection of 10 or so games, of those >LM24 and MSR figure very highly. What's the RAS take on these games, and are >there any other racing titles for the format worth looking for? The absolute best racer on the dreamcast is F355, at least if you're looking for something fairly simmy. As far as arcade stuff goes, I enjoyed Metropolis Street Racer quite a bit. I could never really get into LM24 for some reason, but it certainly wasn't a bad game. If you don't mind that it's a pure arcade game, CART Flag-To-Flag can be fairly entertaining, and it has a few cockpit cameras which is always a plus for me. Jason

I initially enjoyed LM24 on the DC. However it eventually lost it's appeal after a couple months. As has been said F355 Challenge is the best. I bought it for my PS2 (after the DC was sold) and still love it. I'm not sure what MSR is... - F50 GT Fillyourboots wrote:

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> I'm thinking about picking up a Dreamcast as the indie shops close to where > I work are rife with 2nd hand consoles. A number of Dreamcast owners I've > spoken recommend a broadly identical selection of 10 or so games, of those > LM24 and MSR figure very highly. What's the RAS take on these games, and are > there any other racing titles for the format worth looking for? > > ++ > Fillyourboots > >

In article <bukcib$kbd$[email hidden]>, "Fillyourboots" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I'm thinking about picking up a Dreamcast as the indie shops close to where >I work are rife with 2nd hand consoles. A number of Dreamcast owners I've >spoken recommend a broadly identical selection of 10 or so games, of those >LM24 and MSR figure very highly. What's the RAS take on these games, and are >there any other racing titles for the format worth looking for? Agree with all who said F355 is the most sim-like. Spent a fair amount of time hot-lapping and racing the challenging (but frustrating) AI. Definite pick. I probably played Lemans 24 hrs even more. Yes, including a 24 hr race! Recommended. MSR (=Metropolis Street Racer, father of Project Gotham Racing), is a fun arcade game. It can get maddeningly frustrating though. XBOX's, PGR and especially PGR2 are superior. But recommended. Won't compare to GT3 on the PS2, but probably still quite playable. Another interesting one was GT2 using "Bleemcast". GT2 looks far, far better on the DC than on the PSX or PS2. These are the three race games I have on my DC, and are really the reasons I bought the DC. However, the DC is gathering dust. If you are interested, make an offer for the machine and those games plus an added controller and a couple of memory units.

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> In article <bukcib$kbd$[email hidden]>, "Fillyourboots" > <[email hidden]> wrote: >> I'm thinking about picking up a Dreamcast as the indie shops close >> to where I work are rife with 2nd hand consoles. A number of >> Dreamcast owners I've spoken recommend a broadly identical selection >> of 10 or so games, of those LM24 and MSR figure very highly. What's >> the RAS take on these games, and are there any other racing titles >> for the format worth looking for? > > > Agree with all who said F355 is the most sim-like. Spent a fair > amount of time hot-lapping and racing the challenging (but > frustrating) AI. Definite pick. > > I probably played Lemans 24 hrs even more. Yes, including a 24 hr > race! Recommended. > > MSR (=Metropolis Street Racer, father of Project Gotham Racing), > is a fun arcade game. It can get maddeningly frustrating though. > XBOX's, PGR and especially PGR2 are superior. But recommended. > > Won't compare to GT3 on the PS2, but probably still quite > playable. > > Another interesting one was GT2 using "Bleemcast". GT2 looks far, > far better on the DC than on the PSX or PS2. > > These are the three race games I have on my DC, and are really the > reasons I bought the DC. However, the DC is gathering dust. If > you are interested, make an offer for the machine and those games > plus an added controller and a couple of memory units.

Dave, do you live in the US? I'm in the UK. ++ Fillyourboots

In article <bv4gll$3cs$[email hidden]>, "Fillyourboots" <[email hidden]> wrote: >Dave, do you live in the US? I'm in the UK. Yep, US. So much for a sale. Good luck on your search. Oh also remembered I have SegaGT. You do NOT want that one. The game is fair, but the controllability was absolutely horrid. XBOX version SegaGT2002 is much better, but is still a poor comparison to GT2.