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I'm having a Christmas drinks party at my house this weekend. Whenever I have guests they seem to enjoy having a go at a driving game with my MS Force Feedback Wheel. I figured it might be fun to have a competition for all my guests with a prize at the end. The criteria the game must fulfill are: 1) Be easily playable by first timers - male and female. 2) Must have a time trial mode with the game lasting no longer than a 3-5 minutes. 3) Must look good on a PII350, 128Mb and Voodoo3. 4) Work well with a force feebback wheel. Any suggestions gratefully appreciated. Binesh

Whenever anybody makes fun of me for having a steering wheel attached to my PC I sit them in front of Microsoft Midtown Madness and they're hooked in five minutes. The fun wore out for me pretty quickly (I have moved on to GPL) but for (drunk?) house guests this game is a riot. They always end up in the bus or the semi, smashing their way through traffic. A competition may be a bit less fun for your guests, as the bar is set pretty high in the checkpoint and "dash" races. But I think you'll find that just watching people drive like idiots is entertainment enough. If that doesn't do it for you, Need for Speed High Stakes is your other option. It's a lot prettier than MM, but not as much fun.

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> I'm having a Christmas drinks party at my house this weekend. Whenever I > have guests they seem to enjoy having a go at a driving game with my MS > Force Feedback Wheel. > I figured it might be fun to have a competition for all my guests with a > prize at the end. The criteria the game must fulfill are: > 1) Be easily playable by first timers - male and female. > 2) Must have a time trial mode with the game lasting no longer than a 3-5 > minutes. > 3) Must look good on a PII350, 128Mb and Voodoo3. > 4) Work well with a force feebback wheel. > Any suggestions gratefully appreciated. > Binesh

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Colin McRae Rally! Lots of fun, easy to learn with short stages and a Time Trial mode. don [|]-(_)-[|]

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>I'm having a Christmas drinks party at my house this weekend. Whenever I >have guests they seem to enjoy having a go at a driving game with my MS >Force Feedback Wheel. >I figured it might be fun to have a competition for all my guests with a >prize at the end. The criteria the game must fulfill are: >1) Be easily playable by first timers - male and female. >2) Must have a time trial mode with the game lasting no longer than a 3-5 >minutes. >3) Must look good on a PII350, 128Mb and Voodoo3. >4) Work well with a force feebback wheel. >Any suggestions gratefully appreciated. >Binesh

You won't want to be racing Grand Prix Legends then. I would recommend Need for Speed 3 for this occasion. Top of the range sports cars, which I'm sure every male (and female...!) dreams of one day owning, in races against AI cars, by yourself, or even against (or AS) the police. NFS 3 also has the very best road surface feel for force feedback I've ever felt. From the second the race starts your wheel won't get a moments piece. You can even feel the engine reving! It's a blast! Phil Winstow ICQ: 57400677

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> I'm having a Christmas drinks party at my house this weekend. Whenever I > have guests they seem to enjoy having a go at a driving game with my MS > Force Feedback Wheel. > I figured it might be fun to have a competition for all my guests with a > prize at the end. The criteria the game must fulfill are: > 1) Be easily playable by first timers - male and female. > 2) Must have a time trial mode with the game lasting no longer than a 3-5 > minutes. > 3) Must look good on a PII350, 128Mb and Voodoo3. > 4) Work well with a force feebback wheel. > Any suggestions gratefully appreciated. > Binesh

Colin McRae Rally. Easy to drive, yet spectacular. Nice FF. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Worueber man nicht reden kann, darueber muss man schweigen."(Wittgenstein) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Powerslide! Old, but it looks terrific with great framerates, you can't get stuck, lots and lots of powersliding (well, duh...) and pleasantly short races. /petern

Your guests may not be race fans so I'd also have to go with Midtown Madness (they'll laugh at the pedestrians) or maybe even Monster Truck Madness 2. If you go with Midtown, turn down the amout of police cars for them.

>Powerslide! Old, but it looks terrific with great framerates, you >can't get stuck, lots and lots of powersliding (well, duh...) and >pleasantly short races. I agree: Powerslide or DTR!! Put it on 50% handling and use stockers and anybody can drive it. Gunner

I second that! CMR is the game I always use on racing sim newbees who stop over and gawk at the fact that I have a steering wheel attached to my desk. It's VERY drivable, has great FF effects, and the typical stage is definitely in your 3-5 min range! Cheers! Jay J

I forgot to mentioned Driver and Carmageddon! Phil Winstow ICQ: 57400677