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The best online racer?

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  • 21-10-2006 2:42am
    #1
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 5,554 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    Can anyone please tell me which is the best online racer today?

    is it NFS or GTR2? or which one?


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    DarthWraak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭DarthWraak


    I only own one racer, Need For Speed Underground for the PC, so I couldn't compair it with other ones. I found it quite good online. There is Underground online mode, which works kinda the same as the single player, except you compete against real people to get mods for your car etc. I haven't played it much tbh, but seems like a good place to start


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    Dcully
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 14,710 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dcully


    Depends on what you want.
    If you want an arcade racer go with NFS or toca if you want realism go with GTR2 and/or rFactor.


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    Laguna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,639 ✭✭✭Laguna


    Mario Kart for the DS!.


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    thebman
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    Laguna wrote:
    Mario Kart for the DS!.

    ^ Best arcade racer.

    GTR2 = best simulation racer on Pc.

    Forza 2 or GTR will likely be best on consoles IMO this generation taking into account everything including AI, crash damage etc...

    You just can't beat Mario Kart for a bit of craic though. Burnout used to be good but the later features added like takedown are all crap IMO and NFS games were never any good.


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    DarthWraak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 954 ✭✭✭DarthWraak


    Agreed. Mario Kart is one of the reasons why I got a DS.


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    CyberGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 5,554 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    Thanks for the input guys, I'll look into those games,

    Mario Kart while sounding like fun....... I don't have a DS and I'm not really a console guy so....

    NFS, I used to like them, but this new series, they're just full of "neons"

    ToCa and GTR2/rFactor(haven't heard of it before) look the most appealing,

    Are there generally lots of people online playing these games?

    A bit off topic, but it's kinda strange that all those game tracking applications like HLSW and Qtracker can track all FPS/strategy games but no racing games. :/


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    Creamy Goodness
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    i just don't get racing games online i mean half the fun is actually racing against someone you know that is sitting beside you and you can give them a dig if they are winning you know to even the playing field. you can't really do that online like.

    HLSW stands for Half Life Server Watch so i guess it's main function would be to server fps' to the masses.


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    tuxy
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    Cremo wrote:
    i just don't get racing games online i mean half the fun is actually racing against someone you know that is sitting beside you and you can give them a dig if they are winning you know to even the playing field. you can't really do that online like.
    you could say that about any game

    to be competative in racing sims (gtr/rfactor) you will need a wheel and pedals and the learning curve is steep


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    ambro25
    Registered Users Posts: 5,994 ✭✭✭ambro25


    ...none of them.

    The best online racer, bar none, is Live For Speed.


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    EWheelChair
    Closed Accounts Posts: 331 ✭✭EWheelChair


    tuxy wrote:
    to be competative in racing sims (gtr/rfactor) you will need a wheel and pedals and the learning curve is steep

    Is it not easier using a joypad?


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    CyberGhost
    Registered Users Posts: 5,554 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    I just tried Live for Speed, omg! hands down, it's the best of all those games(tried them all yesterday)

    Cremo, lol you serious? 1 on 1 racing is so boring, online games are way to go, personally since I got used to online FPS games, I can't play single player anymore :/


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