Best driving game?

SuprSi

I just picked up the Xbox steering wheel and it's great with Forza. I have PGR 4 as well, though haven't tried it with the wheel yet as it's more of an arcade racer, but can anyone recommend any good driving games to test the wheel out on? I like rally games, and semi-sim games so any recommendations taken on board.

Vic Vinegar

Grid & Midnight Club: Los Angeles, both really good games, also Flatout: Ultimate Carnage.

Mr Freeze

SuprSi wrote: »

I just picked up the Xbox steering wheel and it's great with Forza.

How much was the wheel? Is there an official XBOX one or 3rd party one? I am looking for one as a present for someone...

SuprSi

CKWPORT wrote: »

How much was the wheel? Is there an official XBOX one or 3rd party one? I am looking for one as a present for someone...

It was just over €100 in Game in Dundrum. It's the official wheel - I think Microsoft decided to release an official one rather than let a 3rd party create them. I'm impressed so far though.

http://www.xbox.com/en-IE/hardware/x/xbox360wirelessracingwheel/

kaimera

Second GRID.

Havent tried MC:LA but I always enjoyed the MC series.

Nedved85

Third Grid! DIRT is also a very good game!Just a pity theres no proper multyplayer:(

mik_da_man

Have not got around to GRID yet but Forza (which you have:)) and Dirt are my top 2

mikeruurds

GRID and Burnout (If you want something a little more arcadey)

Fol20

Grid and burnout without a doubt

unklerosco

Grid... Now that i've finished GOW2 I can get back to it.. Also, bit off topic but Pure is a fantastic game too

xbox36016

forza pgr drift and thats all u no

F-Stop

I'm just wondering if the people who are recommending GRID, and also DIRT, have played it with the racing wheel? If so can you tell me what settings you changed to make it actually respond properly? GRID is a great game, one of the most fun racing games I've played, but I just cannot get the wheel to work with properly. Same goes for DIRT and Burnout Paradise. All good games, but I would not recommend them for use with the racing wheel. PGR4 works well and it does add to the fun (I haven't played PGR3 with it). Forza is by far the best when it comes to getting the controls right.

opr

Anyone got the Ridge Racer game for the xbox ? Any good ?

Opr

Moiph

Pure and Burnout are awesome

Peteemax

played grid with a steering wheel its pretty good

Biro

I'm interested in getting the wheel too. I love Forza and Dirt. PGR4 remains largely unplayed.

PATJOE

Bought the xbox steering wheel and tried it on forza 2, very hard to get used to. Can anyone recommend the settings they use for forza2?

Thanks

SuprSi

DIRT looks class alright. I saw GRID in Xtra-Vision but wanted to see what people thought before getting it. Thanks for the feedback!

Skippy65

Dont get grid!

SuprSi

Skippy65 wrote: »

Dont get grid!

Why not?

unklerosco

SuprSi wrote: »

Why not?

Ditto... I think its one of the best racing games ever. It brings the fun back into the genre... I played GT5 on the PS3 n it was as dull as anything, keep on doing the same race till u win so u can get a car to do it again in another race... Homer J. Simpson said it best B-O-R-I-N-G!!!!

First time I played Grid I was comming down a striaght, car in front of me had a blow out, went into a barrel roll with bits of car n wheels flying past me... It was the first time I'd seen anything like it in a racing game... Its just a fun game

emurphy

opr wrote: »

Anyone got the Ridge Racer game for the xbox ? Any good ?

Opr

I have Ridge Racer 6. If you like the ridge racer series you'll love this. Fantastic stuff in my opinion. Hadnt played one since the ps1 years ago until I got this one. I got it cheap on ebay as well.

emurphy

As per my last post there, Ridge Racer is great arcade fun if you like that series...
Forza is the obvious choice. Fantastic game.
My last choice would have to be Sega Rally, one of the most under rated games on the 360 in my opinion.

mise

Bombleswizzum wrote: »

...Flatout: Ultimate Carnage.

+1

By far the most fun I've had playing a driving game

DiRT and PGR 3&4 are also very good

Slig

Argos do an xbox360 wheel for €45, anybody know if its any good.
Its half the price of the official one which means I could get 2 for €90 instead of forking out €180.
If its crap however then its €45 wasted.

uncleoswald

RacePro looks like it could be really good. Its out early next year and made by the guys who make the acclaimed PC series. 360 exclusive. Like forza but hopefully not as stale.

unklerosco

The microsoft wheel should only be €99.... The cheaper wheels don't have force feedback..

Sega Rally was a good, not great, game... I found it fairly repetitive n easy, got bored of it fast.. Flatout UC was great fun, fantastic graphics n physics too

emurphy

Sega Rally was a good, not great, game... I found it fairly repetitive n easy, got bored of it fast.. Flatout UC was great fun, fantastic graphics n physics too[/QUOTE]


All a matter of opinion really. If you like arcade rally games personally I dont think theres anything better. Then again I've been a sega rally fan for years. I really wouldnt like to know how many hours I wasted on the sega saturn playin it.

unklerosco

I used to love Sega Rally 2... There was a time when my name populated at top 10 places in Atari Expo in The Square, every Thursday i'd be up there wasting my pocket money ;-)

J-blk

A bit OT, but I got the official wheel for €83.99 including delivery from Play.com back in July - they do various offers from time to time, so it might go back to a similar price.

If you want an arcadey racer, I'd recommend Burnout Paradise as well... Pure is fantastic, though not really playable with the wheel.