13th October 2004, 1:22 PM
Quote:First, I forgot a few. New list at bottom.Two words: No split-screen. Racing games were made for split screen. It's a social genre.
Many of those games are also on consoles, sure, but that's part of my point... and as for where they are good I'd say that they are just as good on PC. I see nothing in any of those games that would make them more fun on a console than they are on PC with a nice gamepad. Nothing at all. Actually, in some cases they are better -- witness the track creator in Moto Racer 2, the dozens of downloadable tracks and cars for Pod, the online multiplay and downloadable cars for NFS:HS, the online multiplay for Motocross Madness 2, etc... no, the PC is not weak in racing games and the games that are on PC and console are not worse on PC.
Quote:Pod... I don't understand why so many people dislike it.Pssst! I'll give you a hint! .... It sucks!
Quote:I have liked it a lot from the first time I played it and still do... but so many people (not just you) just don't like it much. I know that it was originally about graphics more than anything, but as I said it has so many tracks, and they are so different in style from most racing games, that I see a lot to it beyond the technical qualitites... what's so bad that makes it so disliked? The somewhat slow speed of the cars? Those very same confusing tracks that I see as a strong point?Crap handling, crap speed, crap tracks.
Quote:Oh yeah, one last thing. I don't think I have to own a PSX to know that I think the N64 has a better selection of racing games that I would actually like. No question. I mean... the N64's racing game lineup is incredibly good! I know enough about what the PSX has to know that the N64 is definitely superior. The N64 easily beats the NGC too... don't know about PS2 and X-Box, but I wouldn't exactly be surprised. The N64 is the best racing game console I've ever seen.That's like saying "I don't have to have tried your sandwich to know that mine is better". Of course you do, you fool! That's how we tell things apart, by trying them! :screwy:
Quote:And one more thing... how many of those have you actually played?
All except for Drome Racers... which got bad reviews anyways. And Screamer 2. Haven't played that.
Quote:I've played Virtua Fighter (3, PS2) and Bloody Roar (the GC one), and couldn't disagree more. Quite unlike Bloody Roar, Pod and XG are actually good games... Bloody Roar is stupid and quite mediocre while Virtua Fighter is awesome. If you want a better comparison (imo) for Bloody Roar, how about DethKarz (based on the demo) and Star Wars Episode I Racer? Now THOSE are mediocre. Not XG or Pod. (and again, the DC game isn't really Pod)
The latest Bloody Roar is about as good of a fighting game as XG and Pod are racing games. Not very good.
Quote:Very popular among a small audience that I respect. It'd take patience and determination to get good at real simulation racing games, after all, and if you have that kind of patience then you have more than I do for those games... I would never call them bad because they are not. Just because I prefer other kinds of games doesn't mean I think those are bad... just like with flight sims, that's not true at all. Just because I think TIE Figher is best in genre doesn't mean that I hate Falcon 4.0... I could never play it decently I'm sure, but you'll never find me calling it bad.Well good for you. I on the other hand place great importance on "fun".
Quote:As for where Gran Turismo fits in there, I'd have to play it to decide. I have no idea how it plays so I can't say a whole lot that is relevant to the game.It's a sim, but a very fun sim that puts gameplay above realism. It's realistic enough, but not to the point where it stops being fun.
Quote:So... why am I listing these games when you don't care? Simple, I kind of like to make lists of things...I do too, except that my lists are usually awesome. Unless they are "worst game ever" lists. :p