Community Question | Best Racing Game of All Time?

[Tony]

I was never convinced the FFB or physics were quite right! I have asked Reiza to check the realfeel.ini file

 

[Bengt Lundgren]

GTR2 every day

 

[Warren Dawes]

Based purely on which game has given me the most enjoyment over the longest period:

Richard Burns Rally.

And it was cheap as chips too.

 

[Giorgos Kostis]

Test Drive Unlimited 1.

 

[Terje Helle]

Richard Burns Rally - It was incredible when it came out, and are still going strong 16 years after it’s release.

 

[Terje Helle]

Very easy: RFACTOR, by far. Not for the sim itself, but for the possibilities: rF2 and AMS, the most hardcore sims in the market would not exist without RF. Also GTR2 (another gem) was possible thanks to RF.

Don’t forget RRRE!

 

[gc24]

Gtr2. Great graphics that still "hold up" (relatively). Best handling and ffb of it's time. Fantastic content, plus modding. And best of all AI that still blows the doors off anything.

Interesting. I reloaded GTR2 and tried it again after not playing it for a long time. I deleated it and have RF2, but now I am thinking of loading it again.

 

[Robert Mitchell]

Grand Prix Legends

 

[FeltHat]

Carmageddon 2

 

[ACHIM-K]

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GANZ KLAR UNGESCHLAGEN AN DER SPITZE GTR2. SOGAR MIT SAFETYCAR ...
GTR1 WAR AUCH GEIL, ABER TEILWEISE UNFAHRBAR ...

JETZT IST ES ACC, GTR3 wird bestimmt der Wahnsinn, wird aber nie kommen, gehört ist die konkurrierenden ich zu groß

 

[Bert Austen]

Assetto Corsa

 

[tatsu3]

For me, what counts is how fun the general playing experience is.

My pick goes to McRae DiRT2!

 

[S7emilio]

I have being playing racegames for about 34 years now and until january 2020 I did not have a decent steeringwheel because of lack of space. I am just starting with simracing/driving so to say. (70 hours on Assetto Corsa)

Circuit sims, and overall best: AC, Just the pure joy of driving and the feel of it.

Arcade: Forza Horizon 1 , Multiplayer NFS most wanted 2005 (splitscreen) TDU 1 (Scale)

Retro/nostalgia bonus mentions: Stunts / NFS 1 SE.

Purely graphics/presentation: Driveclub

Best Bikegame: GP500 (Krome Studios Melbourne ) 1999

 

[Dfx_Voodoo]

Live For Speed

 

[Absurd1ty]

Motorstorm!

 

[Mr_Aldik]

GT-Legend absolutely the best storic cars and competition, also Nascar 2003 for WONDERFUL realism and & rfactor modern for stability multiplayer simulation)

 

[MarcG]

Supercars II on the Amiga was immense, many happy hours thrashing around on that.

 

[Vintagedriver01]

GP Legends and my first race game; Roadrash and Eat my Dust.

 

[Romandevison]

GTR2. It's probably just a first love.

 

[guidofoc]

The question is too vague. I will instead focus on what is the most important sim in sim racing history. And to me the title goes ex-aequo to Revs from Geoff Crammond (1984), the first 3D racing sim, and to Indianapolis 500 from Dave Kaemmer's Papyrus (1989), the first convincing 3D racing sim with decent AI, car setup, analog steering (with the mouse), replay etc. These two guys laid the foundations for racing sims to come, and Kaemmer is still active with iRacing. After these, surely F1 GP from Crammond and GPL from Kaemmer. The one I love the most is AC, it has so much variety and it is not only a racing sim.