Have Your Say: Your First Racing Game

Matthew Allington · Sep 23, 2017

My first was Need for Speed 2 (the Special Edition) - the cars were fast, the physics were fun and the tracks were insane. Oh, and interactive music, which is something I always love. I also loved how in-depth they went with the car info: tons of stats, pictures, description of it's background story and a video dedicated to each and every car. Still have it to this day - with a patch, it works on Windows 10!

The intro was awesome too

Tommy Teasdale · Sep 23, 2017

Nascar Racing 2 (PC)

or

Monaco Grand Prix Racing Simulation 2 (PC)

ears · Sep 23, 2017

Well, technically it was Brands Hatch on a Binatone console, but it didn't feel like a racing game really.

First one that really impressed me was Saloon Cars on the Archimedes.

At the time it really felt like the 'new' Silverstone as it was then.

Then Geoff's Grand Prix came along and blew my socks off. Don't need a video of that one!

Fernando AS · Sep 23, 2017

Grand Prix 3 ,4 ( Geoff Crammond) best AI

ertan999 · Sep 23, 2017

my first racing game is revolt

snezana · Sep 23, 2017

Grand Prix Legends- the original release and later the 2004 update -still have it on my other older pc.Could never beat Jim Clark until someone showed how to tweak the AI.
Some of todays games could learn a few things from GPLs' AI

Mickdrs · Sep 23, 2017

I not sure which one I got first, it's Gran Turismo2 or Toca2, loved the two of them..my two nephews(ages6&16) laugh when they see them asking how I didn't go blind playing them..the 6yr old one says the cars look like they are made of lego lol.

palamies · Sep 23, 2017

Grand prix circuits, i was confused of gears and blew off many engines.

VirtuaIceMan · Sep 23, 2017

On my Amstrad CPC 464 it was 3D Grand Prix:

On our Megadrive it was Super Monaco GP:

On PC it was a "borrowed" copy of Lombard RAC Rally:

mister dog · Sep 23, 2017

First 'console' my parents let me have was a gameboy so this one was also the first one I owed:

VirtuaIceMan said:
On PC it was a "borrowed" copy of Lombard RAC Rally:

Weren't the engine sounds fantastic!

Patrick van der Meulen · Sep 23, 2017

Pitstop on the C64. But my first proper sim was Geoff Crammond’s Grand Prix II. A lot of hours went in there.

Deleted member 297789 · Sep 23, 2017

My firts: Indianapolis 500

leseb64 · Sep 23, 2017

Vroom on Amiga 500...good game at the time

Vapir · Sep 23, 2017

The fantastic Grand Prix 3 was mine. What a great game that was.

Mauricio Vittorazzi · Sep 23, 2017

I'm gonna risk giving away my age now but, when I was a little kid, I remember playing Accolade's Grand Prix Circuit (GPEGA) on my old Intel 386 back in the nineties. It was a blast.

Then my uncle, who was really more into games than my father at that time, brought me a hard drive with various games he'd found and, among them, there was Lotus 3: The Ultimate Challenge, Formula One Grand Prix (World Circuit) and Indyanapolis 500: The Simulation. I remember having to play F1GP with a flying stick because the keyboard was terrible to control the car.