General Racing Games

[Sureshot]

It's a nice idea, but I can imagine it to be quite crap. Why race against a real live Button? He won't be reacting to anything you do.

Sure, it's innovative, but it will be a (probably successful) fad. Like the Wii. I could see me going, "ooh", then race it once, and just get bored. Nothing will react to what you do, you will get bored.

 

[harrisb]

i've got rfactor over the weekend, downloaded the lite version, so i've only got 1 car at the moment, but i've got a couple of tracks, Abu Dhabi and Singapore. Which are quite fun to drive.

Any chance i could have a go against you lot.

 

[Stephen Bailey]

You're welcome to join us. What sort of controller have you got? Game pad, steering wheel?

 

[harrisb]

just use my keyboard mate, i don't see the point of having a wheel when you can edit the controls to suit you on a keyboard. anyway, i've played rfactor with a wheel, but it is harder in my view.

hope that's ok

 

[Stephen Bailey]

The league only allows those with a game pad at the very least I'm afraid. This is something that was in place well before I joined. The league also doesn't allow the use of any aids (except auto clutch and, very rarely, traction control). Before I really got into the whole sim-racing thing I used the keyboard, but eventually I switched to a wheel. It takes some time to get use to but it is well worth the effort if you want to be half decent at it.

 

[Sureshot]

You'll be rubbish at any half decent racing sim without a wheel.

I will say now, re: last Sunday, and to not sound arrogant, I'm not normally that bad. I'd actually been racing (well the hour I had spent on rFactor before that event) with the aids on, hadn't realised. Hopefully I can overcome the brutality/stupidity of the BMW and be somewhere in the middle.

 

[Kev]

I dunno about being rubbish without a wheel. I used to play GTR2 with my PS2 controller and when I got the wheel I was slower. Although I think I probably had some driving aids on.

Having said that, I wouldn't go back to playing racing games without a wheel now, it'd just feel odd.

 

[Maxkarter]

The thing is that it takes adjustment to go from keyboard/gamepad to wheel, which is why it feels harder, and you're slower at first. But the game is designed in a way that you'll be faster with all the aids off, because they are just aids, not total computer control. A wheel is the only thing that can make driving without aids, fast, possible. Afterall, you don't see keyboards in cars do you?

 

[Highlander999]

I might invest in a wheel hearing you guys talk about it. Obviously I can drive a car (pretty well ) so shouldn't it just be like driving my Punto (except obviously there is no gear stick ) I assume it comes with pedals?

 

[Maxkarter]

Really depends on what wheel you end up buying, the typical one is a wheel with paddles and pedals, if you go more high end you can buy one with a seperate shifter.

 

[Shhubham]

I just hate Racing games..Mission Games are the best..:sarcasm

 

[Kev]

Then this probably isn't a thread you'd be interesting in following.

 

[Maxkarter]

You might as well mission out of this thread then, won't take as long as racing out but at least you're gone.

 

[treva]

Anyone got any tips for going around Albert Park, Melbourne on F1CE? I really suck. I am currently doing a season with Webber in the Williams and sit 4th in the standings after Bahrain and Sepang (Bahrain: Started 3rd, Finished 3rd - Sepang: Started 18th, Finished 4th). I am just really slow around Melbourne, and I don't know why.

 

[Sureshot]

I'm like that there, it's a rhythm track and quite difficult to pick up braking points.

Tom, if you enjoy racing games and can afford it, buy a wheel. I've got a DFGT it's about ?60, G25s are better (pedals mainly, everything else is of a muchness) and is about ?120 iirc.