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Vader
20 Dec 2006, 21:02
Hey,
Do any of you lot know any good online racing games?
I'm looking for anything, really. It could be a webgame, a full release, free, expensive, good, bad, whatever. Actually, not bad, just good.
:)

Liketyspli
20 Dec 2006, 21:09
Flatout!
Not 2, just Flatout original. Reaaally fun.
Racing like this:
http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/files/images/ss-6.preview.jpg
^^ it kicks ***..... bottom.

Distrance
20 Dec 2006, 21:15
No and NO and NOO. Seriosly, get TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme, the best game ever. Also get TM nations, its freeware, Sunrise isnt but its worth of the money.
Check google for scrn shots about TM :p , cant stop playin that game, I spent over 4 hours to that game every day.

Liketyspli
20 Dec 2006, 21:28
True, i also got TMS, but seriously, online its not that much fun, well, lots of new tracks, but have you ever Tried flatout online just craching in each other, great fun. :rolleyes:

Mr.cosmico
20 Dec 2006, 22:00
No and NO and NOO. Seriosly, get TrackMania Sunrise eXtreme, the best game ever. Also get TM nations, its freeware, Sunrise isnt but its worth of the money.
Check google for scrn shots about TM :p , cant stop playin that game, I spent over 4 hours to that game every day.
Yup, get Sunrise. Pretty fun to play it online.

Cisken1
20 Dec 2006, 22:25
Crashday
www.atari.com/crashday
I have it and it rocks!
http://www.netzwelt.de/gallery/picture/crashday/crashday_s08.jpg
http://pics.3dv.co.il/atari/crashday/ss2.jpg
Can I get a "hell yea!" ?

Distrance
20 Dec 2006, 23:39
Naa, u should see Sunrise, that rocks, best racing game i ever played, and ever will :p ( after Mario Kart :p )

FutureWorm
21 Dec 2006, 00:59
^^ it kicks ***..... bottom.
"ass" isn't even censored, why do you do that

bonz
21 Dec 2006, 01:05
Re-Volt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-volt)
The only racing game that I have seriously played.
It's about remote controlled cars racing through real-life surroundings (streets, museum, botanical garden, cruise ship, supermarket, ghost town, toy shop).
It has one of the best physics in any racing game I have seen today. It even has one of these cars that can flip over and drive upside down.
It also has weapons like bottle rockets, water ballons, oil slicks similar to Mario Kart or Wacky Wheels.
It has a track editor and 2 multiplayer modes (race & battle tag).
The game's from 1999 but there's still a small but active community around with tons of user levels and user cars made.
You probably find it in the budget bins for ~5$.
On another note, I converted some missing cars from the Dreamcast version to the PC version.
Edit:
Screenshots:
http://media.pc.ign.com/media/010/010647/imgs_1.html
Demo:
http://www.download.com/Re-Volt-demo/3000-7519_4-911246.html

TintinWorm
21 Dec 2006, 01:15
I like the old Need for Speed games like High Stakes and Porsche Unleashed. You know, before it went all crappy street racing. They still have a pretty active online community, even though stupid EA closed the server.

Pieboy337
21 Dec 2006, 02:37
I like the old Need for Speed games like High Stakes and Porsche Unleashed. You know, before it went all crappy street racing. They still have a pretty active online community, even though stupid EA closed the server.
Whats wrong with the new street racing ones? Most wanted was a fun need for speed game. Aside from the bad and cheesy story, it was a good fun game.

TintinWorm
21 Dec 2006, 03:05
Eh...Most Wanted wasn't bad. I liked the fact that it was in daytime. None have been horrible, but really, I've had enough of the hip urban stuff and want to go back to the exotic cars and great tracks of the past games. EA seems to be just milking the franchise, and for me, it's gone downhill since Hot Pursuit 2.

Pigbuster
21 Dec 2006, 05:46
Re-Volt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-volt)
That looks spectacular. I tend to love games in which the player is tiny.

bonz
21 Dec 2006, 10:44
That looks spectacular. I tend to love games in which the player is tiny.
Indeed.
It kind of went under the radar back in the day and Acclaim made the sequel for Playstation only.
This game is the reason why I want to get a Dreamcast; just to play the one additional track (rooftops) properly in the championship, not just as a custom track.
BTW, you can get (a CD rip version of) the game here (http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4615).
Probably not legal though, as Acclaim died a few years ago and Throwback Entertainment (http://www.throwbackentertainment.com/games/re-volt/index.html) currently holds the rights for most of Acclaim's games.
To be correct, Acclaim as recently ressurected, but only with the name, not with the rights to the old games.
And all their new games are free from the start. And you can upload your own game creation there. www.acclaim.com
(Now that's a company you need to love.)

Liketyspli
21 Dec 2006, 13:02
"ass" isn't even censored, why do you do that
Because I dont want another infraction for inappropriate language.

FutureWorm
21 Dec 2006, 19:34
Because I dont want another infraction for inappropriate language.
hahahahaha

GrimOswald
22 Dec 2006, 04:29
hahahahaha
Laughing at another's misfortune! Infraction time! :p

Pigbuster
22 Dec 2006, 05:43
Indeed.
It kind of went under the radar back in the day and Acclaim made the sequel for Playstation only.
This game is the reason why I want to get a Dreamcast; just to play the one additional track (rooftops) properly in the championship, not just as a custom track.
BTW, you can get (a CD rip version of) the game here (http://www.the-underdogs.info/game.php?id=4615).
Probably not legal though, as Acclaim died a few years ago and Throwback Entertainment (http://www.throwbackentertainment.com/games/re-volt/index.html) currently holds the rights for most of Acclaim's games.
To be correct, Acclaim as recently ressurected, but only with the name, not with the rights to the old games.
And all their new games are free from the start. And you can upload your own game creation there. www.acclaim.com
(Now that's a company you need to love.)
I'll download it now, even if I can't play it until I get an intel mac.
Because links like that can go down at any given moment.

WORM1234
22 Dec 2006, 10:14
Re-Volt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-volt)
Heh, I have Re-Volt on PS1. Great game! I have completed it 100% but it wasn't easy. Some of the time-trials were really hard.

bonz
22 Dec 2006, 10:56
Heh, I have Re-Volt on PS1. Great game! I have completed it 100% but it wasn't easy. Some of the time-trials were really hard.
Indeed.
Also some of the reverse & mirrored tracks and catching a few of the stars in the stunt level.

WORM1234
22 Dec 2006, 14:49
Yep, getting those Stars in the Stunt level was hard.

Pieboy337
22 Dec 2006, 14:56
Another pretty fun online racing game is mario kart ds. Just another fantastic suggestion from your lovely pieboy.

robowurmz
22 Dec 2006, 18:11
Online game at www.fastgames.com on page 6: Rich Racer.
Fun but wierd.
And free.
And shockwave powered.
And online. >_>

Vader
22 Dec 2006, 22:46
Some interesting choices there...
I think I'm looking for something a little more realistic, though. I loved Re-Volt but I was thinking more... full-size cars, heh. Crashday looks nice, I might have to find that somewhere, but again I think I'd like to try something with a little more realism... you know, racing lines and gear changes and stuff. Same goes for TM; doing massive loops and jumps doesn't strike me as too realistic, hehe. I'm not really sure what I want, I'm just sort of curious really. Y'know?
I mean, I love Mario Kart and even the Need For Speed series and TOCA was fun for realistic driving but I'd like something new or that I've not played.

TintinWorm
23 Dec 2006, 02:20
Hmm...realistic? Have you tried GTR?

MtlAngelus
23 Dec 2006, 09:07
PS3 plus Motorstorm. Extremely expensive, yeah. Worth it? HELL YEAH!
Altough there's only a japanese version with no online play currently, and a demo, but the american version with online should come out soon. :p

Mr.cosmico
23 Dec 2006, 14:22
Hmm...realistic? Have you tried GTR?
Im getting GTR2 this christmas, looks pretty good and its online, too.
Oh, and I got Re-Volt for free, came with a magazine. Wee!

Liketyspli
23 Dec 2006, 16:48
GTR? I'd go for GTL, thats more fun, but you'll need some good steeringwheel for that, Logitech G25 Racing Wheel... (with clutch and 6-speed and sequential shifting modes.)

Geckogirl
24 Dec 2006, 11:39
You should try Armagetron Advanced. Since this is based on the "Tron" movie, it's mostly lightcycling. AND IT'S FREE!
Merry CLICKmas (http://www.armagetronad.net/)
Screenshot 1 (http://www.armagetronad.net/screenshots/screenshot_2.png)
Screenshot 2 (http://www.armagetronad.net/screenshots/screenshot_5.png)
Screenshot 3 (http://www.armagetronad.net/screenshots/screenshot_7.png)

Distrance
24 Dec 2006, 13:31
Some interesting choices there...
I think I'm looking for something a little more realistic, though. I loved Re-Volt but I was thinking more... full-size cars, heh. Crashday looks nice, I might have to find that somewhere, but again I think I'd like to try something with a little more realism... you know, racing lines and gear changes and stuff. Same goes for TM; doing massive loops and jumps doesn't strike me as too realistic, hehe. I'm not really sure what I want, I'm just sort of curious really. Y'know?
I mean, I love Mario Kart and even the Need For Speed series and TOCA was fun for realistic driving but I'd like something new or that I've not played.
I would say that it doesnt matter wether the game is realistic or not, the fact that matter is that game is fun, like Mario Kart, or TM :P, its cool to drive on walls and such, I couldnt say NFSC is really realistic either but its cool.
Imagine realistic FPS game, one shot, one kill, whats fun in that

WormOfFire
24 Dec 2006, 14:37
Eh...Most Wanted wasn't bad. I liked the fact that it was in daytime. None have been horrible, but really, I've had enough of the hip urban stuff and want to go back to the exotic cars and great tracks of the past games. EA seems to be just milking the franchise, and for me, it's gone downhill since Hot Pursuit 2.
I have most wanted,and i like it. (the story sucks,yes)
I HATE underground,cant-see-anything-as-its-too-dark-and-its-boring
Intense police chases FTW
Boring city scenery FTL
I would have played Hot Pursuit,if it wasnt for not working on mah comp...mabey has something to do with XP.

TintinWorm
24 Dec 2006, 18:03
Hot Pursuit 2 and Porsche Unleashed work on XP. Anything before that needs a patch in order to run.

Cisken1
24 Dec 2006, 23:50
Some interesting choices there...
Crashday looks nice, I might have to find that somewhere, but again I think I'd like to try something with a little more realism... you know, racing lines and gear changes and stuff.
Crashday has normal races w/o weapons too!

Liketyspli
25 Dec 2006, 10:29
treu, Crashday is cool. Lots of things to do. But i'd go for Flatout, because the Force Feedback in that game is really cool... well, if you want realistic, go for GTR 2.

Cisken1
25 Dec 2006, 19:19
treu, Crashday is cool. Lots of things to do. But i'd go for Flatout, because the Force Feedback in that game is really cool... well, if you want realistic, go for GTR 2.
FF sucks, it's useless... GET CRASHDAY, they have a sweet online community, cool downloadable cars, tracks and total conversions!

Liketyspli
25 Dec 2006, 20:03
FF doesn't suck it makes the game much more fun, and IIRC racing games are about racing, not about types of cars. like Crashday is just step on it, pedal to the metal. Wich is... pretty stupid. its more about making tracks 'n ****.... poop.

Cisken1
25 Dec 2006, 20:37
FF doesn't suck it makes the game much more fun, and IIRC racing games are about racing, not about types of cars. like Crashday is just step on it, pedal to the metal. Wich is... pretty stupid. its more about making tracks 'n ****.... poop.
Crashday is not about making tracks! It's about RACING them! And if you just floor it you die. Period

Liketyspli
30 Dec 2006, 16:01
But it is VERY unrealistic, and Vader wants something Realistic, so he should get GTR, GTL or GTR2.

Slick
31 Dec 2006, 21:55
Online games? Fun? Hmmm how about Mario Kart? :p

Mr.cosmico
1 Jan 2007, 13:05
Online games? Fun? Hmmm how about Mario Kart? :p
Now there's a realistic game. (Y)

Vader
1 Jan 2007, 14:37
I already have Mario Kart. :)
I want a simulator with a good online community.

Mr.cosmico
2 Jan 2007, 22:16
I already have Mario Kart. :)
I want a simulator with a good online community.
GTR2. It's so fun to play it online. Oh, but be sure to also buy a steering wheel. And get ready for some frustations while learning the game...
The end.

Vader
3 Jan 2007, 16:38
I found this rather hilarious review... I find it rather hilarious.
http://forum.rscnet.org/showthread.php?t=253365
I'm currently considering rFactor.

Cisken1
4 Jan 2007, 06:10
I want a simulator racer with a good online community.
Crashday!!!!!!!!!!!!
On another note:
Let me just say this thing - when I first proper drive the F1600, The feeling of car beneath my anus was amazed. I nearly shoot a turd !!! My estate vibrate! With sound.

Oft99
7 Jan 2007, 14:17
Anyone ever heard of an MMORPG/RG (<--Racing game) called Auto Assault?
Link to site (http://eu.autoassault.com/)
Not free, and I've never played it before, but it looks great.
(And i've seen you can buy it for £5 in some shops)

Cisken1
7 Jan 2007, 20:14
HOLD THE PHONE!!!
DTM Race Driver 2: Realism and you can race online!
I got it yesterday for fixing someone's pc.

TintinWorm
7 Jan 2007, 21:50
Auto Assault isn't really a racing game, it's a car combat MMORPG. Not too great, IMO. But for a mass multiplayer online racing game, Test Drive Unlimited comes out in a couple of months.

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