I’m also going to mention Generally. It was a tiny game with a small dedicated community but gods damn if it wasn’t just super fun to make maps and play community created events/maps/contests.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've got Gran Turismo 7 and it's great in some ways but they ruined the pacing of the game. It hands out cars like they expire in less than a week. It can be fun to try out a whole bunch of different cars, but there's not much sense of progression like the older ones gave.

I remember building a connection to some of the cars in older games. When you bought a car, it was meaningful because it took time to win enough money to afford something, and then I'd spend a while upgrading it until eventually hitting a ceiling and needing a better car to upgrade to progress to more races. And then add some variety with a few races with rules or restrictions along the way to give a reason to buy some other cards in the same tier, but then then it would be a big decision.

In GT7, all except the top end supercars feel like an afterthought, my garage gets filled for free as I win races, and any time I want to try a different car, first thing I do is buy most or all of the upgrades because it's all trivial. Race with limiting rules? Ok, give me 5 minutes and I'll find, buy, and max out another car to win this one.

Granted, it has more of an emphasis on the driving than the older ones did (where you could usually take your super car into whatever races your wanted and see how many times you could lap everyone), but I think I like the progressing through cars part more than the racing part and GT7 is disappointing in that regard compared to GT4 or GT3.

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[–] dentoid@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Oh god i almost forgot about generally. The laughs and the furious screams from the LAN parties of yesteryear were all brought up to the surface 🥲

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[–] hal_5700X@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

F1 2020
Burnout Revenge
Gran Turismo 2
Need for Speed: Underground 2
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)
Dirt Rally
Test Drive: Off-Road
NASCAR Thunder 2004 (PS1)
Ridge Racer (1993)

[–] PieMePlenty@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

I think Forza Motorsport 2 or 3. That was the peak of the series right there. I also enjoyed Dirt 3 and PGR4.

While I still ppayed all the later forza and GT games, they lacked a good campaign mode.

Anyone know which Gran Turismo has a good campaign?

[–] missingno@fedia.io 4 points 3 days ago

F-Zero GX - As far as pure racing goes, GX is perfection.

Kirby Air Ride - The actual racing mode is... mid, honestly. But City Trial? One of the most interesting and unique game modes ever conceived. Sad this game never got any kind of successor.

[–] tuckerm@supermeter.social 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

GRID: I absolutely loved the original Grid (I think it was called Racedriver: Grid in Europe) when it came out.

Project CARS 2 and Assetto Corsa Competizione: A while ago I tried using a PS5 controller on PC and using the gyroscope to steer left and right by tilting the controller. It works well enough when you get used to it. It gives you more granular control than an analog stick. You really can't tilt an analog stick 15 degrees consistently, but you can tilt the controller like that consistently. I'm not saying its as good as a racing wheel, but if you don't have one, it'll at least let you play games that might otherwise need a wheel. I played a decent amount of Project CARS 2 and Assetto Corsa Competizione that way.

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed is a fun kart racing game. If you don't have a Switch and you want something like Mario Kart, you should pick it up. It isn't just a Mario Kart knockoff with Sega characters. Wait no... that's exactly what it is, but it's a good one.

Meta: !simrallyracing@lemmy.world is a community here.

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[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 3 days ago

Sim drifting on Asetto Corsa is the only "racing" i do these days.

[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Every racing game not trying to sim stupid cars is gold these days.

[–] Silentiea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 days ago

I really enjoyed some Xbox game called "quantum redshift" and I've been trying to capture that feeling ever since. VR game called Redoubt gets close.

[–] oberstoffensichtlich@feddit.org 4 points 3 days ago

Mario Kart Series

Horizon Chase Turbo is also lit. High speed and rocking soundtrack.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 days ago

GT3 had the right amount of advanced and customization without going overboard or being too realistic. It was my sweet spot.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

I really enjoy Gran Turismo 7 even if it lacks a proper career mode and the AI isn’t good.

Looking forward to Asseto Corsa 2 as people were really happy with the first one and I haven’t played it.

[–] xan1242@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 days ago

Any Black Box made Need for Speed.

(Currently busy fixing Pro Street, so many bugs...)

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

I have been addicted to Burnout Legends (PSP title) almost since it came out, I kinda want to try other old school Burnout games.

Also I like Mario Kart 8 for Switch.

[–] random_character_a@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Playing Colin McRay rally on linux with wiimote + wheel frame as a controller was the best time I've had with rally games. Both game and controller worked better than I expected and was easy setup for living room couch.

Old crap now, but later sequels nor Dirt didn't give the same feel.

[–] absquatulate@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

These days I play a lot of Forza Horizon 4 and not much else, since I haven't found anything else to really click. There's a couple good ones out there though: Motor Town is pretty good as a car game in general, not just racing. Also BeamNg if you just wanna fuck around with the physics engine. Ooh, and Dakar Desert Rally is a fantastic rally raid simulation (albeit somewhat flawed)

Otherwise I would give some classics a shout: GRID the original, still holds up today. Also NFS Porsche, which was so ahead of its time it's ridiculous.

Almost forgot: Driver San Francisco is a gem of a game, and Re-Volt, which is bound to get the remaster treatment any day now.

[–] mostNONheinous@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

While not exactly a traditional racing game, I always loved the Stuntman series.

[–] zanyllama52@infosec.pub 1 points 2 days ago

Great topic for discussion.

Pole Position

Gran Tourismo

Road Rash

R.C. Pro-Am

Mario Kart

Jet Moto

Go Go HyperGrind

[–] nogooduser@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Wipeout 2048 was my favourite of all time and is available in the Wipeout Omega Collection. I wouldn’t say that it’s better than the more recent titles but it was just the one that grabbed me.

I also really liked:

Dirt Rally was ace on the PSVR
Burnout Paradise
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (the second one)

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

2048 is so good. I love the teams each having three craft types. The tracks are really fun, with both wide sections where you can go flat out without a care, and narrow parts where you have to really thread the needle and use the airbrakes with total precision.

If you haven't already, check out BallisticNG. It's a retro style re-implementation of the classic WipEout physics, and the upcoming update will fully implement the 2048 physics mode.

!ballisticng@sopuli.xyz

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[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

In terms of play time its probably Ridge racer type 4 for psx and the wipeout series followed by Mario kart.

[–] ARNiM@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Seconding R4, truly have high replayability value due to its unlock system & how every car handles differently. Not to mention the great soundtrack that I never get bored of.

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago

I love me the PS2 era need for speed games.

Burnout 3 & revenge.

Dirt 2 has one of the best licensed soundtracks for a game, same for the OG Forza Horizon.

Modern ones, even horizon 4 and 5 feel very hollow compared to these in my opinion.

Super Woden GP 2 is an outlier to that though.

[–] Miphera@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Slipstream
Mario Kart DS / Double Dash / Wii

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I loved Driveclub back on PS4, think it's delisted and possibly servers shut down, don't remember.

Project Gotham Racing (I think 2 was my preferred one), Midnight Club II as well

Mario Kart series

Quantum Redshift on OG Xbox

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

Rumble Racing enjoyer

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mario kart, and need for speed carbon

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[–] recursive_recursion@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Distance

it's highly replayable esp because of Steam Workshop modding support, it's got excellent singleplayer campaigns, fun online multiplayer racing with friends and arcade modes, soundtracks that really gets the blood 🤌P U M P I N G🤌🔥

also works on Linux with no issues✨

Here's also the 1.3 Electric Boogaloo Update

and 1.5 Kinetic Update🤗

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