Best game just to "drive around"

"Jeff Reid" > schreef in bericht
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> > I am looking for a good game to "drive around", without the emphasis on
the "racing" factor (like in the Colin
> > McRae) - just to drive around a city
>
> World Racing 1 and World Racing 2 let you drive a car anywhere on complete
> 3d lanscapes.

I second that, World Racing is great for driving around aimlessly,
discovering things, throwing expensive cars off of mountains etc. Though the
main game is fun as well. Physics and force-feedback are quite enjoyable.

Where is World Racing 2 BTW? It's long overdue, can't find it anywhere in
shops in the Netherlands.

Vice City is great for driving around and exploring, the 80's atmosphere is
awesome. It's great to just hijack any car or bike you fancy and then drive
it around at high speeds until it's completely wrecked. No force-feedback
though and the physics aren't that great.

Driv3r can be fun as well if you just want to drive around exploring the
city.

For more mindless fun, at insane speeds, mass destruction and great
force-feedback, see if you can find Rollcage 1 or 2. What a feeling, when
you're driving on the ceiling.

> Where is World Racing 2 BTW? It's long overdue, can't find it anywhere in
> shops in the Netherlands.

I ordered my copy from computeruniverse online store in Germany. WR2 is
supposed to be released within a couple of months. I finished the game,
some sample videos:

http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2rm.wmv

http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2it3.wmv

http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2ne2.wmv

> I ordered my copy from computeruniverse online store in Germany. WR2 is
> supposed to be released within a couple of months.

Thanks for the information!

> I finished the game,
> some sample videos:
>
> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2rm.wmv
>
> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2it3.wmv
>
> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2ne2.wmv

And thanks for the videos, the game looks great, as expected. Very nice
sense of scale in the city level, the buildings look huge.

The most impressive aspect of the game still is that you can just drive
anywhere around the scenery, that's really amazing.

>> I finished the game, some sample videos:
>>
>> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2rm.wmv
>>
>> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2it3.wmv
>>
>> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2ne2.wmv
>
> And thanks for the videos, the game looks great, as expected. Very nice
> sense of scale in the city level, the buildings look huge.
>
> The most impressive aspect of the game still is that you can just drive
> anywhere around the scenery, that's really amazing.

Another video, showing the drive anywhere aspect of SUV events:

http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2gl.wmv

> Vice City is great for driving around and exploring, the 80's atmosphere
is
> awesome. It's great to just hijack any car or bike you fancy and then
drive
> it around at high speeds until it's completely wrecked. No force-feedback
> though and the physics aren't that great.

The physics in San Andreas are a big improvement over VC, however it's still
not too realistic (and I don't think you get FF). You also don't get a
manual gearbox.

How could I forget the Simpsons Hit and Run? Since it's a simulation
of the Simpsons cartoon series, I think the game qualifies as one of the
most "accurate" simulation racing games ever made. A sample
video:

http://jeffareid.net/hnr/hnr.wmv

Hehe. That actually looks like fun

-Larry

"Jeff Reid" > wrote in message
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> How could I forget the Simpsons Hit and Run? Since it's a simulation
> of the Simpsons cartoon series, I think the game qualifies as one of the
> most "accurate" simulation racing games ever made. A sample
> video:
>
> http://jeffareid.net/hnr/hnr.wmv
>
>
>
>

Jeff... I had MBWR(one) demo, it at least has a cockpit view, I take it
that "2" doesnt?
Jeff Reid enlightened us with:
>>> I finished the game, some sample videos:
>>>
>>> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2rm.wmv
>>>
>>> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2it3.wmv
>>>
>>> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2ne2.wmv
>>
>> And thanks for the videos, the game looks great, as expected. Very
>> nice sense of scale in the city level, the buildings look huge.
>>
>> The most impressive aspect of the game still is that you can just
>> drive anywhere around the scenery, that's really amazing.
>
> Another video, showing the drive anywhere aspect of SUV events:
>
> http://jeffareid.net/wr2/wr2gl.wmv