General Racing (any type) Thread

[Zed Clampet]

Bought this:

TrackMania² Stadium on Steam

TrackMania² Stadium is the return of the popular Stadium environment enjoyed by millions of players with TrackMania Nations Forever. Now part of the ManiaPlanet environment, Stadium allows for improved services around the game, better graphics and a powerful track editor.

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Driving is arcade, but fun arcade. Tracks are extremely arcade, but so far I'm enjoying them.

The thing that astonished me is that it lists the World Leaders, Country Leaders and State Leaders (for USA), and people have obviously taken this very seriously. My first race I did kind of okay and was in the top 10 percent among World Leaders (out of over 300k players), but that was an anomaly. I didn't get back in the top 10 percent on any other track that I played.

I'm not concentrating on the leaderboard yet, though. I'm just working my way through the tracks and having a great time with it. At some point today I might try making my own track.

 

[Pifanjr]

Bought this:

TrackMania² Stadium on Steam

TrackMania² Stadium is the return of the popular Stadium environment enjoyed by millions of players with TrackMania Nations Forever. Now part of the ManiaPlanet environment, Stadium allows for improved services around the game, better graphics and a powerful track editor.

store.steampowered.com

Driving is arcade, but fun arcade. Tracks are extremely arcade, but so far I'm enjoying them.

The thing that astonished me is that it lists the World Leaders, Country Leaders and State Leaders (for USA), and people have obviously taken this very seriously. My first race I did kind of okay and was in the top 10 percent among World Leaders (out of over 300k players), but that was an anomaly. I didn't get back in the top 10 percent on any other track that I played.

I'm not concentrating on the leaderboard yet, though. I'm just working my way through the tracks and having a great time with it. At some point today I might try making my own track.

I've played quite a bit of Trackmania Nations at LAN parties. You see the other players (and the ghost of your best time) but can't hit them and you all try to get the best time on a track within a certain amount of time.

It's a good game, but the later tracks get absolutely ridiculous.

 

[Colif]

if they are the world record times, most of those won't even be possible without knowing all the tricks used. If they are author times, and not custom tracks, then you might have a chance.

I have watched the videos about World Record progression on some of them, they go from being as accurate as possible to thinking outside the box... often involving jumping off track or in some cases up the track. everytime a bug is worked out and can be found to be useful the records drop.

People grind tracks to beat the times... for months at a time.

 

[Zed Clampet]

if they are the world record times, most of those won't even be possible without knowing all the tricks used. If they are author times, and not custom tracks, then you might have a chance.

I have watched the videos about World Record progression on some of them, they go from being as accurate as possible to thinking outside the box... often involving jumping off track or in some cases up the track. everytime a bug is worked out and can be found to be useful the records drop.

People grind tracks to beat the times... for months at a time.

I honestly think my first race where I scored so well was a bug because I have scored horribly (compared to all the people who are apparently gaming the system) in all the other races. I'm not really worried about the cheese. Just trying to beat the "Gold" times.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Working my way through the first set of maps in Track Mania Stadium, just shooting for the "gold" time. It's been a lot of fun, but they do a lot of infuriating things, like putting a pillar in the middle of the track after you make a jump.

 

[Colif]

Graphics remind me of racing games from the 80's

 

[Zed Clampet]

Graphics remind me of racing games from the 80's

Never mind. I just remembered it was April 1st lol

 

[Colif]

i keep having that problem.
I fell for this one until I saw the frequency response chart and realised - link

I hate it, especially since I am one day ahead and its the 2nd now.

 

[Zed Clampet]

i keep having that problem.
I fell for this one until I saw the frequency response chart and realised - link

I hate it, especially since I am one day ahead and its the 2nd now.

The worst for me was when I watched a video about a new Total War game. I watched the whole 30 minute video and got more and more excited. The video production values were fantastic.

I was watching the video in September, and I messaged a couple of Total War players, including Guido, on Steam before I finally realized that the video had been an April Fool's joke. I feel like after April 1st you should be required to put the words "April Fools" in your fake videos. People watching your crap in September can't be expected to be watching out for April Fools jokes.

 

[Colif]

They are land mines for future generations for sure... especially if at some stage we all decide its a silly idea (after a war is started over one) and a team of people whose job it is to delete all the previous ones, miss a few.

Hardest part was seeing the Billy Mitchell story and wondering if it was true or not. It being reported on many sites still wasn't convincing enough.

I used to go looking for April Fools things, now I find its just 36 hours of time where nothing can be trusted. I will go back in a few days and track down any clever ones that are made.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Save 90% on Barro F on Steam

Faster and funnier!

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Don't know if this is any good but:

It's a racing game
It has Very Positive reviews
It's on sale for 49 cents.

 

[Colif]

Always fun watching the records be busted... like the track has been

 

[Zed Clampet]

Always fun watching the records be busted... like the track has been

This is why I'm only going for Gold on each track.

 

[Colif]

XF Extreme Formula on Steam

Race at the speed of sound and beyond in the great XF Extreme Formula championship! Taking place in the year 3000, you will tour trough the solar system proving you’re worthy of the title of champion.

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[Colif]

A racing game for people who don't want to drive, but instead manage the team

Golden Lap on Steam

Step into the polished shoes of a racing team manager in the heart-stirring Golden Era of motorsport where every decision can lead to glory or gravel. With sleek minimalist charm and deep strategic gameplay, Golden Lap offers a unique experience in the motorsport management genre.

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[Zed Clampet]

A racing game for people who don't want to drive, but instead manage the team

Golden Lap on Steam

Step into the polished shoes of a racing team manager in the heart-stirring Golden Era of motorsport where every decision can lead to glory or gravel. With sleek minimalist charm and deep strategic gameplay, Golden Lap offers a unique experience in the motorsport management genre.

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There are a couple of race manager games for F1 and one for rally. I've got this one which is made by the Elite Dangerous, Planet Coaster devs:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LoKSdzT89A


I might check out Golden Lap. Trailer looks pretty good.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Despite all the reviews warning me away (including the pcg review), I bought JDM Drift Master.

Save 15% on JDM: Japanese Drift Master on Steam

Discover Japan’s legendary car culture in JDM: Japanese Drift Master! Take on challenging roads with refined simcade physics, immerse in the story through manga pages, and explore an open world inspired by stunning real-life areas. Every turn invites you to master the art of drift.

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Everything people complained about have either (supposedly) been fixed in the first patch or are scheduled to be addressed in the roadmap.

Anyway, it's installing now. I'll let you know how big of an idiot I was for buying it shortly.

 

[Zed Clampet]

The PCG article basically said that the game didn't successfully pull off having a car that could do normal racing and drift racing at the same time, that the car always wanted to drift too much, which basically made normal handling impossible.

I've barely started the game, but so far I'm not seeing this. I've been perfectly capable of handling the car when not wanting to drift. To drift I have to pretty much jerk the wheel and/or hit the handbrake while accelerating. Why would I do that in a normal race? To be sure, the car can break free in a turn if you are going too fast, but that's not drifting. That's crashing. You have to be in control to drift.

But that's my very early impressions. I'm trying to be less dogmatic and premature, so I'm not declaring the reviews wrong this time. Not yet. I need to get into the career more.

However, I will say that you can create set-ups for both drift and grip racing. There are, apparently, some races where you are under great time constraint and also need to do some drifting to get points. Maybe this is where people are having problems. But you can drift in pretty much any JDM vehicle regardless of your setup, so I'm assuming that in these cases you would want to set the car for grip.

A lot of people are saying the handling is terrible, but if you play multiplayer racing games on simcade or simulation, you quickly realize it's people's driving that is terrible. My first impression is that this is the case here, but I guess we'll see as I get farther into it.

 

[Zed Clampet]

Actually, after looking at what people are talking about some more, it appears that using a controller works great, but using a wheel is terrible.