Games like Shift 2

[HippY]

Hey guys

 

I just bought shift 2 and 3 things came to my mind again

 

1. I love the cars that in the game. There are tons of them, loads of variations, old, young, new, rare, you name it is there until 2011

2. It does not like win 8 and you can... feel that it is a 4 year old game

3. That I could not name a car racing game coming out in the past few years with so many cars... Apart Forzas

 

Are there any PC games today or shortly (Project cars?) that will include that many cars?

[Shaqo_Wyn]

Hey guys

 

I just bought shift 2 and 3 things came to my mind again

 

1. I love the cars that in the game. There are tons of them, loads of variations, old, young, new, rare, you name it is there until 2011

2. It does not like win 8 and you can... feel that it is a 4 year old game

3. That I could not name a car racing game coming out in the past few years with so many cars... Apart Forzas

 

Are there any PC games today or shortly (Project cars?) that will include that many cars?

 

NFS: Shift 2 is sooo underrated. One of the best racing games I've played to date. Perfect mix of arcade and sim.

 

I've asked my self this question too and all roads led to Project Cars. I'm really excited for the final version.

[Techicolors]

There's rFactor 1 and 2, Assetto Corsa, and Simbin's stuff. 

rFactor - a decade-old game, so it isn't a looker. But it has the most expansive mods for a racing sim. There's some that aren't very good and some that are dead-on perfect (CART Factor)

rFactor 2 - much better looker, but doesn't have a lot of mods yet

Assetto Corsa - Not as big as Shift 1 and 2 but can be expanded with mods. There's also future cars the devs will add (e.g. incoming Dream Pack - paid DLC)

Simbin - pretty old games (Race 07, GT Legends) but they have a good amount of cars to choose from. much of the cars from here are ported to rFactor 

 

Also, be aware that those games I've listed are racing sims, so they'll depart from the arcade-like gameplay Shift 1 and 2 have. 

There's also GRID 1, 2, and Autosport. 

[Superspeed07]

Assetto Corsa is another game - http://store.steampowered.com/app/244210/ 

 

It is however more sim than arcade

[HippY]

There's rFactor 1 and 2, Assetto Corsa, and Simbin's stuff. 

rFactor - a decade-old game, so it isn't a looker. But it has the most expansive mods for a racing sim. There's some that aren't very good and some that are dead-on perfect (CART Factor)

rFactor 2 - much better looker, but doesn't have a lot of mods yet

Assetto Corsa - Not as big as Shift 1 and 2 but can be expanded with mods. There's also future cars the devs will add (e.g. incoming Dream Pack - paid DLC)

Simbin - pretty old games (Race 07, GT Legends) but they have a good amount of cars to choose from. much of the cars from here are ported to rFactor 

 

Also, be aware that those games I've listed are racing sims, so they'll depart from the arcade-like gameplay Shift 1 and 2 have. 

There's also GRID 1, 2, and Autosport. 

Race 07 and Race WTCC I had them they are amazing sims

rFactor I heard about them

Grid 1, I like it,Grid 2 too arcady, Grid autosport it was okay until the point the muscle cars seemed too undergrip... I might give that another go

 

 

NFS: Shift 2 is sooo underrated. One of the best racing games I've played to date. Perfect mix of arcade and sim.

 

I've asked my self this question too and all roads led to Project Cars. I'm really excited for the final version.

I know, if it only be more stable...

[chaozbandit]

I'm in the same boat in that Shift 2, despite having a bespoke engine and 2011 graphics, is still a pretty solid game if you want endurance racing and a variety of cars (plus works packages for popular classes like GT3 and Super GT). If you're looking for something that isn't Forza, then you'd probably mod the heck out of rFactor 1/2 or Raceroom experience; Any of the Codemasters games, while arcadey at times and limited in customization, are still loads of fun (though avoid F1 unless you're really into single seaters). As far as driving perspectives go, Slightly Mad Studios appears to be the only one with an apex-tracking helmet view in Shift 2 / Project Cars; although similarly to racing wheels, you can pretty easily adapt immersion peripherals such as TrackIR or an Occulus to most games.

 

Aside from tracks like Spa, Silverstone / Donnington, and Mount Panorama, every other racing game seems to go different directions with their circuit selection (unless you pay for iRacing). It's getting harder and harder to race at places like Hockenheimring, Suzuka, and Zolder.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_G1nmPDBZUA

 

Authentic yellow-housing GT3 lights FTW!

[HippY]

So I did a `bold` move today and bought Forza 4 (I already had an xbox)

I remembered that I played a lot with it a loooong time ago and it was quite good

I took a look at the car list and got blown away