recomend most popular driving game

[lau808]

can u all please recomend driving game for me? i am mainly a 360 guy halo/madden but played an occasional driving game. i'm looking for a reason to get a nice graphics card really lol. thx in adv

 

[Tristicus]

Carmageddon.

 

[mooncancook]

For your next rig try Dirt3 and F2010

 

[avatar82]

I really enjoyed the codemasters games, Dirt 1, 2, & 3, Grid, and F1 look amazing.
The Circuit Style Need for Speed Shift, and Shift 2 were good.
If you want more sim less arcade, race 07 and expansions are great (though not graphicly if thats important)
Want to cruise in a big open world Test Drive Unlimited 2, very arcadey controls, but something its fun to just drive.

360 halo/madden type, that almost puts you into a sterotype, dirt3 or need for speed shift 2 should be fun!

 

[lau808]

ok cool, thx 4 the suggestions so far. halo/madden was just to show i dont have a background in racing games, nor pc games. i love racing and basically looking for good recs so i can buy 1 which will also give me a reason to get a good card such as the one in my nex rig (6950) will 1gb/2gb matter for these some of these racing games? 2nd 1 in in crossfire nessesary/recomended/worth my time? thx again

 

[Craig234]

My favorite so far - and I don't like the genre much - is Burnout Paradise on PS3, but it's also available on PC.

 

[Soundmanred]

Burnout Paradise is my favorite racing game of all time. It has alot of fun modes, and it's not an on rails racer. In half the races I do a 180 at the starting line and go the opposite way to win. I like to wreck other cars, do crazy stunts, and it doesn't take itself to seriously. It's the only racing game (and only one of a few games overall) that I've 100%ed more than once.

 

[bart1975]

Torcs

 

[AstroManLuca]

I dunno, if you're primarily a console gamer I might actually recommend going with a console racing game. Unless you have a controller you can use on your PC you will be better off using a controller instead of the keyboard for the analog controls. For not-too-serious racing, the Need For Speed and Burnout series are good. Project Gotham 4 is a few years old but super fun on the 360, not too realistic or sim-like. Same with Codemasters games (Dirt 1/2/3, Grid). On the 360 also Forza 3 is pretty good and Forza 4 is on its way.

For PC racing, I have Grid and Dirt 2 and both run really well on my Radeon 4870 so I don't think you'll need a crossfire setup or anything. Super high end graphics are usually more helpful for FPSs; racing games don't tend to be that demanding since they can blur out most of the scenery. Then again I don't really understand the appeal of crossfire/SLI at all since it's almost never the best value for money given the cost of mid-high end single graphics cards.

 

[Todd33]

Don't get Shift 1/2, Grid is better and the same arcade/sim mashup.

 

[M0oG0oGaiPan]

dunno it it's the most popular but trackmania is free on steam.

 

[Barfo]

Forza 3.

 

[manimal]

I still play shift. Its that good.

 

[Schadenfroh]

Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed is amazing.