kragbees
...Just look at FIA-GTR on PC for realistic AI...
live4speed
GTR is the best racing game on the market.
Here's a review of GTR on the Blackhole Motorsports web site. Its enough to make a frustrated GT4 player want to sit down and have a good cry:
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GTR FIA GT Racing Game (PC)
Features:
- Sounds recorded from actual race cars
- Car physics based on actual race car telemetry data
- Cockpit design like actual car models
- Original FIA GT Series cars and courses
- Real racing teams featuring more than 70 race cars, including the Porsche 996, Viper GTS-R, BMW Z3 M, and Ferrari 550 Maranello
If you have any interest in racing games, and you own a PC, then this is the game for you.
Two words: Incredibly Detailed. You can customize nearly every aspect of the game. For example, want to drive in the cockpit view but can't see over the dashboard? No problem - use the hotkeys to adjust the drivers seat. You can even tell the game to add driver head movement so you can actually look through a turn the way real drivers do.
You can adjust every part of the car to make it handle exactly how you want it to handle. The graphics are fantastic. You can adjust so many graphic settings that it should run on most computers. The car detials are exact, though most of the race car sponsors are unfamiliar to me. The cars have different paint schemes and customizations. Even the cockpits are exact replicas of the real sports cars.
The gameplay is near perfect. You can modify the game to make it as hard as you want it to be. The cars all exhibit real physics with down forces and tire wear just to name a few. The game gives you three modes to play, from Arcade mode to Simulation.
Remember, this game is designed as a simulator, so the game has a steep learning curve. I recommend a good two analog stick game pad to get the most out the game. And practice changing the setting to make the game comfortable to play. Overall, the game is fun and deep, with excellent graphics and sound. What more could you want in your race car driving simulation?
Update: For a game with so many settings, you can't adjust the number of laps in the arcade mode. Seems like they should have added that. Also, the game is very hard. I have spent most of my time playing in Arcade mode. Just be prepared to practice.
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PD and Kazunori Yamauchi will never give us something like this, no matter how much processing power is available for them to work with. The introduction of the PS3 is not going to change their mindset about what their customers are looking for.
The mighty PS3 will make it possible to create a program that is customizable to everybody's taste, but Kaz thinks his GT customer base doesn't want something like GTR, so we're not going to get it.
