Recommend some good car racing game? - Page 2

edddeduck · Oct 20, 2009, 11:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dimwhit

I downloaded the demo and really like it. Unfortunately, it doesn't quite work with my wheel. When I go to manual mode, the 'gear shift' on the wheel doesn't actually shift the car. I have to use one of the buttons. And the pedals don't work, either. The gear shift is actually works the pedals. Is there a way to program the wheel so it works right? If so, I might buy this game. It's a good one.

Thanks

Here is the setup guide, it is for the full game but it should hold true for the demo as well.

Edwin

Feral Interactive

jenifer123 · Jan 25, 2012, 06:36 AM

As far as racing games go, there are hundreds of good PC racing games... take a quick look on EBay and you can pick up some great games. If online buying isn't an option just take a trip down to your local shops and have a look at what you like. When it comes to racing games there isn't really anywhere that you can go wrong, it all depends on what you like. If you are searching for simulator, you can play GTR2, GTL, rfactor etc.

Jeffylew77 · Feb 23, 2013, 03:49 PM

Use bootcamp and download GRID off of steam. It has circuit, drifting, and sprint. My favorite racing game of all time

mtasquared · Mar 6, 2013, 06:07 AM

I recommend TOCA Race Driver 3 for a touch of realism. As said before, lots of different cars and tracks (muscle cars, formula, GT, more) with respectively varying AI and physics. The graphics are amazing when turned up.

MacGamerHQ · Mar 7, 2013, 06:10 AM

Hey!

As you said native, I think your best choices would be:

- The latest Dirt game from Feral (most have recommended this already)
- F1 2012: I'm not a F1 fan at all, but really liked the gameplay (great sense of speed) and has nice graphics.

edddeduck · Mar 7, 2013, 06:33 AM

Without plugging Feral games to much I would keep an eye out on the Feral site as we do have a few more racing games planned this year

Edwin

cluthz · Mar 8, 2013, 06:03 AM

There is also Driver :SF which is mac native. It does not support any gamepads tho.
It's not a real racing game, but fun nonetheless.

symber · Mar 18, 2013, 06:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cluthz

There is also Driver :SF which is mac native. It does not support any gamepads tho.
It's not a real racing game, but fun nonetheless.

Seconded. Bought this over the weekend for around £9 and it's great fun, looks ace in native display and has an interesting, if slightly ludicrous, Life On Mars-style bloke-in-a-coma storyline that allows for "shifting" between the bodies of all the drivers in the City.

Didn't realise it didn't support gamepads, though, which is a shame as I just bought a PS2 adaptor for that sole purpose.

antonis · Mar 18, 2013, 01:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jeffylew77

Use bootcamp and download GRID off of steam. It has circuit, drifting, and sprint. My favorite racing game of all time

Mind that GRID is coming natively to Mac at 28th of this month.

Jedi · Mar 18, 2013, 05:34 PM

Hopefully "GRID" will be available on Apple`s "App Store" , I just hope it is not overpriced

I think 29.99 would be a fair price.

What do you think ? ( All opinions welcome

)

App Store release ?

Price ?

Gary 

PS:

F1 2012 , WAS , on sale yesterday , now it is back to it`s full price , even though "Feral`s" website states 32.50 for download versus 49.99 @ Apple`s - App Store

PS: #2

Does anyone now of a way to find App Stores sales when ever they have software that goes on sale ?

TY/ME

jlc1978 · Mar 18, 2013, 06:13 PM

TORCS - it is a FOSS game and worth a look, as is vDrift; both have OSX builds.

antonis · Mar 19, 2013, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jedi

Hopefully "GRID" will be available on Apple`s "App Store" , I just hope it is not overpriced

I think 29.99 would be a fair price.

What do you think ? ( All opinions welcome

)

App Store release ?

Price ?

Gary 

PS:

F1 2012 , WAS , on sale yesterday , now it is back to it`s full price , even though "Feral`s" website states 32.50 for download versus 49.99 @ Apple`s - App Store

PS: #2

Does anyone now of a way to find App Stores sales when ever they have software that goes on sale ?

TY/ME

Agreed. Considering that GRID 2 is near to release (not for Mac, though), GRID shouldn't exceed the 30 price limit.

edddeduck · Mar 19, 2013, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jedi

Hopefully "GRID" will be available on Apple`s "App Store"

All Feral games are released on the Mac App Store so no need to hope, if it's a Feral game it will be in the MAS.

http://www.feralinteractive.com/en/news/361/

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jedi

, I just hope it is not overpriced

I think 29.99 would be a fair price.

It's only $25 (you can keep the 4.99

) and comes with all the DLC packs. The PC release never had the DLC cars or tracks so you get extra content over the Windows release.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jedi

Does anyone now of a way to find App Stores sales when ever they have software that goes on sale ?

For Feral games follow our twitter or facebook page, we often have flash sales around games. The F1 2012 deal you missed was on for a few days to celebrate the start of the F1 season.

Edwin

Jedi · Mar 19, 2013, 08:10 AM

Thanks for the info "edddeduck" , I guess this might be a good reason to join Twitter and or Facebook.

$24.99 , thats good , thanks for the info

Are you aware of any upcoming sale for SM Pirates and or SM Railroad ?

Anyway , thanks

Take care,

Gary 

edddeduck · Mar 19, 2013, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jedi

Are you aware of any upcoming sale for SM Pirates and or SM Railroad ?

Not right now but I am sure one will happen at some point

Spikeywan · Mar 19, 2013, 08:21 AM

F1 2012 is awesome on a rMPB! Especially with with a force feedback steering wheel. I have a Logitech Driving Force GT, and it has me taking a bite out of my seat every time I go through Eau Rouge flat out.

Aspyr-Blair · Mar 19, 2013, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jedi

Does anyone now of a way to find App Stores sales when ever they have software that goes on sale ?

You can go to GameAgent.com and sign up for deal alerts on all your favorites. We have alerts from the MacAppStore and Amazon for over 200 Mac games, including our own and Feral's fine catalogues.

GameAgent will also tell you which of those games will likely run on your computer with the nifty MacMatch feature.

Jedi · Mar 19, 2013, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edddeduck

Not right now but I am sure one will happen at some point

Thanks for the info

When I think of how I paid 50 bucks way back in `89 for the PC version of Pirates , 20 bucks is a steal anyway !

I remember really liking that game , have never tried Railroad , but have always been a railroad and train fan/

Later

Gary 

Jedi · Mar 20, 2013, 01:07 AM

Thanks for the link "Aspyr-Blair" . I`ll check it out

Take care ,

Gary 

ianwuk · Mar 29, 2013, 03:41 PM

Test Drive Unlimited and Grand Prix 5.

Both are old, not native to OSX (use Bootcamp) but are both, in my opinion, still great to play.

MacsRgr8 · Apr 1, 2013, 03:53 PM

Dirt 2
Grid
F1 2012

All native now, all superb!!!

iF34R · Apr 1, 2013, 08:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacsRgr8

Dirt 2
Grid
F1 2012

All native now, all superb!!!

I am going to get all three of 'em, hopefully with wheel support (ff).

edddeduck · Apr 2, 2013, 06:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iF34R

I am going to get all three of 'em, hopefully with wheel support (ff).

Games all have FFB but the OS does not

However if you happen to install the FFB kext from Snow Leopard then FFB will work fine with Logitech wheels. It's not official so we don't host any instructions on how to do this however...

JaguarGod has a page on his website with step by step instructions. He also makes a pretty cool racing simulator that you should check out once you have had your fill of Dirt, GRID and F1 2012

Edwin

iF34R · Apr 2, 2013, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edddeduck

Games all have FFB but the OS does not

However if you happen to install the FFB kext from Snow Leopard then FFB will work fine with Logitech wheels. It's not official so we don't host any instructions on how to do this however...

JaguarGod has a page on his website with step by step instructions. He also makes a pretty cool racing simulator that you should check out once you have had your fill of Dirt, GRID and F1 2012

Edwin

Thanks for the info. I'll definitely check it out.

kosaksi · Apr 5, 2013, 11:56 PM

need for speed all edition

mid town madness

asphalt

this are the games am playing in my lap

Jan 25, 2012, 06:36 AM	#27
jenifer123 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jan 2012	As far as racing games go, there are hundreds of good PC racing games... take a quick look on EBay and you can pick up some great games. If online buying isn't an option just take a trip down to your local shops and have a look at what you like. When it comes to racing games there isn't really anywhere that you can go wrong, it all depends on what you like. If you are searching for simulator, you can play GTR2, GTL, rfactor etc. __________________ drug refrigerator
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Mar 7, 2013, 06:10 AM	#30
MacGamerHQ macrumors member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: Lyon, France	Hey! As you said native, I think your best choices would be: - The latest Dirt game from Feral (most have recommended this already) - F1 2012: I'm not a F1 fan at all, but really liked the gameplay (great sense of speed) and has nice graphics. __________________ MacGamerHQ.com: Mac games lastest news and reviews Follow Mac Gamer HQ @MacGamerHQ
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Mar 7, 2013, 06:33 AM	#31
edddeduck macrumors 65816 Join Date: Mar 2004	Without plugging Feral games to much I would keep an eye out on the Feral site as we do have a few more racing games planned this year Edwin __________________ Feral Interactive - Follow us on Twitter or visit our Facebook page
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Mar 8, 2013, 06:03 AM	#32
cluthz macrumors 68030 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Norway	There is also Driver :SF which is mac native. It does not support any gamepads tho. It's not a real racing game, but fun nonetheless. __________________ -tb MacBook Air 13" i5 osx10.7.5 HackPro 4.3GHz, 16GB RAM, GTX660OC, 2x OCZ Vertex 3, win7+osx10.8.3
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Mar 19, 2013, 08:21 AM	#41
Spikeywan macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2012	F1 2012 is awesome on a rMPB! Especially with with a force feedback steering wheel. I have a Logitech Driving Force GT, and it has me taking a bite out of my seat every time I go through Eau Rouge flat out. __________________ iPhone 3GS, 8 Gb. iPod Touch, Retina, 64 Gb. iPad, Retina, 64 Gb. MacBook Pro, Retina, 2.6 GHz, 16 Gb RAM, 512 Gb Flash, Mountain Lion.
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Feb 23, 2013, 03:49 PM	#28
Jeffylew77 macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2012	Use bootcamp and download GRID off of steam. It has circuit, drifting, and sprint. My favorite racing game of all time
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Mar 6, 2013, 06:07 AM	#29
mtasquared macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2012	I recommend TOCA Race Driver 3 for a touch of realism. As said before, lots of different cars and tracks (muscle cars, formula, GT, more) with respectively varying AI and physics. The graphics are amazing when turned up.
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Mar 18, 2013, 05:34 PM	#35
Jedi macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2008	Hopefully "GRID" will be available on Apple`s "App Store" , I just hope it is not overpriced I think 29.99 would be a fair price. What do you think ? ( All opinions welcome ) App Store release ? Price ? Gary  PS: F1 2012 , WAS , on sale yesterday , now it is back to it`s full price , even though "Feral`s" website states 32.50 for download versus 49.99 @ Apple`s - App Store PS: #2 Does anyone now of a way to find App Stores sales when ever they have software that goes on sale ? TY/ME
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Mar 18, 2013, 06:13 PM	#36
jlc1978 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2009	TORCS - it is a FOSS game and worth a look, as is vDrift; both have OSX builds.
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Mar 19, 2013, 08:10 AM	#39
Jedi macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2008	Thanks for the info "edddeduck" , I guess this might be a good reason to join Twitter and or Facebook. $24.99 , thats good , thanks for the info Are you aware of any upcoming sale for SM Pirates and or SM Railroad ? Anyway , thanks Take care, Gary 
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Mar 20, 2013, 01:07 AM	#44
Jedi macrumors regular Join Date: Apr 2008	Thanks for the link "Aspyr-Blair" . I`ll check it out Take care , Gary 
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Mar 29, 2013, 03:41 PM	#45
ianwuk macrumors regular Join Date: Dec 2010	Test Drive Unlimited and Grand Prix 5. Both are old, not native to OSX (use Bootcamp) but are both, in my opinion, still great to play.
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Apr 1, 2013, 03:53 PM	#46
MacsRgr8 macrumors 604 Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Netherlands	Dirt 2 Grid F1 2012 All native now, all superb!!! __________________ Steve Jobs. 1955 - 2011. My Hero.
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Apr 5, 2013, 11:56 PM	#50
kosaksi macrumors member Join Date: Mar 2013	need for speed all edition mid town madness asphalt this are the games am playing in my lap
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