I would like to tell
what really racing simulators are. Firstly not every racing game is a simulator.
Some racing games are just an arcade. They have little in common with real
life. Especially in physics. For example, the very
known game F1 series is an arcade game. The best known simulator nowadays is
iRacing. But real world F1 drivers use rFactor simulation game to master their
driving skills. It is because of software modularity. They can switch modules
of physics in that game. Game developers are not eager to allow for that. Every
sim racer wants to play the simulator with the most accurate physics. They
don’t even care about what a game looks like. I mean graphics. The very old
iRacing game was released in 2007 and still has the same visual game engine.
Some people even like that, because they can play this sim using their “potato”
computer.
Old iRacing graphics https://www.pcgamesn.com/10-best-racing-games-pc
Physics in iRacing is very close to real life. But some things cannot be
modeled in the virtual world. Some of them make it easier to drive sim, but others
make it harder. What makes it easier is, for example, temperature of ambient??.
You don’t feel scorching heat when you are driving. What makes it harder, you don’t
feel all the forces that you feel when you are driving in real life. Some
companies are trying to make simracing closer to real life by offering a special
chair which simulates real life gravity forces.
Chair with g-forces http://sidewicz.com/Photo/cockpit2.jpg
Even sometimes
simracers wear special boots for simracing to have better feel of a gas pedal.
Simracing special
shoes http://www.isrtv.com/reviews/goodyear-footwear-ori-review-best-sim-racing-shoes-for-40/
Another type of
simracing is dirt racing. The best simulator was Richard Burn’s Rally from 2004
and still is. There wasn’t any better game that simulates dirt better than that
game. On 1st April iRacing
announced that it started to use dirt ovals.
So there is a chance that there will be a game at least similar in
physics to Richard Burn’s Rally. iRacing is about to add next week rallycross,
which consists of dirt and tarmac.
1.
What do
you think about simracing?
2.
Do you
play racing simulators or only arcade games? If you play racing simulators then
what do use to play it? Do you have special boots or a simulating gravity force
chair?
3.
Do you
prefer better graphics or better modeled physics in racing games?
4.
Would you
like to be a professional racing driver?
Sources:
Mostly my own
experience,
Comments
I played both and if it racing simulator I usually was using a motor simulator - sometimes it was hard, as I was too small and I couldn't move it, for example to turn, so I needed a help of some adult.
I think that both factors are important - one, for visual, second to gameplay.
I wouldn't like to be a professional racing driver - I'm not into it.
I do not play race games, maybe because I'm not a huge fan of cars. I'm not sure if it's counts but I'm thinking about buying newest "Super Mario Kart" game.
In my opinion graphics is one of the most important factors, but not most important. Some game developers tend to forgetting about it and the result of it it's that there are a lot of games that looks beautiful but are not interesting, so my answer is: good graphics + good gameplay = great game, bad graphics + good gameplay = still good game, good graphics + bad gameplay = garbage.
I would not like to be professional driver - I'm good with my IT guy life ;) still if I had to choose to become pro in any of sports I would choose football or boxing.
I searched inforamtion about Super Mario Kart. The newest can't teach about driving in real life, but some arcades can teach at least proper driving line.
In my life I've only played Test Drive 6 and Need for Speed I think, so I don't have much to say about simulators.
It's hard to choose weather I prefer graphics or well simulated physics. I think it would be great with both of them on really high level.
In my opinion I could try racing, but I wouldn't like to become a professional driver. I think it's really dangerous and I wouldn't like to race all the time. Maybe once or twice ;)
To be a professional driver was one of my childerhood dreams. Last time I bought my father race in sport car and he was very happy.
I play racing simulators because I don't like arcade games :(
Better modeled physics. Where you crashing cars and you see how part of cars flies.I prefer playing with my friend on better modeled physics. Where you crashing into cars and you see how part of cars flies, dents, skids. It's cool :)
I would not be a professional racing driver because it's dangerous.
As for me simracing is a kind of hardcore racing game, but I think that actually this is a way to train your driving skills without going outside(especially if you have driving chair, steering wheel and pedals).
No, I don't want to be a professional driving racer, but of course I want to participate in a real racing at least one time :)
I played Richard Burn's Rally a few times when I was a child but since then I've been playing only arcade games.
As an arcade game player I don't require any oh-my-gosh-so-real phycics. Graphics is quite important to me.
I love driving, especially when it's a long trip, but I wouldn't like to be a professional driver. It's really dangerous and you have to completely devote yourself to it.
You can blame me, but I used to like games like Need For Speed Carbon or NFS Most Wanted in which you were chasing by the police etc.
In racing games I'm looking for both, graphics and physics. If game is well written, present GPUs and CPUs can handle all the calculations. Unfortunately I haven't yet found any game in which engine and exhaust sounds are satisfactory.
I don't want to be a racing driver however I'd like to know how to race just for fun.
Hard to choose, but i prefer both: better graphics AND better modeled physics in racing games.
No way, i prefer driving car instead. Realistic games are more suitable and interesting for me.
Car racing is not my kind of computer games but I've played Need for Speed series.
I can't choose only option! I think that both are important. I love to watch beautiful graphics and realistic modeled physics.
It's to late for being professional racing driver for me :) I would like to be programmer and it's my plan! Car driving is my hobby but nothing more.
I believe most of the fans of simracing prefers physics over graphics, but to be honest it's probably both - you won't be able to immerse into a game if its graphics is garbage.
I don't think I'd like to be professional racing driver. I'm not a big fan of cars and it' too dangerous for me.
When it comes to the graphics vs physics debate - I do love beautiful games, therefore do I play both Assetto Corsa, which isn't very beautiful but very realistic, as well as the Forza series, which are georgeous (Horizon 3 and Motorsport 7 do both support 4K natively, so they are true eye-candies. If I really had to choose, I'd say graphics, because I can always get into a real car if I want really true physics :)
2. When I was a kid I loved all the games related to cars. I‘ve played pure arcade games like “Destruction Derby” and great “Need for Speed: Porsche”. I’ve also played great “Colin McRae 2.0” which can be treated as half-simulator as the physics there was quite realistic. I have never played a pure simracing game but I would like to try it in the future.
3. Of course I prefer better physics over better graphics as this what all the racing and rally games are all about for me.
4. It was my child’s dream to become racing or rally driver but dreams not always come true. However, I am still hoping I can afford a sport car and visit race track like Nurburgring during open trackdays.
I very like that kind of games. I thin the better the more realistic it is.
Do you play racing simulators or only arcade games? If you play racing simulators then what do use to play it? Do you have special boots or a simulating gravity force chair?
Lastly I used to play Gran Turismo Sport, but some days I also played Forza motosport. But I also like to play arcade racing games like NFS etc. I almost every time play on simple game controller. I think that would be fun to play in gravity force chair, but I had no chance to do that, yet.
Do you prefer better graphics or better modeled physics in racing games?
In racing games I prefer physic model. Graphics is a cherry on top of that game.
Would you like to be a professional racing driver?
I think it is a dream of many people and for me too, but in my case I sometimes spend some recreational time on the track.
I don't really play any racing games anymore. I think I would still find it entertaining, but it costs too much now to have a real fun and get a real experience. I can still play it with gamepad or keyboard alone, but in this case I prefer to play FPS or RPG games.
I think that I'm one of the people who enjoy the graphics more than the reality experience. That's because I don't have the right environment to benefit from games that put so much pressure on making the game as real as possible. What I wouldn't mind is an average quality (in terms of graphics) VR game. I think I would have fun anyway, as long as my eyes wouldn't hurt from that.
I would like to try real life racing. Not as a professional, but I would surely like to drive a sports car on some professional racetrack.
I used to be a fan of NFS, it is another kind of fun, but I played with my friends and that was the moments, when you don't really think about physics, but about the competition. But it would be great to try it on simulator.
Some of my friends are racing drivers, so I am very into that kind of hobby, but I have never tried that myself. Maybe one day when I will be older and have more time I will give it a try, I would love to.
I prefer better modeled physics. We're always playing Assetto Corsa.
Maybe not a professional racing driver, but I'd love to have some drift car ;).
I think simulation racing is very interesting and I love it myself. I played on all kinds of simulators, unfortunately never on professional. I love car racing, and their combination with simulators gives a lot more fun. A brilliant solution would be to build a simulator that would give the effect of driving in a real car. It would be possible to test various types of maneuvers and teach drivers. I would like to be a professional driver, unfortunately I don't have time for that.
2.I rarely play any racing games as i prefer RPG's and FPS's.
3.Both are equally important for me.
4.I could give it a shot but i'm not all fired up for it.
A question of graphics is an interesting one. At a competitive level you want to play the game with highest possible draw distance (how far away can you see), but with minimal possible graphics settings. The reasons for this are twofold. One, it let's you easily spot enemies hiding in bushes and such, and two, it makes the game run much faster and smoother, which is often the difference between victory and loss in split second gunfire exchanges.
On the other hand you want the game to look good enough for people to want to watch it, so what some competitive games allow you to do is to record matches. This way you can play a match with low graphics, and record the whole thing not as a video but as a game replay. Later you can use the game to replay such game with high graphics, which by then doesn't affect the game outcome. Most such games also include additional tools for people to be able to pause, rewind, display additional statistics, and generally commentate the match better and easier.
I do not play racing simulators. unfortunately, not really like race as a game. I think my hands are crooked. I just do not get to play them. I always come last and bump into every house on my way.
I prefer beautiful computer graphics. If the game is interesting but ugly, I can not long to play it. But if on the contrary, the game is soft but completely dull. Then I also will not play for long. I'm terribly afraid of driving cars. I prefer to be a passenger, so I will never become a rider.
I play only arcade games, simply because I don't have a steering wheel. Playing simulators using keyboard arrows is just total misunderstanding.
I like both, but if I have to choose I prefer better physics.
Most probably I will not be a professional racing driver, but I definitely could be one. I love to drive fast and feel the adrenaline, but on the public roads you can't really push the limits.
Im more of a arcade racing guy when it comes to racing games although i have tried Project Cars title in VR and it was really enjoyable - not my kind of thing though.
U cannot make racing game without decent in game physics nowadays i prefer good graphics, although i still enjoy older titles like Burnout series.
If i wanted to become professional racer i wouldn't have gotten into PJATK :) although it crossed my mind once or twice.
Oh my, I love RichardBurnsRally! I've played it many times, I even had a driving wheel especially for this game. Best ever game in terms of rally racing/driving. Mastering the rally drivin school with a professional driver Richard Burns (may he rest in peace) teaching you every detail of controlling your car, just awesome. I haven't tried any simracing game since that. Im more into dirt, wrc style than formula one or racing on asphalt in regualr race tracks which most of simracing games are about I guess. In case of a simrace I would value modeled physics more than better graphics but in the end graphics can't scare off. I'd like to be a professional racing driver, sure. The thing about simracing is that you can learn skills and reactions you could apply in a real world situations. The basic ones at least. Kinda cool.
I like simracing. When I have more free time I used to play on many racing simulators. I have only steering wheel and pedals. I like games that you have spend a lot of time with friends. I wouldn't like to be a proffesional racing driver. I am a IT guy and I like it :)
Like i said i prefer live race so i can feel all physics interaction with me. I feel force chair when i was in simulator but its not comfortable for me
I prefer better graphics because when i race i want to feel like in the real race and in graphics is a lot of to do
Well i think i dont have enoguh skill to do this but they earn a lot of money so why not ;)