Assetto Corsa
A good but slightly long in the tooth simulation that has been constantly injected with new life thanks to incredibly strong modding support from day 1.
Look up Content Manager, Custom Shaders Patch and SOL, all three work together to inject new life into the game.
– Real player with 457.3 hrs in game
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good driving simulator for driving enthusiasts looking to go beyond arcade racing games like gt sport or forza. Physics are more challenging, and modding is good. this version of the game is good for gamers looking to try drifting, casual race lobbies, and a wide variety of car and track mods.
pros:
-more realistic physics compared to simcade driving games
-large variety of downloadable tracks and cars online for modding
-good simulator to practice realistic drifting
-challenge modes and single player AI are actually hard
– Real player with 139.4 hrs in game
Project CARS
I’ve put a lot of time into Project CARS, and frankly, I’m fed up. So I’m going to give a long and thorough review of it.
TL/DR Version: Broken promises, missing game features, and crippling bugs should keep you away. Ultimately, this entire things feels like a giant paid BETA for Project Cars 2. I.E. You are paying full retail for the privilege of beta testing for the sequal.
Pro’s:
- PCars is relatively cheap. $50 retail + $50 DLC sounds like a lot, but compared to other sim racing games, it isn’t. Fully investing in “iRacing” could easily cost you $500+ ($10-$15 per car / track, EACH), not to mention the $15 per month subscription.
– Real player with 1179.0 hrs in game
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I can thoroughly recommend this game to those with an open mind. Physics wise it’s a very complex sim, not without it’s faults, but other sims that people rate have had major physics rewrites, especially tyre physics. The game is not without faults that much is obvious, the importance of the faults will vary from one person to the next. I couldn’t give a rats hairy crack about multiplayer or league racing, but that’s just me. Others do and for them PCARS falls short and I understand that. But for me the overall experience is excellent.
– Real player with 643.1 hrs in game
IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad
Where do I start?
I have always played the Il2 Sturmovik series - that is no exaggeration - I picked up my first installment at age 10, which means I have played for half my life.
To talk about the series as a whole would take up so much time that you’d probably die of old age by the time I finished, so I’ll keep it simple. It’s had it’s ups and downs.
This installment though? What a bloody masterpiece. If you’re here then I’m guessing you already have some Idea of what the IL2 series is, and that is a Combat flight simulator with a heavy emphasis on realism, through its flight and damage models. In all of these aspects Il2 Sturmovik Excels, aircraft are painstakingly researched and their flightmodels studied in order to bring them as close to life as possible.
– Real player with 382.9 hrs in game
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Must fly in VR. My gunner bailed after our Stuka’s right tank was shot and began to leak over the Kuban. You didn’t trust me, bud? I landed safely at a friendly airfield. Hope the water showed him no mercy. 10/10 would recommend to every flight sim/WW2 enthusiast.
– Real player with 201.7 hrs in game
DiRT Rally 2.0
Never really cared for any racing or driving games before this one.
It was brutally hard for me to learn but once you actually get the hang of things it is so damn fun and makes you feel like such a badass. There is no feeling quite like going sideways on a dirt road at 100 MPH and knowing you are fully in control.
– Real player with 157.1 hrs in game
Racing games were the one thing I always avoided. For someone like me, who’s a major newbie that can’t build on any past experience or skill in this genre, DiRT Rally 2.0 is a challenge. Sure it can get frustrating, sure I’ll never be the best. But this game reconnected me with real skill-building that requires time and concentration. But beyond the stats, and costs, and strategies, the driving experience is just plain fun.
– Real player with 61.0 hrs in game