Is there any other Nascar type racing game on the market, or due out soon, that is worth getting?
I've been out of touch for a bit. I have Rfactor but dont want to race with 20 cars at start then have 3 guys left at end of race because their kids need a bath and they have to stop. In other words, looking for something that has offline use with some AI cars.
Still have NR2003/NR4, etc and a few EA titles.
What about Heat? is that still around with any modding? Used to be pretty big as I recall.

thanks,
GLB

Hi

There is ARCA Sim Racing.
I haven't tried it, but do know some leagues switched to it from NR03, so I assume it is pretty good. I would guess it has a offline career mode.

hmm, I guess Nascar racing on a PC is pretty much dead as far as new titles then.

Thanks,
I checked the link, appears to be online oriented only.

Oh well. One good thing is that the old games sure run good on our latest equip!

GLB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDZXXdx0siI

Give ARCA a try! I've been racing there for about a year and a half and I'm loving it! Plus, in the VERY near future there are a couple of updates coming that will bring a whole new dimension to this sim. You are correct in ARCA being aimed at multi-play on-line racers.

If you get it and want to get some help setting it up and learning the ins-and-outs of it, look for the HsT server. We'll help you get up to speed.

Racing on-line as HsT_V-man

guod, that link looks good. I have a follow up question :

In MP mode, can AI cars be put into the field? Example, specify 40 cars and when humans join, they take the place of one AI car.
It makes for a full field when only 2-3 of your buddies can make time for racing. I think one of the Sierra games used to have that feature. Cant remember which one though. I used to host with buddies connecting with IP address straight in.

Thanks for the links guys, appreciated.

GLB

You can add and remove AI cars in rFactor, but they don't spawn and disappear automatically; it is a manual (but simple) process.

Bammer, here is a screenshot thread showing the VHR stock cars (52 screens).

http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/ub...tml#Post2707372

Not quite sure about the answer to my question. Here is the feature I am looking for.

Say I host a MP game. I setup the parameters to allow 20 connections and I allow 20 AI cars. If one human joins, then there are 19 AI cars. Another human joins, there are 18 AI. I cant remember EXACTLY how this works but I used to do this about 6-9 years ago with one of the Papy Nascar racing games. It allows my and just a few buddies to run with a full field of cars for the whole race. If 6 guys joined, then there would be 14 AI cars to fill out the field.


guod, yes, I am going to d/l that mod. Looks good. I'm sold. But before I BUY another game, I am looking for the above feature.

thanks for the help,

GLB

Bammer,

I understood your intent exactly, and my answer was that this AI manipulation can't be set up to take place automatically in rFactor. It is, however, a simple manual process.

- 20 AI cars are on server.
- 2 Humans join.
- one of the humans selects an AI and clicks the "boot" button.
- AI goes away, message says "[AI Driver] has been removed from the server".
- repeat for other AI.
- Go drive.

It's easy and quick, but not automatic.