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vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

There is also The Crew, Forza Motorsport, Forza Horizon as well as Gran Turismo to mention a few more that I have played. Plus a whole slew of hardcore F1 titles, Nascar titles and the Trackmania series.

There might be something in there that catches your attention. Could just be a case of these not surfacing in your algorithm to get noticed.

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Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Oh god I tried The Crew

Racing for likes and followers? 😂🤢🤮

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bigboismith@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Gran Turismo is Playstation exclusive and has only released two games the last decade. Quite sad since I have heard a lot of great things about it.

Haven’t played the crew, but it seems to follow the same “drive a supercar around a track” that Forza has.

Not saying there are no racing games, but there is a lack of variety besides the four flavors of: Microsoft racing game, EA racing game, Ubisoft racing game or Codemasters (Recently acquired by ea) racing game. Compare this to the huge variety in strategy games or shooters.

The only thing keeping racing games relevant for me are the amazing indie games, but the lack of content hinders them more than other genres imo.

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- ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Do you want themed racing games in different time periods?
  
  If you’re using realworld(or alikes) cars, there isn’t really much more to go for, you’ve got circuit, street, rally, drift and touring cars - which really the only thing you can start to really differ is locale or time period.
  
  F1 is F1 and F1 fans will slaughter anyone who tries to mess with F1. But also there are yearly games, since the rules change every year and the new game is the new rules.
  
  Do you want more arcade style?
  
  What are the indie games that have piqued your interest?
  
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  - bigboismith@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    The thing is miss is immersion and progression. It feels like you get a 1000hp lambo five hours into the game, and the gameplay is just driving around a track interrupted by navigating clunky menus.
    
    Some of my favorite indie games are “art of rally” and “revhead”, the former having great driving but no progression and the latter having great progression and customisation, just very mediocre driving.
    
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    themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    If you liked art of rally, I suggest Parking Garage Rally Circuit. Much of the same vibe.
    
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    ms_lane@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah I feel that, I didn’t like Horizon 5 due to that, I don’t want to be a superstar out of the gate, let me buy a clapped out mazda demio first.
    
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