Based on Steam reviews it seems alot of fans of the previous game are butthurt because Grid2 is based around drifting all the time. What if I like that sort of thing? Is it still shit?
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GRID 2 has you drifting some real life cars that in reality are very high downforce racing machines that you would never see drifting in real life but are doing initial D impersonations round Spa in GRID 2. Drifting is appropriate for some machines and tracks, but if GRID 2 had bikes they'd find a way to make them drift.
GRID 1 is also just generally better, though I'd recommend you get the mod that removes the brown filter.
Play GRID1 and spend most of your time in Japan.
Or if you really love drifting just emulate RRT4.
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How is Test Drive Unlimited 2? It's only $5 on Steam so I was thinking about picking it up. Open World Racing Game is an awesome concept IMO and only very few games have ever attempted it.
If you want something a little different I've been having fun with embed related
it already has more features than your average racing game outside of car customization.
Midnight Club 3
the smug twingo man will lead you to a thread about racing games full of about 3 people expert at racing games
Play nitronic rush first, it's better in some ways OP.
The Forza Horizon series took up that mantle and does it pretty well. It's not as big as the TDU games but it's better than nothing