GTR 2: Realism Redefined Review

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(More customer reviews)Tech Stuff:This game pushes my X800Xl card to the max, and I'm stunned by this.I can only run it smoothly at 1000x800 with AAx4, compared to Toca Racer3 at 1200x1000 on AAx6.This game uses close to 2gb on your hd, and you better have a nice setup to get the most out of this game.Perhpaps there will be some patch in the future, but I'm stunned that this game pushed my 3.2 ht 1.5 gb of memory so hard.
Graphics:The graphics on this game aren't overwhelming, until you start to notice all the small details:building, stands, stadium seating in the stands, dust flying.Overall the graphics aren't close to Toca3, but the cars and tracks are nicely detailed.
Sound:This is where it hits a homer!Whether in car or out of car, the engine sounds sound so real!Shifting, braking, or throttling up, the game scores huge points on realism.Even when you are pumping the brakes, you can hear and feel the action of the car.
Sim Racing:This aint no easy game by any standards.You really have to know how to enter and exit corners on this game.You just can't drive thru them, because you'll end up off course.Thankfully there is an extensive training guide to assist the average racing fan like your truly.You can practice so many aspects of the game, that it will help alot.You start out with about half the tracks unlocked and about half the cars.You unlock them by winning or accumulating points.Online play is the best, and I really enjoy it.There are literally hundreds of people online worldwide at any time of the day or nite.I work a third shift job, so I unually race around 2:00pm.Still there are hundreds of folks online.
Summary:
This is one of the finest pure sims out there, and maybe to date.I don't enjoy it as much as Forzo(xbox), Test Drive LeMans(dreamcast), but I do like it better than Toca.Toca has too many racing dune buggies and crazy vehicles, and this game centers on my euro-style racing and GT cars.Get this game if you have a nice system.I have a 3.2ht with 1.5gb ram, and my x800xl.the game runs smooth on it at reduced settings, but you need to have good specs to get the most out of it.Wish the game could have been easier for an average racer as myself, but overall I can't complain.Nice game!

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The World's Most Realistic Racing Simulation.Just Switched Into High Gear!Gear up and hit the open road as you take on the world's most realistic racing simulation. Featuring over 140 exquisitely detailed cars and 34 unique track-layouts, GTR 2 thrusts you into a hyper realistic racing environment with breathtaking real-world effects. With a revolutionary Driving School Mode you'll gain the experience to tackle the challenges of professional racing.

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rFactor V. 1.255 Review

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(More customer reviews)I got this a few years ago and have been happy with it. This game is really the successor to the F1 Challenge series EA and ISI put out a while ago that is also heavily modded. I have F1 seasons and tracks from 79,88,91,05,06,07,08,09 as well as Champ Car 05-06, Indycar 94-95,08-09, GT cars, Mclaren F1 Challenge, Zonda Challenge,Historic Rally Cars Mod, F430 Challenge, and a lot of single cars for use in the all tracks and cars series.

You can use any track for any car you have, say using Indycars on F1 tracks or GT cars on Ovals. I've got I would say about 100 tracks from the modding sites as well as the series mentioned above for over 20GB's of data, so rFactor is really not about the stuff it comes with but the stuff you can get online that makes it the ONLY racing game you should have. You can get Formula Japan, GP2, and many other series cars and tracks. They are free to download and the details and graphics are amazing in most of them, the best I've seen are the CDTP F1 2006 and IDT Champcar and Indycar series. The GT ALL 3.96 comes with both new and old GT cars in a lot of paint jobs and configurations, including Porches, Mosler, Corvette, Viper, Saleen, Ferrari and any of the other GT1/2/LM/etc. classes you can think of.

There are hundreds of tracks to download and race from every corner of the world as well as fantasy tracks and cars. Like I said you can race any car on any track. Either they have self installers or you just copy and paste into the locations folder to install, the same goes for the cars.

This is really best for open wheel, touring cars, Stock cars and any other asphalt/circuit based racing, it's OK for dirt rally or trucks but those are best in the dedicated games like Collin Mcrae or Richard Burns. This game is fairly easy to adjust the difficulty and other settings once you play around with it. I'm no strict sim player and thankfully you can pretty much adjust it to whatever level you want.

This game also has multiple 3rd party plugins for realistic cameras, textures, data acquisition, wet tracks and almost anything else. You should go to [...], fileplanet or softpedia to get cars, tracks and plugins. So depending on your level of interest this game could replace your collection of separate games for separate racing types and be relevant for a long time to come, every race game fan should get this period.

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rFactor race sim Version 1.255 Important Product InformationInternet connection is needed to register and activate this product. Activation code and instructions will be included.Upgraded now with 15 degrees of freedom physics engine, Advanced tire modeling & Support for 4-link rear suspension.Engine boost modeling, Complex aerodynamics Head physics, cockpit vibrations, detailed bump modeling.All-new track-specific terrain data file system! rFactor provides unprecedented flexibility, allowing the upgraded series to grow and evolve with mod community involvement, race club formation, and feedback from users worldwide. We know you enjoy the thrill!Graphics/Sound DX9 advanced graphics engine. Real-time day/night transitions. Projected headlights for nighttime driving.Adjust player and opponent volume ratio. See the apex with the Look Ahead slider. Adjust your seat and mirror while in the driver's seat.Updating real-time scoring towers. Expanded and enhanced gauge and LCD features for vehicle cockpits and so much more.When you demand only the best in a true race sim then get rFactor.

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