What are the best driving games for PC?

[safara]

I LOVE driving games - but never know what to get. Some seem to concentrate on the graphics and lose out on the actual driving experience.

Stuff I have is Need for Speed Underground 1 and 2 - the Colin Mcrae series etc.

The consoles look to have some very nice stuff like GTA etc - what are the equivalents for PC?

[Danoclese]

I always liked Sega Rally Championship---not as complicated as NFS--simple, really, but loads of fun!

[malasuerte]

Need for speed carbon is very good

[sahel]

Without a pc-gamepad or wheel I'm having real trouble playing racegames on a PC. But I liked NFS Carbon yeah .

[safara]

Originally Posted by sahel

Without a pc-gamepad or wheel I'm having real trouble playing racegames on a PC. But I liked NFS Carbon yeah .

I Have an Xbox 360 Controller for PC windows - and it makes a HUGE difference to driving!!

Used to use a joystick, but this controller thing is the bloody wonderful

[malasuerte]

lol its way too dificult to play this with the control that you get from using a joypad

[safara]

OK - so apart from the Need for Speed series, what other kickass driving games should I be looking at?

[sob]

try richard burns rally. best car game ive ever played.
you have to use a steering wheel tho. and you need alot of patience as it is very difficult to master.

[Futurama]

Originally Posted by sob

try richard burns rally. best car game ive ever played.
you have to use a steering wheel tho. and you need alot of patience as it is very difficult to master.

I agree, best game there is that really involves driving and not a cheap parody of it (targeting all NFS games that came after porsche - last from the awesome NFS list).

[ACEwoK]

well, the PGR series wasn't bad on the xbox and 360... though i've only played the first 2 and i preferred the 1st as the second seemed almost cartoony to me...