1. Dirt Rally 2.0 by CodemastersĪ rally car is built off of the frame of a sports car you could buy at your local dealership, and to qualify for rally racing, it must pass normal emissions testing and carry legal registration and insurance. So buckle your seatbelt, fire up the ignition, and roll on up to the starting line: Here are a few of the best, and some free, racing games for PC available now. And the industry puts out a steady stream of solid titles to service them. While most games come with a standard controller and keyboard mapping, racing game enthusiasts are prone to trick out expensive rigs with specialized force-feedback steering wheels, pedals, and shifters that are often as expensive as the PC that runs the software. Get from the start to the finish and be the first one to do it. The objective remains the same, no matter what the plot twists or details, settings or vehicles may be. Racing games offer a prime and essential form of competition: easy to understand, but hard to master. They might not be the big, triple-A (AAA) franchises of the gaming world, but the genre has loyal devotees. Racing games have been a part of the tapestry and catalogue of computer gaming ever since a constant, reliable stand-by and part of every library of games for every system ever made.
In fact it seems to be impossible to smash-up your car, even if you drive it straight into a building.After Pong, Atari’s second-ever game was a racing game called Space Race, created back in 1973: the Neolithic era of video games. However, collisions seem to make no sound at all. The audio is limited to a drum and bass soundtrack accompanied by some engine and braking effects. There aren't many other drivers in a race, meaning once you've passed a few you're in the clear - providing you can meet the simple requirement of steering your car through the blue hoops.īlocky graphics and limited sound effects Handling the car is limited to steering left and right, and accelerating. Arrows at the top of the screen point the way you must go to find your next target and staying on course is very easy.Ĭustomization options are very limited other than increasing the speed and look of your car. To win a race, you must drive through as many blue hooped checkpoints as possible around the course. The first thing you'll notice are the rather basic graphics - Midnight Racing looks quite dated with buildings and scenery very generic throughout. In Midnight Racing you take part in illegal street racing battles in order to win prize money which you can use to tune-up your car with and thus climb the rankings.
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