Every once in a while a daring company decided to make a video game simulating some sort of activity. This is often a risk because you can expect only that small crowd that loves that sport enough to actually want to go out a There difference being mostly the difficulty curve. A racing simulator is not a game you can simply jump onto and go. At least not without some serious prior knowledge of cars and how to drive a proper race car. The way a car handles in say "Cruisin' USA" is not the same way a car will handle in "GTR-2" because GTR-2 is racing simulator so if you try to take that corner while you slam on the brakes expect to lock your wheels and slam onto the wall. That's not to say racing simulators are without flaws. I have yet to come by a "perfect" racing simulator, there is always something wrong with them. The best one by far in my opinion is GTR-2 but even then, the collision and damage physics are simply too forgiving.
Too many times have I crashed onto another car doing well over 100mph only to see them receive a small dent and only once did I crash onto a wall and my car caught fire and that was only because I was going over 270mph. Other games such as Gran Turismo and Forza Motosport 1 & 2 are great, but border on the the Arcade category as by default they are extremely easy to play. That's not to say you can't go into the menu screen and kick up the difficulty by turning off ABS, TCS & STM but even then Gran Turismo offers no damage physics so there goes that and Forza has a dumb AI so there is no challenge to be had. The latest Gran Turismo looks promising and I am almost done installing GTR-Evolution. The latest followup release to the GTR series which looks very promising. You can be sure to look forward to my article about GTR-Evolution.
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