Why are racing sims so important here?

I'll admit, I've never really seen the allure of racing sims. Does the gameplay really change from iteration to iteration? Aren't you just driving around a track, trying to beat other people? Yes, you get more cars and prettier graphics. But what really changes? What makes you keep spending money on a new racing sim?

At least with games like RPGs, you have a variety of gameplay elements (even among a certain kind, like JRPGs). With RPGs, RTSs, FPSs, TPSs, etc. you can have involving stories. I suppose the physics get better as time goes on for racing sims, that's something.

Why do you people (the ones discussing Forza 2 and GT5) go on and on about these games? What is it about them that make them so important that they must be discussed to death?

I realize I may have come across strongly here, but I really do want to know what people find so great about these things and why this specific genre seems to be of so much concern on this forum.

Racing sims are boring as far as I'm concerned, though Burnout is great because the whole point is smashing up other cars while you race. The only racing sim that I enjoyed was Le Mans on the Dreamcast.obsolete2k1

I don't think that would be a racing sim. That would be a "Smashing up other cars" sim.

I hate racing sims. I prefer games like Mario Kart, Cruising the World, and Diddy Kong Racing.Tylendal

Games like Mario Kart I can understand. You can throw in new weapons and powerups, which can greatly change how each race plays out. Plus, who didn't love zapping everyone else with lightning and turning them tiny in one of the Mario Karts?

I have never understood either why racing sims are so big....But each their own

I just think they get boring quick also

problem

FORZA 2 and GT5 arent racing sims.

*argument implodes*

problem

FORZA 2 and GT5 arent racing sims.

*argument implodes*

skrat_01

Yeah, because what they are called is what is really being discussed here :roll:

Lame attempt at ending the thread.

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Realistic cars, they look good, feels more like drive real cars than like Ridge racer there you can take any curve at any speed and never need use the brakes.aroxx_ab

I can see why *a* game such as Forza or GT can be entertaining (in short amounts though), but I don't see why so many sell so much.

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problem

FORZA 2 and GT5 arent racing sims.

*argument implodes*

aliasfreak

Yeah, because what they are called is what is really being discussed here :roll:

Lame attempt at ending the thread.

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No im stating the obvius.

Even that should be obvius to you

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People like racing sims becuase, unlike you, we can drive and we don't wanna race and smash up our cars. You might, but we won't. So we turn to games. What makes games better? Better, more realistic physics and more realistic graphics. That's why people buy newer racing sims.

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Gran Turismo was like the only game I ever played. For like, 8 years. I couldn't drive yet so this is what I turn to every day. It's pretty much to me the only game that I can hope to do in real life.

What gets me most excited over the newer games, are the new cars.

I had to reply to all the hate here for sims.