Best 4 player split screen racing?

Rallisport 1 isn't anywhere near as good as Rallisport 2. Rallisport 2 is better in every aspect.

PGR2 and Rallisport 2 are great choices, but to be honest, when playing with four players on a screen things can get a little hairy. In Rallisport the graphics get blurred quite a bit. So much in fact, that its sometimes hard to make out where you are even driving. As the game is rather fast-paced, this affects the gameplay quite a bit.

PGR2 isn't as blurry, but more details are removed the more players there are on one screen. So if you play with four people in splitscreen, everything will look almost N64-ridge-racer-ish.

There is also Colin McRae 2005. Its driving physics are completely screwed. I don't know what they are supposed to be like, but they sure as heck don't portray the behaviour of a car... More like a hover tank that drives on honey or something. Its crazy. Its fun to play. I almost finished it and played a bit of splitscreen too, but its NOT realistic. Don't believe the package!

It has 4 player splitscreen too though with the same problems the other two games have.

There is also Quantum Redshift. Its a bit on the rare side I think, but its fun if you can get your hands on a copy. Its a futuristic racing game with weapons. Kind of like Whipe Out or Extreme-G with guns. I think its playable with four players too, but I'm not 100% sure anymore.

Anyway, all of those games are playable in 4 player splitscreen. Its just that its harder to play than it would normally be. Playing from a first person perspective (cock-pit or bumper cam) helps a great deal.

My advice would be to play tournaments between the four of you where only two players drive at a time. Rallisport and PGR2 are both very playable with two players, and you can also get some other games that only allow two players to begin with. For example: Forza (only if you like realistic driving games! No use pretending you are an auto freak when you are not and the game will bore you to death. If you like that sort of stuff Forza is awesome, but if you don't, PGR2 is the better choice).

Thanks PVTMurphy.. ..but realy though, is 4 player split screen not like even a little fun? Does it completely ruin the experience for games like PGR2 and RSC 2? My friends and I could deal with the lesser graphics if it meant being able to play with one another. Thx though.AzN_BOl

Nah, as I said, its playable. The problem isn't so much that the graphics look worse (who cares about graphics anyway if you have friends playing with you?) but that its hard to see where you have to go! ITs blurry, which wouldn't be the biggest problem, and - and this is the bummer - the screen isn't just smaller for each player, but its also chopped off at the sides. What this means is that you have less peripheral vision.

It hits all of you equally so its not a deciding factor for the outcome of the game, but it gets on your nerves, especially if you are used to driving alone or in two-player splitscreen where you can see normally.

The cock-pit or bumber-cams work better because you can see more there, but they are not to everyone's taste.

So, yes, they are still playable. If you can, and if your friends are willing to do it, I would recommend to play tournaments with only two players at a time.