I'll generally fiddle with the settings untill I can can obtain a playable frame rate. Then crack it up a few notches and turn the desk fan on the computer :D

Only one that comes to mind is Tyrian

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_%28video_game%29

I use iRacing with my wheel/clutch/H-shifter. It's a subcription model, but over the course of 5-6 months or whatever it works out to the price of a regular racer anyway. Highly recommended.

By simply going against the grain and being the first to review he's already earned his 15 mins of fame. I call troll myself.

I use Steam Mover. A small app which detects my Steam folder and allows me to move game folders to the SSD and set a junction point to games I'm playing atm.

http://lifehacker.com/5626931/steam-mover-relocates-applications-to-free-up-space-on-your-primary-drive

Probably Prince of Persia but Tomb Raider has a slower paced acrobatic puzzle element too.

http://www.ozgameshop.com/pc-games/the-elder-scrolls-v-5-skyrim-game-plus-premium-cloth-map-pc

$47. Comes with a cloth map.

The Longest Journey. Stalled at chapter four 9-10 years ago. Picked it up cheap on steam along with the sequel and clocked it yesterday. Now playing through Dreamfall.

So Assassins Creed began with a great story about the templars rising up in a war in terrorism in the first. Assassins Creed 2 followed suit. Brotherhood was a great game and Revelations sounds like a filler. This should be a sci fi series at heart, PoP comparisons are unnessesary and irrelevent.