My needs for an open world driving game
I’ve been searching for a fun driving game, after experiencing with a lot of racing & driving games, I now have a better understanding of my own needs of such a game and I found 3 games that are most close to what I want.
My needs for such a game are:
- engaging roads: twisty and elevation
- good driving experience (wheel and force feedback support)
- open feeling
- car enthusiasts vibe, crowd and celebration
The 3 games are:
- Forza Horizon
- Test Drive Unlimited
- Grid
The specific versions are:
- Forza Horizon 1
- Test Drive Unlimited 1
- Grid 1
Here’s a comparison of how I feel about these games. There are also other games I find interesting, such as driver: san francisco, burnout paradise, but they are similar not as good as these 3 games, so I will not include them here.
What I like | What I don’t like | |
---|---|---|
Forza Horizon 3 | Variety of roads (open roads, city, highway, off-road, mountain, dirt, pavement, snow, etc) | Lack of car enthusiasts vibe, crowd and celebration (Forza Horizon 1 does this best) |
Beautiful scenery (cars, world, music) | Roads are mostly open and flat, lack of elevation and driving engagement (Forza Horizon 2 seemly does this better, haven’t played) | |
Tuning, customziation, car collection | ||
Open feeling | ||
Forza Horizon 1 | Car enthusiasts vibe, crowd and celebration | Roads lack of elevation and driving engagement |
Forza Horizon 2 | More engaging driving roads (with elevation) | Weaker car enthusiasts vibe, crowd and celebration |
Test Drive Unlimited | Many twisty roads and elevation, very long distance | Old graphics |
Real world like driving (realistic roads and traffic) | Lack of interesting races | |
Open feeling | ||
Race Driver Grid | Very strong car enthusiasts vibe and atomsphere (crowd cheers and celebration) | Not many touge circuits |
Night racing | Environment feels closed and disconnected | |
Twisty mountain roads | ||
Assetto Corsa / Dirt Rally (For comparison) | Pure realistic driving | Environment feels closed and disconnected (no crowd celebration) |
Engaging driving roads | ||
GTA V (For comparison) | Realistic roads and traffic | Roads are mot so engaging |
Open feeling | Not so good handling with wheel | |
Lack of car enthusiasts vibe, crowd and celebration |