Racing game suggestion

GRID

RACE series is good, and quite realistic, but you need a bunch of the expansions to get a good car selection.

GRID series is good (as well as DiRT, from the same publisher) however the first GRID is the best... others seem muddy and have wonky physics in comparison. As with a lot of games, the computer is a cheating whore when it comes to collisions. Drift mode in GRID is a lot of fun.

If you are just looking for something fun to kill a lot of time and aren't overly concerned about realism or actually racing other people, check out Trackmania series. There is a free version of it on Steam that has about 100 tracks you can play. Trackmania is mostly Time attack style racing, and focuses a lot on unrealistic but very fun stunt tracks. Think old school Excitebike with F1 cars. Trackmania Nations Forever is the name of the free one. Very worth downloading.

Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010)

My personal favourite is Test Drive Unlimited 2. Check it.

Burnout Paradise

DiRT 2 !!!

Gas Guzzlers
So underrated game. Much much better than 90% of AAA racing titles

I don't think most people here understand what a sim is. =P

If you're looking for a serious racing sim, with serious racers, you really need to check out iRacing. I started playing it about a couple weeks ago and I have to say, it's fantastic. Now, you'll have to purchase most of the content (and earn a 'license' level to race most as well) but the great thing about that is you can buy just the series/tracks that you're interested in. (I'm still going with the basic stuff that you get with your membership).

There are multiple series, like oval Stock Cars to NASCAR racing, and road racing in a Mazda MX-5 up to Formula One goodness. It's the most intense real racing that you'll come across (outside of the real world, anyway). I'm not even exaggerating. =P

The game has been added to Steam just recently, but do not get it there as you can get better deals right from the official site itself (You won't get a Steam key, though).

• 3 Months free - Use the promo code PR-NURBURGRINGEXPO
  OR
• 3 Months + 2 extra cars + 1 extra track for $10

Honestly, I recommend the $10 offer, as cars and tracks typically cost $12-$15 each, and 3 months for a first time sign up is normally $15, so you're getting a really good deal from the start.

If you want to read more about the game, check out the discussions on Steam to get a better idea of what you can expect.

Now, I don't want to scare you away from the game, but it is difficult, especially if you've never played a sim before. You'll NEED to practice each track numerous times, every single race week (each week a different track is chosen for each racing series). You'll NEED to practice racing side-by-side of other racers, and how to avoid their mistakes, and how to make less of them yourself. You'll basically need to re-learn racing, and learn it in a realistic sense, before you even join an official race. That's what I recommend, anyway. But, even with the difficulty, and all the practicing, it's still a lot of fun, and it's really rewarding when you notice your lap times getting better and better. And once you get on the track in an official race.. It gets intense.

If you (or heck, anybody here that see's this) decide to give it a go for a few months or whatever, go ahead and add me on iRacing, and even on Steam if you want. Just let me know who you are. =)

I'm no pro and still have a long way to go myself, but I'll do what I can to help out, if anybody were to need it. Or, if anyone just wants a practice buddy on the track, that would be cool with me, too.

Maybe try first Test Drive Unlimited?

I don't know Asphalt 8, but just a looked at a video of it. Some of jumps etc. reminded me of a game I've been playing on Steam lately called Distance although graphically it's very different indeed.

There's also Nitronic Rush from the same people which you can dowlnoad for free.

Neither is pure driving as there's a little flying in each.

Thxs everybody for your comments. I will try burnout paradise, trackmania, flatout 1 or 2 and dirt 1 as I already have them. One of them must be at least fun for me I hope.

And I'll be on the look out for the others for if they come one sale.

I have no idea if I posted in this thread already, but GRID 2 is a nice racing game.

It's already been mentioned, but I think Burnout Paradise is probably the most similar in racing style to Asphalt 8: Airborne, as both are arcade racers with an emphasis on tricks on such. If you like Burnout Paradise though, I'd high recommend you branch out a bit and try Driver San Francisco. Both Driver and Burnout are open world games, but Driver San Francisco gives unparalleled freedom, and coupled with the unique theme it's lots of fun. You can read my full opinions in my review if you want more information.

I could recommend you SImBin. They made racing games like GTR, GTR2, GT Legends, Race07.... all these games are little older but very realistic. besides you can find online communities that make online competitions till now. (for example www.weissbierbude.com for Race 07)

And once again, I'll recommend Split/Second.
It's an arcade racer very much like Burnout. Main difference is that the power bar you build up isn't used to boost your speed, it's used to BLOW SHIT UP! Michael Bay style, potentially re-routing the track you're on in the process.

Road Rash.