"Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'" (otto-the-croatian)
09/12/2014 at 14:49 • Filed to: pc games for kids
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"Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'" (otto-the-croatian)
09/12/2014 at 14:49 • Filed to: pc games for kids | 1
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I've been asked to name some PC racing video games for a 6 year-old. Sooo, any ideas?
Only thing I can think of is Cars 2 the movie game...
Jonathan Harper
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 14:50 |
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buy him a go kart instead
Jordaneer, The Mountaineer Man
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 14:52 |
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real racing 3
mr_gofast
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Sam
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 14:52 |
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You can't go wrong with any of the arcadey titles. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 was my first racing game at about 7 or 8.
burntartichoke
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 14:53 |
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Something like this:
http://www.k1speed.com/junior-karting…
I was thinking of games but all I can come up with is console games.
qbeezy
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 14:53 |
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Honestly would be better off with a game boy and Mario kart
Montalvo
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 14:53 |
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Burnout, Dirt, Need For Speed, GRID. I think those are the usual suspects for the my first racing sim package. Plus they have been out for a while so you could probably buy them all for $5 and some pocket lint.
Dubblewhopper
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 14:54 |
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Hmm any Grand Theft, just let the child run hog wild..:)
edit: maybe not GTA, Need Fer Speed.
Osiris - I can haz Euro spec?
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 14:54 |
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Go to Office Max or Office Depot. They usually have some of the older NFS games (Underground 1 and 2 and Hot Pursuit come to mind). They usually have them for 5 or 10 bucks.
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Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
> mr_gofast
09/12/2014 at 14:55 |
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PERFECT
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> burntartichoke
09/12/2014 at 14:56 |
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I know I came to the same problem. I'll figure it out.
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> Sam
09/12/2014 at 14:56 |
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Yeeeeah, I played that at that age, too! Good.
jariten1781
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 15:03 |
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Go to gog.com and check out the racing or simulation categories. Young kids don't care about the newest and the best.
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burntartichoke
> qbeezy
09/12/2014 at 15:06 |
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Or PS3 with Little Big Planet Karting
5-Speed Gangsta
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 15:15 |
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Nfs is your best bet. My first game was nfs hot pursuit 2 and when I was 7 I got most wanted, they weren't too difficult (compared to gran turismo 3 & 4 which I also had) and I had a lot of fun.
thegregorius
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/12/2014 at 16:42 |
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I've been asked by a relative to coach his soon-to-be-7 year old kid on the basics before we let him try karting for the first time. I'm thinking about using the racing karts in Gran Turismo 6 (highly de-tuned of course) and a racing wheel in order to explain fundamental concepts like the racing line.
I might be stretching it, but if it works I will report back. Hopefully, when that kid is around ten he'll be able to drift a Miata.
Edit: My bad, I didn't notice that the question said PC games.
Tohru
> Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'
09/26/2014 at 20:19 |
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Don't spoil him, make the little bastard grow up like we did. Make him earn his stripes.
1. Road and Track presents: The Need for Speed Special Edition.
2. Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit.
3. Need for Speed: High Stakes.
4. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
5. THEN he gets racing games made in the past 5 years.
He doesn't get a new one on the list until he shows he kicks ass at the previous one.
There's a few other ones I would recommend from my childhood, but most of them require downloading ROMs because they were on either 3.5" or 5.25" floppies, and they used code wheels for anti-piracy.
These games are: Revell/Monogram & Expert Software's Backroad Racers, Spectrum Holobyte's Stunt Driver, Papyrus Software's Indianapolis 500: The Simulation, OutRun (original), Test Drive II: The Duel, DSI's The Cycles: International Grand Prix Racing, and Spectrum Holobyte's Vette!
