Any driving videogames taking place on the open road for PC?

Kinja'd!!! "Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy" (zipppyart)
02/02/2014 at 19:58 • Filed to: None

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A friend of mine is looking for a driving game that is truly open road, and doesn't want an NFS "open city" game. The requirements are that it's not NFS, and it's available on PC. I assume he's looking for a Forza Horzion-esque game for PC.

He's considered TDU, but something doesn't feel right about it in general to be honest, so what other options are there?


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Kinja'd!!! twinturbobmw > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/02/2014 at 20:01

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If it's more for fun, then GTA 4 is nice, plus you can add endless mods.

If he wants a simulator then City Car Driving is the way to go. (Also has a lot of mods)


Kinja'd!!! Dusty Ventures > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/02/2014 at 20:03

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Kinja'd!!! TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/02/2014 at 20:04

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Test drive unlimited 2 is fun but it's more arcade than simulation and the online portion has fallen apart since the dev got shut down.


Kinja'd!!! Anon > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/02/2014 at 20:04

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I agree with your assesment of TDU, it just feels odd.


Kinja'd!!! scoob > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/02/2014 at 20:06

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I think TDU is the best.


Kinja'd!!! TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Anon
02/02/2014 at 20:15

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Still kind of cool to pull into your private yacht on your Ducati.


Kinja'd!!! twinturbobmw > TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts.
02/02/2014 at 20:19

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I'd roll up to my trailer house in my Veyron. Houses are cool to personalize but it's all about the cars.


Kinja'd!!! AM3R > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/02/2014 at 20:26

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Forza horizon was a fun game to play.


Kinja'd!!! Montalvo > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/02/2014 at 20:40

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I think later this year The Crew is coming out.


Kinja'd!!! Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > Montalvo
02/02/2014 at 21:15

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that is one game I'm looking forward to, if it's good, hopefully other compamies will catch on.


Kinja'd!!! DuckDraper > Dusty Ventures
02/02/2014 at 21:48

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Hell yea!! Oldie but a goodie. And two's not bad ass as well.


Kinja'd!!! i-do-strange-things > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/02/2014 at 23:04

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rFactor.


Kinja'd!!! JeffFurbs > Dusty Ventures
02/03/2014 at 03:02

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Holy smokes... That brought back memories


Kinja'd!!! theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/03/2014 at 07:51

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You know what game I've always wanted to try, but couldn't?

NFS: Motor City Online.

Have any of you played it?


Kinja'd!!! Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil
02/03/2014 at 07:58

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I have. I caught the end of it unfortunately, not much chance to go far before EA shut it down.


Kinja'd!!! theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/03/2014 at 08:02

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Was it good?


Kinja'd!!! Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil
02/03/2014 at 08:12

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it was a pretty good title, way ahead of its time.


Kinja'd!!! theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/03/2014 at 08:18

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Dang it.


Kinja'd!!! Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/03/2014 at 08:38

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If you can't get any PC game (let's be honest, there are very few games of that sort), emulators are your friend.


Kinja'd!!! Dogapult > theuserformerlyknownasaluminumfoil
02/03/2014 at 17:39

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I played it for YEARS. I actually still have the disk.


Kinja'd!!! RotaryLover > JeffFurbs
02/03/2014 at 22:58

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Remember Zone?


Kinja'd!!! RotaryLover > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/03/2014 at 23:17

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Midnight Club 2, Driver San Francisco and my favorite...BURNOUT PARADISE! as suggested earlier, Midtown Madness 1 is the perfect game! But mods stopped rolling and everyone went with midtown madness 2 which still receive mods to this date. I hate it with passion compared to mm1...I really miss mm1.


Kinja'd!!! Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > RotaryLover
02/03/2014 at 23:25

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MM1 is awesome, shame Midtown Madness is dying off. I also wish MM3 was for PC too.


Kinja'd!!! RotaryLover > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/03/2014 at 23:31

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Oh man I remember the Midtown Madness community getting furious at Microsoft for releasing it only on Xbox, including me. There was even a petition and we bashed Microsoft for leaving PC games behind in the favor of Xbox. Damn...driving on the Archipelago mod in mm1 was just too awesome with a bmw 2002 at night....


Kinja'd!!! RotaryLover > Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy
02/03/2014 at 23:36

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Looks like a new life came up! http://www.mmarchive.com/forums/viewtop…


Kinja'd!!! Zipppy, Mazdurp builder, Probeski owner and former ricerboy > RotaryLover
02/03/2014 at 23:47

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downloading now.


Kinja'd!!! JeffFurbs > RotaryLover
02/04/2014 at 06:52

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No unfortunately not. Did you ever play the one where you would race on the great wall of china on dirt bikes or street bikes as well as a few other courses. I can't remember the name though


Kinja'd!!! RotaryLover > JeffFurbs
02/04/2014 at 07:53

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Motocross Madness!!! Hell yeah I did...but the demo only. I tried to get to the end of the map in the desert and when you do, you get ejected far away, like if you rolled on a bomb.


Kinja'd!!! RotaryLover > Dusty Ventures
02/04/2014 at 07:55

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The first one was much much MUCH better than the second one. I still miss the legal cruise we had back in the days that Microsoft Zone existed...


Kinja'd!!! JeffFurbs > RotaryLover
02/04/2014 at 08:20

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holy crap! I totally forgot about that. The best part of the game was that there was only like 4 levels and when you beat them, you got to play them all in reverse and with mini bikes haha


Kinja'd!!! RotaryLover > JeffFurbs
02/04/2014 at 08:26

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I thought it would be more complete...you mentioned street bikes. Could it be Moto Racer?


Kinja'd!!! JeffFurbs > RotaryLover
02/04/2014 at 08:30

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You're right. I did some looking up and it was moto racer i was thinking of. Motocross madness was great in its own regard.


Kinja'd!!! RotaryLover > JeffFurbs
02/04/2014 at 08:35

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Indeed! Let's not forget Monster Truck Madness!


Kinja'd!!! JeffFurbs > RotaryLover
02/04/2014 at 09:22

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Another classic!