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In 1998, my gf worked at toys r us. She got me the first Gran Turismo and I was a believer. It was the first "real" driving game at a time when every other console racer was over the top Arcade.

I've since got burned out on the genre and It's harder to impress but Gran Turismo is still amongst the top, if not the top console sim. Sports enthusiast love realistic sports games. Driving enthusiasts are no different.



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BraLoD said:
Trunkin said:
I'll never understand the popularity of racing sims. I mean, I understand the appeal for enthusiasts, but the fact that it's such a massive genre just blows my mind, It doesn't seem like the kind of thing that would have mainstream appeal.


Racing is huge in Europe. As Football.
Maybe it's not mainstream on USA, but it really is there.

Here as well, both Racing and, specially, Football are really big things, really mainstream.

NASCAR is insanely huge in the USA...this is from a racing, non-NASCAR fan.



I fell in love with GT 1 and 2, but i think part of it was the novelty of being able to play any car i wanted. I even played with my 1991 honda accord that i was driving at the time. I'm not saying the new games aren't better, but it's just not a new experience anymore. I can't even really go back and play GT because it doesn't really hold up well, that's why it sells for 1 cent on amazon.



currently playing: Skyward Sword, Mario Sunshine, Xenoblade Chronicles X

I don't know to explain it, but the game is pretty fascinanting and addicting. Maybe it's a mix between a sexy soundtrack, beautiful graphics, tons of cars and solid gameplay.



Bet with Teeqoz for 2 weeks of avatar and sig control that Super Mario Odyssey would ship more than 7m on its first 2 months. The game shipped 9.07m, so I won

The GT games always draw me in like crack lol



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Well... I love it since GT1... about being easy, do gold on all challenges and them say it's easy... and of course no matter how good the AI is if you overkill with a much more powerfull car it will be easy, why don't you do like the very serious players and try to look at how bad of a car can you manage to win the race?

In RL the professional drivers also drive more or less on a railroad and if you want to pass you have to work really hard, and the one in front have several limitations for the defense he can use



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

BraLoD said:
'cause when it gets a new mainline game I buy at least 3M copies to myself.

Seriously, because when GT hit it was vastly superior to anything else on any console until the time, if you want a better experience with the PS3, give GT6 a try, oh and get youself and actual license to drive against better opponents, GT has a really good progression system, I'm pretty sure you won't find it easy to win once you hit International level.


Well, after playing 6 GTs I would say that all the career mode is easy to win... unless we would be talking about challenge mode and license golds... normal races even with the equivalent of 10% less points is not that hard after you are used to the game.



duduspace11 "Well, since we are estimating costs, Pokemon Red/Blue did cost Nintendo about $50m to make back in 1996"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=8808363

Mr Puggsly: "Hehe, I said good profit. You said big profit. Frankly, not losing money is what I meant by good. Don't get hung up on semantics"

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=9008994

Azzanation: "PS5 wouldn't sold out at launch without scalpers."

BraLoD said:
Insidb said:

NASCAR is insanely huge in the USA...this is from a racing, non-NASCAR fan.


Oh yeah you are right, it's also pretty mainstream on USA.

Dunno why would he question it then, now xP

Lol, its just that in my experience racing sims don't give you the immediate sense of speed and satisfaction that more casual, arcade racers do. I find them leas approachable. If someone is looking to play a racing game I would expect them to pick something like NFS or Ridge racer over GT and Forza.

 

Then again, I don't know NASCAR fans.



BraLoD said:
Insidb said:

NASCAR is insanely huge in the USA...this is from a racing, non-NASCAR fan.


Oh yeah you are right, it's also pretty mainstream on USA.

Dunno why would he question it then, now xP

It's the demographic: most people associate NASCAR with the south (which, by and large, is the predominant location of their fanbase). The simple facs are that F1 has over 500M annual viewers, and NASCAR has over 200M annual viewers. 

GT and NFS:HP were my racers of choice.



Trunkin said:
BraLoD said:


Oh yeah you are right, it's also pretty mainstream on USA.

Dunno why would he question it then, now xP

Lol, its just that in my experience racing sims don't give you the immediate sense of speed and satisfaction that more casual, arcade racers do. I find them leas approachable. If someone is looking to play a racing game I would expect them to pick something like NFS or Ridge racer over GT and Forza.

 

Then again, I don't know NASCAR fans.

Get to know them then: go to a Trump rally.