Are racing games now in the same category as Fifa or Madden? Or still central to gaming?

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ktay95 said:

SvennoJ said:
There's pretty much zero interest in racing game on vgc. No attention to Assetto Corsa, hardly any interest in FH3, was there even a thread about F1 2016? And GT Sport gets mostly negative attention.

It seems the racing genre is in the same slump adventure games were/are in. Perhaps as a result of the lack of local split screen with racing less suited to online play. Online there's a whole lot of waiting around for a race that's usually determined in the first corner. Instead of making online play more fun, racing games tend to go towards realism with damage and car upgrades which only increase the gap. Plus the "get a good wheel" attitude developers have nowadays isn't helping either.

Casual side, biggest problem is lack of split screen, needs 4 player local with catch up mode.
Realism side, biggest problem is uninviting to anyone but fanatics.

I'm curious how GT Sport will sell. It seems it's ditching a lot of its casual appeal, but maybe the name is still strong enough to lure people in.

Pretty sure a lot of the GT fanboys disappeared in the mass Sony cull. Maybe try VisionEck.

When was this? No aggro.