Gran Turismo alternative for PC?

[Windows i7 920]

Gran Turismo was my favorite racing series because of the insane realism and huge selection of cars. I have played GT, GT2, GT3, and GT4. The last two on PS2, and the first two on PS1. I'm rather disappointed that I can't play this epic game on my PC. I remember on the first one, if you get a Mitsubishi GTO (Japanese name for the 3000GT) Twin Turbo MR and max upgrade it, you get over 800 HP and the thing will own at any race if you can control it! On one race I overlapped everyone else twice. So, does anyone know of a game similar to this that I could play on my PC?

I also have my GT3 disk still. Maybe a PS2 emulator to let me play it? All three of my PS2s died. On one, the laser stopped working, on the another the fan died and it overheated, and the other one fell off of a shelf.

 

[vierasniper]

the emulators should be able to read it, i read somewhere that they can. forza motorsports should be on pc, now THATS a racing game

 

[BWGMTG]

Have you played Blur or Need For Speed?

 

[NotYourHero]

If you own the games already, get dvd decrypter and rip it to an iso image. Then pcsx2 can run it. I just did it this morning with my brother-in-law's copies of Kingdom hearts/II. pcsx or w/e the equivlant can run easily from the cd, as I do it all the time with battle tanks global assault. YOU WILL NEED A STRONG PC! Higher cpu clocks make a huge difference and so does your gfx card. Some games will just run like shit no matter what.

 

[Damsco]

race driver grid
awesome racing game

 

[chrisna]

Gran Turismo was my favorite racing series because of the insane realism and huge selection of cars. I have played GT, GT2, GT3, and GT4. The last two on PS2, and the first two on PS1. I'm rather disappointed that I can't play this epic game on my PC. I remember on the first one, if you get a Mitsubishi GTO (Japanese name for the 3000GT) Twin Turbo MR and max upgrade it, you get over 800 HP and the thing will own at any race if you can control it! On one race I overlapped everyone else twice. So, does anyone know of a game similar to this that I could play on my PC?

I also have my GT3 disk still. Maybe a PS2 emulator to let me play it? All three of my PS2s died. On one, the laser stopped working, on the another the fan died and it overheated, and the other one fell off of a shelf.

yap... i wonder that one...
my first car in GranTurismo2 PS1 is Nissan Skyline 80'..
the best car i ever played are McLaren F1, toyota GtOne in GT4, what a legend car...

perhaps, there is GranTurismo 6 for PC...

 

[RST101]

Grid and Dirt 2 are cracking games. Both are graphically excellent, game play is superb whilst fps is smooth and crisp.

Thumbs up

F1 2010 is also good but suffers from performance issues, if and when these are ironed out it will rank up there with the best of em.

 

[pparks1]

the emulators should be able to read it, i read somewhere that they can. forza motorsports should be on pc, now THATS a racing game

Forza is not available for the PC, it's only on the Xbox consoles. Forza is good...but to insinuate that Gran Turismo is not a real racing game is just downright silly. GT is one of the best racing sims out there.

In fact, I asked for GT5, and a PS3 for xmas just so I could play the game.

 

[Luckystar]

Oh god, the days of Gran Turismo, by god i miss that game and GT4 on the PS2.

And yes the Mitsibushi GTO Twin Turbo was the best, think i had mine over 900hp though, oh and the best way to handle it was to drive sideways round the bends, basicly.
The one thing i found is it depended on the HP the car originally had as mine was a second hand GTO, when i played the game again after stupidly and, accidently, deleted my save!!!! :banghead:

I think for now my alternative has to be Grid:RaceDriver and Xpand Rally (For customisation and the graphics were pretty good imo.

Lucky

 

[JusticeAA]

I can't believe no one has mentioned Simbin's RACE series. You better have a steering wheel and be ready for a challenge. The graphics aren't "nextgen" but the car physics are unbelievably real. I have GTR Evolution but haven't bought RACE On yet.

They have a demo on Steam and their website so you can check it out before buying.

 

[Nemix]

I'd say NFS SHIFT if your system can handle it, it feels more realistic and precise compared to GRID which has a very Arcade feel with some physics effects tackled on. GRID also looks very blurry, smudged in the graphics department compared to SHIFT which looks very sharp on my system. Personally, I like DiRT 2 the best if you can run the graphics on high with DX11 but it's a more of an off-road racer compared to the other two which are more like GT.

PS. If you plan on buying SHIFT just make sure you get in the bargain bin cause SHIFT 2 Unleashed in soon to be released (if you can wait for it).

 

[Rhammstein]

Simulation: Live for Speed S2, rFactor, iRacing

Mainstream: GTR2, NFS Shift, NFS Hot Pursuit*> I've heard nasty things about support, or lack of it, and no DLC will be released for the PC version.


Live for Speed is what I've been running since 2005, it's incredible. As far as realism, physics, tyre deformation, plus great multiplayer.

An S2 license is about the cost of a typical game, I don't recall, but you can download and run it in demo mode, to try it out. It may blow your mind! The only downside is the graphics, but people in the community have created a hi-res texture pack and HDR mods, etc etc. Live for Speed - Online racing simulator

 

[Seven Eleven]

sadly there is no real alternative to GT

after PS died i started playing GT2 on ePSXe.
no PC racers has such a huge car selection, parts and perfect tracks.