Of course for the majority of us, on your PC, you get to drive cars (and cause accidents) that you would never even get close to in real life. The feeling of incredibly high speeds combined with realistic-looking backdrops and roadside objects and all sorts of fancy special effects make you wonder which is more authentic - getting in your car or sitting on your PC with a force-feedback racing wheel.
Arcade racing games are appearing on consoles and 3D-accelerated PCs and visually, just keep on breaking all the boundaries. Anyone remember Outrun for the Amiga? Och, what a mess!īut that time is long gone. I remember my disappointment so few years ago as conversion after conversion of graphically astonishing, fast-speed driving games from the amusement arcades were brought over to the popular home computer of that era and just failed to accomplish anything that their arcade machine counterpart did. Racing games on the PC are peaking right now. Read Full Review I still remember Pole Position
