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Topic: Lacks of realistic racing games on nintendo switch?

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Mii_duck

I'm tempted by MotoGP 18 (£32 at Argos), but user reviews on here seem to fluctuate between 'decent' and 'unplayable'.

I've high hopes for Gear.Club 2, hoping it addresses the mobile based flaws of the first game (by flaws I mean shorter races, no in-car views etc etc).

Fingers crossed for V-rally too, I'm excited by the potential.

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redd214

@Anti-Matter obviously some of us do. Thanks for adding to the discussion though

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sadegh93

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But i like good realistic racing games, i have played forza ms 6 and real racing 3 and etc.
also i have played MK 8 Deluxe and that was fun for me.
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bluemage1989

@ThanosReXXX Top Gear Rally was great in it's day and still holds up surprisingly well now.

I have high hopes for V Rally 4 on Switch. One of my biggest issues with racers these days is the 'petrol head bro' vibe you see a lot in the genre now a days. Fair enough for most people I get thats what people like but it grates on my after a while. I really enjoyed Forza Horizon 3 gameplay wise but I'm just not big into car culture.

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Cobalt

Even if it's not really realistic, the new Ridge Racer is coming... ^^

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FaeKnight

Yeah, one thing that turns me off on most "realistic" racers these days is the need to fine tune every tiny part of the engine to maximize performance. If you aren't a gear head, that's a kind of impenetrable wall. What ever happened to just buying parts to improve your cars? Why do you also need to monkey with every little gear ratio and roll bar stiffness setting?

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ThanosReXXX

@bluemage1989 Yeah, V-Rally could be interesting. I still have some of the older games in the series on the Dreamcast and the GameCube. I sometimes confuse them with Sega Rally games, don't ask...

But anyway, concerning your thoughts on the apparent culture surrounding realistic racers: I don't like these extremists, as I call them, either, but in all honesty, these come in all game genres, so there's also the fps and beat em up crazies, to name but a few. Best to ignore all of them, and just focus on yourself and enjoying the game.

Good to hear that you liked Forza Horizon 3, it's a great entry level game into the genre, and it's nice that it offers both the option for full-on sim, as well as having a quite royal arcade feel, even more so because of the crazy Hot Wheels and Blizzard Mountain add-ons.

I think that it is a good series for anyone looking for a driving game that isn't bone-dry and necessitates the user to wade through endless lists of settings to get some results out of it. In that respect, I could also recommend the Forza Horizon series to anyone with the same or similar issues, and far as I can see, both @ReaderRagfish and @FaeKnight fall into that category.

So, people, if you do happen to own an Xbox One, then Forza Horizon is well worth giving a go. And even if you don't have an Xbox One, but still have an Xbox 360 lying around, then there's still two Forza Horizon games available for that console as well.

And @FaeKnight as for its settings: in its standard or arcade mode, the basic settings that you can perfectly make do with, consist of switching some settings on or off, and it's only one screen of settings, so that should be easily manageable for even the most inexperienced racing game player, so no need for tweaking with the smallest of parts, unless you play the game in a more sim-like mode, but even that is considerably light, compared to what you just mentioned.

For the real "petrol heads", we have the main series Forza, called Forza Motorsport. The Horizon series is its more "arcadey" little brother, with all kinds of fun stuff like stunt tracks, crazy challenges and a more forgiving type of gameplay as well.

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JasmineDragon

kobashi100 wrote:

@redd214 and the majority of them racing games on the cube and Wii sucked. Nobody remembers playing them games.

Need for Speed Hot Pursuit was insanely fun at the time. I played the hell out of that. Bought it again secondhand a couple of years ago, wasn't feeling it as much the second time around, but still a solid timewaster.

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kobashi100

Remember the switch just like the Wii U has no analogue triggers. That's another thing which may turn off developers

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FaeKnight

How do you figure @kobashi100? A pair of joy con has the same number of buttons in roughly the same placements as a Playstation or X-Box controller. Plus a dedicated Power/Home button and Screenshot button. Playstation and X-Box controllers have a dedicated button for Power/Home only
Now, in single joy con mode that's an entirely different story. But Mario Kart demonstrates that you don't exactly need as many buttons for racing games. Also, the ZL and ZR buttons are as much a trigger as the L2 and R2 buttons on a Playstation controller.

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Heavyarms55

What qualifies as a "realistic racing game" exactly? A game where you hit a curb at 120mph and shatter your suspension, ruin your car, and have to deal with insurance costs and court dates?

Jokes aside, I do agree there isn't a lot of those on Switch. But the last one I owned was Test Drive 5 on the original Playstation, so what do I know?

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kobashi100

@FaeKnight and still the switch just like the Wii U does not support analogue triggers. Confused why you are going on about number of buttons.

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Alber-san

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Nintendo could always release joy-con with analogue triggers or could release a labo set which simulates them. These options would be so cool but you know, it's Nintendo we're talking about so... So much missed potential.

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FaeKnight

@kobashi100 I'm confused by what you mean by "analog triggers". Do you mean pushing in the analog sticks as a button? The Switch does allow that. In fact, one of the games I'm playing (fallout shelter) utilizes this functionality. Do you mean like the triggers on an Xbox controller? If so, you're talking about the ZL and ZR buttons. Beyond that, no idea what you could possibly be referring to.

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kobashi100

Alber-san wrote:

@kobashi100
Nintendo could always release joy-con with analogue triggers or could release a labo set which simulates them. These options would be so cool but you know, it's Nintendo we're talking about so... So much missed potential.

Yeah just don't see that happening. For some unknown reason Nintendo doesn't like analogue triggers. It's a strange one. I guess it's down to costs.

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kobashi100

@FaeKnight the triggers on the switch are basically buttons while on Xbox and PS the triggers are pressure sensitive. Digital triggers produce the same value no matter how hard or soft you press the triggers.

So for realistic racing games analogue triggers are much preferred. Having analogue triggers just allows you to be more precise with acceleration and breaking.

I can't imagine for example how it would be possible to play an F1 simulation without analogue triggers. Yeah it would be playable but the driving would be compromised for sure.

Even something like Mario sunshine would play completely different without analogue triggers as the Water-pressure depended upon how much you pressed the trigger.

Something which would not be possible with digital triggers.

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Matthew010

@FaeKnight He's talking about the triggers on an Xbox One controller. Racing games utilise these by making the car speed up the further you push it down and slow down if you press it less.

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FaeKnight

Are people absolutely sure that the Switch doesn't do this too? Cause so far I'm unaware of any Switch games that this type of functionality would make a difference with. Mario Kart doesn't need such functionality, and never (to my knowledge) used it. Even if the system it's self was capable of it.

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redd214

@FaeKnight yes the switch for sure has digital triggers not analog like the ps4 and Xbox. Mario Kart isn't a realistic racing game so of course it makes no difference. But as kobashi said it makes a huge difference in other types ofracing games. Gear Club Unlimited for example, while passable, really could've benefited from analog triggers

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Alber-san

@FaeKnight
Mario Kart is an arcade racer that relies on drifting more than regulating speed. That's why it doesn't need analogue triggers. However Gear.Club Unlimited, Moto GP and any other more realistic racing game do benefit because you can regulate speed with higher precision.

I think the Switch does support analogue triggers. Isn't there a labo pedal that simulates this? The problem is the joy con don't have analogue zl or zr triggers, so unless Nintendo releases them (which is highly unlikely) it won't matter.

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