![]() This takes a fair amount of time and my advice to new drivers is to crank everything right down to begin with, before pushing things up. Within these difficulties you can tweak settings to try and find the mode of play that compares to your own driving skill. RealismThe game offers three difficulty levels: novice, semi-pro and simulation. If you allow yourself to get submerged in a race properly, then it becomes an experience the likes of which cannot be achieved in other racing games on the PC. Unlike other games, you're constantly worrying that at any moment you will make a mistake and that such a mistake will forfeit all the good work that you have done. Holding on to your position in a race, whilst watching the guy behind you in your rear view mirror is a tense, nail-biting experience (well obviously not nail-biting because then how would you hold the steering wheel but. This realism does bring a whole new dynamic to the gaming experience however. ![]() After committing twenty minutes or so to a race, only to make one small mistake and have that entire time wiped out, isn't my idea of fun. I found this non-existent margin for error, although completely realistic, hugely annoying. Instead you'll be left dwindling at the back of the race screaming obscenities into your monitor. The driving is not forgiving make a mistake and the computer won't let you off the hook by keeping the computer within catching distance. The realistic time element of the game is mirrored by the realistic way the cars handle. Die-hard racing fans will be chomping at the bit to waste days driving round the same track over and over again. Surely someone from the medical profession should help these people.Ĭlick to EnlargeI suppose the answer to this puzzling question is the racing enthusiast's desire for authenticity. The rewards for competing in such a race are no greater than competing in the shortened 24 minute version, and secondly – surely there are health issues (physical and mental) with anyone who wants to spend an entire day racing round the same course whilst sitting at their computer. You can, thank the lord, tone this down to a 24 minute race but what really confuses me is the idea that anyone would actually want to spend 24 hours of their life racing round the same track in a game. In one of the races you get the chance to compete in a full 24 hour competition. This leads me onto my first criticism - does anyone really want this kind of realism, especially as the default option? Be warned, however - without tinkering with the in game options you could end up taking on a race that lasts upwards of 3 hours. ![]() In this mode you get to choose the car you want to race and then take on the tracks in the order they were raced in. If you're a hardcore fan of the series you might fancy jumping straight into the FIA-GT 2003 or 2004 official Championship. Championship DrivingMoving onto the single player game you're swamped with a huge amount of options.
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