rFactor .. worth it info and help needed

hey everyone
ive hit the ripe old age of 18 now and can use paypal haha.
so now im thinking of buying rFactor and may be able to get a good deal on a g25 , i was contemplating getting a momo racing wheel but i may be able to get a g25 for only a little bit more.

So my question is what is the advantage of playing rfacotre and how many decent mods are there . not crap ones
ahaha
thanks

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The advantage of rFactor is that you can play it online and the physics are better. There are hundreds of mods out there, with many crap but also many decent ones. Also there are hundreds of tracks to choose from.

IMO it's much better than GP4.

yeah but f1c had hundreds of mods and loads of tracls and it was utter shite

but ill take ur word hahah just waiting for my paypal money togo through

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take a look at www.rfactorcentral. I bet you will find some series and tracks you find interesting. ISI took al criticism and rFactor addressed F1c's biggest flaws. It runs smooth, nice graphics, great netcode and easy to mod. There have been 4 additional patches since the release, which added many more wished features.

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rfactor has some serious flaws, most of which are found in F1C, they did fix alot of the crap from F1C, however still alot of flaws from it. For me the graphics are poor. running on full details it just looks wierd. for me, Nr2003 looks alot better. For me it wasnt worth it, but for alot of others they really enjoy the game, so you might like it.

Get the G25

NeilPearson Wrote:
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> rfactor has some serious flaws, most of which are
> found in F1C, they did fix alot of the crap from
> F1C, however still alot of flaws from it. For me
> the graphics are poor. running on full details it
> just looks wierd. for me, Nr2003 looks alot
> better. For me it wasnt worth it, but for alot of
> others they really enjoy the game, so you might
> like it.

I wouldn't say there were many serious flaws. It's better than it was. It still doesn't feel right for me, and I'll probably never race seriously on it.

That said, it is very flexible, and while there are hundreds of mods, and most of them are crap, it's more than worth it for the 5-10 excellent mods. If you're not sure which form of racing you want, then it's hard to go wrong with rFactor, to be honest.

I'll also disagree with Neil - I think the graphics are awesome on the mods... the textures on the base game are piss-poor, but it was never meant as a game to race out of the box, so I can't really hold that against them. The sense of immersion at the fictional Lienz track(s) is unreal - miles above anything I can remember seeing in any sim, not just motor-racing.

and once you get the McLaren F1s lapping Le Mans....

the cars themselves look stunning, look at Dave and nicks 1998 cart mod, the models and textures are amazing aznd look good in game. but i have yet to see a track that looks good. they look sub standard imo

NeilPearson Wrote:
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> the cars themselves look stunning, look at Dave
> and nicks 1998 cart mod, the models and textures
> are amazing aznd look good in game. but i have yet
> to see a track that looks good. they look sub
> standard imo


i assume you havent raced VLM LeMans then.....or Teh Ring by Com8 or even Racekinds scratch version.
Tons of good looking tracks. Graphically its the best looking sim out there.
I enjoy racing it as well. Although peoples opinions differ.

I got it just for the Aussie V8 Supercars and the Aussie tracks, awesome!

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mortal Wrote:
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> I got it just for the Aussie V8 Supercars and the
> Aussie tracks, awesome!


The V8's do have a nice feel to them, and probably my favourite feeling cars available...

Havent got any of the tracks though, only Bathurst.

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"Trulli was slowing down like he wanted to have a picnic" LOL

rfactor... installed ages ago, then reinstalled a couple times cos new patch wouldnt work. now it doesnt work at all, even old versions if i install original.

chet Wrote:
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> mortal Wrote:
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> > I got it just for the Aussie V8 Supercars and
> the
> > Aussie tracks, awesome!
>
>
> The V8's do have a nice feel to them, and probably
> my favourite feeling cars available...
>
> Havent got any of the tracks though, only
> Bathurst.

im going to have to look and see if you were one of the whingers that whinged about that race we did not long ago

Nope you were good





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/21/2007 04:19PM by NeilPearson.

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rF comes to its right when racing in a league..

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For me RFactor will never be a good racing game.
I've got the feeling the physics are wrong.

Games that are good upon me: GTR(2), Netkar pro, GTL

Uhm dude, its the rFactor physics and engine that powers both GTR2 and GTL. With some minor tweaks, they are the same.

laurent Wrote:
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> For me RFactor will never be a good racing game.
> I've got the feeling the physics are wrong.
>
> Games that are good upon me: GTR(2), Netkar pro,
> GTL

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It's only after we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything.

I thought the gt games used their own physics and just used a modified version of rfactors graphics engine?

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Nope. Open up the files that hold the values for the cars and you will see just how close they are to each other. Most of the lines are completely the same, and then you have the odd thing added/removed/tweaked. I think that the biggest difference is that the GT games have a tyre model that is reworked quite a bit. You have more grip, and it is more forgiving than rFactor. Still the differences between rFactor, GTR2 and GTL are mostly polish and a bit of extra effort.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/24/2007 09:18PM by Morbid.