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Title: i need a modern combat racing game
Post by: Nuke on December 10, 2007, 07:59:19 am

i just beat carmageddon 2, and i need another combat racing game. i dont care if its demolition style like carmageddon or cars with guns like interstate '76, so long as the physics are good. the ability to slaughter pedestrians is a plus. in the mean time im gonna try to find carmageddon 3 to give me something to do.

Title: Re: i need a modern combat racing game
Post by: Inquisitor on December 10, 2007, 01:10:02 pm

Twisted Metal?

Title: Re: i need a modern combat racing game
Post by: Nuke on December 10, 2007, 07:41:23 pm

twisted metal is too arcade-ish. same went for interstate '82, it felt like they copied twisted metal, rather than make it like i'76 which i thought was a pretty cool game.

carmageddons physics are something else. the cars are so overpowered and the roads are so bad and that makes an intresting combination. :D i76 was essentially dogfighting with cars. your car was configurable sorta like mechwarrior games, you could mount different weapons and turrets on various hardpoints. you also had a pistol you could aim out the side windows and try to kill the driver with. that game was awesome. interstate 82 lacked all those features.

Title: Re: i need a modern combat racing game
Post by: Dark RevenantX on December 10, 2007, 08:59:31 pm

I managed to keep my car in the air for a full 30 seconds in Carmageddon.  Holy ****.

Title: Re: i need a modern combat racing game
Post by: CP5670 on December 10, 2007, 10:16:33 pm

You could check out the two Rollcage games. Not exactly modern, but the cars have various weapons and powerups. There is a non-racing deathmatch mode in them as one of the multiplayer game types; there is no bot AI in it but these are among the very few PC games that you can play on splitscreen. They're a little tricky to get working on modern systems, but it is possible (and well worth the effort IMO, as the gameplay is very unique especially in the second game).

Title: Re: i need a modern combat racing game
Post by: Marcus Vesper on December 11, 2007, 12:22:37 pm

It's not a combat-racing sim per se, but I'd recommend Mafia anyways, as it's a chance to be a gangster in the 1930s, driving classic autos and crashing/shooting them.  Your mention of the pistol out the window in Interstate 76 reminded me of that game, since that's one of the things you can do.

Mafia (http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/pc/mafia) is an exceptionally good looking game with some great vehicle physics and handling, though since it's a period game don't expect to fly around at 200 miles per hour.  It's essentially a much more intelligent version of GTA, minus all the annoying console aspects.

Title: Re: i need a modern combat racing game
Post by: Davros on December 11, 2007, 03:50:12 pm

powerdrome ?

Title: Re: i need a modern combat racing game
Post by: Roanoke on December 11, 2007, 04:09:33 pm

Burnout 3 has some decent "combat" modes (better than the racing).