Great game, driving still sucks

[Terminus]

I've always found it ironic that for a game called Grand Theft Auto the driving mechanics are crap ass. I really like the game, but it's seriously like the worst of both worlds between Mario Kart and Gran Turismo: not realistic, but not arcadey enough to compensate for the "real driving means all tires are racing slicks and no cars have suspension that matters" physics. Saints Row, Sleeping Dogs, and Mafia had better driving. L.A. Noire had the same issue, but at least it was period-authentic.

And I've tried with controller and keyboard, and strangely find keyboard easier to control.

Like I say, I love the game, but the driving bit is rough.

[similarly]

This game has possibly the worst driving I've seen. Even LA Noire was better because at least there, the cars had a feeling of weight.

[CafeMas]

I believe the more skill you have in driving, the better driver you will be.

[similarly]

It's not JUST skill. I've been driving cars in real life without a single accident for 25 years. I've played a LOT of driving games and games that had driving. I've only seen one game with worse handling.

The cars in this game slide around too much, spin around too much. They're too light and bouncy.

[Pairy Henis]

Then go play a racing simulator... The car handling is just fine.. and most of all .. IT IS FUN

[Alpacalypse]

Originally posted by ⓔⓥⓞⓛ:

Then go play a racing simulator... The car handling is just fine.. and most of all .. IT IS FUN

driving is a chore.

[Silencer]

"Saints row and Sleeping Dogs had better driving"

HAHAHAHAHAHAH stop, i almost fell off my chair.
The driving in GTA is miles better than either of them two games i think you need to just get better.

[Zarian]

Originally posted by similarly:

It's not JUST skill. I've been driving cars in real life without a single accident for 25 years. I've played a LOT of driving games and games that had driving. I've only seen one game with worse handling.

The cars in this game slide around too much, spin around too much. They're too light and bouncy.

No he means that each character has a driving stat. So certain characters in game aren't that great at driving. Not sure if you tried GTA online yet, but when you edit your characters skills one of the options is driving. (there's also a flying option too)

[RickyPrickle-san]

Originally posted by Silencer:

"Saints row and Sleeping Dogs had better driving"

HAHAHAHAHAHAH stop, i almost fell off my chair.
The driving in GTA is miles better than either of them two games i think you need to just get better.

Was about to comment the exact same thing, Sleeping Dogs is the worst of the two, but SR is terrible as well. Nothing wrong with the driving in this game at all in my opinion.

[Terminus]

Originally posted by Silencer:

"Saints row and Sleeping Dogs had better driving"

HAHAHAHAHAHAH stop, i almost fell off my chair.
The driving in GTA is miles better than either of them two games i think you need to just get better.

Maybe I do need to get better, but getting better in this context means accounting for crazy oversteer, no drifting, and tires covered in butter. At least I'll be well-practiced for any power boats in the game.

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[Avalanche]

The issue is that the driving from what i have seen doesn't increase...i was driving for real life hours just opening up the map and the skill never seemed to be going up.

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Originally posted by Jamie:

The issue is that the driving from what i have seen doesn't increase...i was driving for real life hours just opening up the map and the skill never seemed to be going up.

driving increases from doing jumps and near misses and playing races and doing drive bys

i know, its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ retarded, but thats what you do im sure of it

[Buck]

Originally posted by similarly:

This game has possibly the worst driving I've seen. Even LA Noire was better because at least there, the cars had a feeling of weight.

Perhap's that's because cars from that particular era weight a freaking metric ton.

It's arcade style controls, it's not intended to be realistic. The cars are modifiable to make them perform better, but imo the most common cause of driving issues with games like this is people who never take their proverbial foot off the freaking accelerator. That's the most common reason why the cars are constantly sliding out of control.

[Terminus]

Originally posted by Jamie:

The issue is that the driving from what i have seen doesn't increase...i was driving for real life hours just opening up the map and the skill never seemed to be going up.

I've seen mine go up with Franklin. You get driving skill increases from near misses and from driving at max speed, maybe a few other things, but not for just regular driving. I can't tell that it makes any difference, though.

[Avalanche]

Originally posted by fat:

Originally posted by Jamie:

The issue is that the driving from what i have seen doesn't increase...i was driving for real life hours just opening up the map and the skill never seemed to be going up.

driving increases from doing jumps and near misses and playing races and doing drive bys

i know, its ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ retarded, but thats what you do im sure of it

Drive bys? you mean shooting from the car as you drive by?