Racing games

[vanishedchief2021]

Racing games back in the day used to be quite popular I am old now but still enjoy them but I see this genre of game slowly getting smaller and smaller why do people don't play many racing games anymore is it cost there are not popular

[Lime]

they're still very popular, look at Trackmania as an example

[Sherasonni]

I think these games are popular:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPU_nkwXIaA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3DEM6XDDTk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8_FaIBDxYw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXYsHe9q1qk

[Bathtub Shitter]

we're in an FPS era. Look at the most popular games on steam and it's all some variant.

That doesn't make racing games bad like i love ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ on my friends in Garfield Kart and generally being a toxic nuisance nermal main.

[Shiro♌]

That'd have to do with how everything has to include multiplayer to be popular. Everything's gone online, and so people do want that online feature even in videogames.
And, as you might've guessed.. The problem lies in the network connection, compatibility, and all that IT advanced stuff that I can't really get in-depth about, but doing with the cars teleporting, being unable to render the textures within time due to the advanced fancy graphics, and so much more.

Racing games do make sense to have multiplayer, yeah.. But the poor network reading is what makes people stay away from the multiplayer part of such games in the first place.

Besides that, it's also got to do with the social pressure.
- If one's friends play XYZ, then the only way to play with them is to also play the XYZ types of videogames, possibly only the specific ones that they play, otherwise the interaction gets limited. And we humans need that little interaction, even if it's limited to the online environment and no longer the IRL thing-y.

So, the popular games get people, and the friends of those players wanna play with them, having to play those videogames aswell. And so their friends do join-in, no longer having the resources for other videogame genres.

[Kydenius]

Oprindeligt skrevet af vanishedchief2021:

Racing games back in the day used to be quite popular I am old now but still enjoy them but I see this genre of game slowly getting smaller and smaller why do people don't play many racing games anymore is it cost there are not popular

I personally feel like Racing games like many other games lost their unique artistic style and touch. I still enjoy the old games for their nostalgia, but anything from music to style of the artwork is something I miss in old games. Granted, we have to accept we are no longer the target audience for these games ether.

[Vince ✟]

My main interest with racing games used to be the customization of the cars in the shop. The grind to increase the parts options was the fun part.

[Schamyl006]

They still make a Need For Speed game every few years. I played Unbound for about ten hours. It was more difficult than the previous ones.

[✘෴♡✘2♡෴✘]

Bad story,
hyper cars,
bad online community filled with cheaters
and micro transactions.

[Vince ✟]

Forza 5 is just ok. I wanted far more customization under the hood. The super cars are fun to drive but I like city street more.

[Psycho]

GTA 5 is one of the most famous games in the world.. and granted it's not ONLY racing, but that's the most popular gamemode in it that people play online.

So maybe pure racing games aren't as popular anymore because there are games like GTA where you can race in it, but can also do lots of other things

[Meister Donut]

In my opinion, racing games are still thriving. The playerbase as a whole has expanded so dramatically that players now have an incredibly diverse range of preferences. While racing games might not appeal to everyone, they remain a strong and beloved genre for many enthusiasts including me.

[Incarnate]

All the old players drifted over to hardcore simulators as every racing franchise was killed one by one.

Today you have two options: tedious simulation games that practically require some goofy wheel and pedal set up and practice for 30 hours to get proficient at ... or you have "accessible" (dumbed-down) arcade crap for six-year olds like Mario Kart and GTA 5.

Back in the 2000s you had games like Flat-Out, Test Drive, Reflex, or GTA 4 tried to be the middle ground with great physics, but the hardcore sim fans didn't care, and casuals whined the driving was too hard to handle. So the middle ground "simcade" genre was wiped out.

[Meister Donut]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Incarnate:

All the old players drifted over to hardcore simulators as every racing franchise was killed one by one.

Today you have two options: tedious simulation games that practically require some goofy wheel and pedal set up and practice for 30 hours to get proficient at ... or you have "accessible" (dumbed-down) arcade crap for six-year olds like Mario Kart and GTA 5.

Back in the 2000s you had games like Flat-Out, Test Drive, or GTA 4 that tried to be the middle ground, but the hardcore sim fans didn't care, and casuals whined the driving was too hard to handle. So the middle ground "simcade" genre was wiped out.

Instead of Flatout you now have Wreckfest which has simcade car physics that don't require a wheel to be played, same goes for Forza Horizon 4/5 which have a perfect balance between being an arcade and a simulation. GTA 4 cars had too much understeer so they have changed it. Forza Motorsport can be set up to become a simcade as well.

The problem are people storming basically every racing game forum before a it gets released crying, don't make it too easy, don't make it too accessible. This is where the harsh division comes from.

[Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...]

i like gt3/4 and the old nfs games on PS2. I couldn't get into any newer ones, unfortunately.
maybe someday.

[Incarnate]

Oprindeligt skrevet af Donut:

Oprindeligt skrevet af Incarnate:

All the old players drifted over to hardcore simulators as every racing franchise was killed one by one.

Today you have two options: tedious simulation games that practically require some goofy wheel and pedal set up and practice for 30 hours to get proficient at ... or you have "accessible" (dumbed-down) arcade crap for six-year olds like Mario Kart and GTA 5.

Back in the 2000s you had games like Flat-Out, Test Drive, or GTA 4 that tried to be the middle ground, but the hardcore sim fans didn't care, and casuals whined the driving was too hard to handle. So the middle ground "simcade" genre was wiped out.

Instead of Flatout you now have Wreckfest which has simcade car physics that don't require a wheel to be played, same goes for Forza Horizon 4/5 which have a perfect balance between being an arcade and a simulation. GTA 4 cars had too much understeer so they have changed it. Forza Motorsport can be set up to become a simcade as well.

The problem are people storming basically every racing game forum before a it gets released crying, don't make it too easy, don't make it too accessible. This is where the harsh division comes from.

Wreckfest is extremely niche though, and took a decade to build an audience. It was based on a failed Kickstarter project that couldn't even raise $82,000. That's my point.

Horizon is arcadey af. That's even more arcade-like than Mafia III. It has the same crumple physics as Watchdogs. The very fact people have lowered the standards of sim-cade to include Horizon, kind of says it all.

Also, I have to point out that they tried to bring back Test Drive Unlimited a couple months ago, and it flopped immediately. That's the middle-ground simcade market in a nutshell.