Best racing games for PSP??
 

Hey all...just thought this might be an interesting thread on RS's nerd forum ;)

My absolute favourite is Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition...hate the loading times, but aside from that, it's insane how much you can mod your cars, love the 3 city setup and the way you play through the game.

My close second is Midnight Club: LA Remix. Way faster load times are awesome, just wish there were more cars/more body mods available. Also, being limited to one city for most of the game gets a little boring and I'm not a HUGE fan of the way the game is structured (vs. MC3 DE). Still, amazing game and a ton of fun.

#3: NFS Carbon...fun game, loads fast, some cool concepts for wingmen, etc...but a LOT less realistic than MC. I like that you can customize cars, but not even close to the degree of MC.

#4: NFS Most Wanted...just bought it, haven't played it yet lol

Your turn.

when i had a psp, i liked playing initial d.

sold my PSP ages ago.

But when i had it, i had fun playing ridge racer. Don't remember too much about it thogh, as it's been way too long since i played it. But i recall that game had a great sense of speed, very exciting

Is the Initial D game a Japanese-only release?

is Ridge Racer realistic? real cars? can you customize the cars?

as far as i know ID is japanese only.. at least i haven't come across any english ones. the one i have is in japanese.

Ridge Racer has imaginary cars, no customizing but its a shitload of fun, madddd drifting around corners.

I love the Burnout series

cool...how come?

I'm REALLY not enjoying NFS after playing MC and want something new...

Ridge Racer is a treat for the eyes and the ears, and the arcade-style drifting is very easy to learn, but hard to master.

Wipeout Pure, and its sequel Wipeout Pulse, are both solid futuristic racing games but I take it you're not too keen on that genre. Wipeout Pulse has a very deep campaign mode.

The Burnout series is awesome, if only because of the fact that no greater joy comes from eliminating your opponents by crashing them into oncoming traffic/pillars/walls/whatever's on the road. Once again very arcadey controls.

I just bought Test Drive (Unlimited? I think...the one that's in Hawaii)...it's okay...very Need For Speed-esque...kinda fun, but nothing like Midnight Club.

that was my very first game for the psp and i spent a lot of hours playing it, haha

initial d is only available in japanese. it's pretty easy to navigate through the menu even if you don't know japanese

^I think I had an english version of Initial D..... from HK? lol.. but i spent so much time on that its not even funny... i wish u could play online initial D.. that would be pwnage haha

i'm surprised Gran Turismo never got ported to the PSP.

Due to the lack of racing games on the PSP, I am considering modding my PSP to play Gran turismo 2 (the best in the series IMO).

Can anyone comment on the quality of PS emulators and especially if anyone is running GT on their psp

Initial D was the only game I played on the PSP- alright but I prefer realistic Sims

hmm....I'd be interested in that too...

I bought Ridge Racer a couple of days ago and while it is fun...it's no Midnight Club or Gran Turismo...

Ok, well worth it. Gran Turismo 2 runs flawlessly. Screw initial D, ridge racer, club etc..

Driving my mugen dc2 again

You're using PSX right? Do you need emulators for that?

and how bad are the load times?

Load times are minimal, and well worth it. C'mon guys, need I remind you how great the catalogue was for the PS1?

Gran Turismo > Any PSP racing game out there.

FF7, FF8, MGS, GT, GT2, etc..

*only downside, are most PS roms are around 1 gig for the above games.*