Pro Race Driver

by Codemasters

Product Details

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• ASIN: B00006472L
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches ; 7.2 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: April 15, 2003
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,912 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Following hot on the heels of the PlayStation 2 version, Pro Race Driver is now coming to the PC. Pro Race Driver promises the most absorbing racing experience ever, by allowing players to race as a touring car professionals in a gaming experience packed with 13 championships, 38 real-life, internationally renowned, race circuits and 42 real touring and sports cars. Featuring stunning graphical detail of high-impact collision damage, on the world's most expensive touring cars. With Internet and Local Area Network capabilities, challenge racers around the world to tear up the track.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GT3 Killer, December 28, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Pro Race Driver (CD-ROM)

Why do people keep comparing this to GT3? It beats GT3 in every way. Let's see... realistic damage modeling, much better physics... Oh yeah, there isn't 150+ cars. Whatever, I'd rather have 10 cars that can show incredible damage (which actually affects how the car drives) than 150+ cars that can't even move in 3 dimensions (jumping off hills in the rally stages doesn't count).

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars BEST RACING GAME EVER!!!, December 17, 2002

By 

Alex Josef "aalexx3" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pro Race Driver (CD-ROM)

I was lucky enough to get my hands on some PC preview code and this is by far the best racing game ever. The cars handle exceptionally well and you can really tell the difference when you make minor tweaks to the suspension or downforce. The character-driven story is great also - much more engrossing than just being a car on a track. I haven't played the PS2 version, but a friend of mine got it and said it was the best racing game he had played since Gran Turismo - now that's saying something.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun for what it's worth, February 21, 2004

By 

shay (Vancouver, BC Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pro Race Driver (CD-ROM)

First off I'd just like to say that I think this is a fun game. It is not exactly a simulation, not by any stretch really, but I don't know of anything else like it on the PC (yet), and there are some tweaks you can do to make it a more-than-half-decent game. The first thing you should do if you get this game is go into the Bonus Code section in the Options and input the code SIM. That will switch it over to a much better "simulation" physics model, in my opinion. I played this game for 3 days before discovering this little piece of advice tucked away at the end of the read-me file, and I swear it improved the game 100%. Now the cars handle a lot better, you can take turns smoothly, you don't skid out as badly (i.e. you can actually recover from some skids instead of sliding across the gravel into a wall), steering is less skittish. It's a bit like turning the steering sensitivity down (which is not an option that I can find elsewhere in the game), but much better. I am not sure about the feel of the various cars in this mode(i.e. front wheel drive vs. rear-wheel drive etc.), I'm not sure if that's improved too because I rushed on here to tell everyone about the SIM code. Why the simulation mode isn't just a menu option is beyond me, it really is much better than the default mode. The game still feels a bit like arcade racing when in sim mode, but that can be a lot of fun. They recommend you have an analog controller for the SIM mode, but I would presume if you are buying racing games you already have one of those. The other tweak I would suggest is to lower the graphics detail/resolution until you get a decent frame rate, any hiccups in the frame rate will make any racing game frustrating to play. I have a half-decent system and I have to play in 800x600 to get a consistently high frame rate (and I win more that way!) The game still looks good at that resolution, and the career mode is kinda fun in a cheesy sort of way. Enjoy! oh, there's a patch for the net lag problem at Codemasters but I haven't tried it.