Rubber Meets the Road: 2017's Racing Titles

[RaychelSnr]

A genre once close to drawing its last breath has enjoyed a grand resurgence over the last few years. Amazing racing titles such as F1 2016, Forza Horizon 3 and Dirt Rally have helped push console racing forward, and some would argue the genre is as strong right now as it was during the days of the PS2. To compound the rebirth, titles such as NASCAR Heat, Need for Speed, F1, Dirt, Project Cars, among others, all have sequels that will be appearing on a console in 2017. The depth and quality of some of these titles will still need to be fully absorbed before we can quantify them as excellent (or even great), but the good news is 2017 should be an exciting year for racing fans.

So let’s take a look at some of the more popular and anticipated titles coming out in 2017 and what they could bring to the table.

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[Dazraz]

Let's not forget Moto GP 17 & WRC 7 are also to release this year.

[NYJin2011tm]

Re: Rubber Meets the Road: 2017's Racing Titles

I wish there was a current Indy series game. Does anyone know the last one made?

[ILuvMN81]

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I wish there was a current Indy series game. Does anyone know the last one made?

ToCA Race Driver 3 back in 2006 had the licensed 2005 IRL grid and some tracks and the last full IndyCar game was the PS2/Xbox title IndyCar Series 2005...which oddly enough came out in 2004 based on the 2003 season. It was made by Codemasters and I remember it quite fondly. Very similar to the modern F1 game series by Codies in terms of balance of fun and realism.

p.Cars 2 is supposed to feature IndyCars. No word on if they'll use Driver likenesses or licensed brands. Looks like some tracks will be included according to the developers official previews.

[JMD]

Re: Rubber Meets the Road: 2017's Racing Titles

ToCA Race Driver 3 back in 2006 had the licensed 2005 IRL grid and some tracks and the last full IndyCar game was the PS2/Xbox title IndyCar Series 2005...which oddly enough came out in 2004 based on the 2003 season. It was made by Codemasters and I remember it quite fondly. Very similar to the modern F1 game series by Codies in terms of balance of fun and realism.

p.Cars 2 is supposed to feature IndyCars. No word on if they'll use Driver likenesses or licensed brands. Looks like some tracks will be included according to the developers official previews.

I still have all 3 of the Toca race driver games. They are great.

[JMD]

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I'm curious why we have not seen a Project Gotham Racing game on the new consoles? Drive club reminds me of it a bit and though PGR was an arcade racer it was a ton of fun. My friends and I spent hundreds of hours playing those games online. I believe Microsoft owns the rights to the game , why have they not made PGR 5 yet?

[ILuvMN81]

Re: Rubber Meets the Road: 2017's Racing Titles

I'm curious why we have not seen a Project Gotham Racing game on the new consoles? Drive club reminds me of it a bit and though PGR was an arcade racer it was a ton of fun. My friends and I spent hundreds of hours playing those games online. I believe Microsoft owns the rights to the game , why have they not made PGR 5 yet?

I wonder that too. Could the launch of Forza Horizon have anything to do with the end of PGR? They're different enough but of similar genre and might contend with one another.