TOCA Race Driver 3 proves that there is a third way. It sits in a racing genre that has effectively split into two splinter groups. On one side there's the deathly-serious simulation, where everything has to ...

Back when the original Xbox launched, it had the desired killer app from day one in the form of Halo. Yet the Xbox 360, in spite of its useful specification and performance, still lacks the killer ...

Looking for evidence of how the reviewing fraternity is out of touch with the buying public? Then let's talk Need For Speed. Few would stand up in the middle of a pub and argue that the ...

If you took all the sports cars out of Jay Kay's and David Beckham's respective garages, and got them to mate (assuming a universe where cars could indeed go forth and multiply), and then left them ...

Broadly speaking, there are two types of racing games; the arcade affair and the simulation. The former is for those who like to experience the raw thrill of the tarmac flashing under their bonnet, squealing around ...

Let's get the good news over with first. Colin McRae Rally 2005 is an exceptional rallying game, and certainly the finest in the genre ever to grace a PC. Its graphical prowess is undisputed, it's extremely ...

Sometimes, you start playing a game and realise that reinforcements wouldn't be a bad idea. It's an experience that will be endured by anyone who tries to tackle Colin McRae Rally 04 without the appropriate equipment. ...

This scribe was taught harsh lessons in his youth about how 'hate' was a very strong word, only to be used in the most extreme of circumstances. I hate Crazy Taxi 3. But then hate, in ...

Arguably console gaming's finest rallying experience ever, the Colin McRae franchise is now settled into a cycle of heading for the dedicated games machines first, with a PC version some six months down the line. And, ...

Riddle us this - what's the difference between "F1 Career Challenge" and "F1 Challenge". Not much of a riddle we know, no doubt a certain fictional green-suited fop is spinning 'neath his enigmatic epitaph, but it's ...

We suspect that many people stuck in heavy rush hour traffic jams have had the fantasy of stepping on the accelerator, veering onto the pavement and pelting past the queued masses, sending sandwich boards and lampposts ...

We loved Gran Turismo and all its little Gran Turismo offspring, but there occasionally came a point in the evening, usually after the fifth pint, when it all turned silly and people started driving the wrong ...

Power meetings. Power lunches. Power creeps in the shadows and corners of today's world like a small, creepy thing that shuffles its feet softly yet makes its presence felt everywhere. Power can be fun too of ...

Game producing, much like film making, can boil down to clichés. Just as an Arnie action film must have at least a dozen excruciatingly crafted unsubtle one-liners and several explosions the size of a city, a ...

The world of off-road stadium racing is the subject matter for this particular racing game - and we're not talking about zooming into Old Trafford or Wembley for a speedy spin. No, this is the fast-paced ...

It's been a long wait of nearly four years since Geoff Crammond's remarkable Grand Prix 2 was released. Widely regarded as, far and away, the best Formula One racing simulation on any platform, GP2's legions of ...

The second edition of Microsoft's daredevil biking game is much faster than its predecessor, and is aimed at biking addicts who enjoy the speed and excitement of stunt racing without the associated risk of multiple fractures. ...

Detachable steering wheels, fireproof suits, split lap times, slip-streaming and champagne wasted by the bucket-load. Welcome to the world of Formula One racing, and with Microprose's latest heavyweight F1 sim, you can almost smell the burning ...

Ignoring the company's various games consoles, Sega will be known to serious gamers for what has been one of the most enduring arcade games of all time - Sega Rally. Pitting Lancia's Delta Integrale against Toyota's ...

Set in the legendary city of Chicago, Midtown Madness is a good effort by Microsoft to enter the 'fun racer' driving game market. Apparently, 65km of the city's streets have been faithfully replicated in the game, ...