10 best races on the PC

1. Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2005)

13 years ago, EA showed everyone what could be the game about street racing - exciting, bold, stylish in the extreme. After two successful parts of Need for Speed: Underground company released Most Wanted.

At first, the game is alarming how street racing can do without neon and eternal night? But after the opening of arrival it became clear: Most Wanted - this is a very bold and successful experiment.

Unusual, but the right decisions in the game everywhere. In the single player campaign clear goal - to get to the top of the list of most wanted. Finally, the police returned to the series creates additional stress during races. Abilities such as slowing down time lets you choose from difficult situations and recover faster if done a mistake.

It is difficult to say how great was the contribution Most Wanted in the development of the genre, but that is one of the best races in the industry, there is no doubt.

2. Forza Horizon 4

Forza Horizon 4, perhaps the most beautiful arcade racing on the PC at the moment. The game was created specifically for Xbox One X, the most powerful console on the market, and it shows. In her terrific lighting, high-resolution textures and more Forza Horizon 4 supports 4K and HDR.

There are more than 450 machines on which you can ride across the expanses of the UK. Enough and urban locations (eg Edinburgh), and country - as it should be, with their herds of sheep and Gothic cathedrals.

And the players do not get bored in Forza Horizon 4 weekly real-time changing season. Autumn in the game is very picturesque, and in winter the car become unruly, that a slightly increased complexity.

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3. F1 2017

Thoughtful and addictive simulator, "Formula 1". The game is realistic even in the smallest details. There is almost all the drivers, cars and teams participating in the competition in 2017.

Realism manifested in the setting up of machinery. You can change dozens of settings that really affect the behavior of the car on the track.

For those who love the classics, in F1 in 2017 we added 12 historic cars: Ferrari, McLaren and other machines that were released from 1988 to 2010.

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4. Need for Speed: Underground 2

Few of those who are fond of games in the middle of zero, never heard of Underground 2. She was one of the most important races of that time and to this day remains one of the most influential.

Of course, the game about street racing were and Underground series, but EA projects have made street racing the streets at night is really popular.

Layfhaker chose the second part, because it is more elaborate: it has more cars and modes, wider possibilities of tuning, and better graphics.

5. Burnout Paradise Remastered

The top of the development of the popular Burnout series. The main thing here - freedom. In Paradise player is free to move at will by and large open world. Even in the races there is no clear route - only the finish line, to which you can reach by any means.

At one time the game hit the detail of the accident. If a player enters into a wall at a sufficiently high speed, then it shows in every detail, gradually crushed hood, broken windshield, wheels fly off. And best of all, that the same can and should perform with other players. Destroying opponents in Burnout Paradise - an important part of the gameplay.

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6. FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage

FlatOut was a breakthrough in the genre of arcade racing through total degradability levels and Ultimate Carnage - an improved version of the second part of the series.

The basis of the game - it's complete madness happening. Whichever mode you choose (normal race, derby or competition for discarding the driver of the car), the screen will be a lot of crashing into each other's cars, emitted through the windshield of people and destroyed the fences. There is in this permissiveness of some special romance.

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7. Assetto Corsa

Assetto Corsa - the main contender for the title of most meticulous simulation in the modern gaming industry. Authors Assetto Corsa had a titanic work on the game. It has dozens meticulously scanned cars and tracks as well as opportunities machine settings.

game physics engine allows for the aerodynamics, the temperature of components of the machine, and even very small factors such as flattening of the tire after a long parking. Another game with such a level of detail the industry is just not there.

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8. DiRT Rally

If Assetto Corsa - one of the best simulators of driving on the ring road, covered with asphalt, then DiRT Rally - one of the main rally simulator. The players here have to often travel around the woods and fields, to fit in tight turns and avoid bumping into posts or trees.

Game developers have managed to find a balance between fun and highly accurate simulation. In DiRT Rally plenty of opportunities for tuning machines, but you can neglect them and just ride on the detail recreated routes.

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9. Wreckfest

The race of the creators of FlatOut, which is most easily understood as the ideological heir of the famous series. The arcade Wreckfest diminished, but at the same time break the car became even more fun.

All the matter in a realistic damage system: if you want the machine can crush almost into a ball of iron and rubber. Each stroke leaves a dent, which can affect the behavior of the car.

In general, the whole point of the game in accidents: hard to find a project where they would be as beautiful. And useful - to get rid of rivals.

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10. Trackmania United Forever

Trackmania - an amazing franchise that combines almost infinite possibilities for creativity and high competitiveness of players. For those who have not followed the history of the series, it will be difficult to understand in all its parts and branches: there were so many. Layfhaker recommends Trackmania United Forever, because this is one of the most thoughtful and rich content of games in the franchise.

The beauty of this game is its versatility: everyone can find something for everyone. Love arcade racing with jumping, acceleration and riding on walls and ceilings? Run campaign. You prefer to replay the paths leading to dozens of times in an attempt to cut off another one hundredth of a second? You go in a multiplayer. Maybe you prefer to build complex race tracks, which require a response from the players and observation? Especially for such cases in Trackmania has a powerful level editor.

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