Noob Q: Is rFactor2 possible alternative to F12012?

That's it Robert. I totally agree. Apples and Pears are both nice, just depends on what you want.

 

As stated by others, if you are looking for single player career mode, rF2 is not your cup of tea. This sim is designed more for online league racing rather than single player career mode racing. That being said, at times it is difficult to find something that would challenge in a specific area like single player without making the game a little crazy for some of us.

It all comes down to personal choice really. Find a game/sim that performs well in the specific areas you are looking for and you should be fine, but first think about what specific area you are looking for that great performance. Is it mainly just the fact that you can do a career mode? Is it the car physics and track dynamics? Is it working with the virtual car team? You obviously don't need to answer here, but in your head so you know for certain what to look for and what to ask about.

For solid racing online right now I use Race 07. For my current offline fun, I use Dirtbag's Dirt Track Racing series of games.

 

Hi Pat,my 2 cents ,get a wheel,get rf1 and visit OutlawsRacing.com and join the online action.

 

Hi Pat,my 2 cents ,get a wheel,get RF2 and visit sr4l.com and join the online action.

(if you want to go hardcore but easy online that is)

sorry for copying kleanphil, couldnt resist it

 

+1 Robert... rF2 is far away to be for casual players. If he want casual racing and play against AI in championship, chalenges, fast races, online pickup racing.... rF2 isn't for him. I didn't play F1 2012, but I played a lot of time GT5, and isn't necessary be a sim to be fun, obviously, at this moment, I wouldn't play F1 2012, but I think he would enjoy It .

 

lol , I mentioned it because yes i think RF2 is along way from the casual player and i noticed he is Aussie which helps and also we are gunna run an F1 Champ next year he might be interested in ,were happy to help. When RF2 is ready our members will make the move

Oh and were very casual

 

To the OP, RF2 and F1 2012 are two oposite tittles, one seek simulation other is an arcade and is designed for that, if you want to "play" take Codies, it's great arcade, amazing graphics, if you want experience simulation take RF2, maybe you can play with a gamepad, and maybe it's fun, but i think that's is not what RF2 is designed, IMO.

 

Honestly, I would get RFactor 2. The only way youcould be disapointed with RF2 is if you arent of fan of driving a racing car.

 

rFactor 1 actually works fairly well with a gamepad. I haven't tried rfactor 2 with a gamepad. I'd personally stay away from rFactor 2 unless you want to be a beta tester.

 

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F1-2012 simply cannot be an option whatever be your premises. There's nothing to do with apple & oranges comparison.

The game is a enormous bug. There are bug everywhere: non-sense weather (blue sky in Bahrain AND raining at the same time - LOL) your car will stall for minutes in the pits, there's penalizations if you touch your opponent but they'll never be penalized even they destroy your car, invisible walls for crashing, pace car bug, there's no championship mode anymore (LOL x 2) and the free practices were removed from the long weekend race (LOL x 3).

The driving model is better, indeed, IF you have a good wheel. It's far from GTR 1 or RFactor 1, but still... it's a progress. But the progresses stop right here.

So, in short: the game is broken, it doesn't matter which title you'll choose for comparison.

 

casual gamer + console controller = F1 2012

Blowing money on rF2 when you're only 1/2 serious is a waste.


If you cant have casual fun on console with mates. ?

THEN WHATS THE USE OF THEM ! ? lol p

 

You can delete duplicate posts you know.......

 

Xbox got me Forza, Forza got me with a good club, the club had PC Racers, I now have a full rig and rF2...consoles are a gateway drug, my name is Paul and I am an addict

 

Biggest addiction I ever had was CMR3.
Oh, what a drug. comming home from a 4 hours drive from summer house in the middle of the night and get on simming till morning, trying to win that championship!
Wife was sure I was nuts! (still is-sure)

 

Well i have to say, when i first got my hands on rF2 i was using a 360 pad...yep thats right a 360 pad,
and i could mix with the guys that were using wheels and pedals without incident...but then some kind
person sent me a momo racing wheel and pedals and i've never looked back since ,but thats not to say
don't use a pad, because i know that pads do work well for some people.

oh and by the way rf2 all the way...pad or wheel...just imho.

 

Agreed. I have the game. It's one gigantic bug with smaller bugs living on it like fleas. And if you're not careful, the bugs will have babies.

Compare F1 2012 to pCARS, not rF2.

SMS and Codemasters make similar games.

 

I sniggered like Muttley when I read your post

 

Honest answer. For serious driving or serious multiplayer rf2.
For a career game F1 2012.

I wouldn't compare to pcars as it doesn't have any true gamemodes either. Can't say about how pcars drives..

edit. I'm not a huge fan of iRacing either, but that would probably be the best option for truly competitive multiplayer experience.

 

This.