Racing Game Stress

[kainemaxwell]

Anyone feel sometimes stressed playing racing games?

[Kilik Kurosawa]

easily the most stressful racing game was gran turismo 2 and 3, also spy hunter for nes although not really a racing game

[Gzilla23]

Right now I'm going through Gran turismo 3 and i can say some of the races make me sweat...especially in an underpowered car were one mistake loses the race for you.

[postulio]

racing games for me have always resulted in stress, profanity and often times violence/destruction of hardware.


i guess its the fact that you have to be perfect to compete, the computer cheats, and youre always in a worst car than the competetion (or is that just in the games i play)

[evilmess]

Anyone feel sometimes stressed playing racing games?

Yep, sometimes. Like when you blow your lead because of some stupid error like taking a turn too fast when you know you should have hit the brakes going into it! Certain tracks can be stressful too, usually the more technical courses.

But it usually evens out with the good when you've broken a lap record, pulled a fast clean lap or dodged some traffic at break necks speeds.

[GrayFox]

To make this short and sweet, racing games are really stressful. It just gets soo damned intense near the end, and you don't want to screw up, and if you do, you lose the race, and then you get no cash, and then you have to do it again, and.. and...

Stressful, but helluva fun.

[Jibbajaba]

I think I get the most stressed during the endurance races in GT3. I mean, if you blow it and lose a race thats only 3 laps long then who really cares? But if it's a 100 lap race that takes like 90 minutes then losing is a much bigger deal.

Chris

[TRM]

Rad Racer and Rad Racer 2 always stressed me out. Now I've gotten fairly good at both of them though. In the arcades I sometimes get stressed by the racers...it always seems that you can't shake the people, even if you get in front of them. However, if they get in front of you, the distance between the two of you is incredible.

[Leo_A]

Racing AI isn't stressful for me on console games. Racing simulations on the PC with real people is stressful however. Have to actually have some skill to beat 20-40 people in online league races in games such as NASCAR Racing 2003 Season and Grand Prix Legends at anything from quarter mile flat ovals to the 14 mile Nurburgring in a 1967 Formula One car, unlike say bouncing off the cars in Gran Turismo and feeling like you accomplished something when you win...

[SegaAges]

i am playing through burnout 3, and they did not get rid of the 1 super stressful part of the game:

i will takedown some guy and use my boost while in traffic, the exact moment i let off of the gas, i see on my screen that the people i am racing are right behind me, but if they take me down, they get 2 minutes ahead of me or something. this has been a problem the game has had since the 1st burnout game, so i was hoping they would have gotten rid of it by 3, but it is still there. it stresses me out alot.

[kainemaxwell]

I don't play racers too often, but it is stressful in F-Zero X or even DKR trying to keep up, especially in later races, to get a gold or even get to the head of the pack.

[Cmosfm]

To make this short and sweet, racing games are really stressful. It just gets soo damned intense near the end, and you don't want to screw up, and if you do, you lose the race, and then you get no cash, and then you have to do it again, and.. and...


3 words

Midnight. Club. 2.

[postulio]

2 is a number HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH


/suicide

[kainemaxwell]

xxxxx

[EricRyan34]

Midnight Club games make me stress

[DigitalSpace]

Oh man, the Midnight Club games could get really stressful. Still had a blast with them though, especially II.

I've gotten stressed out quite a bit playing Mario Kart DD. Here's an example: I'm almost finished with a race in 150cc mode, and I'm in first place, and then a red shell comes at me. I dodge it with a banana peel, no problem. Another red shell flies in my direction and hits me. I'm still in first, looks like I'll be ok. And then a SPIKED SHELL comes at me and I'm knocked to 4'th. :angry:

The Gran Turismo games can get pretty stressful, too. And when I got to round 5 of Biker Mice From Mars on SNES, it started getting a lot more stressful. I'm still stuck on round 5.

But I'm a big fan of racing games, so I always come back.

[jdc]

Depends on how the A.I. is programmed.

Normal racing A.I. is programmed in such a way that if you lag behind by a certain distance, the A.I. will "wait" for you to catch up. Never "quit out" of a race. Take the loss over the finish line THEN re-enter the event. The A.I. will give you a break after a few attempts. Learning inertial drift ala Turismo will help in 99% of all racers out there....the exception being those like the Ridge Racer games.

GT3 was different in that the cars wear out after repeated use. They lose performance as time goes on. Always go for an oil change before putting a single mile on a brand new car......you get a small horsepower boost before you even use it. The more crap that you put on a car the shittier it gets. Reduce the car's weight first, add suspension, tires, drivetrain and electrical hop-ups second but don't buy parts that greatly increase the horsepower of the car until you absolutely need it. Lastly, adjust the transmission's final drive over one entire space on every car.

Since the release of Turismo 3, racers are a whole bunch easier, since the knowledge gained can be applied to all the others..

[youruglyclone]

i am playing through burnout 3, and they did not get rid of the 1 super stressful part of the game:

i will takedown some guy and use my boost while in traffic, the exact moment i let off of the gas, i see on my screen that the people i am racing are right behind me, but if they take me down, they get 2 minutes ahead of me or something. this has been a problem the game has had since the 1st burnout game, so i was hoping they would have gotten rid of it by 3, but it is still there. it stresses me out alot.

hahaha amen the rubberbanding is so insane that I can never get beyond 5 seconds...but if I crash I go behind 16...yeah ok thanks

also it's frustrating to play the new crash mode is a bit upsetting...in the second one you would get 10s of millions...but the average totals in 3's crash mode is about 200K. talk about a let down

[Iron Draggon]

Sometimes? Are you kidding? Is there a racing game made that isn't stressful?

[kainemaxwell]

Hooking my n64 back up and playing F-Zero X again is making me remember why I don't play racing games too often now.

[Single Player Gamer]

Ilove playing racing games with that stress factor. It makes victory taste that much sweeter.

[Oobgarm]

All video games are stressful in one way or another, depending on the in-game situation.



2 is a number HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHH


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If you don't have anything to contribute here, don't post +1ers.

On an unrelated note, this made me lol

[Pantechnicon]

Ilove playing racing games with that stress factor. It makes victory taste that much sweeter.

QFT. Racing games and levels in games (e.g. - GTA) appeal to my inner masochist. I'm a controller-throwing, sailor-mouthed, sleep-deprived ogre until I beat it. When I eventually win, I turn to cold, sweaty jelly once the adrenaline wears off. Hate it. Love it. Want more of it.

[RJ]

I find when I play a racing game, I get itchier & must scratch my nose, face, etc. more often than usual. Moments before a race starts, I'm vigorously scratching/adjusting/etc. so I dont have to during the game & chance any screwups.

[Sweater Fish Deluxe]

All video games are stressful in one way or another, depending on the in-game situation.
Once upon a time that was true. Games were all about stressing the player more and more until they couldn't take any more and then starting over and doing it all over again to see if you could last just a little longer. Today, though, it seems like a lot games are just about putting in a certain amount of totally unchallenging gametime to unlock some other mode or mission where you'll have to put in a certain amount of boring gametime to unlock a third mode or mission, and so on ad infinitum.


...word is bondage...

[Kevincal]

Some of the Gran Turismo 4 Driving Missions and getting Gold's on some of the license tests = supreme driving game stress! :D But it's all worth it when you fainlly win... ;)

[Poofta!]

racing games for me have always resulted in stress, profanity and often times violence/destruction of hardware.


i guess its the fact that you have to be perfect to compete, the computer cheats, and youre always in a worst car than the competetion (or is that just in the games i play)

this was me saying it then, and i have to say, i still agree =]

[goemon]

Some of the Gran Turismo 4 Driving Missions and getting Gold's on some of the license tests = supreme driving game stress! :D But it's all worth it when you fainlly win... ;)

The license tests in the original GT had me making up very original new swears the other day. I finally got my A license (all bronze) and a few golds for the B license. The I-A tests look impossible since TVRs and Vipers steer like someone slathered the racetrack with sweet cream butter.

[kainemaxwell]

Ok here's a related question: How long usually until you get annoyed enough to start using "unlock all xx" codes for your racing games?

[p_b]

I find when I play a racing game, I get itchier & must scratch my nose, face, etc. more often than usual. Moments before a race starts, I'm vigorously scratching/adjusting/etc. so I dont have to during the game & chance any screwups.


Ha, so I'm not the only one doing this.
I'm not playing racing games that much, but whenever I do, I usually have to stop after 2 hours max, because I just get too nervous

[Iron Draggon]

Ok here's a related question: How long usually until you get annoyed enough to start using "unlock all xx" codes for your racing games?

I did that with the PC version of Test Drive... I raced through the story mode and got almost to the end of the story before it totally pissed me off... you get to a point where it says if you can beat the Viper in a series of 4 races, you'll win the Viper... so you beat it in a series of 4 races, and then instead of giving you the Viper like it said it would, it says you have to beat the Viper in a series of 4 races using the same car for each race, and you're forced to use the Ford GT 40, which isn't nearly as fast as the Viper is and it doesn't handle nearly as well as the Viper... add in the fact that the AI driving the Viper drives it perfectly every time, and soon you're on the net downloading the cheat to get the god damned Viper and to hell with the rest of the story!

[snes_collector]

I find when I play a racing game, I get itchier & must scratch my nose, face, etc. more often than usual. Moments before a race starts, I'm vigorously scratching/adjusting/etc. so I dont have to during the game & chance any screwups.

ME TOO. Drives(pun intended) me crazy.

I love racing games though, one of my favorite types of games to play. I suppose you could say I love the thrill of the chase.

[Mr. Smashy]

Trying to get all golds on the driving tests in each Gran Turismo game is the best example I can think of. I thought I pulled it off in Gran Turismo 2 but they gave me an entirely new series of tests that made the previous ones look like nothing.

Trying to get the last few cars in Project Gotham Racing is pretty tough. Getting a platinum medal in every event in Project Gotham Racing 3 is easy in comparison.

[Frica89]

I find when I play a racing game, I get itchier & must scratch my nose, face, etc. more often than usual. Moments before a race starts, I'm vigorously scratching/adjusting/etc. so I dont have to during the game & chance any screwups.
lol I'm the same way...I guess I get so focused on perfection that I want to be fully prepared from the get-go and end up making nervous adjustments or something.....

Anyway, I consider racing to be the most stressful genre of games, but also the most rewarding.

[Ackman]

prolly not appropriate but I never get stressed playing mario kart 64 co-op, VS is great fun even if your losing and nobody is being a dick about it.

single player though > : (