I've been playing a lot rFactor lately. I guess the reason for that is trying to get as close to a realistic driving simulator as possible. I've also played LFS in the past but decided on rFactor at the end and quite happy.

It's great to see oil, water, tyre temperatures etc while driving and this is only listing a few of hundereds of variables to be viewed/changed.

Below is a screenshot of the 2006 BMW Sauber F1 car as modeled in/for rFactor.




Here you can see the Sauber in action on a track (actual footage from the game itself)



Features:

Physics

• Updated 15 degrees of freedom physics engine
• Advanced tire modeling
• Support for 4-link rear suspension
• Engine boost modeling
• Complex aerodynamics
• Head physics, cockpit vibrations, detailed bump modeling
• All-new track-specific terrain data file system

Graphics/Sound

• DX9 advanced graphics engine
• Real-time day/night transitions
• Projected headlights for nighttime driving
• Adjust player and opponent volume ratio
• See the apex with the Look Ahead slider
• Adjust your seat and mirror while in the driver's seat
• Updating real-time scoring towers
• Expanded and enhanced gauge and LCD features for vehicle cockpits
• Improved loading times
• Updated sound engine
• Changing engine sounds based on upgraded vehicle performance

Gameplay

• Career mode with upgrades that affect the vehicle's appearance, performance, and sound
• Define AI opponent types, strength and aggression
• Races can be lap based, time based or both
• Vehicle upgrade system
• Vehicle economy including mileage
• Ambient and track temperature changes throughout the race
• More configurable keys than you can shake a stick at
• Multiple Racing Series with vehicle and circuit filters
• Grid editing

Camera/Replays

• Full screen monitor and ability to rewind
• Freely move camera from any position including the ever famous exclusive ISI Swingman
• Spectator mode
• Greatly enhanced replay system including clip splicing
• Move, duplicate or delete replay clips while assigning camera movements to each
• Export replays to AVI files defining compression and size options

Multiplayer

• Completely new multiplayer engine
• Built in race statistics reporting to web based RaceCast system
• Built in friends list
• Server bookmarks
• Dedicated server, including single click option
• Native voting system
• Add AI to multiplayer games
• Built in IRC chat
• Boot and ban player lists that can be passed around
• Security checks to combat potential cheating

RaceCast

• Join or watch any race from RaceCast
• Search through past races
• Downloadable XML race results
• Driver profiles with statistics
• rRank formula utilizing a wide range of driver statistics
• See who's online and on what server

Open Architecture

• Extensive support for modders
• Easy to use customizable multi-language support
• Define a league schedule
• Rules to simulate different types of racing
• Completely customize your controller
• Drop in new vehicle liveries

Runs Best With

• Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 processor
• Windows XP
• 2048 MB RAM
• Geforce 7900 GT or Radeon X1900 GT
• 256 MB video RAM
• DirectX 9.0c
• 2.0 GB of hard drive space for installation
• Internet connection required for one-time activation

System Requirements

• 1.4 GHz processor
• Windows 98 SE, ME, 2000, XP, XP 64-bit (will NOT run in Windows 95 or Windows 98 first edition)
• 512 MB RAM
• Geforce4 4200 or Radeon 9200
• 128 MB video RAM
• DirectX 9.0c
• 2.0 GB of hard drive space for installation
• Internet connection required for one-time activation

http://www.rfactor.net

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Not the best of quality but give you a idea of how realistic things can be

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it looks good. i dont have a very good pc though. why cant they release an f1 game for the 360

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It looks amazing but i would probably need to get a better pc!

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That game looks deadly. Maybe I'll go out and buy it when I get a chance

there is a game for the xbox 360 being released called GTR that looks class. I will probably get it when it comes out in the spring

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Any links for this game? Might be worth a look.

there is a video on xbox marketplace.
thats were i saw it

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here is the clip of gtr

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Gtr looks really good aswell.