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[Voost Kain]

For those who missed the last few threads they are here:

Best FPS of 1997 (Winner Quake 2)

Best Platformer of 1998 (Winner Banjo-Kazooie)

Best RPG of 1998 (Winner Fallout 2, very close competition)

Below, using American release dates for racing games released on PC/PS2/Xbox/GC, and it is the jam packed (so this thread will be open longer) games released in 2001 that are of the racing variety. Pick the one you like the most!

Project Gotham Racing (Microsoft 2001)

Wave Race Blue Storm (Nintendo 2001)

Burnout (Acclaim 2001)

Metropolis Street Racer (Bizarre 2001)

Arctic Thunder (Midway 2001)

GranT 3: A-spec (Sony 2001)

Crazy Taxi 2 (Sega 2001)

Nascar Racing 4 (Papyrus 2001)

Daytona USA 2001 (Sega 2001)

Simpsons Road Rage (Fox 2001)

Tokyo Xtreme Racer Zero (Crave 2001)

Kinectica (Sony 2001)

Supercar Street Challenge (Activision 2001)

1NSANE (Codemasters 2001)

F1 2001 (EA 2001)

Wave Rally (Eidos 2001)

IHRA Motorsports (Bethesda 2001)

Mad Dash Racing (Eidos 2001)

SSX Trickey (EA 2001)

Moto Racer 3 (Delphine 2001)

4c4 Evo 2 (Terminal Reality 2001)

Rally Trophy (Bugbear 2001)

MegaRace 3 (Cryo 2001)

XGIII (Acclaim 2001)

Stunt GP (Team 17 2001)

Lego Racers 2 (Lego 2001)

Driven (BAM 2001)

Racing Rumble (EA 2001)

ATV Off Road Fury (Sony 2001)

Test Drive Offroad Wide Open (Inforgrames 2001)

Surf Rocket Racers (Crave 2001_

Rally Championship Xtreme (Actualize 2001)

Batman Gotham City Racer (Ubisoft 2001)

Smurf Racers (Artificial Mind and Movement 2001)

MIdnight Club (Destination Soft 2001)

Mario Kart Super Circuit (Nintendo 2001)

GT Advance (THQ 2001)

F-Zero Maximum Velocity (Nintendo 2001)

Konami Krazy Racers (Konami 2001)

Crus'in Velocity (Midway 2001)

TALLY

Counted Votes go here.

 

[zero86r]

Gran Turismo 3

 

[DeathSparks]

I thought SSX tricky wasn't a racing game, anyway I'm going with Gran Turismo 3

 

[Cudder]

Gotta be Gran Turismo 3.

 

[JamboGT]

GT3, why is this a question?

 

[MadmanUK]

PGR, no contest.

 

[Theosmeo]

Burnout, or the Fzero GBA one

 

[Tomeru]

Gran Turismo 3.

 

[Ramsiege]

What these threads really make me realize is that there used to be so much more diversity in genres and choices for consumers than there is now.

That being said, Burnout.

 

[SolidSnakex]

Gran Turismo 3

 

[KRaZyAmmo]

Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec. Why is this a question? Although I will have an honorable mention for TXR0 for being TXR and being Wangan Racing based.

 

[sixteen-bit]

GT3 A-Spec

TXR Zero is second for me tho. I played both those games for countless hours.

 

[Soulflarz]

Are all these threads for a reason?
I'm convinced they're all just leading up to MGS4 winning GOTY a third time.

 

[deriks]

Gran Turismo 3
I have to say, 2001 has too many good racing games

 

[EGOMON]

Gran Turismo 3 hands down

 

[Hugstable]

Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec.

I expect this to be unanimous

 

[SatoAilDarko]

Taxi games?

 

[TylerDurden4321]

You forgot NASCAR Racing 4 from Papyrus (the makers of Grand Prix Legends and iRacing).

 

[Ecto311]

Project Gotham

 

[The_Dama]

GT3

 

[Zeknurn]

You forgot Colin McRae Rally 2.0 which is far better than anything else listed in the OP.

 

[soultron]

SSX Tricky for sure.

 

[TylerDurden4321]

You forgot Colin McRae Rally 2.0 which is far better than anything else listed in the OP.

December 5, 2000

 

[Zeknurn]

December 5, 2000

Feb 6, 2001 in the US.

 

[Valkyr1983]

Gran Turismo 3

the last good GT Game!

 

[TylerDurden4321]

Feb 6, 2001 in the US.

My vote goes to Colin McRae Rally 2.0.

 

[Colonel Nasty]

PGR but GT3 is the best one and IMO the last great one

 

[TheAdmiester]

Project Gotham Racing, absolutely no contest.

GT3 was too gutted out from GT2. GT4 is where it picked back up and PGR is just an absolute legend of a game making it the clear winner.

 

[jesterkap2]

Wave Race: Bluestorm. Please bring back Wave Race, Nintendo.

 

[mr_sockochris]

Was Metropolis Street Racer really 2001? Having bought MSR and PGR on the day of release I'm struggling to believe they were in the same year.

 

[psylah]

Gran Turismo 3 is the greatest racing game of all time, full stop.

 

[MulderYuffie]

GT3

 

[TylerDurden4321]

Project Gotham Racing, absolutely no contest.

GT3 was too gutted out from GT2. GT4 is where it picked back up and PGR is just an absolute legend of a game making it the clear winner.

I never played the first PGR, but this man knows his GT-games!

 

[5taquitos]

Based on the amount of time I spent on these titles, I'd vote for Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero.

I played that game so goddamn much.

 

[djplaeskool]

MSR was 2000.
That game was amazing.

I think GT3 beats out PGR for me personally.

 

[sixteen-bit]

Based on the amount of time I spent on these titles, I'd vote for Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero.

I played that game so goddamn much.

It was a great game to chill out to. Sometimes I'd just drive around aimlessly, lol.

 

[8bit]

It's Crazy Taxi 2.

 

[Falchion]

It would've been Gran Turismo 3 until I saw SSX Tricky. Tricky all the way.

 

[ohlawd]

SSX Tricky

oh man is this really a racing game though. played Mario Kart but 2D is garbage

 

[AllenSpawn]

I love burnout....but it didn't get really good until number 3.

And ssx tricky is probably my favourite game out of that lot....but not really a racer in my books.

Got to go with GT3

 

[5taquitos]

It was a great game to chill out to. Sometimes I'd just drive around aimlessly, lol.

It also had some of the greatest boss introductions of all time.

 

[muteki]

That's a lot of racing games for one year.

GT3.

SSR11.

 

[Cess007]

GT3.

Even someone like me who doesn't like racing games was hooked with it.

 

[AmyS]

Daytona USA 2001 (Sega 2001)

Newsgroups: rec.games.video.sega
Subject: Scoobydoodtoodtoodtoodtootdoodoo!!!!!!
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 18:17:55 GMT
Organization: Deja.com

Theytonaaaahh!!!! Let's flow away!!!

These are MR akita's (from tokyo JAPAN) first impressions of DAYTONA ON-
LINE:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

"I've just bought the DREAMCAST MAGAZINE right now, and
tried 'DAYTONA 2001', it's SUPER!

I've so get used to the relatively slow pace of F355,
DAYTONA was like riding ROLLERCOASTER!

It never drops any frame in both timeattack mode and
arcade mode, and it was VERY same translation of arcade.
Maybe there must be a lot of remake, according to the
Dreamcast magazine article, but just I couldn't find
where they are, it just me brought the same excitement
I saw it 5~6 years ago.

In that demo version, I can play only Three Seven Speedway,
the oval course. However, it was that DAYTONA I've played!

It is a little bit pity for me that I totally forget how to initiate
the drifting (that is most important in Daytona!) and the tight left
curve after the roulette, I always crash!

I didn't play the Saturn version because I was so get used to the
arcade version, and I couldn't control the hornet well with the saturn
controller nor the racing controller, i just need that heavy steering
and gear of the arcade!

BGMs of DAYTONA are one of my favorite, I was surprised to hear some
machine "SINGING" 5~6 years ago, and they are arranged in the demo
version."

there you have it, IT IS HERE !!
THE DAYTONA WE HAVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR HAS FINALLY ARRIVED !!!
WORLDWIDE NET-RACING !!
AWESOME !!

i will try to get some more views when it is released

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Thanks again to Mr. Akita.

ARE YOU EXCITED YET??

Scoobydoodoodoodooodooo!!
--
I will make this whole PLANET suffer!!
--Freeza


Sent via Deja.com

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!original/rec.games.video.sega/aPJXxjXh-uY/j8WRd_qfePsJ

 

[KRaZyAmmo]

It also had some of the greatest boss introductions of all time.

Some of the wanderer requirements were a pain to do. But I eventually got all 400 rivals. At least it's not like TXR3 where one of the wanderers is glitched where you need a gameshark to race.

 

[mark_79]

MSR was the best, Crazy Taxi 2 was most fun.

 

[sammyCYBORG]

F1 2001 was fucking dope.

 

[Kill3r7]

How is this even a question? GT3!

I guess if you wanted to split them up between arcade and sim maybe GT3 and PGR.

 

[5taquitos]

Some of the wanderer requirements were a pain to do. But I eventually got all 400 rivals. At least it's not like TXR3 where one of the wanderers is glitched where you need a gameshark to race.

I played it a lot, but I don't think I ever got close to getting all of them

 

[Saroyan]

I had the most fun with Tokyo Extreme Racer Zero, I love that series so much.