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The best. Period.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: January 07, 2003
Author: Amazon User

I have held an SCCA National Competitor license. I have raced numerous sport and formula cars. I have fueled Indycars, including the 1999 Indy 500 Rookie of the Year. And this is the best racing game I have ever played. It's the best recreation I have ever seen of car dynamics--if you are going into a corner and you come out of the power, the car is going to "walk" without being hooked up at the rear wheels. Tap the brakes in a 'light' corner and the front wheels load and turn. Very realistic. I have never played a game that so faithfully recreates the experience of driving a "real" race car.

And this isnt just a "plug it in and go through all the levels" game...you must improve your skills, and each level IS more difficult--not just a faster car. Each level is a quantum jump in ability, and includes tougher car dynamics and better competition. I waltzed through the GT3 category, and thought, "Well, on to the next level...", only to spend a LOT of time learning the GTS cars. If you are looking to accurately recreate the racing experience, this is the closest I have seen.

The only down side I have found is that contact doesnt produce damage...you can go through every gravel pit on the track, bang into competitors and fences, and the car is just as it started the race. I'm not crazy about that--I think you should be penalized for contact. But that is really the only thing I have seen so far that is disappointing.

I know it sounds like a mantra--but this is the most realistic racing game I have ever experienced. Buy it. You'll like it.

Lacking a thing or two.....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 21, 2005
Author: Amazon User

the game is fun to play, but what really makes this game bad is that you can not save the races that you are playing. meaning, if you are racing on a particular course, and you have to leave and you can not finish that particular race, then you can not save it and come back to it and you have start all over. this sucks. especially when the last race before the final mission is a 50-lap endurance race. if you could save your races and come back to them, then this game would be a five for me. graphics and content are good nonetheless and it is worth the money.

Doesn't quite cut it.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 13, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Nope. The best thing about this game, & what makes it totally immersive, is one of the camera views you can cycle through for your driving point of view. You can be looking out the windscreen & see your own hands, as it were, on the wheel. Now that's cool. But that don't make or break a racing game. The graphics are not top notch, nor is the feel of driving or the sense of speed. I don't race in real life, only on Xbox & Xbox Live. Still, I feel hella qualified in saying this game's not all that fun. Fun is crucial to me. Get you a copy of "Rally Sport Challenge 2", still a nessesary classic. The same can be said for "Project Gotham 2". Not realistic enough? Get "Forza Motorsport" or "Toca 2" (I haven't played "Toca 3" yet). Bottom line is a lot of other racers are better in every way than this one. (I bought it & took it back, although, bad as it is, if you buy it cheap enough, you'll probably play it some & go ahead & just keep it. Just don't expect too much from it, that's all.)

Close, but no cigar.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: December 27, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I keep looking for the best car racing game for the X-BOX. My two favorite games so far were designed for the Sega Dreamcast, "Ferrari 355 Challenge" and "Test Drive, Le Mans 24 Hours". "Total Immersion Racing" was the game I thought would take video racing to the next level. After all, it's been a few years, and the X-BOX should have more computing power than my dreamcast had. But I am disapointed with the feel of the cars. The road seems detached from my steering wheel. I can't hear the tires starting to slip. Also, I can't feel the surface of the road unless I hit a curb or something. On my old Dreamcast "Le Mans" game, when another race car runs into the car I'm driving, the jolt is noticable, and can be unerving. "Total Immersion Racing" is still worth getting, (I'm on the level now where I'm driving the superfast Audi R8 prototype) if only because it gets a little boring driving the old games all the time. I haven't gotten to the "Legend" level yet. Maybe it will get a little more realistic then. Until then, I'm keeping the Champagne corked until the next great racing game comes along.

Time killer

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 16
Date: November 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is one of those games which will take you to it's world and Trust me, while you are playing it you will loose your time and you will play this game hours and hours non stop. If you are a fan of racing games Buy this and if you Hate Racing games DO NOT BUY THIS. If you love fast and expensive cars BUY this game, and keep repeating this;
I'm buying Total Immersion Racing, I'm buying Total Immersion Racing... keep repeating .... good!
Have fun

Lame game

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: June 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is lame! I have been racing for over 20 years and the first review is totally inaccurate! The license he speaks of doesn't even exist. Take it from me, A REAL PROFESSIONAL RACECAR DRIVER, this game will cause you to have a wreck because you will be asleep before the first lap is over! Besides, if the guy in the first review was really a racecar driver he would not be on here writing reviews about video games! Like I said, I have been a real racecar driver for over 15 years!

total immersion racing

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 29, 2007
Author: Amazon User

once you get up to speed it is very real. It will get the blood pressure up and give you white knuckels.

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