So, these two games were exemplary by the standards of the day, but do they still deserve a place among modern sim racing platforms? And what would the sim racing community think of remastering these two classics of the genre? A Lister in a Storm.

The engine sounds were market-leading, the graphics were pretty, real tracks were convincingly replicated and both featured day into night cycles.Īlso, GTR 2 had dynamic weather – and considering some modern racing games still don’t have this – it makes GTR2’s achievements all the more impressive. I know for a fact that on my old £60 Logitech DFGT wheel I much preferred the feel of GTR 2 and GTL over their direct competitor rFactor.Īnother major draw for sim and motorsport fans alike was the immersive feeling of b eing in an actual racing car. They had realistic physics coupled with excellent force-feedback (FFB) for the time. Those formative sim racing years come flooding back… However, GTR 2 and GTL stand out from this list for a number of reasons. They arrived during a purple patch for the company in the years between 20 they launched seven standalone titles, as well as numerous downloadable content additions, and most were well-received by the gaming public and critics alike. Sim racers of a certain vintage still wax lyrical about GTR 2 and GT Legends (GTL).īoth are highly-rated simulators from Swedish-based developer SimBin, with GTL released in 2005 and GTR 2 a year later.

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