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1. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Driving Speed: (122Mb)

   Sorry for the slightly late posting. I’m working on another large post detailing all (or many of) the online games that you can play for free. There are a lot more than I realized, so it’s taking a lot longer to write up. (Watch this space, lol)

   Today’s game is a racing game. It’s quite a large download, at 122Mb, but the quality of the graphics make up for most of the file size. It’s certainly much better than the racing game we were given a few weeks ago via the game giveaway project, and the benefits of this game is it’s free all the time; also you can play against your friends if you wish via a LAN or online. The only down side to the game is that there are only two race tracks at the moment, but there is the possibility that future updates will include new tracks. The two that you get are circuits through towns as opposed to race tracks. As you start the game up you can see a map of each map, which includes quite a lot of information and detail. The following is the introduction to the game:

   Driving Speed 2 is a free high quality racing game simulation for your PC. Choose from four high powered V8 muscle cars and race against up to 11 computer controlled opponents on two touring car circuits. This game has photo-realistic graphics, realistic car physics and performance, high quality sound and AI. Play against your friends over a LAN or internet with 8 player Multiplayer. Send your fastest lap records to the online world rankings where you can see your times against players from all around the world.

   System Requirements
   * Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/Vista
   * 1GHz CPU or higher
   * 256MB RAM
   * 228MB Hard Drive Space
   * Graphics Card with Pixel Shader Support
   * DirectX 9 Drivers

   Please note well: When installing this game you will be asked if you wish a free crawler tool bar installed. I would advice that you uncheck this box before proceeding further. I cannot take responsibility for you not un-checking the box, nor reading all instructions

   .

   CNET Review:

   Driving Speed 2 also includes an optional Crawler search engine toolbar enhancement for your Internet Explorer and Firefox browser. New version includes enhanced graphics engine and improved support for Xbox 360 controllers.

   Download Link

   http://www.download.com/Driving-Speed-2/3000-7523_4-10830437.html

   or

   http://www.gamershell.com/download_24742.shtml

   homepage where you can see some good quality screen captures:

   http://www.wheelspinstudios.com/drivingspeed2/index.html

   other images:

   http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=Driving+Speed+2&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

   Videos:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0J6iN0GFjs

   http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=yEzExRS_Afo

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuhAyyzaz_Y

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODpdUEtMWlg

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQGienzSiQs&feature=related

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFhYFF1yORs

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-2PM4rGvaw

   There's also another driving game that i think is multiplayer only, but as it's only just over 100Mb in size, it may be woth checking out. Thse games sometimes have a singleplayer option. The game is actually sponsored by Mercedes

   Posted 16 years ago #
2. 

   Boondoggle53
   Member

   Whiterabbit-ul
   just a quick note to thank you for all you have been doing lately. I appreciate the games that you have posted and the reviews that you write to let us know about the games.
   I have checked out a few of them and really enjoy them when I have the time to play them. What I really appreciate is the variety of games that you have found, personally I am waiting to see what match 3 game that you may find. My better half really likes them as do I. Well I have wasted enough of your time;so again thanks for all that you do for the rest of us.I don't usually post on the forums too much,afraid of looking dumb I guess.But I just have to say thanks.

   Posted 16 years ago #
3. 

   Deserthead47
   Member

   I'm another one who rarely posts (lurking in background most days)but just had to comment on this game,good graphics and a choice of controllers(I hate driving with arrow keys).Again,thanks for all these games.

   Posted 16 years ago #
4. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Thanks for the feed back, it's much appreciated. I know the game is limited with respect to having only 2 race tracks, but when you compare the game to the one that was given away a couple of weeks ago over on the game giveaway project - called Race of the Lost Roads" - Driving Speed is far better, and more realistic that the game giveaway (at least in my opinion). It's rare to find such a game for free. Of course you could try Trackmania Nations, but I'm sure there's no single player element to it. Well there isn't with the copy I got free with one of my graphics cards; though the bought versions of Trackmania may have a single player element.

   Apart from those games such as the Need for Speed series and others of that ilk, this game has actually got very good graphics. The cars are modeled very realistically, though there are no damage meshes included. If you like seeing your cars get smashed up when they crash (adds more realism in my opinion) then try Crashdays and Flatout Ultimate Carnage. I bought both from the bargain bins of the game shop I buy from, and am amazed at how realistic the environments are that you race through. I'm certain the original flat out and it's sequel Flatout 2 are also available for around $10 now. Check out the images of ultimate carnage and crash days:

   Flatout: Ultimate Carnage:

   http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=flatout+ultimate+carnage&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2

   Video:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=033uTGWiDpA

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swFLoCo5l88

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WUion0N2g

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WlHry98-OI

   more via the following link (ignore the first four which I’ve posted above):

   http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=flatout%3A+Ultimate+carnage&btnGNS=Search+youtube.com&oi=navquery_searchbox&sa=X&as_sitesearch=youtube.com&hl=en

   Crashdays:

   http://images.google.co.uk/images?gbv=2&hl=en&q=crashdays+game&btnG=Search+Images

   Video:

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14z5WG4ySL8&feature=related

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlBxonr5CQE

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwAEYdlpUUA

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFpX52aRKEg

   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7BDijb5Gps

   more via the following link (ignore the first four which I’ve posted above):

   http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=crashday&btnGNS=Search+youtube.com&oi=navquery_searchbox&sa=X&as_sitesearch=youtube.com&hl=en

   Other games I would recommend are Colin McRae’s rally game called “Dirt” It has some amazing environments, which though not as destructible as the ones in Flatout; are nevertheless, very realistic. I’ve only touched the surface of car and racing games. after recently getting back into them (thanks to a good friend who gave me the registration for the online game 'live for speed') so cannot review most of them. (I have the ones already mentioned plus, the last two need for speed games, Carbon and “Pro Street” Live for Speed, Race 07, GTR2, plus some older ones such as Midtown Madness 1 and 2, which despite being several years old now, have a great feeling about them. You can wander around places like San Francisco and London, avoiding police after running red lights etc, just sight seeing, or partaking in races of different types. You can even go underground in places like the London map. you just have to find one of the underground stations first. I also like to play the Big’ Mutha’ Truckers games, (1 & 2) I’ve not got the 16 Wheels of Steel games yet, but intend to when the opportunity arises. :) There’s a couple that have recently been released that I’ve forgotten the names of I think it’s something like Grid, which I think I’ll buy as well.

   If anyone has a favorite car racing game that I’ve not mentioned above, I’d love to hear about them here in this thread. I’m always on the look out for decent racing games. I have some Motocross and bike racing games, but nothing recent. I’ve just given away the most recent one I had called Motoracer 3. :)

   I’ve only had a few takers with respect to the racing games I offered free a couple of weeks ago. I’ll repeat the ones I still have to give away:

   Doomsday Racers (2006)
   Taxi Racer London 2 (2000)
   Colin McRae Rally (1998)
   Screamer 4x4 (2000)
   Super Taxi Driver (?)
   Motocross Mania (2000)
   London Racer (?)

   And one for the young ‘uns one called Big Action Garage (4 to 7 year olds)

   All the above are the original CD/DVD versions of the game. There’s no obligation whatsoever if you decide you want one then let me know. Get in touch with the admin’s via your PM; so that you can Email me your address and I’ll send the game onto you at no cost to yourself. I may not send the actual case though so as to save on the postage costs, but I will send the case sleeve and the original disc. b.t.w. - I’m not a business looking to harvest peoples addresses, lol.

   Posted 16 years ago #
5. 

   delenn13
   Minbari Ambassador

   OK Like usual I am lost...the meds make me crazy.

   So...is the Driving Speed game a single player also? I need to know because our ISP has a bandwidth cap so playing on the internet or over a LAN etc is out of the question. The hubby loves these sort of games. I am just not sure about the terminology sometimes as to what things are..LOL

   WR, thank you for making these threads. If you have to miss a day or 2 do not feel bad as you have given us a lot of games as it is. I haven't downloaded a lot of them but I have them in my BM's(giggle, giggle). I am learning so much about games thanks to you. And as far as you harvesting emails addys..the thought never crossed my mind.

   Posted 16 years ago #
6. 

   Deserthead47
   Member

   Trackmania Nations d/l'd from Nadeo site does have a single player mode,also a couple of their other demos are not time limited.

   Posted 16 years ago #
7. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Hi Delenn13, yes, there's a proper singleplayer mode where you race against other cars.

   Hi Deserthead, when you say theres a single player campaign. Do you mean that you can race against other cars without having to go multiplayer? I know that you can build tracks and race on your own, but I didn't know there as an AI built in so that you can race against other cars in singleplayer? I'll have to re-install it and check, but I'm sure I throughly checked the first time I installed it.

   Regards

   Stephen

   Posted 16 years ago #
8. 

   Deserthead47
   Member

   It's a race against the clock,single tracks getting more difficult as you progress.Reach a good speed and get access to next level. Another game which does have an arcade mode (6 car races)is
   "Rally Trophy" by JoWood studios,not free but an be found cheaply online.Both these games kept me amused for hours when I had to stop working.I usually just trawl the gaming sites looking for playable demo's,and pick up any of the games I enjoy as cheap as I can.

   Posted 16 years ago #
9. 

   Whiterabbit-uk
   Games Guru

   Okay; personally I don't regard such games as single player (though I suppose technically they are) I'd soon get bored of just trying to beat my times if there wasn't other cars to race with. But that's just a personal thing.

   Posted 16 years ago #
10. 

    kilgor 1
    Member

    Whiterabbit,
    I'm glad you're doing this but I have a problem with some of your games.
    Island Wars: there is no way to control the gamers biplane. I was only able to find instructions for getting out of the game.

    Driving Speed: Error - Unable to execute file in the temporary directory. Setup aborted. Error 2: The system cannot find the file specified.

    I downloaded this from both of the strings you posted and got the same error on both.

    If you or anyone else have information on how to fix this, please advise here.

    Thank you,
    kilgor 1

    Posted 16 years ago #
11. 

    Whiterabbit-uk
    Games Guru

    Hi kilgor 1. Try cleaning out your temporary folders and internet cache (right click on your internet browser and select internet properties. You can delete everthing from that window.

    I cannot figure why you are getting the error. I your computer up to date with respect to drivers. Have you defragmented your drive recewntly, and have you done a disc clean up recently? If the answe rto any of these is no, then I'd try rectifying those then try again.

    Also see if you can run the second racing game. There's no AI, so no cars to race against. but you can still play the game doing time trials. Though the purpose of the download would be to see if it runs or comes up with the same error as Driving Speed. I hope this helps.

    Regards

    Stephen

    Posted 16 years ago #

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