Have Your Say: What is the Worst Sim Car You Have Ever Driven?

[LukeT222]

Rfactor 1 formula Nippon Mod. That was atrocious.

If I remember right (although it was a long time ago) wasn't that mod just a skin pack for the stock (also awful IMO) Formula IS.

 

[Nick Hill]

I hate to pile on the "Formula Dirt" in Automobilista but AMS is all I play and that one really takes the cake. Its such a step down from everything else in the amazing product that it sticks out. I think the (lack of) track options hurts it's appeal too.

I am an unabashed AMS fanboy, but that formula dirt car is a mess! I've started up multiple times with the intention of mastering it, but it always leads to a frustration induced abort. Perhaps loose surface is kryptonite to Niel's apparent physics modelling superpowers?

 

[Austin Ogonoski]

The amount of times rF2 and iRacing are mentioned in this thread is worrying.

World class simulators and yet people are saying they have some of the worst sim cars of all time.

Clearly something is amiss.

 

[ThatRacingGuy]

Probably the whole GT3 class in IRacing. Not because the cars are bad. But the people driving in them lol.

All jokes aside.

Probably the Formula Dirt it has no grunt at all!

 

[Achim Demuth]

RUF Porsche in AC. Breaks just don´t work.

 

[ShredatorFIN]

I don't know, but I'd like to answer something that will offend someone. Suggestions?

Seriously though, can we next vote on worst RD post pinned on front page? I rate this one pretty high

 

[Robert_S]

Boats from need for speed shift 2

 

[someur]

rF2 Skip Barber.

That's actually for me the best combo

 

[leseb64]

The amount of times rF2 and iRacing are mentioned in this thread is worrying.

World class simulators and yet people are saying they have some of the worst sim cars of all time.

Clearly something is amiss.

because assetto fanboy people...

 

[Sergio Loro]

LMAO - the intro to the wiki article is worth reading..."allegedly"

Awesome concept for a game; awful execution.

some people complain about "lack of grip" on modern sims, try this game and you will understand what is lack of grip really

 

[Martin Vindis]

Some may want to hunt me down for saying this but the worst car(s) I've driven has to be the Apex GT3 mod. The cars feels dead and and the understeer is killing me. It's just so unsatisfying to me.

 

[Emery]

 

[Keith Joyce]

Should feature this as a regular club race...

 

[Akra]

because assetto fanboy people...

I'm no fanboy. I play Assetto Corsa, I used to work for Reiza Studios, so obviously I enjoy their products, I own pCARS and love DiRT Rally. I qualified for original iRacing World Championship or whatever it was called. I play a lot of different products. But I can't deny iRacing has had some of the most broken physics of any sim, despite the money thrown at it. Remember when iRacing first launched, following another car actually caused oversteer - not understeer. So lets not pretend that just because it's big that it's great. The HPD was pretty horrendous on launch, and there were times the street cars were difficult to drive within street speed limits.

 

[JPL083]

The amount of times rF2 and iRacing are mentioned in this thread is worrying.

World class simulators and yet people are saying they have some of the worst sim cars of all time.

Clearly something is amiss.

Maybe theyr not so much as called sim-racers. Only going with the hate train because some reasons like the craphics blaa blaa or just one thing isnt simulated absolute perfectly. Yet they play games that are at least half less simulators like AC. PC. Only coz its cool to like them, and easy aproach, like console games. Just hop in and drive, and after all they mostly drive those because of the looks, or half looks half feel. But when you put them drive a simulator that just lacks the fancy filters and blurs and post process effects etc. and you have to set your car at least a bit so its good to drive. Its a NONONONONONONOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! And blame how it looks... They have get use to the fancy craphics and when game looks "cleaner" like RF2. Without the fancy stuff, being actually more "real" Its bad. And there they are shooting their own feet.

 

[Nick Hill]

So, I may have lost my credibility to say something like this by self-describing myself as an "unabashed AMS fanboy", but here goes anyways...

One car that has been mentioned several times in this thread is the AMS F-Extreme. If you haven't given that one a spin in a while, you may want to re-visit it. Some months ago (I'd have to go back through the changelogs to be sure), Reiza very quietly made some changes to the default setup to this vehicle that makes it much, much more pleasant to drive. It's still an absolute handful, but in the ways that you would expect (mainly due to gobs of torque in the low gears).

The main issue I had prior to these setup changes was that the car was almost devoid of front-end mechanical grip in low-speed turns. This was made doubly frustrating by the fact that the setup options on a modern F1 car are beyond the complexity of what I (and probably a lot of 'average' sim racers) could adjust without causing unwanted side-effects.

 

[Ellis Jones]

Recently, F1 2016 failed to impress. For a AAA title, graphics are mediocre at best and ffb is diabolical!

 

[RufGTI]

wut?

In this case my mean problem with this car is the tire model.

 

[Ernie]

Chassis flex or not, but IMHO the Karts in rFactor2 are horrible to drive. I get no feeling for the limit in these soap-boxes. The Karts in AMS are much more intuitive to drive, even without chassis flex.

 

[Ryan Robbins]

iRacing is much improved with the newest release.
I do hate the formula dirt in AMS.
In rFactor 2 I don't like the karts, and the historic stock cars are pretty bad, though I want to like them. In rFactor 2 the stock setups in many mods is bad, so I don't have time for that game unless I'm in a league.