Laid back racing game wanted! Know of any?

[Sorze]

Hey all! Can somebody help me hunt down a game similar to what I'm looking for..?

I'm looking for a good racing game (for pc), and for some reason I don't want it to be the frantic type... I'm looking for a game where I can just try to push myself on a highway, waving in and out of traffic in the sunrise, preferrably on a motorcycle... It would be awesome if the tracks weren't courses but more like a strip of road along the coast. I remember a need for speed game a few years back that was quite a bit like this, but I can't remember the name (maybe Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed?).

I don't even feel the need for competitors, I just want to drive real fast in a good looking environment, a sort of a laid back vibe is what I'm looking for! And it would be awesome if I could do it on a motorcycle instead of a boring car...


Does anyone know of any games even remotely similar to what I'm looking for?

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

Diddy kong racing for n64 seriously great fun, Mario Kart for gc/n64/snes whatever

 

[Lucid]

Flat-out!
Any of the Nascar games, or Trackmania.

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Mercedes World Racing. I played the demo just to admire the scenery, and you can go of track to explore the surrounding world

 

[Direwolf]

Gran Tourismo is great to tool around in on time trial. Some courses are amazingly beautiful too.

 

[destrukt]

big red racing.

 

[carrera]

err San Andreas?

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Not exactly a racing game (although it has some racing elements)

 

[SAJ]

GTA:san andreas fits your description almost perfectly.

 

[Dekstar]

I think there was a Need For Speed (Hot pursuit?) Game like that.

But yeah I would like a game like that too. Not san Andreas though

 

[MuToiD_MaN]

Porche Unleashed had a few really nice out-in-the-woods-y tracks. And it looked good. But racing games are usually frantic by nature, you know?

 

[Vigilante]

TrackMania...definately.

 

[AmishSlayer]

big red racing.

Oh man...I thought I was the only person on the planet that played that game.

Best PC racing game ever.

EDIT: D/ling that game again right now. God bless the Underdogs.

 

[jmjneary]

i agree gta san andreas or you could switch it up with vice city also

 

[Fletch]

Suprised GTA: SA isn't unanamous here, what you descirbed is exactly what i liked to do in it whilst listening to my music library ..

 

[Sorze]

Thanks for all the suggestions, much appreciated!

I'll definitely check out Mercedes Benz: World Racing (is it out yet ??) and I might take GTA for a spin again... I did actually enjoy the motorcycle racing in it!
It's just that GTA looks so plain... :O