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Personally, I'm a big fan of racing games, such as the Need For Speed series (I like the varied environment there, as opposed to a set track from, for instance, Formula 1 games). High Stakes was good, but that's a bit old now. And, Porsche Unleashed only has Porsches, of course.

Are there any new racing games that I should check out? And, before you suggest it, I'm not particularly interested in Motor City Online, as I prefer non-Internet play ;).

Personally, I'm a big fan of racing games, such as the Need For Speed series (I like the varied environment there, as opposed to a set track from, for instance, Formula 1 games). High Stakes was good, but that's a bit old now. And, Porsche Unleashed only has Porsches, of course.

Are there any new racing games that I should check out? And, before you suggest it, I'm not particularly interested in Motor City Online, as I prefer non-Internet play ;).

Personally, I'm a big fan of racing games, such as the Need For Speed series (I like the varied environment there, as opposed to a set track from, for instance, Formula 1 games). High Stakes was good, but that's a bit old now. And, Porsche Unleashed only has Porsches, of course.

Are there any new racing games that I should check out? And, before you suggest it, I'm not particularly interested in Motor City Online, as I prefer non-Internet play ;).

Who needs unhealthy fps games like Quake? Games that teach you that killing human shaped things in a non realistic environment is OKAY? I would not want my children playing such awful awful kinds of entertainment. Pointing & Shooting? Why, no wonder so many kids are shooting up schools!

I would much rather my children play healthy, non fps games that teach them healthier lessons! Like Need for speed 3 or Grand Theft Auto 2. This way my kids will learn valuable driving skills and will know the proper respect to give authority figures.

I'd love to see a good racing game ported to Linux. Something like Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed or Motorhead.

I'd love to see a good racing game ported to Linux. Something like Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed or Motorhead.

I'd really like to play TeamFortress 2 with my Linux box.
We really need modern TeamFortress, not only for Linux but for whole 1st-person-3D-action scene, since TeamFortress Classics for Half-Life was such a desaster, the feel of TeamFortress was completely ruined.
Luckily there are at least two projects under developement whose goal is to create a TF-like Quake III Arena mod, namely Team Assault and Q3Fortress. I hope they manage to release something playable soon.
TeamFortress rocks.

Also I think Linux needs some cool racing games, like Need For Speed.
There're some difficulities with this one, though.
AFAIK, not a single racing game uses OpenGL, they all are Direct3D or Glide (be sure to enlighten me if there're OpenGL based racing games).
Pain to port since no-one (except 3Dfx) wants to use Glide since its limited usability :(.

I really hope Loki takes this hint (though I don't think they decide which games are ported and which not, but anyway). Or anyone else who's capable of porting some cool racing games to Linux, preferably all you Slashdot-reading Electronic Arts engineers :) .