Any racing games where you are a getaway driver (an 1 other)

Driver ?

That looks great, I just hope it renders properly on my newer video card and whatnot.

There looks to be a newer version too.

Stands to reason; the original Driver game is from 1999.

I thought of that series as well as it seems to be the closest to what you want Driver, Driv3r (the third on in the series; released 2004), and Driver:San Franciso (the sixth on in the series; released 2011) are all avaialble for Windows, all have you as an undercover detective, and have a play style that has you doing various driving missions throughout the city.

@jerv Yeah, I am currently in the process of “legally acquiring” the original, then I might just skip to the newest one.

There’s several Driver games. They’re kind’a old now, but that only means the graphics are dated. The age of the game has no bearing on the fun of the gameplay.

And there’s always the Grand Theft Auto series. GTA 4 has just about the most realistic images you can find, it really is almost photographic quality. But GTA San Andreas is amazingly detailed, too.

And then there’s Simpson’s Road Rage. You’re more of a taxi driver than a getaway driver, but the activities are basically the same, get from point A to point B as fast as you can, taking whatever shortcuts you know about. Being based on a cartoon, there are extra points for causing extra mayhem along the way. (Yeah, I know you’re all thinking: games based on TV shows all suck, but Simpsons Road Rage is the exception. The game is a blast! And some say it’s a rip of Crazy Taxi, but I played Crazy Taxi, and Simpsons is a way better game!)

The first driver game didn’t even run, I’m downloading the newest one. I wanted to try gta but need for sleet hot pursuit 3 lagged like he’ll on my pc even though it’s 3.4 ghz, maybe it’s the game or maybe it’s because it’s an intel pentium d

I see two problems.

1) Driver was made for Win95. That means that WinXP may have issues with it, and Win7 won’t touch it.

2) Pentium D @ 3.4 GHz…. Passmark rates it at 944. By comparison, my Toshiba laptop (1.3GHz) which was a budget model before it was discontinued two years ago gets 976 while my also low-end Gateway desktop has an i3–530 (2.93GHz) that gets 2,726.

Methinks it’s time for an upgrade to something that is only 1–2 generations behind, like a Core2 Duo; those things have been out for years would double your performance, and can probably be found in a recycling bin if you know where to look!

Until then, I would not try any game made in this century. Trust me, as someone who has a 3.4GHz Pentium 4 on WinXP a mere three years ago, I know what it’s like to have a limited computer. And it cost me fairly little to upgrade to a PC that is actually relevant; cheaper than an iPad, and money well spent.

Yeah I basically just run off of scraps. Portal, half life, tf2 and hot pursuit 2 run fine on it.

This PC I got is a dell XPS 600, yeah, the gaming desktop. It still sells for like, $1,749 from dell for some reason. I just wish it could run good stuff :(

When I get a job I want to get a wicked laptop, but I might sped a couple grand on a real gaming machine.

@XOIIO – If you mainly want it for gaming, don’t get a laptop (laptops are wonderful, and I love ‘em, but you can’t put a high-end graphics card in one, and that’s what you need most of all for gaming). So get the best desktop you can afford. Your top priority is the best graphics card. Then get yourself at least 4 gigs of ram. After that, get the fastest processor you can. And if you have any money left over after that, get more ram.

@HungryGuy Yeah, I have a Geforce 2600 graphics card right now thats pretty sweet so I might not need another one, but Ideally I’d like something along the lines of an i6 for i7, 4ghz, 6 gigs of ram, 2 gigs ov video card memory (alhough the graphics card has close to a gig and its around 900mhz).

But I need money first off :( Having a bullshit ticket and sgi payments for a damn accident I got in with some bike makes it difficult.

I was thinking more along the lines of this but even taking something like this and toning it down by using a single, modest video card (the one you have now is decent enough; better than mine, actually) rather than the dual HD 6790 setup and omitting the SSD would net you a far better rig for cheap. That rig is $759 if you drop the SSD and video cards, and you can save another $100 if you have your own OS.

Thus far, we really haven’t made a decent gaming laptop. Those that are technically laptops and have more than half the gaming prowess my rig does tend to be tied to a wall outlet, thus defeating the purpose of a laptop.

BTW, I found four refurb XPS 600s for $300 on eBay

@HungryGuy I’m not so sure about the RAM. There is a point of diminishing returns; I have yet to need all 6GB I have. Granted, I use more than 3GB when I run hefty apps/games, but I think 12GB would be an unnecessary expense. I would say 6 or 8GB RAM (depending on what sort of RAM setup you have) would do the trick.
And don’t skimp on the power supply. You may not need a big one (600W should suffice for a single-GPU system), but you do need one that is stable, reliable, and puts out clean power. Pay the extra few bucks for a quality, brand-name PSU ;)

@jerv I’d really like to have a quad core (two dual core proccessors like my server), pwoer supply I was thinking 700w

I’m surprised those computers are that cheap, I love the case on that second link.

Yeah, I’m not sure why dell still sells them for soo much.

@jerv – I agree. 12 gig is extravagant when you’re trying to be frugal. That’s why I said to get a min of 4 gig, then the fastest processor, then add more ram after that…

@HungryGuy If you already have top-of-the-line GPUs and at least 2TB storage along with having your OS on an SSD then yes. I put RAM in excess of 6/8GB near the bottom of my list though, somewhere under “custom paint job for the case”. Personal preference.

Oh fuck, a 2tb SSD would basically mean getting your ass reamed every day for a year to pay it off.

Yes, but 2TB conventional hard drive storage for your files and a small (say, 64GB) SSD for your OS is relatively affordable; under $300 if you shop around a little. Regular hard drives are fast enough for playing video; SSD only really benefit the stuff you use frequently, like your OS (including your swap file for virtual memory) and maybe key applications.

@jerv – Most games only access the hard drive to load levels and do periodic automatic saves (after the initial load). Sure a SSD will give you faster load times such as when moving around an open world, but SSDs are pricey. A high-rpm mechanical hd with a BIG cache will give you about the same performance, and give you more buckazoids to spend on a better graphics card.

Yeah. I already got a couple 500 gigs I could throw in, and a 1tb laptop one I could make fit like I have before XD

@HungryGuy A high-RPM mechanical drive with a big cache is a little pricey. A 64GB Crucial m4 can be had for about $100. Granted, the $/GB sucks, but if you already have some decent-sized storage drives (and it appears that @XOIIO does) then it’s a moot point.
Personally, I can think of only one game that I have would benefit from being placed on an SSD; the rest could do just fine even on an old 5400-rpm drive. IMO, the main use for SSDs really is for the OS. That is why I really don’t care much about large SSDs in desktop systems. I prefer larger ones for laptops only because laptops usually only have one drive, so you may as well get as much storage as possible.

@XOIIO I may have misread your previous post; which type of Geforce do you have? I read it and thought 260, a couple of steps above my GT240. The only Geforce 2600 (with two zeroes) I found is an AGP card from 2007 which is about half the card I have.
Regardless, I find a point of diminishing returns there as well. There are plenty of decent graphics cards out there for $150 or less.

@jerv This one

@XOIIO Good! At first, I thought 2600 was a typo and that you meant 260, then I got worried that you really did mean 2600. Mine is discontinued now, but it is fanless and doesn’t require a power connector, which were important factors in my buying decision. I figured that it was worth the performance hit to not have to listen to the card.

@jerv Yeah I got this on Kijiji for $50, which is pretty sweet. I don’t mind the noise, I usually have a fan or projector going anyways.

Fuck, drive san fran isn’t even playeable, the video chops and the controlls lag for no reason. It just uses up like, 98% of the CPU even though barely anything is runing. And the old driver doesn’t even run with compatability mode, this blows hard.

Doritos don’t make good CPUs; you need a real chip, like a Core i3/5/7.

@jerv Yeah, just got a job getting 11.95 (beats minimum) so in a month and a bit I might buy parts for a new one. I’ll have trouble controlling myself though XD