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LAN-able Racing games

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win32.tr0jan
win32.tr0jan Original post #1
Jul 20, 2011 at 5:34 PM
My bro recently came from abroad and brought NFS Undercover.Currently we can play multiplayer only online!...I heard that there is a patch for UC to make LAN available,for Shift too.
Anyone knows more info about this patch?
Which are other good Racing/Rally games that are play-able in LAN without connecting to net?
Alok
Alok #2
Jul 20, 2011 at 7:29 PM
The best on lan party is NFS-MOST WANTED.
easy to connect, easy to setup, unlimited fun:)
N
noob #3
Jul 20, 2011 at 8:14 PM
best for me was L4D ..awesome fun.not racing tho..
vamsi_krishna
Jul 20, 2011 at 9:37 PM
Among the recent games, Split/Second takes the vote from me.
d3p
d3p #5
Jul 20, 2011 at 9:43 PM
Try this Race Driver : Grid....
win32.tr0jan
Jul 21, 2011 at 5:47 AM
Split/Second and Grid are awesome! Is there an option for LAN without connecting to Internet? What about BurnOut?

The best on lan party is NFS-MOST WANTED.
easy to connect, easy to setup, unlimited fun:)

Had enough playing it :D
gameranand
Jul 21, 2011 at 6:53 AM
+1 for Split second and I'll add one more Blur. Although Split second is better but this is also good.
Alok
Alok #8
Jul 21, 2011 at 6:58 AM
Then grid. I haven't played split second.

Yes blur is good ,not so much but u will enjoy.
Zangetsu
Jul 21, 2011 at 10:47 AM
Blur is good but graphics of Split Second is better...
win32.tr0jan
Jul 21, 2011 at 9:15 PM
I want to know whether GRID and Split Second got offline LAN mode?Like Me and my brother can play LAN with desktop and his laptop without sharing the internet connection?
What about burnout?
Ya,saw Blur in Youtube,I guess SPlit second is much better! :)
gameranand
Jul 21, 2011 at 9:28 PM
I don't know about offline LAN but in split second you can play split screen though and that was real fun for me. :)
Alok
Alok #12
Jul 21, 2011 at 10:29 PM
^^split screen ? I never tried such way.
I have big monitor , now gonna buy ss-velocity.
topgear
topgear #13
Jul 22, 2011 at 4:35 AM
The best on lan party is NFS-MOST WANTED.
easy to connect, easy to setup, unlimited fun:)

I was never successful to set up LAN game with NFS MW even with 1.3 patch but I've played NFS UG2 on lan and it was a great fun ;-)
Alok
Alok #15
Jul 22, 2011 at 12:51 PM
its been there since NFS 3 :grin:

Hannnn I have whole NFS series...........but didn't notice , probably coz i have lan to play with others.:))

I was never successful to set up LAN game with NFS MW even with 1.3 patch but I've played NFS UG2 on lan and it was a great fun ;-)

:-?I have to just install and click on lan....and then start.....not a little problem...and i have 1.3 black edition..
aniket.cain
Jul 22, 2011 at 5:21 PM
I haven't played NFS 2 SE ;-)

NFS 2 SE was fun in split screen mode. And it always came down to Ferrari F50 vs McLaren F1. Good old days... :)

I have played Most Wanted a lot on LAN. Other than that, MotoGP series.
Zangetsu
Zangetsu #19
Jul 22, 2011 at 5:23 PM
^True..but Graphics was not good
but NFS 3 had good graphics
Alok
Alok #20
Jul 22, 2011 at 5:31 PM
^^yeah nfs 2 se has pixel looking graphics.
topgear
topgear #21
Jul 23, 2011 at 3:36 AM
Hannnn I have whole NFS series...........but didn't notice , probably coz i have lan to play with others.:))

:-?I have to just install and click on lan....and then start.....not a little problem...and i have 1.3 black edition..

That's great but I have Normal NFS MW and later I updated to 1.3 but LAN never worked - looks like I need to get the Black Edition ;-)
Alok
Alok #22
Jul 23, 2011 at 8:42 AM
^^ and this game is on every pc in my collage's lab for lan competition.
I did only thing to grab as it is(prog.files) in my pen-drive.

No registy patch, it works all time.:greedy:
win32.tr0jan
Jul 23, 2011 at 8:09 PM
Split Second got LAN! And its AWESOME for LAN! :) ...
Alok
Alok #24
Jul 23, 2011 at 9:14 PM
Also I bought it for split screen:)
topgear
topgear #25
Jul 24, 2011 at 5:34 AM
^^ and this game is on every pc in my collage's lab for lan competition.
I did only thing to grab as it is(prog.files) in my pen-drive.

No registy patch, it works all time.:greedy:

yep, NFS MW and even NFS UG2 works without any installation - portable fun ;-)

Another OLD game I've played is Midtown Madness 2 - back then it felt so awesome ;-)
Alok
Alok #26
Jul 24, 2011 at 9:21 AM
Another OLD game I've played is Midtown Madness 2 - back then it felt so awesome ;-)

in midtown madness buildings rotates when i try to rotate car:rofl:
topgear
topgear #27
Jul 25, 2011 at 2:57 AM
^^ I've not played midtown madness but only played midtown madness 2 and it ran without any issue with latest patches :
Microsoft Game Studios - Midtown Madness 2
gameranand
Jul 25, 2011 at 7:01 AM
^^ Yeah same here. No issues with the game whatsoever. The game was fun.
Alok
Alok #29
Jul 25, 2011 at 7:24 AM
^^hey i'm not talking about any issue. I'm talking about midtown madness 2 car physics. Have u not experienced it ??

When u turns a car in nfs and when u do so in MM2 ,see there what i want to say:)
gameranand
Jul 25, 2011 at 7:27 AM
Yeah well even if I did I don't remember and now don't have game with me so can't confirm.:D
Maybe you are right after all why would you lie eh. :)):))
Alok
Alok #31
Jul 25, 2011 at 7:27 AM
I'm saying that when we moves a car in MM2, we are not actually moving car. car is in same place and the map is moving:-D
gameranand
Jul 25, 2011 at 7:46 AM
OH. OK....got it.
topgear
topgear #33
Jul 26, 2011 at 3:28 AM
I'm saying that when we moves a car in MM3, we are not actually moving car. car is in same place and the map is moving:-D

I've not played MM3 as it's was not released for PC AFAIK ;-)
Alok
Alok #34
Jul 26, 2011 at 10:16 AM
Oh sorry its 2 not 3.
Maddd
Maddd #36
Jul 26, 2011 at 2:12 PM
Yeah many game i have ,,,runs even after i format my PC....
gameranand
Jul 26, 2011 at 3:37 PM
Yeah some old games works this way but most don't. NFS MW runs fine but once you get to Izzy it crashes. It did for me at least. So I always install the game first.
topgear
topgear #39
Jul 27, 2011 at 4:15 AM
Oh sorry its 2 not 3.

MM2 control though are not like NFS series but felt kinda OK to me ;-)

BTW, got NFSMW BE but still the sam issue - when I press 1 to create a local lan server the game just display a message " connection lost" or something like that but I can play NFS UG2 though.

BTW, can we play RoadRash over LAN;-)
Alok
Alok #40
Jul 27, 2011 at 10:14 AM
So u wanna kick up friends:)

Never tried it for lan.
topgear
topgear #41
Jul 28, 2011 at 4:58 AM
So u wanna kick up fiends:)

yep, some sort of that but don't forget Newton's Third Law of Motion ;-)

Never tried it for lan.

ok thanks for the info - BTW, have any of you tried Flatout - it's one helluva of fun over lan ;-)
win32.tr0jan
Jul 29, 2011 at 6:30 PM
FlatOut 2 is good?And has offline LAN mode?
topgear
topgear #43
Jul 30, 2011 at 4:25 AM
^^ edited my post - I've played Flatout over LAN ;-)