I have need for speed 3. Sweet game. I want to know what other racing games are good out their, preferibly off-road racing. I don't want any nascar or any drive-around-in-a-big-circle-for-an-hour games.

Need for speed porsche unleashed: there is a demo

Lots of people play midtown madness 2: there is a demo

You should try Colin McRae Rally 2.
The best Rally Sim out there

I cant recommend Midtown Madness one or two however if you have the machine for it NFS:5 is increadable.. the graphics will knock your socks off.

Is NFS: 5 the sames as NFS: Porche Unleashed? Or is a new NFS? I love the hole Need4Speed series (I had a demo of NFS: 1 on an old computer, all it was good for was some incredible crashes, but I was hooked). I'm currently running NFS: High Stakes and I love it.

By the by: I need a good joystick/steering wheel. You can't drive for crap with a D-pad. I need an anolog stick or wheel. Anyone know of a good inexpensive one?

THE best off-road game IMHO is Insane from
codemasters. It has the best driving model,
best damage model and the best tracks.

Moreover, where the game really shines is
the excellent multiplayer play modes. Capture
the flag is not the same anymore once you
tried it with 4wd cars. This game has
become the favourite in our LAN-parties...

In addition, there is a free
demo version out there.
You can get it for example from
www.codemastersusa.com/insane

The demo has 2 tracks & two car models. It
also has multiplayer enabled, so you can
also test how do you like it in network.

BTW: the game takes full advantage of T&L
acceleration, so if your video card supports
the feature, you're in for some very nice
graphics...

I have NFS5 Porche Unleashed and it kicks ass! That reminds me, I'm gonna play it after I try the Giants demo.

Cool, thanks you guys, I love the NFS series and would love to add too it. The reason why I like NFS3 is because I can run from the police.

I just bought Insane, right before I read your post on it. Awsome offroad game!! Best I've seen.

As for joysticks I have the precision pro 2 from microsoft, didn't want to cash out for the force feedback version. I suggest any one of the microsoft joysticks, granted the more you spend the better the stick.

T&L acceleration?

Would my GeForce 2 GTS do it? Probably, I would hope.

midtown madness 2 is a great multiplayer wise. Porche unleashed is good too, though it takes some time to actually be able to handle the cars right.