Tiff Needell Reviews Racing Titles – Video

[Mr LayVon]

The TV show Fifth Gear recently featured a segment in which Tiff Needell tried several current racing titles.

Needell is an accomplished former racing driver, featuring more than ten Le Mans starts. In theory, the idea of having a real life racing drivers test racing titles for their accuracy is a neat one but the segment somewhat backfires due to a lack of direction.

First, Tiff criticizes Forza Motorsport 4 for a lack of realism and feedback, a view that’s understandable coming from a real life racing driver. However, he then goes ahead and pans iRacing for not being exciting enough while praising arcade racing titles, making the viewer wonder whether he was actually looking for a realistic experience or just a fun time.

[hsmbb6]

I think Tiff is looking for the most "fun" racing game rather than which game is most "sim".

Shame though cause I wanted to know which game is closest to real life. Funny how he mentioned GT5 as the most realistic, but completely skipped over commentating about the physics of iracing.

LOL at the complaint of the GT5 car sounds lol

[Mr LayVon]

Oct 23, 2012 5:41:57 GMT 6 hsmbb6 said:

I think Tiff is looking for the most "fun" racing game rather than which game is most "sim".

Shame though cause I wanted to know which game is closest to real life. Funny how he mentioned GT5 as the most realistic, but completely skipped over commentating about the physics of iracing.

LOL at the complaint of the GT5 car sounds lol

Ya same, i was sorta lost to it. If he said what he was looking for first and then did it, I'd understand what he wanted but he just sorta looked at some racing games (some that arn't even comparable) and compared them lol.