PS Vita: General Discussion

[MadforitUK]

Motorstorm RC is great for the price.

Wipeout is the same as others have said. I've not played modnation so can't comment on that.

[joff81]

It all depends on what you define as a racer. If you can get away with wipeout then wipeout 2048 is the only logical choice as its the best racer currently available on the vita.

If (like me) wipeout doesn't float your boat then the choice is not so great. Asphalt injection is pretty bad, especially as its nothing more than an iPhone app which is priced at 20 times it's normal price.
Ridge racer is nothing more than a tech demo and not worth the money regardless of being a ridge racer game.

Mod nation racers road trip is good but it does have issues. It suffers with framerate stutters especially when the racing is close and the is a lot happening on screen. The other issue and it's pretty big is the fact there is no online mode only the option to download and upload ghosts of people from your friends list.

Next up is F1 2011 and although it's good it's nothing special. The graphics are pretty avarage and are nowhere near pushing the vita's hardware. There is limited touch interface and the control system is limited especially when trying to use KERS & DRS. It does have online though and that makes it a slightly better choice than mod nation.

Lastly we have motorstorm RC and it's good, infact it's great. It is a little old skool and like mentioned by someone above its alot like micro machines from years ago. The biggest problem with motorstorm RC is its a little short and can be get a little tedious.

Overall the best racer is wipeout followed by motorstorm RC. If you have these or they don't take your fancy then your stuck with the few titles that to be honest have a few problems or omissions which can hinder your enjoyment.

[rob_buzz69]

Ridge Racer is not worth buying, I wish I hadn't bothered.  Best thing is to d/l the demos and try them out.

Bring back Destruction Derby I loved that on the PSone.

[European_Gamer]

Ridge Racer, Wipeout, ModNation and Motorstorm are 4 very different games, so it depend which style of game you prefer.

[DrChronis]

The racing gen suffers quite a lot in the moment.
My fav racing games are Grid and Forza motorsports.
I m too old to bother with kiddy mario kart like games (modnation), micromachines like (RC motorstorm), nonexistent ridge racer arcade crap, hovering space craft (wipeout)
I ve downloaded the demos and i can say, that what ever you do, dont buy Injection, this got to be one of the worst VITA titles.
As i like F1, i could see me buying this, but since the new season will start in a few days and the graphics look so outdated, i wont make that investment.
Even my fav psp racers are not available for the Vita (GT and test drive) so i guess there is only one choice, PSP's Sega Rally, it has ok graphics, will look even better on an OLED,
it has many real cars and a great price (10euros)

But i hope that we will soon get some proper racing games, EA will surely make a NFS game and although that those were teribad on the PSP, Vita is capable of so much more...

[IrishViper1]

Thanks everyone for the advice, I think I'll pick up Wipeout tomorrow and I might download Motorstorm from the store , 

[Terat]

Anyone picking up Wipeout 2048 should give Morrisons a try. Last time I was in there it was £24.99.

It's easily the best game I've played on the Vita (not that I've played many yet).

[TheManFromUNCLE]

Wipeout 2048 is definitely the one. Great game.

Ridge Racer on the other hand is an absolute mess of a game. Even as a big Ridge Racer fan I'm struggling to defend it.

[BlackKnightJP]

Apparently the US release of Ridge Racer was delayed to update the graphics and frame rate but somehow I highly doubt that's going to make much of a difference.

[IrishViper1]

I was going to pick up RRacer but once I found out that it only has three tracks and five cars I decided I wasn't into paying for demos.