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I really like the gameplay of the Burnout series, so something similar-ish. I like the pick up and play aspect, nothing too technical, no need to manage upgrades/tweaks to cars.
Trackmania and Absolute Drift look interesting although Driver San Fran is not on Steam for some reason. Your musical tastes are fine - we even went to see Steel Panther this year.
Thanks for the recommendations!
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Need for speed Heat is pretty fun
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Driver San Fran is not on Steam for some reason
That's a damn shame, looks like another licensing expiry issue relating to the cars and music. If you can get your hands on it, it's one of the most fun driving games on PC. Also, while they may be damn old, the FlatOut series is pretty good fun.
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Another recco for Horizon 3 and 4. Great to pick up and play
Sumo
mmccarthy
ricky2slicky
What sort of driving style you looking for?
Assetto Corsa is awesome but definitely better with a wheel (I played it for quite a while with just a controller though). GT Legends and Race07 are also both great sim-like games which still hold up to this day.
On the complete arcade side, I love the Trackmania games, Trackmania United Forever is a classic and is half price at the moment (it's comprised of 7 different environments, 1 of which is available as a free standalone 'Trackmania Nations Forever'), there's also a newer bunch which are basically the same environments with richer graphics and slightly updated handling models.
Driver San Fransisco is a damn good driving game, excellent soundtrack too (I realise that's not high praise coming from me, but trust me it's good).
MX vs. ATV Reflex is a good off-road racer with fancy realistic mud physics.
I've recommended it quite recently but Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed is a great kart racer.
Goes without saying that Crazy Taxi is worth picking up, and along the same lines, OutRun 2006 is one of my favourite games but is not for sale digitally anymore due to Ferrari licence expiration.
Absolute Drift is a nice relaxing driving game with a sort of 3D/isometric view, the developer is currently working on a very cool Group B era rally game in the same vein. There's a demo available here: https://funselektor.itch.io/art-of-rally