dirt 2

Dirt 2 was well worth it.

GRID is worth the current price but might go a bit lower =)

dirt 2

If Dirt 2, please say why. It costs 2x more than Dirt 1 ;)

look out for test drive unlimited 2 ,very underrated game.

Go buy GRID, absolutely awesome game!

I'm with GRID people, wait for 75% off, I had great fun with it. Another suggestion would be Flatout or Burnout Paradise.

just remember, One does not simply win a multiplayer match in Dirt 2 xD

burnout paradise

definetly go for DiRT 2. I find it one of the best racing games I played :D

Save up for Dirt 3, or wait til it goes on sale. In the mean time Trackmania is alright - & it's free! http://store.steampowered.com/app/11020/?snr=1_7_suggest__13

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Burnout Paradise is a good open world racer. Insane 2 is also a good game. I personally didn't like Dirt 2 because of being forced to do all those damn stunt courses, I wanted a racing game not a stunt game although when you do race it is fun. Ridge Racer unbounded is another really good game but it's not for beginners that game is brutal as far as difficulty level for ai goes.

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I prefer Dirt 1 over Dirt 2 because it's a more authentic rally experience and people aren't saying "dude" at you all the time. Dirt 2 has better graphics and MP (and GFWL...). Dirt 1 has Pikes Peak (which I miss the shit out of in Dirt 2). I'm not a motorsports fan at all, but if I was, I'd be 100% a rally fan.
+1 to Trackmania suggestions, though I've still only played the free version. It's just smooth -- if Track 2 was on Steam, I'd probably have bought it by now.
+1 also to Burnout Paradise -- pretty fun too, but more of a city racer. The last city racer I really had fun with was Need For Speed: Most Wanted, which I loved (haven't really played any other NFS games due to either age, crappy reviews, or no cops).
Grid is also a city racer. It's tougher, to me, than Burnout or NFS:MW. I haven't played enough of it yet to really give any more comment than that first impression.
Blur is also pretty awesome (from what I played on Xbox at a friend's place). I've heard it called a "grown-up Mario Kart" and I couldn't agree more.