Racing Game???

i really liked midnight club (the one for Xbox) so something like that (street racing)

I always hear a lot about GRID too.

I personally really enjoy Trackmania too, best free game I've had in years! Loads of jumps and loops (no, not very realistic) and the graphics are pretty good, the lighting and bloom is lovely, especially around sunset.

Trackmania is very good (the version you pay for) - loads of race types and the online play has had a huge amount of thought gone into it. The free one is quite limited on the track types, but give it a go to see if you like the online experience. Zero griefers, but can sometimes lack the excitement of other games.

GranTurismo 5 Prologue is fantastic, but limited by it being a prologue so there aren't many tracks. Plenty of online action but lots of grief players around so can be hard to find a good race. Not as great a leap in AI in single player as I expected either. The F1 simulation though is fantastic and is a real experience with a good wheel.

GTR2 and R-Factor are still around for the PC ultra-sim crowd. Personally as I have a life and don't want to spend 6 hours simulating practice / warm up / qually / 250 mile race and then have it all fall apart because I forgot to hit the pit lane limiter, but lots of people still love it There's a free demo of the BMW M3 around Hockenheim for the PC somewhere based on the GTR2 engine I think - download that and see if you like the style.

I still haven't played GRID or the PGR series, so can't comment on them, though both have legions of fans

I can vouch for Grid. Decent game and excellent graphics when you smash your car up. Test drive unlimited is worth a look also in my opinion.

GT5 is fun, but not a real simulator like they claim. Not even close. But it's still fun and good for a console racing "sim".. Online races/time trials change monthly to keep it fresh, and as Heyyou said, they're adding cars every now and then. 72(?) cars now. I tried the GRID demo, but the tracks were rather narrow which would lead me to believe racing online would be a nightmare...blocking, slamming...ug, GT5 is bad enough.

wut about need for speed: pro street, any opinions?

Grid has good online multiplayer, and the single player campaign is fun.

Race07 is probably the best racing simulator out right now, but you can get a similar experience from GRID by disabling all of the driving aids.

GRiD sux. I played it and the driving physics usually just don't make any sense, I'm not looking for sim quality physics but I do expect to b able to control it normally.
the graphics are fine, but not stunning, they lack detail and good reflections.

It took me a bit to get things right in GRID but over all it just seemed good. Not to Arcade like but not so over the top Pro Sim that the car wasn't controllable. To me the Graphics were stunning.

I agree TDU is also fun and worth the cheap price now.

One thing killing racing games for me is the trend to not include LAN modes. I do more multiplayer racing on a small 4-8 machine LAN than online and lack of LAN in NFS:Carbon and TDU somewhat killed the value for me.

Also, edit: (along the lines of Cuddles comment), it's hard to recommend games without knowing if the preference is arcade, true sim, or a mix. Although I dig both SIMs and arcade racers, my close circle prefer the arcade side of things vs. the frustrating harder to master GTR2, RFactor, or Nascar 2003 type game. Some Flatout 2 on a LAN can be an absolute blast and is fairly easy for almost anyone to handle.

If you like realistic, the PC is the only way to go. GTR-2 for example. Makes GT5, which I love, seem like Atari Pole Position...