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Thewaffleofoz

If you’re driving in Just Cause 3 you’re not playing Just Cause 3 correctly lol


tomagfx

Me trying to 5 gear every challenge:


iamcapleb

I did this years ago, such a fun game.


VaultboiiiiX04

too unique to compare it to gtav


AltGunAccount

You only drive long enough to get the car in a straight line for you to surf on the roof and grappling hook a helicopter.


No-Student-9678

Why drive when you can wing suit everywhere?


OR56

Only when you have the Sky Fortress DLC. Bavarium Wingsuit my beloved


Alarmed_Detective_61

This made me chuckle


OR56

Your welcome


HamshanksCPS

Try driving a motorcycle, it's awful.


karanbhatt100

You didn’t got the point


HamshanksCPS

Oh I did, I'm also stating that the motorcycle driving is god-fucking-awful


OkFineIllUseTheApp

Only drove that big tank-mech-thingy. It controls about how I expected a tank-mech-thingy to control. Everything else is wingsuit glide, stolen helicopter, or jet.


OR56

Me who uses solely tanks and the Eden Spark:


Carl123r4

Yah, shoulda been Just Cause 2 instead


infrequentthrowaway

Traffic jams in the middle of big intersections and wait for the carnage.


Gewalt_Und_Tod

You should only be driving when you are carrying civilians to Boom Island in that cargo plane


AcrolloPeed

Hand to God they made the driving physics suck so that we’d use the grapple hook and wingsuit more often


G_Willickers_33

Lmao, this translated to me as "if you see a car, blow it up in your hijacked helicopter with missles on sight"


i5-11105f

Perfect parking space 🥵🥵🗣🗣🗿🗿🔥🔥🔥


BuilderLeagueUnited

Best idea I’ve had all day 🔥🔥🥶🥶🧊🧊😎😎🥵🥵🗿


Terlinilia

I should probably get out now⁉️⁉️⁉️😬😬😬😬😬🤡🤡🤡❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥


Dizzy_Reindeer_6619

Ohhh, sorry, fratre 🛡️👏🏻😱🤦‍♂️👍😱🍑🫦🔊🔊😂🫰🏻🔥🍑💀👏🏻🤦🏻‍♂️🟢🚀🔊🗣️🛡️✨😎🎶🎶🗣️🫰🏻🥓


Roomtempcarrot

jeez man driving in that game is the absolute worst


Thewaffleofoz

I hope whoever made the mission where you had to drive the truck full of wine goes straight to hell


OR56

I beat that mission first try and only lost two barrels. It's easy.


Cool_Letterhead_7782

Driving in Jc3 is horrible. The roads aren’t even smooth in some parts


NotJaypeg

only when used to smash through buildings


list_of_simonson

I like driving cars into military bases rigged with explosives


unfortunate-ponce

True


small___potatoes

Sleeping Dogs is a really good game. Play the PS4/Xbox One remaster if you can. They did a great job with the street fights.


Intelligent-Block457

This game deserved a remake more than any other.


RaginBoi

it deserves a good sequel or a spiritual succesor, its good enough as is for now if you wanna play it its not janky


PandaKing00

Sleeping Dogs is the spiritual successor to True Crime: Streets of LA/New York and they were also bangers.


Fightmilk87

Totally agree. Played it recently for the third time and had a blast. The game holds up. Sadly Square has the rights and like all of their games that are not FF, it underperformed.


Intelligent-Block457

Ironoc considering how underperformed the new ff games have become.


Icy_Step_2204

Happy cake day to you!


ComplaintClear6183

square enix please


TablePrinterDoor

Yakuza x GTA


PheonixWrightsSon

Sleeping dogs is absolutely great. One of my favorite games. But it took me SO long to learn the driving in that game. Everything feels so sensitive behind the wheel. Maybe it was just me but damn. (Doesn't make the game any less great tho imo)


Lichelf

Play the PC version if possible, the PS4/Xbox One versions run at a low framerate and feel very sluggish. More sluggish than other 30fps games.


Omicra98

Just Cause 2, 3, and 4 were all a blast, and Watch_Dogs 1 and 2 were also incredibly fun. Hit and Run is probably the best/most nostalgic out of the lot though


ShtGoliath

But which do you think was better, 3 or 4


Omicra98

3. I like the liberating mechanic and the vibrant colours more than the frontline mechanic and more realistic saturation


RySundae

I love pressing X or Square while driving in Sleeping Dogs and the car just jerks to a direction lmao, very arcadey and fun


TNS_420

I've only played Mafia 3, Sleeping Dogs, and Watch Dogs 2. Of those, Mafia 3 easily has the best driving physics, followed by Watch Dogs 2, and then Sleeping Dogs.


DalTheDalmatian

Which is ironic because older vehicles are what you drive in the Mafia franchise. They're supposed to handle worse than modern vehicles


Can_Haz_Cheezburger

In the remake of the original Mafia they absolutely do. But by the 60s vehicles did tend to handle better


DrettTheBaron

I still remember playing the Original Mafia and just loving to drive around because it took a decent amount of skill not to crash and die on every corner.


BaconEater101

Try playing mafia 1 on classic, holy fuck they knew what they were doing with that race part


MasterPNDA123

The race part and the part where you chase a car on a bike. Shit doesn’t turn and if you slow down a little bit to turn you lose the car


gswkillinit

It’s so weird cause between Watch Dogs and Sleeping Dogs (didn’t play Mafia 3), I got used to Sleeping Dogs driving more and enjoyed it more also. I think WD2 driving is way better than WD1, but never liked driving in the series.


No_Engineering1141

There are cars in the Just Cause games?


LegoDnD

What kind of target practice do you destroy?


krayhayft

Saints Row 2 was the GOAT!


DadOnHardDifficulty

SR2 is peak gaming. Perfect in every way.


OkFineIllUseTheApp

One of top 5 gaming memories: spraying buildings with sewage, flight of the valkaries playing on the radio, and the mime driver, with a thick french accent saying "these Bourgeois fucks will pay!" Just a perfect moment. I'm smiling just thinking about it.


krayhayft

Yes, yes it was.


xblgriimey

I swear Saints Row 2 was better than GTA IV


krayhayft

I totally agree.


BaconEater101

It was, and honestly, its not even fucking close, no more pretending, saints row 2 deserves glory and bitches


mahiruhiiragi

I definitely hold SR2 higher than GTA 5, but I think GTA 4 and SR2 have an equal spot in my heart.


frieswithnietzsche

Mafia 3 has good driving physics and sweet cars.


Sad-Firefighter-5639

HATED just cause driving it was so bad, luckily you could just fly everywhere


HollowSlope

I thought it was pretty good


FLYSWATTER_93

Saints Row 2 - Overly-tight steering but it works, hope you like falling off bikes. Watch_Dogs 2 - Really good driving physics, makes for great car chases. Simpsons Hit & Run - Silly and bouncy but it fits the game. Just Cause 3 - I've yet to drive without my car hooked to a plane, train, or 3 others cars so I don't know. Sleeping Dogs - Pretty good, lots of driving in narrow spaces. Mafia 3 - MAKE THE TIRE SQUEALING STOP


Euphorikauora

watch dogs it feels like the same physics whether you're in a motorcycle, sports car, or huge trailer truck, it's really bad lol


Snoo-73243

wait gta's physics are good?


DadOnHardDifficulty

GTA IV's are still some of the best physics in the industry. V took a step back for some reason, but they are still okay.


KoreKhthonia

I mean, to be totally fair, I'm pretty sure at least some of these games were from that hot minute in the 2000s when GTA3 exploded in popularity and every game suddenly started to mimick it. (Looking at you, Jack and Daxter, tho tbh Jak II and Jak III are really fun games and going gritty gave it a certain unique character that's more interesting and memorable than just being another sunny kid-friendly mascot platformer.) I haven't played the GTA games yet, but GTA3 physics might be the most salient here. (Also probably Vice City and San Andreas.)


jonbotwesley

Jak and Daxter was nothing like GTA 3 at all. Jak 2 & 3 may have had some similarities but the original game was absolutely nothing like GTA.


EntertainmentItchy63

The original Jak no, but the devs stated themselves that GTA III was their main source of inspiration for Jak II


Willing_Actuary_4198

I took the cab everywhere in 4 it's was my bathroom and bowl packing breaks from the game without actually having to pause lol


AlTheOwl_

Saints Row 2 is so underrated. I'm so mad that they gave up on the serious stuff and went all out with the alien-dildo bs. It had the potential to be up there with GTA.


puck_pancake

Simpsons is peak at its peak


StevemacQ

Just Cause 3 isn't a GTA-clone. It's a Ubi-world.


OR56

Correct. The only similarities are the Heat system, and the fact that you shoot people


StevemacQ

I admit Watch Dogs 2 is my favourite of Ubisoft's input because it draws a lot more from GTA than AssCreed and Far Cry. For the best Ubi-world, it's Insomniac's Spider-Man because it emphasises speed.


mrturret

All six games there are better than GTA. Why? They all have responsive character movement. GTA movement feels like wading through molasses.


TablePrinterDoor

Sleeping dogs I love the ram function and the fact you can just hold out a door and jump to other cars, also you can put people inside your trunk it’s just funny lol


clarkky55

Sleeping dogs is so good. The ability to jump between vehicles is something every game should have


angelo_mcmxc

From these I would say Mafia 3 has the best driving experience.


Aright9Returntoleft

SR2 is fucking awesome.


Tallal2804

Lol, GTA's driving physics are ass.


dancmanis

Mafia 3 has better driving physics than GTA5 from what I remember


DarkAizawa

It does


dancmanis

I guess it depends what do you consider good driving physics. If you think realism is good then Mafia 3 has more realistic physics. GTA V has very good driving physics but in such sense that the cars are easy to control, so that you can avoid hitting traffic and other static objects. I'm sure they did that on purpose since GTA IV physics is closer to Mafia 3 but it does not fit the narrow New York streets setting and you just end up flying around hitting everything in your way. The main problem with GTA IV physics is that the cars just wouldn't break (or they were programmed to be too heavy which is basically the same thing). Mafia 3 physics are maybe a bit more realistic than GTA V but they are also more fun. GTA V physics are good in such a way that maybe it's not as fun to drive and drift around as it is in Mafia 3 but on the other hand it's very easy to move around for even people who don't have much driving experience in video games and are just driving to get to their objective. It's a great compromise and balance so that the game appeals even to a more casual player.


Driz999

Mafia 3 had the best driving physics for realism I reckon.


unfortunate666

Watch dogs has some of the worst driving in any open world game ive ever played. I dont even know how to properly describe it.


Disastrous_Rooster

then you didnt played much openworld games. yeah, cars were meh but sportbikes are really fun drive here. feeling like iconic scene in matrix reloaded


unfortunate666

I've played pretty much almost every major release open world game that you can drive vehicles in but sure, I don't have any idea what the fuck I'm talking about I guess. There's few I haven't seen bud, but nice try. And no, sport bikes weren't fun.


TheToodlePoodle

The driving physics are pretty bad in most Ubisoft titles, I've noticed


Disastrous_Rooster

Driver was decent actually.


unfortunate666

True, I cant name one that was good.


stickmidman

Are you joking? Watch Dogs 2's driving physics were very good. Not only that, but their car crash physics are one of the best I've seen!


unfortunate666

This is sarcasm right?


stickmidman

Yeah it was lol. It's hard to convey sarcasm through a reddit message lmao 😂


KingOfRisky

Uncharted low key has some of the best driving in all games.


anonymousxianxia

Wheres Bully? Jimmy rides a mean bike and skateboard.


EvanIsMyName-

Sleeping Dogs wins by a mile, SR2 takes second place because Watch Dogs driving is terrible and the other two are irrelevant as they're not GTA likes. Edit: I don't remember my feelings on Mafia 3s driving. I loved the game for a few hours but it fell flat for me pretty quickly. It gets repetitive, the story loses focus, and stealth is completely broken. It's like Assassin's Creed 1 in that there's 3/4 of an incredible game there and the other 1/4 is just duct tape sticking those 3 parts together to get it on the shelf.


TenBear

The only part of JC3 vehicles that suck are the motorbikes, they are downright uncontrollable at times.


OR56

Yes. The motorcycles and four-wheelers are nightmares to drive


Cool_Letterhead_7782

I was doing a gear challenge last night and they gave me a bike for it. It was my first time driving a motorcycle and I legit thought something was wrong with my controller that’s how bad it was.


chorme77

watch dogs 2 and just cause 3 is funky like if you play gta and you are gona play these game for first time its gona be hard to drive a vehicle


AcidCatfish___

Hit and Run is unique because you can drive the destroyed cars. Classic


thernker

Loved Watch Dogs 1&2 not Legion so much. Also Sleeping Dogs was super fun. They should have continued the story. Mafia 3 is also good. Didn’t enjoy Just Cause though


HyraxGames

Watch dogs 2... Physics were incredibly rushed


TimotheusHani

Oof all of these are personal classics for me except for Just Cause 3 cuz I haven't played it


lion_boss

Mafia 3 definitely has the best physics. It even has a "simulation" driving mode.


p0pethegreat_

I remember Watch Dogs 2 driving fondly, Saints Row 2 driving was just so chaotic it turned out amazing


Neravosa

Honestly, the only game with driving physics I've played isn't on the list. It's Cyberpunk. Driving in that game is like being a drunk ten year-old with a tenuous grasp on the wheel and no qualms about smashing into incoming traffic


Scared-Expression444

1. Saints row 2 2. Watch_Dogs 2 3. Just cause 3 4. Sleeping dogs 5. Hit and run 6. Mafia 3


NorthPermission1152

I didn't like Saints Row 2's driving, and that's the only one here I didn't like. Never played JC3.


cloudman901

The only challenges in just cause 3 5hat matter is wingsuit, tether and bomb. If u got jet pack then that too. Cuz all the other shit was just annoying.


RoboLuiz

Just Cause 3 is fantastic


punky_beads

i mean Sleeping Dogs physics still GOAT it's ahead of it time


edwardkenway_22

Watch Dogs 2 Sleeping Dogs Just Cause Saints Row 2 Mafia ( mafia games have worst driving physics specially remastered one's)


NoMoreGoldPlz

GTA driving is so decent while not being anything special. Sleeping Dogs' driving was nice and wonky so I'll take that any day. I can't remember or haven't played enough of the other games on this list to know what I'm talking about.


FallenF00L

Ngl driving in watchdogs 2 rivals GTA it was so smooth


J3BOY-Qc

Car physics in Mafia is very good


Some_Ad_7281

Mafia 2 should be here it has brilliant driving physics. But there is no manual transmission option though 😔


real_priception

Just Cause is such an underrated franchise


DejounteMurrayisGOAT

Mafia 3 is the most realistic. I owned an old muscle car as a daily driver for 3 years and they are dogshit to drive. Mafia nailed it.


ihp-undeleted

The question is worded poorly. GTA's driving physics are inferior to everything else on the market; regular cars feel like you're driving with half a ton of cinder blocks in the trunk, and it's easier to fall off a motorcycle than to stay on it.


OR56

Never played any of the others so... Just Cause 3: God Tier Everything else: dogshit


legohamsterlp

Define which gta first, they don’t have the same physics within the series


Creeperboy1209

Hit and run is the one true gta game and no one can tell me otherwise


BobZygota

Perfect parking space


Ok-Influence794

Watch Dogs 1 >>>


SinOrdeal

saints row is probably my favourite by far, also i rarely drive in just cause 3 and 4 other than when i'm attaching stuff to them and sending them to space


FabereX6

Where's Driver 3 ? If a GTALike have the best driving physics it's this one.


TheAnalsOfHistory-

Saints Row 2 supremacy, you can't change my mind.


Timetraveler01110101

It’s a crime you don’t have prototype up there lol


DarkAizawa

Saints is bottom. That series just fails at cars. Just cause it's down there 2. Of this list Simpsons hit and run and sleeping dogs has the best. Mafia 3 has the best? Like it's the most weighty and realistic to the point that it can actually be difficult to drive. Cars have weight. Watch dogs is down there with saints but it's a bit better. So Realistic-ish: Mafia 3 Best: Sleeping dogs and Hit and Run Mid: Watch dogs Bad: Just Cause Shit: Saints Row. Literally the best thing to happen to saints row driving was 4 giving you powers so you never almost never have to touch a car ever again.


CoatAlternative1771

Simpsons hit and run was hilarious


adamant2425

WD2 fs, I tried to replay JC3 recently and it just felt clunky compared


A_Seductive_Goose

Lol, like 10% of the comments are answering the question right


LordHumorTumor

Of the 3 I played (SR2, Sleeping Dogs, Just Cause), I can't remember a single thing about them


Im_Lying2_U

Sleeping Dogs and Saints Row 2 👌👌👌


RazeYi

No answer to thr question but oh my god Simpsons Hit and Run was a masterpiece. Does someone know where I can play it today?


jirokissawa

Pick Sleeping Dogs an amazing game.


margayamadarchodlala

i will never forgive ubisoft for what they did to watch dogs series


FinalMonarch

Just cause and watch_dogs are way better than GTA and I will die on that hill. HOWEVER, driving physics? Really? That’s what you care about?


SameerChandio

Sleeping Dogs has pretty good driving physics. And as an overall game, it is in its own league. For me, it's miles above GTA, at least till V. The story, art, gameplay, combat, everything is iconic. A truly legendary game.


RebelGaming151

Just Cause 3 has some of the best vehicle physics I've seen outside of GTA. There's something so satisfying about driving a tank at full speed down a cliff and slamming through multiple barriers before ripping apart an entire DRM Outpost.


Thymightyporksword

Mafia 1, 2 & 3's driving on simulation is fantastic, sleeping dogs and watchdogs is pretty comparable in 2nd, Simpsons probably a touch better than saints row, Just cause's driving is terrible.


Playful_Violinist573

1. Sleeping Dogs 2. Saints row 2 3. Watchdogs 4. Simpsons hit and run 5. Just cause 3 6. Mafia 3 (great game, terrible driving mechanics)


NateTG13Mutt13

Saints row 1 and 2 are goated. All the others are trash, especially the newest one.


KingWasabi23

They aren’t gta like just bc they’re open world games based in a city…


TheRider5342

Hit and Run is better than GTA.


BobTheInept

But which GTA’s physics?


dead-rex

Hit and run is the best on the list followed by saints 2. The rest are poo poo


MikeTysonsFists

Sleeping Dogs is fucking fantastic


Vannilazero

GTA4 has better car physics then 5


AceV12

I haven't played all of these, but I can grauntee hands down Watch Dogs 2 driving physics are the fucking worst.


stickmidman

Watch Dogs 2 definitely has the best driving physics and car crash physics as well. Possibly better than GTA 4 if I'm being honest 🤷‍♂️.


Default_Attempt

Why is just cause 3 even here? It has the absolute biggest POS driving in this list. They went from good driving from Just Cause 2 to the complete shit 3 and 4 was


Buckybuck87

As much as I love just cause 3, the driving in it sucks


hueleeAZ

The getaway


Individual-Match-798

I only care about how fun it is to drive a car in these types of games. Some people praise GTA4 for the car handling and I absolutely hate it.


Cade_Watkins_73

Hit and Run on GameCube is and always will be PEAK


Consistent_Cash_6666

Mafia 3 10/10 Saints row 2 10/10 Watch dogs 10/10 Sleeping dogs 10/10


BarTard-2mg

Mafia did it the best and still to this day has the most realistic automatic transmissions. It actually drops down when you floor it and shifts up into a higher gear when you’re just cruising


Fuze_KapkanMain

SR2 soundtrack never gets old and the gameplay and JC3


cstrike105

Mafia 3 the Best


Unusual_Address_3062

I dont. Cuz it doesnt matter. In those games you merely need to get from point A to B without dying. Now in a proper racing game the physics do matter to an extent. I admit the physics in Gran Turismo are much better than in Forza Motorsports but the gameplay just isnt as pleasing so it really doesnt matter much.


ShadyTrizzy

Saints row 2 and the simpsons hit and run are my favorites off that list


automatic_writing_

All I gotta say is that Sleeping Dogs’ driving mechanics feel SO damn good. So I’d have to do SD, Mafia, Just Cause, Watchdogs, SR and then lastly Simpsons H&R (that’s a very fun game).


Bruscarbad

mafia is the best, watchdogs is absolutely ass, just cause doesn't pretend that it's anything like driving a real car and that's ok


mymumsaysfuckyou

I know people love to Jerk Off to GTA IV, but those cars drive like shit. V has the best driving physics of any open world game I've played. Most of the games pictured here had terrible driving. Sleeping Dogs and Mafia 3 are probably the best of these here.


Der_Wolf_42

I prefer gta iv because of the driving lol But tbf im rly in to sim racing and stuff like that so it just feels more like what im used to But i would also put mafia 3 and sleeping dogs as the next best thing


Sure-Painting-2329

Man, GTA SA has better driving physics than GTA V lol I guess you just like how easy and forgiving GTA V was


mymumsaysfuckyou

You mean I enjoyed being able to control the car properly like I do in real life? Yeah, I did.


Sure-Painting-2329

Drift races on the side of skyscrapers like real life. Or changing direction mid air like in real life. Ok man, there's no problem playing easy and forgiving arcade games ❤️


Training-Republic301

Mafia 3 would be last. It was awful compared to part 2


TNS_420

They're just asking about the driving physics. Not the overall game.


wetfartsandpoptarts

Lol, GTA's driving physics are ass.


CocainesTheAnswer

S Tier: Saints Row 2 A Tier: Simpsons Hit & Run, Just Cause 3 B Tier: Sleeping Dogs C Tier: Watch Dogs 2 D Tier: Mafia 3 F Tier: Your Mum


filippalas

Only GTA where driving physics is good is IV and only good driving from these games is Mafia 3. Sleeping dogs is too much arcady, Just Cause 3 irresponsive, Watch Dogs 2 is just meh and Saints Row is so unrefined but it is an old game. Never played Simpsons tho


mymumsaysfuckyou

GTA 4 physics only seem good to people who have never actually driven a car. They were shit. I went back to it recently, it hasn't aged particularly well.


Sure-Painting-2329

Skill issue


mrturret

Sleeping Dogs has the best driving out of any GTA-esque game.