Gaming out of Comfort Zone. SUGGESTIONS?

[Resurrection7]

I have a pretty diversified gaming profile, fairly proficient at many genres. However, I typically do not play and struggle with: 1) fighting games; and 2) racing games. I am willing to game out of my comfort zone and try my hand at these. I am interested in what the EG community has to provide. Thanks!

[decoyOctopus]

If you REALLY want to get out of your comfort zone, I'd suggest Tekken 7. But be warned, it has a steep learning curve and you WILL get beaten a lot.

[Resurrection7]

Whatever fighting game I know there will be steep learning curve, I must ask though, why single out Tekken for difficulty?

[TheOakStaff]

If you want a good racing game, my personal favourite will always be the two NFSU games. If you want something more recent I'd recommend either NFS Hot pursuit 2010 if you want just the racing part or one of Track Mania games if you want some track designing as well.

[Tom]

Tekken, Smash Bros, Mario Kart, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter.
Multiplayer is going to kick you out of your comfort zone pretty quick haha

[Zalachai]

The Persona fighting games that are a sort of sequel to P3 and P4 are pretty good fighters, and they have a lot of story telling, if you like stories.

[therepublica]

1: For fighting games, what everyone has listed above is great. For good stuff that is popular now, check out Dragonball Fighterz and Smash Ultimate. Those games will be around for the long haul.
2: Forza is the dominant game in this genre right now. If you want former bad ass racing games, go burnout.

[PotatoWarriah]

I would recommend Dirt Rally (https://store.steampowered.com/app/310560/DiRT_Rally/) - it is pretty versatile game that can be had for as low as 5 euros (if you put it on wishlist and wait for sale, there is one about once in every 2 months)

[Baron Baldric]

Obviously I recommend you start with something superdicial and fun like Redout and Dead Or Alive 5.

Redout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmcfoP-I74I
Dead Or Alive 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFQiEPwJirc

[RoyZa]

How about a combination of a fighting and racing game?

Carmaggedon. The first two, avoid the "2000" one.

[Methpoodle]

Unfortunately I haven't played a Fighting game since Tekken Tag tournament. However a racing game I thoroughly enjoyed was Grid 2. The handling mechanics were some of my favorite to date. Realistic enough to feel like a real driver but arcady and loose enough to be a lot of fun. I haven't played it but I hear only great things about Burnout Paradise. Also if you can hack the frustration of being punished for lapses in concentration Dirt Rally is pretty good too.

[Tech_0ne]

I love Tekken, all the way from 1 upto 7. Trying my hand at the versus matches in Japanese arcades showed me up though, I was getting beat 8 times out of 10. Ive never used a stick to play really though, I'm loads better with a controller but now am considering getting into stick fighting.

Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match is fun. Rival Schools is good. Heard good things about Persona 4 arena.

Killer Instinct on the Snes is awesome, one of my all time faves.

Human Killing Machine on the Amiga/Atari ST... Possibly the worst fighting game ever lol.

Any kind of sim racing game will push you to the limits. Try a MotoGP bike racing game to switch it up from cars.... Loads of fun.

[Raiju Thunder]

Man..... everyone already gave all the good suggestions. Well there’s fighting game called marvel VS Capcon 3 but warning you will Be destroyed if you play online. As a racing game the only game I can think of that hasn’t been mentioned is Diddy Kong racing, its fun with multiple characters and vehicles.

[Tonic]

The GriD series is a good set of racing games!

[decoyOctopus]

If you REALLY want to get out of your comfort zone, I'd suggest Tekken 7. But be warned, it has a steep learning curve and you WILL get beaten a lot.

Because it's on a 3D plane. How many fighting games have you sidestepping as one of the main mechanics? It's not just a backdash or teleport that can be your defensive options.

Just the movement and repositioning in a 3D plane it's a major learning curve.

[Zeoinx]

If you can manage to find a copy of it, Marvel VS Capcom 2, it did come out on Xbox original, PS2 I believe, and maybe something else. Solid fighting game to learn on. Soul Caliber 2 as well. From what I remember, if you know a genre you wanna get into, start with the earlier titles, as most are easier to learn, less features and all that, and slowly build up to a more modern title. But when you approach modern titles, do research to make sure they are even worth attempting.

Dead or Alive 5 for instance, has AI that always counters your button inputs for example. Wait, that might be Soul Caliber 5. anyway, one of the fighting titles has input countering, which makes the game not fun to play.