Mary__Jane

I looked through old posts, but I'd rather tell you what we want from a gaming system and get recommendations.

The husband and my five year old VERY much like their PC nascar game. So, what I'd like in a gaming system needs to have a really great steering control thingy (ooo that tech jargon).

But I don't know which one has the best steering column. XBox, PS2, or GameCube?

Help!!

Thanks,

Missy

hulk

The better controllers are generally available on all three. You'd be much better off basing your choice on game selection. The PS2 is the easy winner when it comes to that, especially with racers, but the X-Box and Gamecube aren't far behind.

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For a 5 year old, I would say GameCube. They have racing games but they also have a lot of great titles for the younger crowd. XBox and PS2 are great consoles but they are more geared to young adults to adults. All three consoles have a lot of third party steering wheels available to them so any one would work for racing games. Once you play Double-Dash, Nascar will be a thing of the past!

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Pellaz

I say gamecube also, although not because your son is 5. Gamecube places the highest priority on multiplayer games. If you're looking for something for your son and hubby to play together, it's the way to go for sure.

And remember that if a steering wheel is your main goal, you can find them for pc too.

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I think PS2 should be pretty enjoyable. You can buy the sterring wheel separately, since it does not come with PS2.

Akira

If you get a ps2 get GT4 and the logitech driving wheel. Your husband will sit in front of the TV for a couple of days if you get that.

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I'm going to say Nintendo DS. Partly because I just got it, and its the best thing under the sun right now.

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MooseMan3000

I'm going to have to echo the idea that the most important part is the games. You can get NASCAR Thunder 2005 for any of the three systems, since your family seems to like that style of game.

PS2 seems to have the widest variety of racing games, but X-Box is close behind. For both of those systems, the games tend to be in more realistic settings: stock car, rally car, underground street racing, etc. For GameCube, some of those type exist, but the focus is more on gameplay than realism. There's MarioKart: Double Dash, which is excellent fun multiplayer, and F-Zero GX which is a futuristic racing game that's also quite fun.



That's not to say that each system doesn't have games of the other type, it's just what tends to be the focus.

I would recommend a GameCube, if only for the exclusive titles on it. Like mentioned before, it has a wider base of games that your child would enjoy, and many that your husband would as well. As far as racing games go, I recommend the two I mentioned before, as well as Need for Speed Underground 2, along with the NASCAR game (not really my cup of tea, but it scored well, so I'm sure it's a pretty good game). You can then get a third party steering wheel, and you'll be all set. Not to mention that a GameCube costs about half what the other systems do.


Eh, just my two cents.


Edit: I just took a look at EBgames.com and saw that they have a GameCube Holiday bundle that comes with a Platinum Gamecube, 1 Controller, and Mario Kart: Double Dash for $100. A good deal by all standards, and maybe something that you could take a look at. Find it here.

Mary__Jane

You guys are the greatest!!

How can I find lists of games available for each system? With me and hubby and the five year old and the two year old, I'd like to see which games are available for each system.

OR, if someone could recommend good games for little kids, that'd be AWESOME!!

In any case, thanks for the advice!!

Missy

Rdr4evr

For the price as well as exclusive games, I don't think Gamecube can be topped. Check out www.igncube.com for a list of games

LLL2

If your looking for an racecar games I would probably go with xbox or ps2.Both have pretty cool games,the only knock i have with the ps2 is their pushing that system to the breaking point these days.The xbox has a good HD(hard drive) so you can save your audio CDs to the HD an race around while listening to the music you like.Also you can save the games to the HD.also about ps2 you can only have 2 players(unless they made an converter?) playing at the same,while xbox you can plug in up to 4 controllers.

The gamecube has lots of types of games.Heck it's an hard pick but if they like racing games i would go with the xbox,but then again 5 year old kid,i would say the gamecube because they have adult games and lots of kids games.Man it's a hard pick.