Horse Racing Video Games

[joeydb]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

I play Gallop Racer too, quite a bit, but I never liked the 2006 version for PS2 and still have it just sitting around. The gameplay seems choppier to me and I don't really like the progression plan they have. Gallop Racer 2004 "A New Breed" is what I'm still playing, and that's more jockey-focused where you earn skills and then get better horses that you can eventually "own" and then breed them yourself and so on and so on.

Looking forward to something cool on 360 someday, but Gallop Racer is awesome (though the '04 one doesn't have betting) and has eaten up way too many days of my life.

And I've got a copy of 2006 sitting around somewhere if someone wants to basically take it off my hands, I won't ever play it.

I'm actually trying to find another copy of Gallop Racer 2006 for a friend of mine and I'm having trouble, so yeah, if you want to get rid of it let me know.

[Ogygian]

I was big into Derby Owners Club, they had one at Dave and Buster's in Cleveland. It was a great game until people starting cheating by buying juiced horses. It also got rather expensive...from the time you foaled a horse til you raced and retired it, it was at least $30 per horse.
Even still it was very addicting and worthwhile, much better then gallop racer.

[Supah Brother]

G1 jockey 3 is by far the better simulation, but no breeding or betting. There is an english version of G1 Jockey for wii, and is possible to play on North American systems. The trick is you can never update your system, and there is a mod Cd that you will need to play Pal games on NTSC platform.

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by Supah Brother

G1 jockey 3 is by far the better simulation, but no breeding or betting. There is an english version of G1 Jockey for wii, and is possible to play on North American systems. The trick is you can never update your system, and there is a mod Cd that you will need to play Pal games on NTSC platform.

I agree with SB. Jockey is definitely a better riding simulation. Plus the little things such as there are different tracks that all play different. All the horses have their own running styles and you could see who should be where. I always thought the betting in GR was useless. In jockey you can see where they think you horse should finish. I always thought it was cool when you could bring in a horse that was picked to be 16th. The only thing better about GR is that have a quasi like Triple Crown and Breeders Cup. But overall I like the Jockey game better and have wasted many hours of my life playing it. Actually my son likes to ride his rockin horse with his whip and goggles as I play the game.

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by joeydb

I'm actually trying to find another copy of Gallop Racer 2006 for a friend of mine and I'm having trouble, so yeah, if you want to get rid of it let me know.

amazon.com might have it

[Supah Brother]

Gallop racer 2006 here it is on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/GALLOP-RACER-200...eo_Games_Games