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There are several ways you can buy a car whether it’s from a retailer or contract hire. In a way the same goes for the way games are made, they can be realistic, pc usable or put on a console, whether their there for a laugh or not what is the best driving game?

The first one that springs to mind isn’t what you’d expect from a driving game. It is certainly not a realistic game at all. It is of course the amazing Mario Kart. Driving games don’t have to be real to make them good as everyone will know from playing Mario Kart. It is simply an awesome game with tonnes of characters, karts and bikes to choose from. There is nothing I have ever found to be more satisfying on a driving game than to see someone slip on a banana skin or get hit by a giant shell.

Another good driving game is the brilliant Forza 2 on Xbox 360. This one looks realistic and is brilliant because not only is it online you can customise every single last bit of the car from the paint and style to the wheels and engine. When playing this game you take realistic damage and as well as this you have to make pit stops to change fuel and tyres. Ranging from the Golf GT right the way up to the Lotus Elise this game has hundreds of cars to choose from. The handling is superb if you have a wheel for the game and feels like you are really test driving the cars. Going at 100mph round one of the games corners and you are going to see your car spin out of control and hit many others along the way.

The Grand Turismo series looks pretty amazing. They have always been known for their abilty to show realistic gameplay and number five certainly does not steer from this. The cars im the game look exactly the same as you would see them looking at them through a showroom window.

The same is true in reality. Some of the cars you can get are at quite affordable prices. You can get car contracting on pretty much any model nowadays ranging from mini’s right the way to Mercedes contract hire. Some of the prices are under £300 which is an absolute bargain and a great way to beat the downturn.

Buying a new car even with the massive deductions companies are now offering is still expensive.