This article is about the video game series. For the organisers of the British Touring Car Championship, see TOCA.
TOCA (also known as Race Driver) is the racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters. The series originally focused specifically on touring car racing, but after World Touring Cars, the series expanded to cover a wide variety of motorsport.
The first game of the series was released for Windows and PlayStation platforms in late 1997 in Europe, and in summer 1998 in the United States (as TOCA Championship Racing). Featuring all the licensed cars (not including privateers) and tracks from the 1997 British Touring Car Championship, the game was critically acclaimed by the European games press, especially on console where it was widely considered the best in its genre until the release of Gran Turismo several months later.
The success of the first TOCA game saw a sequel arrive a year later in 1998. Whilst mainly an annual franchise update of cars and tracks, the game did add more detailed graphics, physics, multiplayer modes and other minor features. Fictional (but realistic) tracks were added, and support races such as Ford Fiestas, Formula Ford and others also arrived. The level of car damage possible during a race was also enhanced, which was a significant selling point compared with the likes of Gran Turismo. It was called Touring Car Challenge in the USA.
As the title suggests, the series made a significant advance in featuring various Touring Car championships from around the world, TOCA World Touring Cars, which was released in 2000, but despite carrying the TOCA name, a fully licensed British Touring Car Championship (TOCA) series was not included. The gameplay overall became more "arcadey" and the replacement of qualifying laps with random grid positions together with the omission of penalties for bad driving made the game much more playable for the casual gamer. Unlike the first two titles in the TOCA series, World Touring Cars was not released in a Windows version.
The series moved onto the 6th generation of gaming in August 2002, with the release of TOCA Race Driver (called DTM Race Driver in Germany, Pro Race Driver in North America and V8 Supercars: Race Driver in Australia). The game took the series in a new direction, and introduced a plot centering around fictional race driver Ryan McKane, trying to make a name for himself in a multitude of car championships.
Race Driver 2 was released on Xbox and PC in April 2004, with a PlayStation 2 version following six months later. Two PSP conversions were released in 2005 and 2006, the first being TOCA Race Driver 2 in Europe and Japan and the second being Race Driver 2006 in the US. The game continued to use a scripted career mode as introduced in the previous Race Driver game but dropped the Ryan McKane character.
The third game in the TOCA Race Driver series was released in February 2006, and continued to expand on the types of motorsport available. Open wheel, GT, oval racing, rallying, and offroad racing were all featured, and can be raced in either a detailed Pro Career mode or an open-ended World Tour. Up to 12 players are supported via Xbox Live and the PlayStation 2 version supports up to 8 online. This series is the only racing simulator that allows PlayStation players to race online before Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. It received good reviews, frequently being compared favourably to Gran Turismo 4 and Forza Motorsport, in the aspects of cars on track, damage and AI.
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This article is about the video game series For the organisers of the British Touring Car Championship see TOCA TOCA also known as Race Driver is the racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters The series originally focused specifically on touring car racing but after World Touring Cars the series expanded to cover a wide variety of motorsport TOCAGenre s RacingDeveloper s CodemastersPublisher s CodemastersPlatform s PlayStation Microsoft Windows Game Boy Color PlayStation 2 Game Boy Advance Nintendo DS Xbox Mobile PlayStation Portable OS XFirst releaseTOCA Touring Car ChampionshipNovember 1997Latest releaseRace Driver Create amp Race28 September 2007 The TOCA series was eventually succeeded by the Grid series of games with Race Driver Grid released in 2008 Contents 1 Games 1 1 TOCA Touring Car Championship 1997 1 2 TOCA 2 Touring Cars 1998 1 3 TOCA World Touring Cars 2000 1 4 TOCA Race Driver 2002 1 5 TOCA Race Driver 2 2004 1 6 TOCA Race Driver 3 2006 1 7 Race Driver Create amp Race 2007 2 References 3 External linksGames editAggregate review scores Game Metacritic TOCA Touring Car Championship PC 75 1 a PS1 83 2 a TOCA 2 Touring Cars PC 78 3 a PS1 79 4 a TOCA World Touring Cars PS1 80 100 5 TOCA Race Driver PC 74 100 6 PS2 81 100 7 Xbox 80 100 8 TOCA Race Driver 2 PC 80 100 9 PS2 83 100 10 PSP 78 11 a Xbox 83 12 a TOCA Race Driver 3 PC 84 100 13 PS2 82 100 14 PSP 74 15 a Xbox 84 100 16 Race Driver 2006 81 100 17 Race Driver Create amp Race 76 100 18 TOCA Touring Car Championship 1997 edit Main article TOCA Touring Car Championship The first game of the series was released for Windows and PlayStation platforms in late 1997 in Europe and in summer 1998 in the United States as TOCA Championship Racing Featuring all the licensed cars not including privateers and tracks from the 1997 British Touring Car Championship the game was critically acclaimed by the European games press especially on console where it was widely considered the best in its genre until the release of Gran Turismo several months later TOCA 2 Touring Cars 1998 edit Main article TOCA 2 Touring Cars The success of the first TOCA game saw a sequel arrive a year later in 1998 Whilst mainly an annual franchise update of cars and tracks the game did add more detailed graphics physics multiplayer modes and other minor features Fictional but realistic tracks were added and support races such as Ford Fiestas Formula Ford and others also arrived The level of car damage possible during a race was also enhanced which was a significant selling point compared with the likes of Gran Turismo It was called Touring Car Challenge in the USA TOCA World Touring Cars 2000 edit Main article TOCA World Touring Cars As the title suggests the series made a significant advance in featuring various Touring Car championships from around the world TOCA World Touring Cars which was released in 2000 but despite carrying the TOCA name a fully licensed British Touring Car Championship TOCA series was not included The gameplay overall became more arcadey and the replacement of qualifying laps with random grid positions together with the omission of penalties for bad driving made the game much more playable for the casual gamer Unlike the first two titles in the TOCA series World Touring Cars was not released in a Windows version TOCA Race Driver 2002 edit Main article TOCA Race Driver The series moved onto the 6th generation of gaming in August 2002 with the release of TOCA Race Driver called DTM Race Driver in Germany Pro Race Driver in North America and V8 Supercars Race Driver in Australia The game took the series in a new direction and introduced a plot centering around fictional race driver Ryan McKane trying to make a name for himself in a multitude of car championships TOCA Race Driver 2 2004 edit Main articles TOCA Race Driver 2 and Race Driver 2006 Race Driver 2 was released on Xbox and PC in April 2004 with a PlayStation 2 version following six months later Two PSP conversions were released in 2005 and 2006 the first being TOCA Race Driver 2 in Europe and Japan and the second being Race Driver 2006 in the US The game continued to use a scripted career mode as introduced in the previous Race Driver game but dropped the Ryan McKane character TOCA Race Driver 3 2006 edit Main article TOCA Race Driver 3 The third game in the TOCA Race Driver series was released in February 2006 and continued to expand on the types of motorsport available Open wheel GT oval racing rallying and offroad racing were all featured and can be raced in either a detailed Pro Career mode or an open ended World Tour Up to 12 players are supported via Xbox Live and the PlayStation 2 version supports up to 8 online This series is the only racing simulator that allows PlayStation players to race online before Gran Turismo 5 Prologue It received good reviews frequently being compared favourably to Gran Turismo 4 and Forza Motorsport in the aspects of cars on track damage and AI Race Driver Create amp Race 2007 edit Main article Race Driver Create amp Race Race Driver Create amp Race was developed by Firebrand Games exclusively for Nintendo DS Create and Race is the second racing game developed by Firebrand Games to run on the Octane game engine after Cartoon Network Racing 19 The engine was upgraded to support a track editor and Firebrand Games would go on to reuse it for DS versions of Race Driver Grid 20 and Dirt 2 21 References edit a b c d e f g GameRankings score TOCA Touring Car Championship Reviews GameRankings Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Touring Car Championship Reviews GameRankings Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA 2 Touring Cars Reviews GameRankings Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA 2 Touring Cars Reviews GameRankings Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA World Touring Cars Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver 2 Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver 2 Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver 2 Reviews GameRankings Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver 2 Reviews GameRankings Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver 3 Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver 3 Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver 3 Reviews GameRankings Retrieved 21 January 2017 TOCA Race Driver 3 Reviews Metacritic Retrieved 21 January 2017 Race Driver 2006 for PSP Reviews Metacritic Fandom Archived from the original on 4 November 2015 Retrieved 17 August 2015 Race Driver Create amp Race for DS Reviews Metacritic Archived from the original on 7 November 2015 Retrieved 26 August 2015 Riley Adam 10 January 2007 Race Driver Create and Race Nintendo DS Review Cubed3 Archived from the original on 20 September 2021 Retrieved 20 September 2021 Harris Craig 7 August 2008 GRID Review NDS IGN Archived from the original on 30 September 2015 Retrieved 28 August 2015 Bozon Mark 6 August 2009 Dirt 2 DS Unveiled IGN Archived from the original on 5 August 2021 Retrieved 5 August 2021 External links editTOCA at MobyGames Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title TOCA series amp oldid 1206070360, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
