Starters Orders 6 Horse Racing

The game is good,but not on STEAM,the game crashes on STEAM,STEAM is ♥♥♥♥,avoid STEAM its a waste of peoples money. STEAM IS ♥♥♥♥ REPEAT STEAM IS ♥♥♥♥

Superb game for any Horse racing fan, Fantastic detail for its time. There are some glitches in the game but do not let that put you off.

This is the closest thing that you will get to a realistic Horse Racing experience, and while I do think that the industry is untapped and has potential, the actual potential for a strong horse racing sim that has options for both North American and Euro racing with modern graphical potential is unlikely in the near future. I do find Starters orders 6 to be a fun play and it is the best you can get, but it really is not all that great, and even Starters orders 7 does not fix a lot of the graphical issues that occur in starters orders 6. I do recommend it though if you are an avid horse racing enthusiast/fan or if you want a some what realistic horse racing experience. 7.5/10

It is a wonderful game. My only complaint is that it does not have "claim" races. I do not know if there are legal issues for not stating specific race tracks, e.g. Arlington Park instead of Chicago. Specific track names would add realism to the game. It is the best horse racing game I have experienced.

Really a fun game to get in to, great immersion. Alot of fun racing the horses yourself and great replay value. Rewarding to get to know it. Now I wonder if a new version will be coming, because I'll pick it up for sure.

I have played this game over 300 hours. It is by turns, addictive, extremely frustrating, and sometimes just plain risible. If you play the trainer/owner game, as most appear to, there is really little to do other than select the races your horse has the best chance of winning. You can get involved in the day to day nuts and bolts of training only by playing the real time game, which is quite literally one day game for every one day reality. If you want to role play a career, it would be as well to become a real trainer. There is a lot of detail and depth in the background information, and the ratings system does indeed rate the horses on their performances quite well. It all feels quite good, until you get to the racecourse itself and the race day game engine. If you like watching horses race, then don't expect it to look anything like any horse race you have ever seen. Horses in almost every race are either miles ahead, or utterly tailed off, even in five furlong races. Jockeys will ride like fury to get to a challenging position, and then stop riding, or go into long lead with a double handful, glancing confidently over their shoulders until the moment they drop back to the finishing position that has been pre-ordained for them. Excellent jumpers will throw away the race with a terrible jump at the last fence with depressing regularity. It's like watching a bad magician at work. And the most overused phrase from the game is "There's going to be a big shock here." "Big shocks" are the norm. 100-1 outsiders win feature races vastly more often than fancied horses. When the jockey of your top-rated, top-weighted favourite, beaten out of sight again by a 100-1 shot weighted with 9-12 comes back to give you the logically impossible statement "your horse was running above its grade" you know someone involved hasn't thought this through. Could be a great game, but they seem to think it just needs a few more bells and whistles. It doesn't.

I didnt put a lot of time into it, but it was frustrating to try and figure out how to purchase a horse and then it wouldnt allow me to enter the horse into the race until i purchased a trailer (which i could not find the option for in any of the tabs) submitted for refund request. not what i thought it was going to be at all :(

I must say it looks great but i gave it back could not get it to work on my Computer.

Can be a grind, but rewarding once getting past the early stages. I really enjoyed it when wanting slow paced, easy relaxed game play, which is welcoming when playing intense PvP. Not for the casual horse fan though, knowing and loving racing is what will get you through the slog.

good