Best Racing Games
417 Racing games, ranked by the Rank and Play community.
Hill Climb Racing
Released: Sep 22, 2012
Critic rating: 73.4 / 100 • 40 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Arcade
Platforms: Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS
Game modes: Single player
A 2D physics-based racing game where players control a driver named Bill Newton across hilly terrains using simple gas and brake controls.
Destruction Derby
Released: Oct 20, 1995
Critic rating: 70.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Android, DOS, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
With no rules, no limits and no pit stopping, anything goes in this collision course of crumple zones, hit & run mayhem, and street level slamming where wrecking your opponent's motor in ultra-realistic smashes and crashes is the name of the game.
Wave Race 64
Released: Sep 27, 1996
Critic rating: 73.3 / 100 • 91 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Sport
Platforms: Nintendo 64, Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Wave Race 64 is sure to provide some of the most exciting racing you've ever experienced.
Jak X: Combat Racing
Released: Oct 18, 2005
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Racing
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
After saving Haven City once again, Jak and Daxter find themselves poisoned forced into competition on the international car-racing circuit by the execution of Krew's will.
Crash Nitro Kart
Released: Nov 11, 2003
Critic rating: 77.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Crash Bandicoot returns to the karting scene with a host of other characters from the adventure series, and this time they have both Neo Cortex and Emperor Velo to worry about.
Ivan ''Ironman'' Stewart's Super Off Road
Released: Dec 31, 1989
Critic rating: 73.0 / 100 • 26 votes
Genres: Racing, Arcade
Platforms: Arcade
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Enter the world of off-road racing as 4 vehicles will face each other, on a series of tracks which are based around flipped and reversed versions of a core selection.
Excitebike 64
Released: Apr 30, 2000
Critic rating: 72.8 / 100 • 25 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Sport
Platforms: Nintendo 64, Wii U
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Experience extreme MX!
LEGO 2K Drive
Released: May 19, 2023
Critic rating: 75.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Adventure, Arcade
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative, Split screen
Welcome to Bricklandia, home of a massive open-world LEGO driving adventure.
Grid
Released: Oct 10, 2019
Critic rating: 72.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport
Platforms: Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Grid is a racing experience like no other.
Destruction Derby 2
Released: Oct 31, 1996
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing
Platforms: PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Destruction Derby 2 is the sequel to the MS-DOS, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and Nintendo 64 title Destruction Derby.
Gravel
Released: Feb 27, 2018
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator, Sport, Arcade
Platforms: PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Gravel is the only title in the market that includes the most extreme mix of off-road competitions ever seen in a game!
Need for Speed: Underground Rivals
Released: Mar 18, 2005
Critic rating: 71.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Game modes: Single player
Experience the rush of high-octane street racing in Need for Speed Underground: Rivals.
Disney Infinity
Released: Aug 18, 2013
Critic rating: 75.7 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Platform, Racing, Role-playing (RPG), Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
DISNEY INFINITY unlocks the freedom to play with some of your favorite Disney and Disney/Pixar worlds like never before!
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
Released: Dec 13, 2007
Critic rating: 81.5 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Simulator
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is a precursor and sampling of Gran Turismo 5 and replaced Gran Turismo HD Concept.
Burnout
Released: Nov 1, 2001
Critic rating: 80.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
The first game in the Burnout series, 'Burnout' set the platform for a new generation of racing games, with a focus on speed, extravagant crashes, and a goal of driving as recklessly as possible.
Dirt Showdown
Released: May 23, 2012
Critic rating: 75.2 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Sport
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Race, crash and hoon your way through a world tour of motorised mayhem in DiRT Showdown!
Star Wars: Episode I - Racer
Released: May 18, 1999
Critic rating: 70.0 / 100
Rating: E
Genres: Racing
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Nintendo 64, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Dreamcast
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Star Wars: Episode 1 - Racer lets you participate in the famous pod race sequence that was the critical highlight of the film Star Wars: Episode I, The Phantom Menace back in 1999.
MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Released: Mar 16, 2011
Critic rating: 78.3 / 100
Rating: T
Genres: Racing, Sport
Platforms: PlayStation 3
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
MotorStorm: Apocalypse (released as MotorStorm 3 in Asia) is a 2011 racing 3D video game by Evolution Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 3.
Onrush
Released: Jun 5, 2018
Critic rating: 78.9 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Onrush is an all-action arcade racing game like no other.
Cars 2
Released: Jun 21, 2011
Critic rating: 75.0 / 100
Rating: E10+
Genres: Racing, Adventure
Platforms: PlayStation 3, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac, Xbox 360
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
Inspired by the Disney•Pixar animated film, Cars 2: The Video Game lets players jump into the Cars 2 universe with some of their favorite Cars personalities in exotic locations around the globe.
Asphalt 8: Airborne
Released: Aug 22, 2013
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100 • 72 votes
Genres: Racing, Arcade
Platforms: BlackBerry OS, Windows Phone, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
With more than 120 million downloads, the best mobile arcade racing game series reaches a new turning point!
Hill Climb Racing 2
Released: Nov 28, 2016
Critic rating: 72.1 / 100 • 22 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Arcade
Platforms: Android, iOS
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Play Hill Climb Racing 2!
Aquapark.io
Released: Feb 26, 2019
Critic rating: 72.0 / 100 • 59 votes
Rating: E
Genres: Racing, Indie, Arcade
Platforms: Web browser, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Nintendo Switch
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Reach to the end of the water slide, try to be the first.
True Crime: Streets of LA
Released: Nov 3, 2003
Critic rating: 74.3 / 100
Rating: M
Genres: Fighting, Shooter, Racing, Adventure
Platforms: Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac, PlayStation 2
Game modes: Single player
True Crime: Streets of LA is a free-roaming driving and action game similar in concept to Grand Theft Auto III.
Road Rash II
Released: Dec 1, 1992
Critic rating: 71.9 / 100 • 41 votes
Rating: T
Genres: Fighting, Racing
Platforms: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Game modes: Single player, Split screen
Road Rashing isn't just a sport.