Racing Games

The thrill of adrenaline-inducing speed through tracks, courses, and locales can oftentimes be out of the reach of people with normal incomes (and natural fears of the dangers of high speed). That’s where the escapist fantasy of racing video games come in to fulfill that desire.

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  1. SuperTuxKart icon
     117 likes

    SuperTuxKart is a free 3D kart racing game; we want to make the game fun more than we want to make it realistic. You can play with up to 4 friends on one PC, racing against each other or just try to beat the computer (a network multiplayer feature is planned).

    • Racing Game
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • OpenSolaris
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  2. Grand Theft Auto icon
     176 likes

    Experience action-adventure gameplay in open-world settings, with missions and side activities set in cities reflecting American locales.

    • Open World Game
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Epic Games Store
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    GTA III
    Best alternatives are Saints Row iconSaints RowandSleeping Dogs iconSleeping Dogs27 alternatives
  3. Need for Speed icon
     56 likes

    Need for Speed (NFS) is a racing game franchise published by Electronic Arts (EA) and currently developed by Criterion Games (the developers of the Burnout series).

    • Racing Game
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • EA App
    • Kindle Fire
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    Best alternatives are TrackMania iconTrackManiaandGran Turismo iconGran Turismo36 alternatives
  4. Gran Turismo icon
     3 likes

    The first installment of the Gran Turismo series of games. Released on December 22, 1997, it featured quality gameplay and graphics tuned toward a realistic driving experience with 180 different vehicles and 11 race courses. It was developed by Polyphony Digital Inc.

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    Best alternatives are Need for Speed iconNeed for SpeedandTrackMania iconTrackMania35 alternatives
  5. Sequel to the most addictive and entertaining physics based driving game ever! And it's free! Newton Bill is Back! After journeying to where no ride has been before, Bill is ready to challenge the whole world in Hill Climb Racing multi player madness.

    • Racing Game
    • FreeProprietary
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    Hill Climb Racing 2 screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are XMoto iconXMotoandHill Climb Racing iconHill Climb Racing13 alternatives
  6. TrackMania icon
     22 likes

    It is the most popular online pc racing game. It fuels 7 different racing environments; hundreds of thousands of tracks and millions of players to compete with. You can download the car you are dreaming of, paint it, drive it through insane tracks made of loopings, ramps and off...

    Trackmania Turbo
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  7. Pixel Wheels icon
     4 likes

    Pixel Wheels is a top-down racing game for PC (Linux, macOS, Windows) and Android.

    • Racing Game
    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Flathub
    Pixel Wheels screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are SuperTuxKart iconSuperTuxKartandTrackMania iconTrackMania30 alternatives
  8. Euro Truck Simulator 2 gives you the chance to become a real truck driver from the comfort of your home! Featuring licensed trucks with countless customization options and advanced driving physics, the game delivers an unparalleled driving experience which has put it in the spot...

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  9. Forza Horizon icon
     12 likes

    Forza Horizon is a 2012 racing video game developed by Playground Games and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox 360 on 23 October 2012. The game is the fifth instalment of the Forza series, having originally spun-off from Turn 10 Studios-developed Forza Motorsport titles.

    Forza Horizon screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are Need for Speed iconNeed for Speed22 alternatives
  10. Stunt Rally icon
     15 likes

    Stunt Rally is a racing game with rally style of driving, mostly on gravel.

    It features a rich variety of 172 tracks in 34 sceneries also on other planets.

    Track difficulty ranges from short and easy to very difficult stunt tracks including jumps, skewed loops, pipes winding in.

    Stunt Rally screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are SuperTuxKart iconSuperTuxKart39 alternatives
  11. Rigs of Rods icon
     18 likes

    Rigs of Rods is an open source vehicle simulator licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. What makes Rigs of Rods different to most simulators is its unique soft-body physics: vehicles, machines, objects, etc.

    Rigs of Rods screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are BeamNG.drive iconBeamNG.drive23 alternatives
  12. Speed Dreams icon
     12 likes

    Speed Dreams is a 3d cross-platform, open source motorsport simulation and racing game. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

    Speed Dreams screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are SuperTuxKart iconSuperTuxKartandTrackMania iconTrackMania20 alternatives
  13. Midnight Club icon
     3 likes

    Midnight Club is a racing game series developed and published by Rockstar Games. All releases of the series have been and are available for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox and Xbox 360.

    Best alternatives are Need for Speed iconNeed for Speed8 alternatives
  14. Race through the desert, grasslands and the city or encounter SECRET areas with great rewards! Escape the POLICE, the SWAT, the ARMY JEEPS and the TANKS! How long can you last?

    • Racing Game
    • FreeProprietary
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
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  15. VDrift icon
     4 likes

    VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. The driving physics engine was recently re-written from scratch but was inspired and owes much to the Vamos physics engine. It is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL) v3.

    • FreeOpen Source
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    VDrift screenshot 1
    Best alternatives are SuperTuxKart iconSuperTuxKartandTrackMania iconTrackMania22 alternatives