Games Like Gran Turismo (Series) Similar Racing Games & Simulation Games like Gran Turismo (Series)

Gran Turismo is described as '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' and is a Racing Game in the games category. There are more than 25 games similar to Gran Turismo for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Android, Playstation, Xbox and Steam apps. The best Gran Turismo alternative is Need for Speed. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Stunt Rally or TORCS. Other Gran Turismo like games are BeamNG.drive, TrackMania, Forza Horizon and Midnight Club.

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  1. Need for Speed icon

    Need for Speed

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    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).

    35 Need for Speed alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once or Subscription
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • EA App
    • Kindle Fire
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox
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    Need for Speed is for the best part, a story based illegal street racing game that does not have realistic car physics or circuit based "career" type racing. Gran Turismo is much closer to real world physics and is purely focused on real world racing.

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    • Need for Speed is the most popular Windows, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to Gran Turismo.

    • Need for Speed is the most popular commercial alternative to Gran Turismo.

    • Need for Speed is Paid and ProprietaryGran Turismo is also Paid and Proprietary
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    BeamNG.drive

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    BeamNG.drive (developed as a commercial adaptation of the free and open source game Rigs of Rods) is a dynamic soft-body physics vehicle simulator, which simulates realistic handling and damage to vehicles.

    4 BeamNG.drive alternatives

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
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  4. TrackMania icon

    TrackMania

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    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...

    51 TrackMania alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    Trackmania Turbo
     
  5. Stunt Rally icon

    Stunt Rally

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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • Stunt Rally is the most popular Linux alternative to Gran Turismo.

    • Stunt Rally is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Gran Turismo.

    • Stunt Rally is Free and Open SourceGran Turismo is Paid and Proprietary
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    Forza Horizon

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    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.

    21 Forza Horizon alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Xbox
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    Midnight Club

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    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.

    8 Midnight Club alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
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  9. TORCS icon

    TORCS

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    TORCS, The Open Racing Car Simulator is a highly portable multi platform car racing simulation. It is used as ordinary car racing game, as AI racing game and as research platform. It runs on Linux (x86, AMD64 and PPC), FreeBSD, OpenSolaris, MacOSX and Windows.

    31 TORCS alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • TORCS is the most popular Mac alternative to Gran Turismo.

    • TORCS is Free and Open SourceGran Turismo is Paid and Proprietary
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    Asphalt

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    The series typically focuses on fast-paced arcade racing set in various locales throughout the world, tasking players to complete races while evading the local law enforcement. Gameplay includes teaming up with allied racers and gang groups to assist in police pursuits and...

    28 Asphalt alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • Windows Phone
    • iPad
    • Android TV
    • Playstation
    • Xbox
    • Nintendo Switch
    • SteamOS
    • Steam
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    City Car Driving

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    Realistic car driving simulator, which will help you master the basic skills of the car driving in various traffic conditions, with plunging into the environment most closely resembling the real one.

    37 City Car Driving alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
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    The Crew

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    The Crew is an open and persistent world for racing across the United States. It takes 90 minutes to drive from coast to coast in-game. The single-player campaign is 20 hours long, and entails infiltrating criminal groups.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Uplay
    • Xbox
    Never ride alone
     
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    GRID

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    GRID (formerly TOCA/Race Driver) is a racing video game series developed and published by Codemasters. The series originally focused specifically on touring car racing, but later the series expanded to cover a wide variety of motorsport.

    8 GRID alternatives

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    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • PlayStation Network
    • Xbox
    • Android
    GRID (2019)
     
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