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, iPhone and Xbox 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 TrackMania, Forza Horizon, Midnight Club and Real Racing.

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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...

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  1. Need for Speed icon
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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).

    36 Need for Speed alternatives

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • EA App
    • Kindle Fire
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Nintendo Switch
    • Xbox

    Need for Speed Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Single player
    4.  Player vs Enviroment
    5.  Player vs Player
    6.  Achievements Supported
    7.  Works Offline
    8.  Online co-op

    Need for Speed VS Gran Turismo

     
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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
  2. TrackMania icon
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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...

    49 TrackMania alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows

    TrackMania Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Built-in Level Editor
    3.  User contributed content
    4.  Level editor
    5.  Endless gameplay
    6.  Multiplayer
    7.  Single player
    8.  Free to play
    9.  Sci-fi
    10.  Email tracking

    TrackMania VS Gran Turismo

     
  3. Forza Horizon icon
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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.

    22 Forza Horizon alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Xbox

    Forza Horizon Features

    1.  Multiplayer
    2.  Single player
    3.  Player vs Player
    4.  Endless gameplay
    5.  Integrated Android Emulator

    Forza Horizon VS Gran Turismo

     
  4. Stunt Rally icon
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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.

    39 Stunt Rally alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    Stunt Rally Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Endless gameplay
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Multiplayer

    Stunt Rally VS Gran Turismo

     
    • 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
  5. Midnight Club icon
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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

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Playstation
    • Xbox

    Midnight Club Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Achievements Supported
    4.  Multiplayer
    5.  Works Offline

    Midnight Club VS Gran Turismo

     
  6. TORCS icon
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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.

    29 TORCS alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    TORCS Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Multiplayer
    3.  Endless gameplay
    4.  Player vs Player
    5.  Moddable

    TORCS VS Gran Turismo

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

    • TORCS is Free and Open SourceGran Turismo is Paid and Proprietary
  7. Real Racing icon
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    Take on the ultimate racing experience – including Formula 1® - anytime, anywhere! Real cars. Real people. Real motorsports. This is Real Racing 3.

    28 Real Racing alternatives

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    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Real Racing Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Multiplayer

    Real Racing VS Gran Turismo

     
  8. The Crew icon
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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.

    17 The Crew alternatives

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    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Playstation
    • Uplay
    • Xbox

    The Crew Features

    1.  Online co-op
    2.  Achievements Supported
    3.  Multiplayer
    4.  Single player
    5.  Player vs Player

    The Crew VS Gran Turismo

     
  9. Asphalt icon
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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...

    30 Asphalt alternatives

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    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

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

    Asphalt Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  User Rating
    3.  Works Offline
    4.  Multiplayer
    5.  Player vs Player
    6.  Single player
    7.  Free to play

    Asphalt VS Gran Turismo

     
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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.

    38 City Car Driving alternatives

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    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam

    City Car Driving VS Gran Turismo

     
  11. Nitronic Rush icon
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    Survival driving game developed by students at DigiPen.

    22 Nitronic Rush alternatives

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    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Wine

    Nitronic Rush Features

    1.  Single player
    2.  Player vs Player

    Nitronic Rush VS Gran Turismo

     
  12. GRID icon
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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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    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Steam
    • Nintendo Switch Online
    • Playstation
    • PlayStation Network
    • Xbox

    GRID Features

    1.   Game Series
    2.  Single player
    3.  Multiplayer
    4.  Split-screen view

    GRID VS Gran Turismo

     
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