Top 5 Racing Games

Can be from any era...I'm only going to list the games that I played so no i didn't play all of the racing games out there...just for fun since GT5 is being released...can be arcadey, kart, or simulation

my top 5

5. Motorstorm (PS3)

4. NFS Hot Pursuit 2 (PS2)

3. Modnation Racers (PS3) = (Little Big Planet + Mario Kart)

2. Nascar Racing (PC) - (Now its a little abscure, but this was a really in depth racing simulator for the PC back in 99 even if I didn't like nascar there was over 150 cars, 50 trucks, and creatable vehicles, plus everything you had to check in race was really amazing for the time, tire pressure, oil pressure, engine heat, tire wear, fuel, damage modeling, etc.)

1. Gran Turismo 2 (PSX) - (The game that got me into racing...forever...nuff said about it)

I've had fun with so many racing games that it's hard to narrow down to just 5 but here are some that I've had a lot of fun with:

Viper Racing (PC) - the physics/damage modeling were excellent
Hydro Thunder (Dreamcast) - I think they did a great job with Hurricane on Xbox 360
Wipeout HD (PS3) - 1080P + 60FPS = good times :)
Super Mario Kart (SNES) - split-screen multiplayer was just really cool
Rock & Roll Racing (SNES) - great licensed music and fun weapons

There are a LOT more, these were just the ones I could think of that aren't always the most mentioned.

well mine are all over the place

1. Stunts (PC). It's an old pc game that has ugly graphics, but the gameplay is great (if you use dosbox on a newer pc, or just use an older pc now). the best part is you can design your own tracks.

2. Burnout2 (ps2) - I absolutely loved this game when it came out. played it to death.

3. RC Pro Am (nes) - great game to pick up and play for a little while. can get hard pretty fast, but still fun

4. Tourist Trophy (ps2) - a great motorcyle racing sim that is like Gran Turismo, but with bikes.

5. Virtua Racing - the arcade is the best version, but i still have a blast on the 32x version

close but didnt make the cut: Gran Turismo 4 and Forza. They are great games, but i dont like them as much as the titles listed above.

4. Tourist Trophy (ps2) - a great motorcyle racing sim that is like Gran Turismo, but with bikes.Talldude80

-Gran Turismo

-Mario Kart 64

-Super Off Road

-Destruction Derby

-Star Wars Racer.

[QUOTE="Talldude80"]4. Tourist Trophy (ps2) - a great motorcyle racing sim that is like Gran Turismo, but with bikes.Stinger78

One that I thought about was Supercross 2000...one of the funnest and few licensed supercross games out there...RC Pro-Am was a blast and so was Pole-Position...I wished I gotten tourist trophy but I just wasn't sure at the time...now its too late :|

- mario kart 64

- road rash

- super off road

- modnation racers

- rc pro am

1.Mario Kart DS

2.Mario Kart Wii

3.Crash Team Racing

4.Grand Prix 3

5.SEGA Rally

• Crash Team Racing (PS1)
• Gran Turismo 5 (PS1)
• Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1)
• Mario Kart DS
• Burnout 3

im going to do a top 20 since i played to many

1-rock n roll racing -snes

2 nfs 3 hot pursuiit ps1

3 mariokart -series

4-top gear 1-3000 snes

5 gran turismo 1-4-ps2/ps1

6 need for speed hot pursuit 2 -gc ps2 pc-those are vthe version i played/own

7 blur

8 top gear rally-64

9 need for speed porche unleashed-ps1/gba

10-nascar 2009-multi

11-nascar 2005 -gc/xbox

12 fzero series

13-burnout up til paradise

14 -toca race driver series-

15- dirt /colin mcrea rally series

16-the rest of the nfs series

17 -forza 1-3

18 pgr series

19-mx vs atv series

20 -radical psycho machines-snes or full throttle snes

1. Nascar Thunder 2003 (GC)
   
2. Rad Racer (NES)
3. Gran Turismo (PSX)
4. Daytona USA (Arcade)
5. Chocobo Racing (PSX)
   

My personal top 5 in no particular order.... Gran Turismo 4, Gran Turismo 3, Burnout 3: Takedown, Diddy Kong Racing, Road Rash II

1. Rush 2

2. pgr2

3.road rash

4.mario kart ds

5.burnout 1

more f zero guys

:lol: you guys know who knows racing better around here? me

well the most popular top 5 is

mario kart series

need for speed series

burnout series

gt series

midnight club series

the best 5 IMO

GT

Forza

Mario kart

Midnight club

nfs

well mine are all over the place

1. Stunts (PC). It's an old pc game that has ugly graphics, but the gameplay is great (if you use dosbox on a newer pc, or just use an older pc now). the best part is you can design your own tracks.

2. Burnout2 (ps2) - I absolutely loved this game when it came out. played it to death.

3. RC Pro Am (nes) - great game to pick up and play for a little while. can get hard pretty fast, but still fun

4. Tourist Trophy (ps2) - a great motorcyle racing sim that is like Gran Turismo, but with bikes.

5. Virtua Racing - the arcade is the best version, but i still have a blast on the 32x version

close but didnt make the cut: Gran Turismo 4 and Forza. They are great games, but i dont like them as much as the titles listed above.

Talldude80

at the time stunts had amazing graphics imo

In no particular order:

Flatout for the PS2. Not only did it have a great demolition derby mode and mini games but the racing was top shelf.

Mini Car Racing for the PC. It was a budget game but came closest to the racetracks I had as a kid, plus it had machine guns and oil slicks and more.

Lego Racers on the PC. Just pure fun. Enjoyed it more than Mario Kart.

Trackmania for the PC. Unbelievable. The wide variety of custom made maps were awesome. Why isn't this game on the PS3?

NFS Hot Pursuit for the Gamecube. Had more fun with this version of NFS than any other for some reason.

I want to give a shoutout to Turbo Prop Racing =P

I don't know how many of you guys played this game, but if I remember correctly when Polyphony was just starting out some of the team helped make this game lol. It came before Gran Turismo 2 but it really is a blast to play just for arcade reasons. Not quite like Hydro Thunder but you can race on lava!

#1)Gran Turismo

#2)Wipeout XL

#3)Super Mario Kart

#4)Burnout 3

#5)Forza Motorsport 3

R.C. Pro-Am for NES. That's all you need.

this is legacy forums so..

mario kart 64/snes
super off road SNES
RC Pro am NES
F zero snes
outrun arcade
rad racer NES
NFS3:hot pursuit PS1

1. Mario Kart 64
2. Daytona USA
3. Burnout 3: Takedown
4. F-Zero GX
5. Project Gotham Racing

1.) NASCAR 2 (Total NASCAR Simulator with wheel adapatbility and complete customization)

2.) Gran Turismo 2 (PS1)

3.) NFS: High Stakes (PC) -First console game I can recall with an incar cam

4.) Death Rally

5.) Lamborghini: American Challenge

F zero for N64 is by far my favorite racing game.

Mario Kart 64

Road Rash

Wipeout

Lotus Turbo Challenge

Outrun

im going to do a top 20 since i played to many

1-rock n roll racing -snes

2 nfs 3 hot pursuiit ps1

3 mariokart -series

4-top gear 1-3000 snes

5 gran turismo 1-4-ps2/ps1

6 need for speed hot pursuit 2 -gc ps2 pc-those are vthe version i played/own

7 blur

8 top gear rally-64

9 need for speed porche unleashed-ps1/gba

10-nascar 2009-multi

11-nascar 2005 -gc/xbox

12 fzero series

13-burnout up til paradise

14 -toca race driver series-

15- dirt /colin mcrea rally series

16-the rest of the nfs series

17 -forza 1-3

18 pgr series

19-mx vs atv series

20 -radical psycho machines-snes or full throttle snes

mariokart64fan

Rock n roll racing is probably my favorite game of all time, all genres! I also played alot of Top Gear on the SNES. V-rally on the PSX, Super cars 1 and 2 on the Amiga and, well, the Burnout series. As far as Arcade-machine classics I'd go for the Outrun series.