please kindly share your racing game recommendations.
I didn’t play any racing games in the last couple of years, so it doesn’t need to be the latest titles, can be a bit older too.
I’m searching for something more on the casual side. Definitely no Sim. Are the recent NFS games any good? Like everybody I liked NFS Underground back in the days. Customizing cool cars is definitely a big plus.
Singleplayer campaign or something is required, because no way am I up to compete with people online.
I loved playing “Driver: San Francisco” by Ubisoft. It’s more of a driving game than a racing game set in an open world.
However afaik you can’t buy it digitally anymore for licensing reasons.
Seconding Forza Horizon 5. It’s pretty fun and casual while still offering some challenge. There’s also Burnout Paradise, which is a bit older but still very good.
If you’re looking for a true “racing sim” type game I would probably recommend one of the Assetto Corsa games, either the original or competizione.
CarX Drift Racing Online is probably not what you expect, but is really fun. Not exactly a traditional “racing” game because you don’t compete for time, but rather compete for “drift points,” with longer/wider drifts getting more score. It has a surprisingly thorough singleplayer mode, and the multiplayer is relatively relaxed. Multiplayer is setup in an open-world style; you join a big lobby and can just drive around with friends or randoms without actually competing for anything, although people in each lobby can start competitions that everyone else can opt-in to. The main reason I’m recommending it is it has very thorough car customization and is a chill, non-competitive driving game, whether that be singleplayer or multiplayer.
Forza horizon 4 or 5 are both pretty good, though they are missing an important car from 3. But still pretty good, racing other players is not required, there is a lot to do as well.
New need for speeds being heat and unbound are both pretty good.
Wreckfest is fun if you are looking for more carnage.
I really liked Mad Max and Days Gone where the focus was upgrading your one vehicle. I really wish there was more out there like it, but Im unaware of any.
Have you ever played Rollcage back in the day? There’s a spiritual successor to it now by the original team - GRIP. It’s very much the same as it used to be, just with modern graphics.
There’s a demo for a game called Rollin’ Rascal that’s basically a Sonic clone, but there’s a multiplayer racing portion of it that’s actually really fun. There’s no stakes, it’s just competing for the sake of winning, and it’s really fun trying to figure out where the best routes would be. You can customize your “rascal” with different color palettes, or you can make a couple color schemes of your own, and give him a hat if you want.
The demo has two campaign levels available, but I’d still recommend it for the multiplayer racing aspect.
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I loved playing “Driver: San Francisco” by Ubisoft. It’s more of a driving game than a racing game set in an open world. However afaik you can’t buy it digitally anymore for licensing reasons.
Also the Dirt series is quite nice
Driver San Fran is the best car game ever made
If you’re into more than just races don’t look into it at all. Just find an illegal copy and have a night
BallisticNG
Seconding Forza Horizon 5. It’s pretty fun and casual while still offering some challenge. There’s also Burnout Paradise, which is a bit older but still very good.
Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed Collection is a blast if you’re okay with a kart racer.
Flatout 2 is the OG combat racer.
If you’re looking for a true “racing sim” type game I would probably recommend one of the Assetto Corsa games, either the original or competizione.
CarX Drift Racing Online is probably not what you expect, but is really fun. Not exactly a traditional “racing” game because you don’t compete for time, but rather compete for “drift points,” with longer/wider drifts getting more score. It has a surprisingly thorough singleplayer mode, and the multiplayer is relatively relaxed. Multiplayer is setup in an open-world style; you join a big lobby and can just drive around with friends or randoms without actually competing for anything, although people in each lobby can start competitions that everyone else can opt-in to. The main reason I’m recommending it is it has very thorough car customization and is a chill, non-competitive driving game, whether that be singleplayer or multiplayer.
Never heard of CarX. But I’ll check it out.
Forza horizon 4 or 5 are both pretty good, though they are missing an important car from 3. But still pretty good, racing other players is not required, there is a lot to do as well.
New need for speeds being heat and unbound are both pretty good.
Wreckfest is fun if you are looking for more carnage.
Grid is okay
Not a racing sim, but a pretty chill driving game.
Take a look at American truck simulator or euro truck simulator 2
Both with huge discounts on steam currently.
I really liked Mad Max and Days Gone where the focus was upgrading your one vehicle. I really wish there was more out there like it, but Im unaware of any.
Have you ever played Rollcage back in the day? There’s a spiritual successor to it now by the original team - GRIP. It’s very much the same as it used to be, just with modern graphics.
Wish they remasted the older hot pursuit or Porche unleashed games… An underground or carbon remake is too much to ask ig
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And BallisticNG is only $10.50 on steam right now, so thanks for that.
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I have burnout on every device but after 20 years or so I was hoping to find something new here
Burnout: Paradise. I have many an hour in this game.
A rather different take on casual arcade racing, but I quite like Wreckfest.
BLUR is like a more realistic version of Mario Kart, yet not a sim.
There’s a demo for a game called Rollin’ Rascal that’s basically a Sonic clone, but there’s a multiplayer racing portion of it that’s actually really fun. There’s no stakes, it’s just competing for the sake of winning, and it’s really fun trying to figure out where the best routes would be. You can customize your “rascal” with different color palettes, or you can make a couple color schemes of your own, and give him a hat if you want.
The demo has two campaign levels available, but I’d still recommend it for the multiplayer racing aspect.
BloodborneNightmare Kart!