What is your favorite racing game?

[Owlslayer]

Need For Speed: Underground pops to mind. Or was it NFSU2? Can`t even remember, it was a long time ago... but damn, those drag races were fun.
I really loved Burnout Paradise, as well. Lots and lots and lots of fun.
And of course i enjoyed Flatout 3 as well, a cool, fun game.

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

F-Zero GX: It has some of the most badass tracks I've ever seen in a racing game, and its a.i. is pretty ruthless.

Mario Kart 64: Because it doesn't matter if you win or lose the race, only how many times you nail your friends with shells.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

I'd like to get F1 2012, played F1 2010 for quite a while but held of on F1 2011 because of the reported bugginess/framerate issues on PS3, anyone know if this has been fixed? Maybe I should just get F1 2012

Sorry for the consecutive post, but I'm too damn melted to feck about with edits...

F1 2012 looks pretty good, but I am going to wait until it's released and the fan feedback starts to paint a clearer picture. F1 2011 was much better after the patch (although not without some pretty big flaws) but some of the display issues never went away for some apparently - something to do with certain types of TV or somesuch. Codies are bigging it up obviously, and it does look like the business but once bitten, twice shy and all that. If the AI and penalty/safety car system are still broken, then I'm not going near it. Probably. Maybe. But I do love F1...dammit!

Thanks for input, hope I don't go too far off-topic. Might wait for a bit more fan feedback in that case, because I love F1 as well and don't want to go for the wrong one just yet. One of my friends said I should just go for F1 Championship Edition instead, I think I only tried that once in a demo with a controller, seemed nice graphics and effects but don't know about the driving much. I Love F1 as well, just hope one of them is the solid, tight, game I'm looking for with all the tracks and car setup, moreso than graphics and presentation, can play GT5 for that, at least on PS3.

 

[Ljs1121]

My nephew and I had oodles upon oodles of fun with Midnight Club 3, so I've gotta say that.

 

[Launcelot111]

Diddy Kong Racing because of the mixture of kart racing and Rare's love of compulsive collectible searches.

If I must choose a game with real cars, then Burnout entirely for the mode where you cause massive pileups.

If I must choose a game where I actually race in the real cars, then Cruising World for that spiffy theme song.

 

[Squilookle]

I haven't played many racing games this generation. The only ones I can recall playing are Forza Motorsport 2, Mario Kart Wii, Burnout Paradise, and Sega and Sonic All-Stars Racing. I didn't spend that much time on these ones either.

I think the platform that hosted many of my favorites and when I was most into racing games was on the N64. Games such as:
Mario Kart 64
Diddy Kong Racing
Wave Race
San Fransisco Rush
Beetle Adventure Racing
1080 Snowboarding

I spent countless hours on these games.

Mario Kart 64 probably takes the cake. I even bought the soundtrack to play in my car. Luckily it didn't inspire me to throw banana peels out the window and launch turtle shells at other cars.
I spent hours upon hours shaving off split seconds in time trial mode. I memorized every track and even the little glitches where you can get over walls and such to shave off seconds.

Did you ever play Snowboard Kids? My girlfriend introduced it to me and it's an absolute blast. 1080 meets mario kart.

Of all of those, Diddy Kong is my favourite- best controls, more track variety than MK64, and above all bots in battle mode. I was crushed to find MK64 had no bots in battle mode. Actually I felt most of MK64 overall failed to live up to SMK on the Snes.

EDIT: Good to see Diddy Kong Racing in this thread is AT LAST getting some recognition!

Other racers that were really up there for me were Re-Volt, and Mashed.

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

I just remembered Beetle Adventure Racing on N64. I loved that game, but getting all the collectables was really difficult.

It had so many awesome hidden routes and secret areas.

The 2 ultimate unlockable cars were so broken though. The alien one was very groovy, but the police car had a feature that made it truly special.

When you honked its horn you also turned its lights and siren on for a few seconds which made the a.i. cars STOP AND PULL OVER if you were nearby. XD

 

[Soxafloppin]

NFS: Most Wanted (looking forward to the original)
NFS: Hot Pursuit 2010
Driver San Francisco, which took me by surprise big time.

 

[R4ptur3]

Mario kart 64 kicked so much ass. God knows how many times I have played bowsers castle haha.

As for a racing game with some sort of realism, I would have to go for GRID or need for speed underground 2.

 

[Starik20X6]

My problem with racing games is I really like playing them, but I'm terrible at doing so. The Mario Kart series are the only ones I can play with any skill, in all others my brother absolutely thrashes me. So for me the crown goes to Mario Kart, hands down. Though honourable mention must be made to ModNation Racers' staggeringly deep customisation, and pre-emptive honourable mention of LittleBigPlanet Karting.

 

[Seriin]

F-Zero GX and then probably Mario Kart DS. I don't like the "realistic" racing games, and these two styles are about as far in either direction and you can get. I love that we've got stuff like F-Zero, full of things you can only find in video games and yet people flock in droves to ones that recreate the feel of driving a real car. Impressive on a technical level, I guess, but I play games to do things I could never do in real life.

 

[Baron_Rouge]

Mario Kart's a lot of fun, but my vote goes to Motorstorm: Apocalypse

 

[juyunseen]

Any mario kart game. No questions asked.
i like the arcade racing games too. You know, the ones with the wheel and the seat? Those need for speed ones are fun.

 

[Semudara]

Mario Kart Wii is my favorite, thanks to the Wii wheel. I know two types of players: those who hate the Wii Wheel and just use the GameCube controller, and those who love the Wii Wheel (like me). It just makes the game a hell of a lot of fun, and I actually play better when I use it. XD

 

[Humble Grapefruit]

Being in college, I decided to bring my N64 along. It is amazing how many people walk past my dorm, see it, and ask if I have Mario Kart. It is just that fantastic. I also really like Forza 3, you can sink way too much time into that game.

 

[everythingbeeps]

Burnout 3 Takedown Because nothing screams manly like a combat racing game in which you use nothing but your car as the weapon.

Yeah, Takedown was probably the high point of the series. Revenge was also great. Paradise kind of blew.

 

[Get_A_Grip_]

Gran Turismo 5. I've sunk an ungodly amount of hours into this game.
Burnout 3: Takedown is my favourite arcade racer.

 

[Nightly Rabi]

Probably either Project Gothan Racing 4 or Burnout 3. Lots of good memories with they two.

Edit: After reading through some of the comments I've been reminded of Dirt 2, not sure how I overlooked that.

 

[scorptatious]

WELCOME TO MARIO KART!!

Diddy Kong Racing was pretty cool too.