Your Favorite Racing Game Ever?

[Duck Sandwich]

F-Zero GX. Not only did it have a sweet variety of courses and hard-ass Grand Prix modes, but it also had a hard-ass story mode. It only had 9 missions/races, but each of those had variety. One mission had you racing while dodging gigantic falling boulders, another had you racing to evacuate an exploding building while dodging closing doors and collecting enough boost powerups to get out quickly enough, another had you driving Speed-style (keep your car above a certain speed or it blows up) through a traffic congested highway.

The sheer retardedness of the storyline was also good for a few laughs.

 

[s0m3th1ng]

GT3 and Forza are the one's I've put the most hours into.

But my favorite would be Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed. My first truly realistic racing game with a steering wheel. Played that shit for DAYS.

 

[Tsaba]

I'm going to go to my first love of racing games:

Spoiler

 

[AMX58]

I would have to say SHIFT 1 and 2

I also like Test Drive 2 a lil bit but i like the neeed for speed series the best

 

[C.S.Strowbridge]

Does Carmageddon count?

 

[ColeusRattus]

The best racing game ever: Live for Speed [www.liveforspeed.net] (PC)

And by plattform:

PS3: Gran Turismo 5
PS2: Enthusia
Wii: Mario Kart

 

[Chaos-Spider]

Diddy Kong racing for N64 definitely. I must have rented that game a hundred times when i was a kid.

I remember watching my brother play this on the N64 waaay back as well, so this or one of the mario carts are probably my favorite ames in this genre.

 

[Vitor Goncalves]

Destruction Derby (1995).

Otherwise Lotus (1993), Mario Kart 64 (1996), Collin McRae (1998)

 

[Vangaurd227]

Gran turismo 2....nostalgia and awesomeness in perfect harmony ^_^

 

[ThePurpleStuff]

Modnation Racers, I enjoy being able to make my driver and my car look like anything I want. (But of course there's limitations) it's also a giant challenge even on the beginner difficulties unlike Mario Kart, where the 50cc cars don't get anywhere near you at all. You could get shot with a missile and lose 1st place if you're not careful and a lot of the unlockables require 1st place. Sure, its frustrating but makes you work for your rewards.

 

[Brutal Peanut]

I remember playing a lot of Road Blasters when I was little, yeesh. It came out the year I was born, but when I was old enough to play it, I played A LOT of it. lol

I'm actually not one to really play racing games , but I do enjoy playing Mario Kart - if that counts.

And of course:

 

[The Diabolical Biz]

Oh, Diddy Kong Racing - N64 for me.

Not because it's necessarily better than any of the other options here, but because of all the sweet childhood memories I have of it.

 

[ChupathingyX]

Crash Team Racing and Jak X.

I'm not a big fan of racing sims, I prefer cars with rocket launchers.

 

[J-dog42]

I would have to say the new NFS: Hot Pursuit is one of my favourite racing games ever. The only was great as well. The only criticism is a giant open world that really had no point to it.

 

[LoFr3Eq]

My avatar is the best ever.

 

[Artina89]

Playing Super Mario Kart and Mario Kart 64 always brings back great memories of playing the games with my dad and my brother when I was a kid. I also enjoy Mario Kart wii with my friends, I love the colourful characters and it is great to play with family and friends.