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A subcategory of [[Sports Game|Sports Games]]. You are on a course or given a course to take and your goal is to get from point A to point B as fast as you can, usually before your opponents do. Sometimes you're just the car, and you never even see the driver, sometimes you drive nothing at all.
A subcategory of [[Sports Game|Sports Games]]. You are on a course or given a course to take and your goal is to get from point A to point B as fast as you can, usually before your opponents do. Sometimes you're just the car, and you never even see the driver, sometimes you drive nothing at all.


Most racing games are [[Driving Game|Driving Games]] and all sit somewhere on a line between "arcade" and "simulation". Toward the arcade end [[Every Car Is Rear Wheel Drive]] and brakes are nearly unnecessary; toward the simulation end, games like ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' and ''[[Forza Motorsport (Video Game)|Forza Motorsport]]'', where brakes are the only thing saving you from skidding head-on into the wall and cars are as close as can be made to their [[Real Life]] analogues. The most popular racing games are the ones that blend arcade style with real-life cars and locations, or ones that feature an already-popular franchise. Stricter driving sims are more the preserve of the PC market, where there are large online racing and modding groups.
Most racing games are [[Driving Game|Driving Games]] and all sit somewhere on a line between "arcade" and "simulation". Toward the arcade end [[Every Car Is Rear Wheel Drive]] and brakes are nearly unnecessary; toward the simulation end, games like ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' and ''[[Forza Motorsport]]'', where brakes are the only thing saving you from skidding head-on into the wall and cars are as close as can be made to their [[Real Life]] analogues. The most popular racing games are the ones that blend arcade style with real-life cars and locations, or ones that feature an already-popular franchise. Stricter driving sims are more the preserve of the PC market, where there are large online racing and modding groups.


Simulation-style racing games are generally "no contact" affairs, just as in real life. Most NASCAR and Formula One games involve driving around a track with set rules of noninterference with your competitors. Most arcade racers are "full contact" racing, where you can bump and shove your opponents into barriers or just simply spin them out.
Simulation-style racing games are generally "no contact" affairs, just as in real life. Most NASCAR and Formula One games involve driving around a track with set rules of noninterference with your competitors. Most arcade racers are "full contact" racing, where you can bump and shove your opponents into barriers or just simply spin them out.
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* [[Beetle Adventure Racing]]
* [[Beetle Adventure Racing]]
* [[Big Rigs Over the Road Racing]]
* [[Big Rigs Over the Road Racing]]
* [[Blur (Video Game)|Blur]]
* [[Blur (video game)|Blur]]
* [[Burnout]]
* [[Burnout]]
* [[Cars Race-O-Rama]]
* [[Cars Race-O-Rama]]
* [[Choro Q (Video Game)|Choro Q]] - licensed from a brand of toy cars in Japan.
* [[Choro Q]] - licensed from a brand of toy cars in Japan.
* [[Colin McRae Rally]]
* [[Colin McRae Rally]]
** [[Di RT (Video Game)|Di RT]]
** [[Di RT]]
* [[Crashday]]
* [[Crashday]]
* [[Crash Team Racing (Video Game)|Crash Team Racing]], [[Crash Nitro Kart]] and [[Crash Tag Team Racing]] (spinoffs of ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'')
* [[Crash Team Racing]], [[Crash Nitro Kart]] and [[Crash Tag Team Racing]] (spinoffs of ''[[Crash Bandicoot]]'')
* [[Cruisn|Cruis'n]]
* [[Cruisn]]
* [[Daytona USA]]
* [[Daytona USA]]
* [[Death Rally (Video Game)|Death Rally]]
* [[Death Rally]]
* [[Diddy Kong Racing (Video Game)|Diddy Kong Racing]]
* [[Diddy Kong Racing]]
* [[Driving Emotion Type S]] ( [[Square Enix]]'s attempt at making a ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' killer)
* [[Driving Emotion Type S]] ( [[Square Enix]]'s attempt at making a ''[[Gran Turismo]]'' killer)
* [[F-Zero (Video Game)|F-Zero]]
* [[F-Zero]]
* [[FAST Racing League (Video Game)|FAST Racing League]]
* [[FAST Racing League]]
* [[Fatal Racing]] (known in the US as "Whiplash")
* [[Fatal Racing]] (known in the US as "Whiplash")
* [[Flat Out (Video Game)|Flat Out]]
* [[Flat Out]]
* [[Forza Motorsport (Video Game)|Forza Motorsport]]
* [[Forza Motorsport]]
* [[FUEL]]
* [[FUEL]]
* [[Gran Trak 10 (Video Game)|Gran Trak 10]]
* [[Gran Trak 10]]
* [[Gran Turismo]]
* [[Gran Turismo]]
* [[G Surfers]]
* [[G Surfers]]
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* [[GT Legends]]
* [[GT Legends]]
* [[Indy Car Racing II]]
* [[Indy Car Racing II]]
* [[Initial D Arcade Stage (Video Game)|Initial D Arcade Stage]]
* [[Initial D Arcade Stage]]
* [[Konami Krazy Racers]]
* [[Konami Krazy Racers]]
* [[LEGO Racers (Video Game)|LEGO Racers]]
* [[LEGO Racers]]
* [[Live For Speed]]
* [[Live For Speed]]
* [[Mario Kart (Video Game)|Mario Kart]]
* [[Mario Kart]]
** [[Super Mario Kart (Video Game)|Super Mario Kart]]
** [[Super Mario Kart]]
** [[Mario Kart 64 (Video Game)|Mario Kart 64]]
** [[Mario Kart 64]]
* Mega Man Battle And Chase (a spinoff of ''[[Mega Man (Video Game)|Mega Man]]'', natch)
* Mega Man Battle And Chase (a spinoff of ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'', natch)
* [[Megarace]]
* [[Megarace]]
* [[Micro Machines (Video Game)|Micro Machines]]
* [[Micro Machines]]
* [[Midnight Club]]
* [[Midnight Club]]
* Midtown Madness
* Midtown Madness
* [[Modnation Racers]]
* [[Modnation Racers]]
* [[Motorstorm]]
* [[Motorstorm]]
* [[Need for Madness (Video Game)|Need for Madness]]
* [[Need for Madness]]
* [[Need for Speed (Video Game)|Need for Speed]]
* [[Need for Speed]]
* [[Nitronic Rush]]
* [[Nitronic Rush]]
* [[Pole Position (Video Game)|Pole Position]]
* [[Pole Position (video game)|Pole Position]]
* [[Quantum Redshift (Video Game)|Quantum Redshift]]
* [[Quantum Redshift]]
* [[Racer Free Car Simulation]]
* [[Racer Free Car Simulation]]
* [[Racing Lagoon]] (A [[Square Enix]] hybrid of a RPG and street racing sim, basically their answer to ''[[Tokyo Xtreme Racer]]'')
* [[Racing Lagoon]] (A [[Square Enix]] hybrid of a RPG and street racing sim, basically their answer to ''[[Tokyo Xtreme Racer]]'')
* [[Rad Racer (Video Game)|Rad Racer]]
* [[Rad Racer]]
* [[Rally Trophy]]
* [[Rally Trophy]]
* [[RC Pro-Am|RC Pro Am]]
* [[RC Pro-Am|RC Pro Am]]
* [[Re-Volt]]
* [[Re-Volt]]
* [[R Factor]]
* [[R Factor]]
* [[Ridge Racer (Video Game)|Ridge Racer]]
* [[Ridge Racer]]
* [[Richard Burns Rally]]
* [[Richard Burns Rally]]
* [[Road Fighter]]
* [[Road Fighter]]
* [[Rock N Roll Racing]]
* [[Rock N Roll Racing]]
* [[Rollcage]]
* [[Rollcage]]
* [[San Francisco Rush (Video Game)|San Francisco Rush]]
* [[San Francisco Rush]]
* [[Sega Rally]]
* [[Sega Rally]]
* ''[[Sega Superstars (Video Game)|Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]''
* ''[[Sega Superstars|Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing]]''
* [[Sonic R]]
* [[Sonic R]]
* [[Split Second]]
* [[Split Second]]
* Super Sprint
* Super Sprint
* [[Super Tux Kart (Video Game)|Super Tux Kart]]
* [[Super Tux Kart]]
* [[Test Drive (Video Game)|Test Drive]]
* [[Test Drive]]
* [[TOCA Race Driver]]
* [[TOCA Race Driver]]
** * [[GRID]]
** * [[GRID]]
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* [[Wacky Wheels]]
* [[Wacky Wheels]]
* [[Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune]]
* [[Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune]]
* [[Wipeout (Video Game)|Wipeout]]
* [[Wipeout]]
* WRC
* WRC


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* 1080 Snowboarding
* 1080 Snowboarding
* [[Banjo Kazooie]] Pilot
* [[Banjo-Kazooie]] Pilot
* Chocobo Racing (a spinoff of ''[[Final Fantasy]]'')
* Chocobo Racing (a spinoff of ''[[Final Fantasy]]'')
* [[Donkey Kong]] Barrel Blast
* [[Donkey Kong]] Barrel Blast
* [[Excite (Video Game)|Excite]]
* [[Excite]]
* [[Extreme G]]
* [[Extreme-G]]
* [[Freaky Fliers]]
* [[Freaky Fliers]]
* Heracles Chariot Racing
* Heracles Chariot Racing
* [[Hydro Thunder (Video Game)|Hydro Thunder]]
* [[Hydro Thunder]]
** [[Hydro Thunder Hurricane]]
** [[Hydro Thunder Hurricane]]
** [[H 2 Overdrive]]
** [[H 2 Overdrive]]
* [[Joe Danger]]
* [[Joe Danger]]
* [[Kirby (Video Game)|Kirby]]'s Air Ride
* [[Kirby]]'s Air Ride
* [[Art Style (Video Game)|Light Trax]]
* [[Art Style|Light Trax]]
* [[Monster Racers]]
* [[Monster Racers]]
* Mountain Bike Rally
* Mountain Bike Rally
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* [[Pokémon]] Dash
* [[Pokémon]] Dash
* [[Running Wild]]
* [[Running Wild]]
* [[Snowboard Kids (Video Game)|Snowboard Kids]]
* [[Snowboard Kids]]
* [[Sonic R (Video Game)|Sonic R]]
* [[Sonic R]]
* [[Sonic Riders (Video Game)|Sonic Riders]]
* [[Sonic Riders]]
* [[Video Game/Sonic Rivals Duology|Sonic Rivals Duology]]
* [[Video Game/Sonic Rivals Duology|Sonic Rivals Duology]]
* [[SSX (Video Game)|SSX]]
* [[SSX]]
* [[Track and Field (Video Game)|Track and Field]]
* [[Track and Field]]
* [[Uniracers (Video Game)|Uniracers]]
* [[Uniracers]]
* [[Wave Race (Video Game)|Wave Race]]
* [[Wave Race]]


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Revision as of 19:09, 8 April 2014

A subcategory of Sports Games. You are on a course or given a course to take and your goal is to get from point A to point B as fast as you can, usually before your opponents do. Sometimes you're just the car, and you never even see the driver, sometimes you drive nothing at all.

Most racing games are Driving Games and all sit somewhere on a line between "arcade" and "simulation". Toward the arcade end Every Car Is Rear Wheel Drive and brakes are nearly unnecessary; toward the simulation end, games like Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport, where brakes are the only thing saving you from skidding head-on into the wall and cars are as close as can be made to their Real Life analogues. The most popular racing games are the ones that blend arcade style with real-life cars and locations, or ones that feature an already-popular franchise. Stricter driving sims are more the preserve of the PC market, where there are large online racing and modding groups.

Simulation-style racing games are generally "no contact" affairs, just as in real life. Most NASCAR and Formula One games involve driving around a track with set rules of noninterference with your competitors. Most arcade racers are "full contact" racing, where you can bump and shove your opponents into barriers or just simply spin them out.

If the game has real cars in it, the names and likenesses are licensed from the manufacturer(s). Generally, the terms of the license require that the cars be invulnerable, as auto manufacturers don't want people to think their cars get damaged easily. This just happens to promote the idea that dangerous driving has no consequences, but hey, at least our car looks good.

Of course, the car drivers themselves are even less vulnerable and you rarely see them die in a car crash. Even in games where you are not driving cars, they usually still fall neatly into arcade or sim, though the further they go towards simulation in this case, the less they will play like a driving game.

An inordinate number of racing games feature a Cheating Bastard. See also, Racing Mini Game

Driving Racers:


Other Racers

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