Best Racing Games
Racing games we have reviewed, ranked by our own score rather than a store chart.
Ranked from 7 published games reviews · 2 of 7 are free · newest review Oct 2026
- Ranked
- 7
- 01DATA WINGDATA WING proves how much a minimalist design can do, fusing elegant physics-based racing with a story that punches far above its weight. It's a stell...9.5Outstanding
- 02TrackMania Nations ForeverTrackMania Nations Forever is a hyper-focused, uncompromising competitive racer that turns time trials into an addictive art form. It remains a strong...8.4Great
- 03Forza Horizon 5Years after launch, Forza Horizon 5 remains a gorgeous, generous open-world racer that's easy to recommend — with real reservations. Its reward loop i...8.3Great
- 04SlipstreamSlipstream is a disciplined take on the 1980s arcade racer, with drifting and drafting mechanics that go past nostalgia. It's short on long-term goals...7.5Good
- 05DistanceDistance takes the arcade racer, straps wings and a laser-grid death course to it, and produces something no big studio would greenlight — a survival-...7.5Good
- 06GRID™ AutosportGRID™ Autosport sidesteps the gimmicks of its contemporaries, delivering a pure, challenging motorsport experience for the serious enthusiast. It's a ...7.2Good
How we chose the best racing games
Racing games separate quickly on how they feel, so this list starts with handling: whether a car communicates grip, weight and braking before you exceed them, and whether the assists teach a line or drive for you. Our reviews weigh track design, the honesty of the damage and penalty model, the depth of a career, and how the game holds its frame rate on modest hardware. Arcade racers are judged as arcade racers rather than demoted.
Ranking on this page is deliberately plain: each title is ordered by the score our review published, highest first, and a tie goes to the more recently reviewed product so a new verdict shows up straight away. Nothing is re-weighted for a store chart, a publisher or a release window, and no title is promoted for being well known. Price and platforms are read from each row rather than restated here, because they move.