From Mario Kart 8 to Gran Turismo 4, these are the best and most exhilarating racing games that truly capture the thrill of being behind the wheel.

The best racing games of all time share one quality that has nothing to do with horsepower: they make speed feel like it has a physical presence. Racing is one of gaming's oldest genres, older than ...

Some of the first commercial arcade games were racing games, as the concept dates back to electro-mechanical games from the 1960s. Early racing games on consoles were fairly rudimentary, consisting of ...

The Mario Kart series has helped define racing games for more than 30 years. After spending the past decade showing what was possible with the Mario Kart 8 generation, it was hard to imagine where ...

One of the biggest video game genres in arcades in the 1990s was racing, and there were tons of them. You would often walk into an arcade and see multiple identical cabinets lined up and connected, ...

The Sony PlayStation 5 has been the undisputed king of this generation of gaming consoles basically since it launched in November 2020. While there are plenty of PlayStation exclusives to hook folks ...

An HR advisor with a background in recruitment and HRIS functions, with a passion for video games and writing. Oliver grew up playing Call of Duty with his siblings and has garnered 1000s of hours ...

It would be inaccurate to say that the racing game genre has been in a total slump over the last few years. After all, Mario Kart World was one of the best-selling games of 2025 — as was the ...

Ronald is a Contributor at DualShockers with more than a decade of experience covering video games. He began writing about games in 2013 through public forums, reviews, news, and opinion pieces, ...

The world of racing games in 2026 continues to push realism closer to real-world motorsport, blending advanced physics, laser-scanned tracks, and highly detailed car behavior. Whether you're chasing ...

Milestone, a game developer headquartered in Milan, Italy, is one of those unsung workhorses of the game industry. It’s a midsized studio without a high-profile reputation, but with a deep ...

Daniel Trock is a Contributor at DualShockers specializing in PC games, lists, and reviews. He has been writing professionally since 2018 and covering games since 2020, with previous work spanning ...