I like the Road Rash games on Genesis a lot.
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Outrun, especially Outrun 2. I like arcade style racers the most.
Also in that vein, San Francisco Rush.
Yeah, rush 2049 was my favourite from the SF Rush series.
Lotus III or Micro Machines probably. Maybe Road Rash (either version).
For me it’s Rad Racer on NES. Just very nostalgic! I love the sounds and the graphics just scream 80s/early 90s
And you can press select and everything goes to anaglyph 3D…
A random piece of trivia you can use to blow certain people’s minds is that Rad Racer was developed by Square. Yes, that Square.
I had no idea to either of those!
You’ll be scouring cereal boxes for a pair of red/blue 3D shades in no time.
Kirby Air Ride, though I’m reaching a bit here since the main racing mode isn’t actually the part that’s notable about this game. City Trial was where it’s at.
For just pure racing, F-Zero GX.
God City Trial was so much fun. Kinda wish Smash kept that mode that Smash DS had that was very similar to City Trial.
The top down racing mini-game was also slept on.
Top Gear 3000. It’s the main reason why I have a SNES emulator installed on every device I own lol.
Grand Prix on Atari was pretty fun.
that’s like picking a favorite child! Power Drift, SEGA Rally Championship, Super Hang-On, and Hang-On GP, and OutRunners are all vying for that spot. Kirby Air Ride gets an honorable mention for the same reason as that other commenter, i can count on one hand how many times i’ve actually played the main racing mode
Lots of great ones mentioned here and while I don’t know if it’s my favorite, I have a deep soft spot for Super Off-Road. It has an incredible spatial sense and fluidity for its time and still holds up at any barcade.
Yeah, fair. Me and my brother definitely played alot of that.
Radical Psycho Machine (RPM) Racing for the SNES!
Fun fact, this was one of the few games that played entirely in the SNES’ High Resolution graphics mode!
Rock n Roll racing for the SNES. Absolutely adore that game.
Yeah, RnR, as well as SF Rush 2049 were basically my entire childhood… so much so that I have been using this user name ever since. Though, if I could somehow also add in a tokyo extreme racer reference too without it getting too long or complicated… or culturally insensitive… I loved those games too. Not enough proper Racing RPG games any more. You never start from the bottom and work your way up. Modern racing games just have you win cars in the lottery…
SF Rush was an absolute riot!
I hate that I can call this “retro” now, but 100% INITIAL D arcade machine or PSP game.
SPEEDY SPEED BOY
GASOLINE’S BURNIN’ IN
It’s a close call between Super Hang-On, World Rally and Colin McRae 2.0.
The first that come to mind are, in no particular order:
Need for speed hot pursuit (PC)
Sonic drift 2 (game gear)
Monaco F1 (mega drive)
Death Rally (PC)
Big Red Racing (PC)
Ballistics (PC)
WipeOut (psx)
The racing game in the Sega 4in1 pack (game gear)
Virtua Racing (mega drive)
Micromachines (mega drive)
Penny Racers (psx)
All very different from another.
Almost forgot: carmageddon!
Also another one that’s totally different from the rest: Sonic R (PC)
No clue whether people consider the wii retro yet, but it’s a tie between Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity on wii (since that’s how I experienced it) or Cartoon Network Racing on PS2 (same reason). I’m fairly certain PS2 is technically retro by now, as insane as that sounds.
Stunts was the best. You could draw your own circuits.
Yes!! This and Fatal Racing was my entire early teens!
