By Colin Wood
Jun 5, 2020
Racing video games have come a long way since the ’70s. Which ones are your favorite? Any titles missing from this list? And be there for dinner in a minute!
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6/5/20 10:04 a.m.
And be there for dinner in a minute!
aint we all said this lol
6/5/20 10:12 a.m.
Over 22 minutes? Ain't nobody got time fo dat!
Pole Position was the pinnacle. I set a few high scores back in the day. Now if I want to drive, I drive.
6/5/20 10:29 a.m.
Need For Speed Underground 2 is one of my all time favorite racing games.
6/5/20 10:50 a.m.
I think the most complete racing game experience I've ever had comes courtesy of the Forza horizon series, though I spent an improper amount of time on the nfs series circa ps2, mostly most wanted and carbon. They changed the steering sometime during the the PS3/xb360 era and the games have not been enjoyable since then.
6/5/20 11:03 a.m.
I honestly don't even remember the racing I that one, but what I wouldn't do for that level of customisation in a modern racing game. Subs amps screens lights nitrous bottles, then carbon introduced customizable body panels.
I really wish they'd go back to that instead of the arcade like fast n curious style they've adopted
6/5/20 12:20 p.m.
Does anyone else remember seeing that yellow car in Pole Position?
This is what we had.
6/5/20 12:22 p.m.
And thank you, Activision, for Dragster, another classic.
6/5/20 1:38 p.m.
I used to like playing Night Driver at the arcade.
They left off Pitstop 2 which back in the day I thought had really cool graphics on my Commodore 64. The animated pitstops were really cool.
6/5/20 1:55 p.m.
Saying this when you're two laps into a ten lap race on the Nürburgring.
6/5/20 2:29 p.m.
Serious racing games didn't begin until Hard Drivin', Race Drivin', and Stunt Drivin' came out.
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