{"id":768,"date":"2007-03-14T12:57:24","date_gmt":"2007-03-14T11:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/top-10-racing-games\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:58:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T09:58:02","slug":"top-10-racing-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/top-10-racing-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 racing games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" align=\"left\" title=\"schumacher21.jpg\" id=\"image769\" alt=\"schumacher21.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-images.sftcdn.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2007\/03\/schumacher21.jpg\" \/>This Saturday sees the start of the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.formula1.com\/\">Formula 1 season<\/a> in Melbourne, promising more high-octane thrills and spills than ever. This year\u2019s competition looks like it might be pretty interesting thanks to a host of new drivers and cars, plus the departure of the win-aholic Michael Schumacher.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re anything like us then once you start watching the race you\u2019ll get the sudden urge to get into a car and drive it very quickly. The trouble is that, unless you want to wave goodbye to your driving licence, this isn\u2019t really possible. However, you can get your fix of adrenaline using your PC by downloading one of the many racing games out there.<\/p>\n<p>Things have come a long way since the days of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Out_Run\">Out Run<\/a> on the Sega Master System, with titles such as Need For Speed delivering a realistic driving experience at trouser-wetting speeds. That\u2019s not to say that simple motoring games aren\u2019t still great, as proven by Softonic\u2019s number one, Drag Racer. Here are the most popular games in our <a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/section\/277\/Driving\">Driving Games<\/a> section:<\/p>\n<p>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/pimp-your-ride-with-drag-racer\/\">Drag Racer<\/a> &#8211; Pimp your ride then race against other vehicles<br \/>\n2. <a href=\"http:\/\/rig-racer.en.softonic.com\/ie\/45059\">Rig Racer 2<\/a> &#8211; Compete against super trucks<br \/>\n3. <a href=\"http:\/\/crashday.en.softonic.com\/ie\/48563\">CrashDay<\/a> &#8211; Drive, fight and compete in this intense racer<br \/>\n4. <a href=\"http:\/\/gti-racing.en.softonic.com\/ie\/50782\">GTI Racing<\/a> &#8211; Drive 10 generations of VW classics<br \/>\n5. <a href=\"http:\/\/racer.en.softonic.com\/ie\/42120\">Racer<\/a> &#8211; Cross-platform 3D racing simulator<br \/>\n6. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.softonic.com\/ie\/45990\/need_for_speed:_most_wanted\">Need For Speed: Most Wanted<\/a> \u2013 Become the most notorious driver<br \/>\n7. <a href=\"http:\/\/trackmania-original.en.softonic.com\/ie\/44913\">TrackMania<\/a> &#8211; Design and race on impossible circuits<br \/>\n8. <a href=\"http:\/\/championsheep-rally.en.softonic.com\/ie\/52160\">Championsheep Rally<\/a> &#8211; Have fun with this cute sheep racer<br \/>\n9. <a href=\"http:\/\/need-for-speed-carbon.en.softonic.com\/ie\/56744\">Need For Speed Carbon<\/a> &#8211; The most customisable Need For Speed yet<br \/>\n10. <a href=\"http:\/\/trackmania-nations.en.softonic.com\/ie\/48729\">TrackMania Nations<\/a> &#8211; Impressive free online racing sim<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Saturday sees the start of the new Formula 1 season in Melbourne, promising more high-octane thrills and spills than ever. This year\u2019s competition looks like it might be pretty interesting thanks to a host of new drivers and cars, plus the departure of the win-aholic Michael Schumacher. If you\u2019re anything like us then once &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/top-10-racing-games\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Top 10 racing games&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2006,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-768","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2006"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":337839,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768\/revisions\/337839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=768"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=768"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}