Best games
Best Racing games in 2026
The 200 best Racing games, ranked from 14,242 critic and player ratings.
Also covers driving games.
How this ranking is built
- Games are ranked on the aggregated critic score out of 100 imported from IGDB and Metacritic, never on Tier's own grades.
- A game only enters the ranking with at least 80 external ratings, so a single enthusiastic review never outranks a proven classic.
- Each game is ranked in one genre only, the one that defines it best, so the same title never tops two different genre charts.
- Community grades from F to S are shown next to every game, and only stated as a fact above 5 Tier ratings.
- Release window covered: 1970 to 2026.
- 50 games are listed on this page, carrying 14,242 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Ranking, page 2
51
S
Just Cause 2
84
/100
52
SpeedRunners
84
/100
53
F1 2018
84
/100
54
Gran Turismo 5
84
/100
55
SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED
84
/100
56
Skate 2
84
/100
57
Crash Team Racing
84
/100
58
B
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
84
/100
59
WipEout HD
84
/100
60
Mario Kart 7
84
/100
61
WipEout 2048
83
/100
62
Need for Speed: Shift
83
/100
63
DiRT Rally 2.0
83
/100
64
Project CARS
83
/100
65
Pure
83
/100
66
RACE 07
83
/100
67
Colin McRae: DiRT
83
/100
68
Gran Turismo 6
83
/100
69
FlatOut 2
82
/100
70
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
82
/100
71
Crazy Taxi (1999)
82
/100
72
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
82
/100
73
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
82
/100
74
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
82
/100
75
Joe Danger 2: The Movie
82
/100
76
Colin McRae Rally 2.0
82
/100
77
Saints Row 2
81
/100
78
Mario Kart 64
81
/100
79
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
81
/100
80
Blur
81
/100
81
Saints Row
81
/100
82
Midnight Club 2
81
/100
83
American Truck Simulator
81
/100
84
Redout: Lightspeed Edition
81
/100
85
Need for Speed: Rivals
80
/100
86
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
80
/100
87
GRID 2
80
/100
88
Grand Theft Auto
80
/100
89
Driver San Francisco
80
/100
90
Rock n' Roll Racing
80
/100
91
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
80
/100
92
FlatOut
80
/100
93
Wii Sports Resort
80
/100
94
Carmageddon
80
/100
95
Ultimate Chicken Horse
79
/100
96
Trials Fusion
79
/100
97
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now
79
/100
98
Trackmania
79
/100
99
Rage
79
/100
100
Trackmania Turbo
79
/100
S
Just Cause 2
84
/100
52
SpeedRunners
84
/100
53
F1 2018
84
/100
54
Gran Turismo 5
84
/100
55
SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED
84
/100
56
Skate 2
84
/100
57
Crash Team Racing
84
/100
58
B
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
84
/100
59
WipEout HD
84
/100
60
Mario Kart 7
84
/100
61
WipEout 2048
83
/100
62
Need for Speed: Shift
83
/100
63
DiRT Rally 2.0
83
/100
64
Project CARS
83
/100
65
Pure
83
/100
66
RACE 07
83
/100
67
Colin McRae: DiRT
83
/100
68
Gran Turismo 6
83
/100
69
FlatOut 2
82
/100
70
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
82
/100
71
Crazy Taxi (1999)
82
/100
72
Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled
82
/100
73
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
82
/100
74
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
82
/100
75
Joe Danger 2: The Movie
82
/100
76
Colin McRae Rally 2.0
82
/100
77
Saints Row 2
81
/100
78
Mario Kart 64
81
/100
79
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
81
/100
80
Blur
81
/100
81
Saints Row
81
/100
82
Midnight Club 2
81
/100
83
American Truck Simulator
81
/100
84
Redout: Lightspeed Edition
81
/100
85
Need for Speed: Rivals
80
/100
86
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas – The Definitive Edition
80
/100
87
GRID 2
80
/100
88
Grand Theft Auto
80
/100
89
Driver San Francisco
80
/100
90
Rock n' Roll Racing
80
/100
91
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
80
/100
92
FlatOut
80
/100
93
Wii Sports Resort
80
/100
94
Carmageddon
80
/100
95
Ultimate Chicken Horse
79
/100
96
Trials Fusion
79
/100
97
Carmageddon II: Carpocalypse Now
79
/100
98
Trackmania
79
/100
99
Rage
79
/100
100
Trackmania Turbo
79
/100