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Best Racing games on PC

The 63 best Racing games on PC, ranked from 13,357 critic and player ratings.

The best Racing game on PC right now is Forza Horizon 5, with a critic score of 94/100 — updated November 2026.

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 13,357 ratings between them.
  • Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 13 November 2026.

Top 50

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01 Forza Horizon 5 D Forza Horizon 5 2021 · 363 ratings · 2 Tier votes · finished by 9% Your Ultimate Horizon Adventure awaits! Explore the vibrant and ever-evolving open-world landscapes of Mexico with limitless, fun driving action in hundreds of the world’s greatest cars. 94 /100
02 Burnout Paradise Burnout Paradise 2008 · 521 ratings · finished by 20% Evolve or die. For Paradise, we knew we had to change everything. Burnout was a killer arcade driving game, but for a new generation of hardware and connected player Burnout had to become something more ambitious. Closed tracks made way for an expansive, open city, and we seamlessly synced your friends into the action and let you loose on a heap of cool challenges that unsurprisingly rewarded you for driving like a lunatic. Hey, it’s us after all. 93 /100
03 Forza Horizon 4 B Forza Horizon 4 2018 · 435 ratings · 2 Tier votes · finished by 14% Dynamic seasons change everything at the world’s greatest automotive festival. Go it alone or team up with others to explore beautiful and historic Britain in a shared open world. Collect, modify and drive over 450 cars. Race, stunt, create and explore – choose your own path to become a Horizon Superstar. 91 /100
04 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2010 · 403 ratings · finished by 22% Become Seacrest County's top cop or most wanted racer! 90 /100
05 Forza Horizon 3 Forza Horizon 3 2016 · 197 ratings · finished by 17% You’re in charge of the Horizon Festival. Customize everything, hire and fire your friends, and explore Australia in over 350 of the world’s greatest cars. Make your Horizon the ultimate celebration of cars, music, and freedom of the open road. How you get there is up to you. 89 /100
06 Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit Need for Speed III: Hot Pursuit 1998 · 282 ratings Drive some of the most exotic cars in illegal street race on many different tracks, while trying not to be caught by police! 88 /100
07 Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box 2009 · 669 ratings · finished by 11% 87 /100
08 GRID (2008) GRID (2008) 2008 · 531 ratings · finished by 6% 87 /100
09 DiRT 3 DiRT 3 2011 · 213 ratings · finished by 9% Dirt 3 is a rally racing game. Just like expected, most time is spent in races which, at least in most scenarios, are set in offroad environments. The main difference to other racing events is, that the player drives not alone, but has a front-seat passenger with him, who announces when to turn. The game features overall 98 courses, but some of those are just variations of the same. Also on board is the iconic ability to turn back time after screwing up. In contrast to Dirt 2, in this installment there are other playing modes than the career available, e.g. a single race. But the career is still the heart of the game; here the player tunes his car, participates in races and earns experience points, which are used to unlock new cars. There are six different race modes to solve during the career; e.g. regular races and "trailblazer" (no passenger available). Two of those are newly introduced: drift tournaments and Gymkhana, which are basically confined areas with a lot of stunt opportunities - the goal is to perform as many as possible in a limited time. Additionally every mode has special tricky bonus goals which reward more experience when fulfilled. 86 /100
10 Driver (1999) Driver (1999) 1999 · 233 ratings The player is John Tanner, an undercover cop who try to take advantage of his own excellent driving skill in order to infiltrate a criminal organization. In the storyline, the player has the chance to drive several cars in four american cities (Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York), facing many different missions and tasks such as delivering a vehicle without damaging it, eliminating competitors or being the getaway driver in a bank robbery. 85 /100
11 Horizon Chase Turbo Horizon Chase Turbo 2018 · 84 ratings · finished by 4% 85 /100
12 DiRT Rally DiRT Rally 2015 · 144 ratings · finished by 2% 85 /100
13 Need for Speed: Most Wanted Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2012 · 451 ratings · finished by 74% 85 /100
14 Need for Speed: Most Wanted Need for Speed: Most Wanted 2005 · 1,028 ratings 85 /100
15 Forza Horizon 6 B Forza Horizon 6 2026 · 107 ratings · 1 Tier vote 90 /100
16 SpeedRunners SpeedRunners 2016 · 117 ratings · finished by 6% 84 /100
17 Pure Pure 2008 · 164 ratings 83 /100
18 FlatOut 2 FlatOut 2 2006 · 311 ratings · finished by 23% · 12 h to beat 82 /100
19 Project CARS Project CARS 2015 · 101 ratings · finished by 2% 82 /100
20 Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game 2012 · 645 ratings · finished by 22% 82 /100
21 Crazy Taxi (1999) Crazy Taxi (1999) 1999 · 244 ratings · finished by 12% 82 /100
22 Split/Second Split/Second 2010 · 119 ratings · finished by 18% 82 /100
23 Driver San Francisco Driver San Francisco 2011 · 186 ratings · finished by 25% 82 /100
24 SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED 2011 · 98 ratings 81 /100
25 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 2002 · 284 ratings 81 /100
26 Colin McRae: DiRT Colin McRae: DiRT 2007 · 103 ratings 81 /100
27 DiRT Rally 2.0 DiRT Rally 2.0 2019 · 89 ratings · finished by 2% 81 /100
28 GRID 2 GRID 2 2013 · 167 ratings · finished by 4% 81 /100
29 Test Drive Unlimited S Test Drive Unlimited 2006 · 111 ratings · 1 Tier vote 80 /100
30 Need for Speed: Rivals Need for Speed: Rivals 2013 · 257 ratings · finished by 12% 80 /100
31 Trackmania Turbo Trackmania Turbo 2016 · 84 ratings · finished by 3% 80 /100
32 FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage 2007 · 80 ratings · finished by 11% 80 /100
33 Need for Speed: Shift Need for Speed: Shift 2009 · 227 ratings · finished by 22% 80 /100
34 Blur Blur 2010 · 155 ratings 79 /100
35 Trials Fusion Trials Fusion 2014 · 121 ratings · finished by 6% 79 /100
36 Colin McRae: DiRT 2 S Colin McRae: DiRT 2 2009 · 141 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 16% 79 /100
37 Need for Speed: Underground 2 Need for Speed: Underground 2 2004 · 890 ratings · finished by 75% 78 /100
38 Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed 2000 · 242 ratings 78 /100
39 Wreckfest Wreckfest 2018 · 144 ratings · finished by 5% 78 /100
40 Rock n' Roll Racing Rock n' Roll Racing 1993 · 84 ratings 80 /100
41 Need for Speed: Unbound S Need for Speed: Unbound 2022 · 90 ratings · 1 Tier vote 77 /100
42 Need for Speed: Carbon Need for Speed: Carbon 2006 · 571 ratings · finished by 64% 77 /100
43 Need for Speed: Underground Need for Speed: Underground 2003 · 843 ratings 76 /100
44 The Need for Speed The Need for Speed 1994 · 104 ratings 76 /100
45 Trackmania Trackmania 2020 · 106 ratings 74 /100
46 Test Drive Unlimited 2 Test Drive Unlimited 2 2011 · 80 ratings · finished by 12% 73 /100
47 Twisted Metal 2 Twisted Metal 2 1996 · 104 ratings 73 /100
48 FlatOut FlatOut 2004 · 198 ratings · finished by 17% 72 /100
49 Need for Speed 2 Need for Speed 2 1997 · 199 ratings 71 /100
50 Need for Speed: Heat C Need for Speed: Heat 2019 · 237 ratings · 1 Tier vote · finished by 10% 70 /100
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What is the best Racing game on PC?

Forza Horizon 5 currently tops the ranking with a score of 94/100 across 363 ratings. Ranking updated November 2026.

How is this ranking built?

Games are ranked on their aggregated critic score out of 100, with a minimum vote threshold so a single glowing review never outranks a proven classic; the Tier community's own F-to-S grades are shown alongside each game.