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Best Racing games on PlayStation 3
The 65 best Racing games on PlayStation 3, ranked from 32,770 critic and player ratings.
The best Racing game on PlayStation 3 right now is Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, with a critic score of 94/100 — updated September 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 32,770 ratings between them.
- Rankings are recomputed hourly; this one was last rebuilt on 28 September 2026.
Top 50
01
A
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path. Featuring a wide variety of vehicles and weapons, radio stations playing hit songs from the era and an intense atmosphere, GTA: Vice City is an open-world sandbox satire of '80's Miami.
94
/100
02
S
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Returning after his mother's murder to the semi-fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), Carl Johnson, a former gang banger, must take back the streets for his family and friends by gaining respect and once again gaining control over the streets. However, a story filled with crime, lies and corruption will lead him to trudge the entire state of San Andreas (based on California and Nevada) to rebuild his life.
93
/100
03
Burnout Paradise
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
A
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
In the year 1986, Tommy Vercetti is heavily indebted to his mafia superiors after a drug deal gone awry, but his dreams of taking over Vice City (based on Miami) push him down a different path. Featuring a wide variety of vehicles and weapons, radio stations playing hit songs from the era and an intense atmosphere, GTA: Vice City is an open-world sandbox satire of '80's Miami.
94
/100
02
S
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Returning after his mother's murder to the semi-fictional city of Los Santos (based on Los Angeles), Carl Johnson, a former gang banger, must take back the streets for his family and friends by gaining respect and once again gaining control over the streets. However, a story filled with crime, lies and corruption will lead him to trudge the entire state of San Andreas (based on California and Nevada) to rebuild his life.
93
/100
03
Burnout Paradise
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
04
A
Grand Theft Auto V
This bundle contains the original version of Grand Theft Auto V, the standalone game Grand Theft Auto Online and the story mode add-on of Grand Theft Auto V.
92
/100
05
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Sony PlayStation 2 on December 4, 2001, as the first game of the Jak and Daxter series. The game follows the protagonist, a young teenager named Jak, as he tries to help his friend Daxter after he is transformed into an "ottsel", a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel. The game offers a large range of missions, collectables and objectives, often in the form of minigames, which provide a variety of gameplay experiences, as well as puzzles and platforming stages, which are completed by the player to proceed with the story.
90
/100
06
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Become Seacrest County's top cop or most wanted racer!
90
/100
07
S
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the eleventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on-foot or by vehicle. Throughout the single-player mode, players play as Niko Bellic. An online multiplayer mode is included with the game, allowing up to 32 players to engage in both co-operative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting. Two expansion packs were later released for the game, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which both feature new plots that are interconnected with the main Grand Theft Auto IV storyline, and follow new protagonists.
88
/100
08
Crash Team Racing
88
/100
09
Colin McRae: DiRT 2
As the sequel to the acclaimed racer of 2007, DiRT 2 is set to take off-road racing games to a new level, with benchmark tech, thrilling new race types, big event atmosphere, stunning locations, a new breed of off-roading heroes and a peerless line-up of super-charged speed machines. Promising a thrilling race experience and an extreme sports attitude that borrows from snowboarding and skateboarding culture, DiRT 2 will take players on a World Tour to diverse and challenging real-world environments to compete in contemporary off-road events. Specifically selected to deliver aggressive and fast paced racing, DiRT 2's garage will house a best-in-class collection of officially licensed rally cars and off-road vehicles; covering seven vehicle classes and players will be given the keys to powerful machines right from the off.
88
/100
10
GRID (2008)
87
/100
11
DiRT 3
87
/100
12
Driver (1999)
85
/100
13
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
85
/100
14
Saints Row: The Third
84
/100
15
S
Just Cause 2
84
/100
16
Gran Turismo 5
84
/100
17
SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED
84
/100
18
Skate 2
84
/100
19
Crash Team Racing
84
/100
20
B
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
84
/100
21
WipEout HD
84
/100
22
Need for Speed: Shift
83
/100
23
Pure
83
/100
24
Colin McRae: DiRT
83
/100
25
Gran Turismo 6
83
/100
26
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
82
/100
27
Crazy Taxi (1999)
82
/100
28
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
82
/100
29
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
82
/100
30
Joe Danger 2: The Movie
82
/100
31
Saints Row 2
81
/100
32
Blur
81
/100
33
Midnight Club 2
81
/100
34
Need for Speed: Rivals
80
/100
35
GRID 2
80
/100
36
Grand Theft Auto
80
/100
37
Driver San Francisco
80
/100
38
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
80
/100
39
Rage
79
/100
40
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
79
/100
41
Split/Second
79
/100
42
Race Driver: Grid
78
/100
43
GRID Autosport
78
/100
44
F1 2013
78
/100
45
MX vs. ATV Reflex
76
/100
46
DiRT Showdown
74
/100
47
Rock of Ages
74
/100
48
LittleBigPlanet Karting
73
/100
49
S
Mafia II
73
/100
50
Need for Speed: ProStreet
72
/100
A
Grand Theft Auto V
This bundle contains the original version of Grand Theft Auto V, the standalone game Grand Theft Auto Online and the story mode add-on of Grand Theft Auto V.
92
/100
05
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy is a 2001 platform video game developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the Sony PlayStation 2 on December 4, 2001, as the first game of the Jak and Daxter series. The game follows the protagonist, a young teenager named Jak, as he tries to help his friend Daxter after he is transformed into an "ottsel", a fictional hybrid of an otter and a weasel. The game offers a large range of missions, collectables and objectives, often in the form of minigames, which provide a variety of gameplay experiences, as well as puzzles and platforming stages, which are completed by the player to proceed with the story.
90
/100
06
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Become Seacrest County's top cop or most wanted racer!
90
/100
07
S
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto IV is an action-adventure video game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the eleventh title in the Grand Theft Auto series, and the first main entry since 2004's Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. The game is played from a third-person perspective and its world is navigated on-foot or by vehicle. Throughout the single-player mode, players play as Niko Bellic. An online multiplayer mode is included with the game, allowing up to 32 players to engage in both co-operative and competitive gameplay in a recreation of the single-player setting. Two expansion packs were later released for the game, The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which both feature new plots that are interconnected with the main Grand Theft Auto IV storyline, and follow new protagonists.
88
/100
08
Crash Team Racing
88
/100
09
Colin McRae: DiRT 2
As the sequel to the acclaimed racer of 2007, DiRT 2 is set to take off-road racing games to a new level, with benchmark tech, thrilling new race types, big event atmosphere, stunning locations, a new breed of off-roading heroes and a peerless line-up of super-charged speed machines. Promising a thrilling race experience and an extreme sports attitude that borrows from snowboarding and skateboarding culture, DiRT 2 will take players on a World Tour to diverse and challenging real-world environments to compete in contemporary off-road events. Specifically selected to deliver aggressive and fast paced racing, DiRT 2's garage will house a best-in-class collection of officially licensed rally cars and off-road vehicles; covering seven vehicle classes and players will be given the keys to powerful machines right from the off.
88
/100
10
GRID (2008)
87
/100
11
DiRT 3
87
/100
12
Driver (1999)
85
/100
13
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
85
/100
14
Saints Row: The Third
84
/100
15
S
Just Cause 2
84
/100
16
Gran Turismo 5
84
/100
17
SHIFT 2 UNLEASHED
84
/100
18
Skate 2
84
/100
19
Crash Team Racing
84
/100
20
B
Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories
84
/100
21
WipEout HD
84
/100
22
Need for Speed: Shift
83
/100
23
Pure
83
/100
24
Colin McRae: DiRT
83
/100
25
Gran Turismo 6
83
/100
26
Need for Speed: Most Wanted - A Criterion Game
82
/100
27
Crazy Taxi (1999)
82
/100
28
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
82
/100
29
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
82
/100
30
Joe Danger 2: The Movie
82
/100
31
Saints Row 2
81
/100
32
Blur
81
/100
33
Midnight Club 2
81
/100
34
Need for Speed: Rivals
80
/100
35
GRID 2
80
/100
36
Grand Theft Auto
80
/100
37
Driver San Francisco
80
/100
38
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories
80
/100
39
Rage
79
/100
40
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
79
/100
41
Split/Second
79
/100
42
Race Driver: Grid
78
/100
43
GRID Autosport
78
/100
44
F1 2013
78
/100
45
MX vs. ATV Reflex
76
/100
46
DiRT Showdown
74
/100
47
Rock of Ages
74
/100
48
LittleBigPlanet Karting
73
/100
49
S
Mafia II
73
/100
50
Need for Speed: ProStreet
72
/100
Frequently asked questions
What is the best Racing game on PlayStation 3?
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City currently tops the ranking with a score of 94/100 across 3,107 ratings. Ranking updated September 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.