Racing Games

Racing games put you in control of something fast. Flip a stunt bike over a spike pit, launch a supercar off a ramp in the sky, weave a motorcycle through rush-hour traffic or slide a sled down an endless slope. Some are about the stopwatch, some about staying in one piece, and the best are about both.

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Bikes, cars, karts and the occasional boat

The racing shelf covers more ground than the name suggests. Side-on stunt bike games such as Moto X3M Spooky Land and Vex X3M are really obstacle courses taken at speed, where leaning the bike in the air matters as much as the throttle. Ramp and stunt driving games such as Mega Ramp Car Stunts and Real Cars Epic Stunts give you a full 3D car and tracks built far above the ground.

Then there are the endless ones. Moto Road Rash 3D 2 has you threading through traffic for as long as you can last, and Snow Rider 3D does the same on a snowy hill with a sled. Several of the 3D driving games include a two-player mode on one keyboard, which each game page notes along with the keys for both players.

How to go faster by crashing less

In nearly every racing game on the site, the quickest run is the cleanest one. A crash, a bad landing or a trip back to a checkpoint costs far more time than lifting off the throttle for a second. Learn the track at a comfortable pace first, then push.

For stunt games, set the vehicle up before the jump rather than in the air: arrive straight, at the right speed, and the landing takes care of itself. For traffic and endless games, keep your eyes far ahead of your own vehicle. The gap you need opens up well before you reach it.