Game Reviews8/10
Ridge Racer Tries a Career Mode, and It Mostly Works
Rage Racer, Namco's 1996 PlayStation racer, introduced the Ridge Racer series' credits system, class ladder and mascot Reiko Nagase. Our review.
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Game Reviews8/10
Ridge Racer Type 4 Still Holds Up, and the Reissue Finally Makes It Affordable
Ridge Racer Type 4 review: the 2023 PlayStation port's rewind, quick save and split screen soften a clean, fast racer. Score: 8 of 10.
Game Reviews7.6/10
Ridge Racer Returns on Vita With Drifting Intact
Ridge Racer on PS Vita launched in 2011 with four modes and a 7.6/10 critic score, carrying the series' drift legacy onto Sony's handheld.
Game Reviews8.3/10
Gran Turismo: The 1997 Racer That Taught a Console to Respect a Car
Gran Turismo shipped 10.85 million copies, averaged 95 percent, and turned driving into a discipline. A retrospective review scoring it 8.3 of 10.
Game Reviews8.5/10
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) Review: Fairhaven, Autolog and the Best Driving in the Series
Need for Speed: Most Wanted (2012) review: Criterion's Fairhaven open world, Ambush races and Autolog still drive hard, even if the single-player story doesn't.
Game Reviews8.6/10
Forza Horizon 2 sent the festival across two countries and made the case for open-world racing
Forza Horizon 2 took the Horizon Festival across France and Italy with dynamic weather, Bucket Lists and Car Meets — and it still holds up.
Game Reviews9.2/10
Forza Horizon 4 turned Great Britain into a playground, then changed the weather on it every week.
Forza Horizon 4 turned Britain into a shared open-world racer with weekly seasons, 750 cars, and a route creator — now delisted since 15 December 2024.
Game Reviews8.6/10
F1 2020 Review: My Team, Split Screen and the Last Independent Codemasters F1 Game
F1 2020 review: Codemasters' My Team mode, split screen and Stadia debut made it the studio's best Formula 1 game before EA bought it.
Game Reviews7.4/10
N64 kart racer Snowboard Kids gets a rerelease that keeps the racing tight and the extras slim
Snowboard Kids on Nintendo 64: nine odd courses, two item slots, and a 100-gold economy that make Atlus's 1997 racer smarter than its thin story.
Game Reviews8.2/10
Ridge Racer 64 Review: Namco’s Arcade Racer Lands on Nintendo 64
Ridge Racer 64 brought Namco's arcade racer to Nintendo 64 in 2000 with 20 tracks, split screen, and a 2025 Nintendo Classics return.
Game Reviews8.8/10
Nintendo’s motocross game still holds up, and it’s not just nostalgia talking
Excitebike 64 brought six distinct riders, punishing jumps, hidden shortcuts and a wall of motocross brands to the Nintendo 64 in 2000.
Game Reviews8.4/10
Wipeout 64 Was Written Off for Not Being Made by Psygnosis — It Deserves Another Look
Wipeout 64 review: Psygnosis's lone Nintendo 64 racer, rated 8.4/10 for analog control, four-player split-screen, and mirrored tracks.