Not every racing game has to feel like Mario Kart1. While I can’t drive, I enjoy the gaming version of driving where the stakes aren’t high, crashes may be frequent but they’re never fatal, and you get checkpoints and you can customise your vehicles. I also enjoy general racing games outside of cars; especially the winter racing games with skiing and snowboarding.
So with that in mind, I’ve made a list of relaxing driving and racing games you might enjoy. Please note that this is not a complete list so I’ll be adding to it every so often.
| Game | Developer | Platform(s) |
|---|---|---|
| R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 | Namco | PlayStation 1 |
| Alpine Racer 3 | Namco | PlayStation 2 |
| Auto Modellista | Capcom | PlayStation 2, GameCube, and Xbox |
| Sonic R | SEGA | SEGA Saturn |
| Chocobo Racing | Square | PlayStation 1 |
| Digimon Racing | Griptonite Games (Bandai was the publisher) | Game Boy Advance |
| Diddy Kong Racing | Rare | Nintendo 64 and Nintendo DS |
| Cruis’n World | Midway Games (arcade) and Eurocom (Nintendo 64) | Arcade and Nintendo 64 |
| SSX Tricky | EA Canada (Visual Impact for the GBA version) | PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, and Game Boy Advance |
| Truck Simulator | SCS Software | PC |
| Art of Rally | Funselektor Labs | PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, iOS, and Android |
| Wipeout | Psygnosis | PlayStation 1, Nintendo 64, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4, Android, and iOS |
| Racing Lagoon | Square | PlayStation 1 |
- (The blue shell isn’t real, it can’t hurt you) ↩︎
