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[Punished Miku]

If Namco can make Ace Combat work, they could maybe get lucky with Ridge Racer. It would have to be really compelling for a niche audience of 1-2 million.

 

[Gamerguy84]

My most played game last gen was probably Driveclub. I'm looking forward to GT but it has a more serious style.

I'd love a new DC or motostorm, MS was intense fun.

 

[MilkyJoe]

Has this dude heard of Forza Horizon?

 

[mansoor1980]

miss PGR4 too

 

[Fart Knight]

 

[mansoor1980]

these horizon games seem sort of dull to me , dont get mad at me

 

[Fox Mulder]

Op are you high? Forza horizon is a superb arcade racer.

It’s nothing like the arcade racers of old though.

It’s a great game itself with sexy graphics and open world sandbox where you can modify any car and have fun as you don’t even have to win races. I find the racing dull and low skill though.

 

[Fart Knight]

It’s nothing like the arcade racers of old though.

It’s a great game itself with sexy graphics and open world sandbox where you can modify any car and have fun as you don’t even have to win races. I find the racing dull and low skill though.

True. Driveclub is the best arcade racer of the last decade.

 

[Guilty_AI]

Not exactly AAA, but i'll quip in with Distance




A bit old now (and you'll probably need to sail the seven seas for it), but still hella good and underrated is Driver San Francisco

 

[Zero7]

I miss Ridge Racer soo much, no other arcade racer ever comes close to the series in terms of atmosphere and style.

 

[yurinka]

I also want a new Ridge Racer, but go and buy Pacer. It's an awesome multiplatform Wipeout made by former Wipeout devs.
And buy Wipeout Omega Collection again.

 

[The_Mike]

played it but its just one game and certainly not like the namco/sega racers

Well the races feels a lot like old school arcade racers to me.

And I think it's the closest you come to an arcade racer these days.

 

[Guilty_AI]

I think GRIP is worth mentioning too




Some others that aren't exactly racing games, more like adventure games revolving around cars are:

Mad Max



My summer car

 

[mansoor1980]

I think GRIP is worth mentioning too




Some others that aren't exactly racing games, more like adventure games revolving around cars are:

Mad Max



My summer car

WTF at my summer car

 

[Jeeves]

Could be a great niche for F-Zero to fill, oh but wait they don't want to make one that might be too similar to the last one they just did......oh. 18 years ago??

 

[Miles708]

I think GRIP is worth mentioning too




Some others that aren't exactly racing games, more like adventure games revolving around cars are:

Mad Max



My summer car

I'm so torn about GRIP, looks very interesting but also so... I don't know... unprofessional. Non it a derogatory sense, but that's the impression.

 

[Guileless]

NFS Heat may not be your cup of tea and isn't like the old school Japanese racers, but it's not shit.

 

[BabyYoda]

I want something like the Burnout series before they went open world. The more silly and unrealistic the better.

My fave arcade racing game of the last couple gens was Sonic and Sega All-stars Racing, but then again, I was a Sega kid.

Forza Horizon to me, is nowhere near arcadey enough, it's more of a sim/arcade racer hybrid, quality for sure, but not silly enough for me.

I really can't wait for this genre to come back into fashion, I really can't.

I should add I want them to have a lot of content and depth as well. I'm not looking for a shallow Daytona or RR clone, with a bunch of tracks and a few modes, it needs depth and variety.

A modern day successor to Diddy Kong Racing would hit the spot, as long as it has drifting though!

 

[Sophist]

Slipstream is like the 90's arcade racing games.
It still getting updated time to time https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/732810/view/2931245981682293749

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Op are you high? Forza horizon is a superb arcade racer.

Has this dude heard of Forza Horizon?

Forza Horizon plays nothing like an arcade racer, the only reason some people even try to classify it as one is because of its world and over the top story not its gameplay.

 

[mcjmetroid]

Their time will come again. These things tend to go in cycles.

Who would have ever have thought something like Rocket League would make it big a few years ago.

We just need the right game to bring it back.

 

[BennyBlanco]

Forza Horizon 3 and 4 are amazing tho

 

[SegaManAU]

I know its not "AAA", but did you not like Hotshot Racing?

I was really looking forward to the game and once I played it the controls felt like garbage. Maybe I needed to play it some more but honestly, I wasn't really feeling it.

 

[KAOS]

Forza Horizon is your Friend! There's even a laracer mission mode that's a shout out to arcade racing games of the past in Forza Horizon 4!

 

[Larxia]

I see a lot of people mentionning forza horizon, and while I do like Horizon too, it's really different from what OP is looking for.
Horizon is about chill open world fun and exploration, it's fun, but it's not the same as very tight, fast paced, skilled based arcade racers where you quickly start races directly through a menu etc, it's not the same feeling nor the same atmosphere.

Also it's not just racers, it's arcade / arcade sports in general that really quite dissapeared, it's the same for snowboarding and skateboarding (Yes, I know there is THPS 1+2, but that's juste one remake so far, nothing really new), and as a SSX fan, it makes me really sad.

I really want more quick games based on scoring and all like in the past, with great sensations and adrenaline.

 

[AJUMP23]

Isn’t Forza Horizon a AAA arcade racer?

 

[Grand Theft Scratchy]

Personally I would love to play a new MotorStorm or Jet Moto.

 

[WorldHero]

In a perfect world we would get a NFS Underground 1 & 2 remake/remaster. I would also LOVE for Genki to make a new Tokyo Xtreme Racer.

 

[Poppyseed]

I know its not "AAA", but did you not like Hotshot Racing?

Because it was completely forgettable and generic? Wish I hadn’t wasted my money on it for Switch.

 

[molasar]

Because it was completely forgettable and generic? Wish I hadn’t wasted my money on it for Switch.

No, it was not. For this you need gazillion of other games that have the same aesthetically surreal graphics and arcadey gameplay. All racing games that aim to look as realistic as possible are generic.

 

[Rayderism]

Yeah, it kinda bums me out that arcade racers (especially the over-the-top kind) aren't really made much anymore, it was my favorite genre.

 

[ShirAhava]

This is your yearly reminder that Blur is the last classic arcade racing game and that Split/Second SUCKED

 

[Radical_3d]

its rally only isnt it?

Yeah. But it’s not like we are having Daytona USA every month, so I’ll settle with a MotorStorm.

 

[LordBlodgett]

I get where you are coming from, but for me Forza Horizon does a pretty good job of scratching the casual racing itch whenever I get it. both FH3 and FH4 are on the Series X SSD for this purpose. The thing I really miss are the destruction games, like Burnout 3 and to a lesser extent Burnout Paradise.

 

[Can't decide]

Wreckfest, Grip and FH4 are my go to arcade racers. The first two are underappreciated and are great homages to Destruction Derby and Rollcage from the PS1 days.

On the Indie side of things, Road Redemption is OK. It's an arcade racer which is very similar to the fantastic Road Rash series. And now I feel old.

 

[Kittehkraken]

What the world needs is another Outrun game.

 

[Schorschi]

I have a lot of fun with Dirt 5 on my Playstation 5.. Try it out, and maybe you become the same great experience in this fun racer. Greetings from Germany.

 

[Kagey K]

these horizon games seem sort of dull to me , dont get mad at me

Sounds like someone who hasn’t played them.

Forza Horizon plays nothing like an arcade racer, the only reason some people even try to classify it as one is because of its world and over the top story not its gameplay.

That’s bullshit. If you played them at all you could see the how the grip and traction combined with all the other concepts work to make it more arcade than sim.m

 

[Team Andromeda]

Dirt V is the best Arcade style racer made in years .

 

[Spukc]

Need for speed heat
Forza horizon

gtfo with that shit OP

 

[scoobidoo112]

To me, this is still one of the most fun racing games ever. Shame they cancelled the sequel and closed down the studio.

 

[Rudius]

It's really unfortunate. All want are arcade racers in the style of the old Need For Speed: circuits in exotic locations, dream cars and great music. Not too realistic, but not too arcady either. Hot Pursuit 2 on PS2 was perfect for me.

 

[UnNamed]

To me, this is still one of the most fun racing games ever. Shame they cancelled the sequel and closed down the studio.

In my personal chart, SplitSecond is the second best arcade racing game shortly after Motorstorm Pacific Rift.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Sounds like someone who hasn’t played them.

That’s bullshit. If you played them at all you could see the how the grip and traction combined with all the other concepts work to make it more arcade than sim.m

That's bullshit, if you played any real arcade racer you'd know Forza Horizon plays nothing like them and lol at trying to use the grip/traction as a reason why its an arcade racer . The drifting in the games are ass in the sense of an arcade racer. If any real arcade racer like Burnout or Midnight Club released with Forza Horizon's shitty drift controls it would get destroyed by its fans.

 

[MrMephistoX]

I’d be happy with a Ridge Racer HD collection / Remaster at this point: don’t fuck with the physics just make better car models and textures with like all the tracks Mario Kart 8 style and take my money NAMCO.

 

[Kagey K]

That's bullshit, if you played any real arcade racer you'd know Forza Horizon plays nothing like them and lol at trying to use the grip/traction as a reason why its an arcade racer . The drifting in the games are ass in the sense of an arcade racer. If any real arcade racer like Burnout or Midnight Club released with Forza Horizon's shitty drift controls it would get destroyed by its fans.

I‘ve played a bunch of them, and you can go ahead and see right on my gamer card. I put Horizon right up there with Burnout 3 And Revenge.

Let’s not pretend our whole gaming record since 2005 isn’t available now.

Burnout wishes it had Forza controls. the only thing that comes close was PGR and you probably didn’t play that either.

 

[Shmunter]

Microsoft should be relaunching Project Gotham. But they are now perpetually stuck in a Forza Horizon open world snorefest instead.

 

[mansoor1980]

I‘ve played a bunch of them, and you can go ahead and see right on my gamer card. I put Horizon right up there with Burnout 3 And Revenge.

Let’s not pretend our whole gaming record since 2005 isn’t available now.

oh i have played FH4 and its a well made game and AAA , nice relaxing soundtrack , and that halo warthog is pretty cool , but it is not similar to the arcade racers that r in my mind

 

[Kagey K]

oh i have played FH4 and its a well made game and AAA , nice relaxing soundtrack , and that halo warthog is pretty cool , but it is not similar to the arcade racers that r in my mind

Probably nothing will then. maybe if Sony had giving Bizzare Creations another chance you could have found the game you wanted.

They chose to shut them down instead.

 

[The Pleasure]

Without Sega pushing out their arcade games we can clearly say this for arcade racers