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[Ledsen]

Top down racing games! I love these. But I haven't played many good ones lately

Back in the day, we had classics like

RC Pro Am

Micro Machines

And later

Ignition

which is very, very, PRETTY GOOD!

Nowadays, the best example of top-down racing physics I've seen is

Renegade Ops

And it's A HUGE MYSTERY to me why they didn't do Renegade Ops Racing. Those physics ARE THE BEST.

Also I've tried

Little Racers Street

which is pretty cool I guess, but a bit sterile and charmless.

Also tried another one on Steam but it was pretty bad and I forget the name.

HOWEVER! Top down racing is awesome.

Please

- Remake Ignition
- Make Renegade Ops Racing
- discuss you memories of top-down racing

ARE THERE ANY GOOD GAMES NOWADAYS IN THE GENRE OF TOP-DOWN RACING?!?! Old people want to know.

 

[thewhitehawk]

I occasionally play Mini Motor HD on the iPad and it's a competent title but it feels bland and uninspired and it has that little something something in terms of currency balance that tries to motivate you to make in-app purchases.

With all honesty though, I think most top-down racers are repetitive and lack creativity, even though they're fun to play. I think that this type of racing game peaked with the Micro Machines series somewhere between the SNES/Genesis and the Dreamcast days and since then, as far as I've seen, most of the games have been soulless rehashes of something we've already seen and played already a dozen times before.

But please, correct me if I'm wrong. I really like these types of games.

 

[dark_prinny]

Motorstorm RC for VITA is great.

 

[Foshy]

Motorstorm RC for VITA is great.

Yep, came here to mention this. It's also available on PS3 (cross-buy).

 

[Cuddler]

I liked Motorstorm RC on PS3, there is a demo if you want to try it.
Other games that I can remember are Bang Bang Racing (demo on Steam) and WRC Powerslide (demo is available for PS3/360).

 

[thewhitehawk]

Motorstorm RC for VITA is great.

For some reason I don't like the way the drifting works in that game but I can't quite put my finger as to why. Maybe it's a bit too realistic? The cars skid more on "sand/dirt" than other types of pavement, maybe the inertia is too strong.

At their core, these types of racers are supposed to be about navigating vehicles through tight and fun courses and Motorstorm RC while fulfilling that perfectly doesn't really do anything new with it. It's a fun game to pick up and play every now and then, and I do think the challenges help keep it fresh but other than that there's little more I can really say that makes it stand out.

 

[Haunted]

Don't forget Mashed and its sequel Wrecked.

Great fun.

 

[JetSetRadio]

Iron Stewart Super off road was amazing back in the days!
Also death rally.

 

[Haunted]

Have I got the game for you, OP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgSqdvRpT2M

 

[Rouh]

Man! how could you forget Rock N' Roll motherefin' Racing! such a classic with it's soundtrack

 

[Red Chocobo]

Skidmarks on the Amiga:

 

[SonicXtreme]

little racers street is the shit. love playing that online.

downloaded wrc powerslide for free this week on xbl, been having a blast playing that online as well.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Don't forget Mashed and its sequel Wrecked.

Great fun.

Came for Mashed. Brilliant fun, never played Wrecked but I lost so much time to Mashed.

 

[Jezbollah]

Super Sprint and Indy Heat were both lots of fun.

 

[Alex Connolly]

Don't forget the open source excellence in Generally.

EDIT: Mashed remains one of the greatest local multiplayer games of its time. Oh, the fun had.

 

[cozo]

Please bring an HD version of Skidmarks to VITA, thank you.

 

[jordisok]

OP if you haven't played Mashed you definitely should, its absolutely brilliant. One of my most played PS2 games I'd guess (gotta get that multitap out).

 

[itf56]

No mention of Supercars 2? Forshame. I played hours of that on the Atari ST as a kid.

 

[TechnicPuppet]

Skidmarks and Micro Machines were great games, don't think I played the others.

 

[LonelyGreyWolf]

Motorstorm RC for VITA is great.

Yep, came here to mention this. It's also available on PS3 (cross-buy).

I think Sony gave me this game for free because I bought a Ratchet & Clank game. I've never tried it although maybe I should.

 

[legacyzero]

Motorstorm RC for VITA is great.

Yeah, surprusingly good for a free game (when it was free)

 

[Ryne]

Don't forget the open source excellence in Generally.

Loved that game, played it from launch. Surprised it is still alive, awesome job buy those guys.

 

[halfbeast]

we definitely need an HD micro machines with online play. come on, codemasters! no more grid's and dirt's and give us another MM!

 

[boyshine]

Driift Mania on WiiWare for up to 8 players. Great Super Off-Road'ish game.

 

[jimbor]

Rock N Roll Racing and Biker Mice From Mars were two of my favourites, great fun.

 

[Uiki]

Overtop

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TzObMkpgz8

 

[LordMuffin]

Am I the only one who loved Micro Machines for the gba? Boy was that game terribly clanky, but in a good way. It had like a password system for the trophy mode in friggin' 2004.

 

[bLaiSe]

Motorstorm RC for VITA is great.

.
Also Death Rally on iPhone.

 

[bonus_sco]

I've been thinking about making an Ouya version of Skidmarks in my spare time...

 

[kamikazekoala]

Really addicting when I got this

 

[Zeth]

Didn't a new one just come out on PC?

http://www.realworldracing.com/

Would love to hear impressions. Last good one I've played was probably Reckless Racing series on iOS.

 

[Uiki]

Didn't a new one just come out on PC?

http://www.realworldracing.com/

Would love to hear impressions. Last good one I've played was probably Reckless Racing series on iOS.

My god.

It's beautiful.

I'm downloading the demo.

 

[John Dunbar]

Really addicting when I got this

i kept playing that game this summer wanting to see if it would ever end. my snes froze.

 

[Nevasleep]

Last good one I've played was probably Reckless Racing series on iOS.

Yea, loved the first one.

There was also doodle kart.

 

[Toma]

Motorstorm RC for VITA is great.

This. Fantastic game.

 

[CecilRousso]

Have I got the game for you, OP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgSqdvRpT2M

Demo of the game was great. Want the full game.

Everyone interested in the game should vote for it on greenlight: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=94564971

 

[kitsuneyo]

Have I got the game for you, OP.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgSqdvRpT2M

I like that idea, it would be cool if you choose your own real-world circuits. Seems like this could be possible.

 

[900bv]

The day Micro Machines V5 is announced for PS4/Vita is the day I become excited for a racing game in a long time.

Just incredible.

 

[The Real Napsta]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i42KijPx6Vs

Rush Rush Rally Racing

 

[Brobzoid]

Wrecked: Revenge Revisited (aka Sequel to Mashed) is a real fun one. It's kinda janky, but it doesn't jank up in any meaningful ways - it's just there for that eurojank feel.

Available on XBLA/PSN. prolly $10 or whatevs, idk. worth it for the local multi.

 

[rjc571]

Rush Rush Rally Racing for the Wii looked so damn good. Shame that it only came out in Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ndsq1mBRCI

 

[HueyFreeman]

Motorstorm RC for VITA is great.

For real, OP, you should try this, for Vita or PS3. It's a legitimately great little game.

 

[Nostremitus]

My wife and I still play RockNRoll Racing on the SNES. I'd love to see a remake with updated audio.

Have any of you seen anything similar to RNR Racing lately?

 

[Wonko_C]

I'm currently playing VS Racing 2 on iOS, the sprite work was a big draw for me and there is some subtle kind depth effect for the backgrounds. The bad news is the IAP: once you play a few races you have to wait 24 minutes to be able to play again, and there are some cars that can only be unlocked with diamonds, and those are hard to come by if you don't want to pay for them.

 

[Fonz72]

Rock and roll racing, Ivan Stewart's off road, and super sprint are great!

 

[CheekyLeek]

My parents got me ignition as a gift. That game was such a surprise.

 

[PrivateWHudson]

Really addicting when I got this

This was the best...So many hours of my childhood consumed.

 

[Triggerhappytel]

Motorstorm RC is brilliant. I hope there's a sequel in the works for Vita and PS4.

 

[Mugatu]

PixalJunk Racers is fun - it's a slot car racer so not quite the same but it is top down.

 

[Dylan]

Really addicting when I got this

This game was amazing. Simple, pure fun.