It’s 2021, and believe it or not, there are tons of fantastic racing-themed games to either play now or look forward to down the line. Also, just the disclaimer, a couple of games aren’t making it out this year, like test drive unlimited solar crown and gran Turismo are slated for 2022.
We got 13 games to break down that are worth keeping an eye on
Drift 21 – Really impressive drift mechanics Car Racing game in 2021
Drift 21 is pretty unique on this list because it’s all focused entirely on Japanese tuner cars. Not only does it have some really impressive drift mechanics that are fun to pull off and come off in that perfect balance of like realistic. But still managed to be just pretty satisfying to do whether you’re playing online or just single-player races. Not only does it have that type of thing going on, but it also has customization and tuning, and you are getting the exact type of car you want. Everything you’re looking for seems to be here, from the turbo kits to the spoilers to the body wraps. There are many licensed cars, and the game really focuses on just celebrating the professional drift world. We recommend you to play if you really like to play drifting car games and it is one of the best car game of 2021.
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Cruis’n Blast best racing game in Nintendo Switch
There’s been quite a few crews and games if you’re old enough to remember them, and this new one kind of serves as a reboot. It’s going to have five tracks, eight cars, and eight bonus vehicles.
If you can’t tell by the gameplay, it’s all focused around bright colors, fast, accessible racing, and just that arcade-style gameplay.
It’s releasing exclusively seemingly for Nintendo Switch, and we’re really looking forward to seeing what this new spin on it really is.
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Nascar 21 will come with new racing generation
This is releasing for all the major platforms this fall, and it serves as a new stepping stone for the franchise. Maybe a new foundation, some of the new leadership behind the scenes. They have said there’s a lot of pressure on this one to really establish. It is the new foothold for the Nascar game series moving forward.
This is precisely because, according to reports, it has a new engine it’s going completely unreal based, and it has new physics behind it as well.
If you don’t understand Nascar games, it might not seem like a big deal to you. But if you do appreciate the nuance to these races, then you get it. You’re probably hoping they pull this one-off.
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WRC 10 FIA for Anything
This Racing game is standard in a lot of ways in 2021. Especially if you’re playing on pc, these are just hardcore, awe-inspiring simulation games.
With particular really challenging rally racing, cool dirt car, and damage effects and it basically goes through the decades-long history of the WRC. It has official themes, officially licensed cars, and you get to manage it all in a revamped career mode.
In WRC 10 FIA, it’s always getting new weekly events and challenges to keep you busy with the community and staff.
We always say we don’t sleep on these ones. If you like rally games, you know dirt and dirt rallies do a really great job, but WRC is something else and we recommend you to play as 2021 best rscing games.
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RiMS Racing is the best Motorbike racing game in 2021
This is similar and combines a lot of elements of other games we’ve already mentioned. But for motorbikes, it’s all about realistic motorbike championship racing. It has high octane, razor-thin high Speed, craziness up.
But not only does it give you realistic physics and gameplay mechanics, but it also gives you a bunch of customization and tuning options.
It’s all about the mechanics behind the scenes as well, and that helps it stand out from some other motorbike racing games. It’s going to be all about optimizing your bike, managing your garage, and getting down to the nitty-gritty statistics while just taking home the gold.
We’re really curious to see what they do with this one. It is good news for racing game lovers and it will release middle of 2021
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Torque Drift for Classic Drifting Racing
This one was actually released in April. It’s been out for a few months, and it’s free to play. So, you know you can check it out without throwing down some actual cash.
It has real cars and genuine parts. So, you can build your dream car to hit the tracks. Even if you don’t know too much about cars. If you judge it by the amount of parts and customization, you can fine-tune your car to perform exactly how you want.
A lot of it is classic drifting-based racing which we all like.
Although the steam reviews are a bit mixed, some say the physics aren’t quite there, there’s some lag, and some people just say it doesn’t like playing too well with a racing wheel.Â
Hopefully, that stuff gets updated over time. Free-to-play games often always have their issues, and the model isn’t perfect. Especially for racing games of 2021, but we’re willing to keep an eye on this one. Because it plays okay, and we’re hoping it gets better over time.
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Riders Republic is the New Kind of Racing Games
This isn’t your traditional racing game, full disclosure. There are no cars. it’s only extreme sports. Everything from snowboarding, mountain bikes, wingsuits and etc.
Some races will feature up to 64 players at once. As you all try to make it to the finish line before everyone else. It’s said to feature a seamless open world with so many ways to get around.
I’m sure exploring it is going to be half the fun as a racing games of 2021.
Overall, writer’s republic looks pretty hectic and crazy, but in a way, that’s exactly what they’re going for, and it also looks like a blast.
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Dangerous driving 2 for Trill your Racing
The original dangerous driving seemed like it was potentially pretty cool. It was just criminally short. It felt more like a proof of concept or a prototype than an actual game.
The most important thing is that it is developed with some of the people behind the burnout games. So, this is like a spiritual successor to burnout, and with dangerous driving to they’re going open-world, adding a lot more features. We’re hoping it can become the full-fledged excellent burnout-style video game experience.
It was really destined to be with the first game but wasn’t quite there.
It doesn’t have a date as of right now. It’s still just slated for 2021. We’re hoping it squeezes in this year because it could be pretty cool and different from everything else.
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MotoGP 21 – World Championship
If you’ve been playing these games before, you pretty much know what to expect by now. It’s authentic over-the-top super-fast motorbike racing. This one’s celebrating the racing games of 2021 official season. It’s got 20 tracks 120 real riders.
It’s got a historical aspect, and it goes back to the history of the franchise with 40 historic racers and bikes.
This is about managing your races down to your tuning. But there’s also a lot of fun customization with stickers, your number, your helmet, your suit, etc. Sometimes those graphic editors and stuff are half the fun.
It’s pretty cool people have been doing some pretty sweet stuff with it. Reviews in the community have been pretty great. It seems like another good year for this franchise. So, if you’re into this type of very specific. But very intense high-speed racing checks out MotoGP 21.Â
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F1 2021
This new f1 game has a crazy, seemingly over-the-top looking story mode with cut scenes, actors, and everything a bunch of drama. I think this is kind of hot off the heels of some of the newfound f1 popularity.
But still, you’re getting a real season start mode, which gives you some up-to-date stats. There’s also a two-player option in career mode, which is pretty sweet.
We’ve said it before. We’ll repeat it. Code masters know racing. They’ve done it really well with a lot of these f1 games.
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Car Mechanics Simulator 2021 for best Mechanics ExperienceÂ
This game honestly looks incredible. Although it’s not out, we have seen a bunch of stuff from the developers, and it just seems really ambitious.
It’s all about simulating messing around with cars. Now full disclosure, not a lot of racing. You can get in your car and drive around and test it.
But a lot of the experience is around digging through the garbage, looking for spare parts, going into barns with a flashlight, finding barn finds, building out your car, customizing it, fine-tuning it, modding it, cleaning it, painting it and etc.
It’s all about just kind of exploring your garage and fussing around and doing whatever you want. It’s got 72 cars and 4 000 unique parts.
You can essentially, according to the developers, play it endlessly. We’ll be the judge of that, but so far, it does look promising and, most importantly, kind of unique. It doesn’t have a release date yet, but there is a demo available, and the whole racing games is slated for some time in 2021 and it too good news for the racing game lovers.
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Hot wheels unleashed
If we’re being sincere, it’s constantly blowing our mind “how relevant hot wheels have remained since we were kids.”
People still collect them like crazy then, like everything has a hot wheel now.
Gameplay-wise it looks great because it is like a real racing game with some weight to it. Even the drifting seems pretty legit for this style of play. The courses don’t look too insane or extravagant, but they’re all on those iconic orange tracks from when we were kids.
So, it makes sense one thing that does seem really cool with the tracks is the track builder. That’s like one of the main events here. You could build your own hot wheels tracks and then take them online.
The developers recently put out a track builder walkthrough video thing.Â
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Forza Horizon 5 is the Best Racing Game in 2021
Releasing later this year, it’s going to be a pc and Xbox exclusive, and it’s yet another Forza horizon game. This time taking place in Mexico. It’s said to be the most giant Forza horizon open world by a long shot.
They’re using tons of fun new photogrammetry technology to make the world look extra realistic, from the ground textures to the skybox new ways to keep you in the game and keep you playing against the AI and your friends and all kinds of weird challenges.
The Forza Horizon games have always had a lot more personality than gran Turismo or one of the hardcore simulators we talked about here, like MotoGP or F1.
They walk a fine line between handling fairly realistic but still being able to quickly jump in play and have fun, and that’s why we’re really looking forward to Forza Horizon 5, if you ask us.
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Those are the racing games of 2021 we’re looking forward to in terms of high-speed racing and cars and weird stuff. So, let us know in the comments.