Racing Games are one of the things the PlayStation is genuinely for. The ones worth playing start with Gran Turismo, Ridge Racer Type 4, Crash Team Racing.
The console that made 3D normal and made discs mandatory. Full soundtracks, voice acting and pre-rendered backdrops gave a generation of studios room to invent genres we still play.
This is one of its strengths. RPGs above all — Final Fantasy VII, Xenogears, Suikoden II, Vagrant Story — plus survival horror, which was effectively born here.
Filtering to racing means you want the vehicle to be the subject. It is the right filter when what you liked was speed, or handling, or a road worth driving.
Follow the link for hand-written recommendations if you want more like it.
Follow the link for hand-written recommendations if you want more like it.
Follow the link for hand-written recommendations if you want more like it.
Follow the link for hand-written recommendations if you want more like it.
A short session that is complete in itself. A race is over in five minutes and you can always take the corner better.
Everything outside the vehicle. Racing games rarely have a story, and the ones that try usually should not have.
Gran Turismo is the usual first answer, and there are 4 in the library we cover.
Yes — it is one of the things the machine is known for, and there are 4 in the library we cover.
Simulation models tyre temperature, fuel and weight transfer and punishes you for ignoring them. Arcade gives you grip, boost and a rewind, and is about flow. Buying the wrong one is where most disappointment comes from.
For the simulation picks it changes the game completely. For anything arcade it makes almost no difference.
From the games this site covers on the PlayStation, matched against hand-mapped gameplay categories rather than a storefront's genre tag. A page only exists where there are at least four, which is why some console and genre combinations have no page at all.
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