What results is an utterly ridiculous yet completely thrilling mixture of racing and beat 'em up-style action. What’s more, they can do the same to you, harassing you mercilessly all the way to the finish line. But you can also kick you rivals off a mountainside, bludgeon them with a variety of weapons, and even shoot their bikes with guns until they explode. You can try to win by racing fair and square. What sets Road Redemption apart from other racing games is that victory can be achieved by any means necessary. When I say 'battling it out' I mean that literally. It sees groups of grizzled bikers battling it out to win a series of extreme, cross-country motorcycling races. Road Redemption is a spiritual successor to the iconic SEGA Megadrive biking game Road Rash. So let’s buckle up, start the engine, and hit the gas. What you will see, hopefully, is just how much driving games have to offer in the year 2021. All the games mentioned below focus exclusively on driving, so you won't see mention of broader open world games like GTA or Mad Max (tempted as I was to include the latter, that game has some awesome car chases). This breadth of experience is something I wanted to focus on with this list. In short, 'Driving games' is no longer synonymous with 'Racing games' (if it ever was). There are driving games that focus on the physics of driving, the logistics of driving, the responsibility of owning a car, even what it would be like if you combined cars with football. The genre has diversified hugely in the last decade. The other image is Mario Kart – the racing game that’s arguably better known than any other.īut the truth is these images are not representative of what driving games have to offer. The first is of a sleek, pixel perfect racing game that aims to be as 'realistic' as possible, something like Gran Turismo or Project Cars.

When I think about driving games, the thought usually conjures one of two images.

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