Best Racing Open World Games on PC

Forza Horizon 5

CyberForza 2077

– Real player with 512.0 hrs in game

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–-{ Graphics }—

☐ You forget what reality is

☑ Beautiful

☐ Good

☐ Decent

☐ Bad

☐ Don‘t look too long at it

☐ MS-DOS

—{ Gameplay }—

☑ Very good

☐ Good

☐ It’s just gameplay

☐ Mehh

☐ Watch paint dry instead

☐ Just don’t

—{ Audio }—

☐ Eargasm

☑ Very good

☐ Good

☐ Not too bad

☐ Bad

☐ I’m now deaf

—{ Audience }—

☑ Kids

☑ Teens

☑ Adults

☑ Grandma

—{ PC Requirements }—

☐ Check if you can run paint

☐ Potato

☑ Decent

☐ Fast

☐ Rich boi

☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

—{ Difficulty }—

– Real player with 473.1 hrs in game

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Absolute Drift

So, here it is. My review.

At time of posting, I have all the achievements and have 50 hours in the game.

First of all, just a general comment: I love this game. It has a great, smooth game engine and the controls are fairly easy to me. It wasn’t too hard to pick up, and learning some drifiting from Assetto Corsa and driving my Miata IRL, I can say that the physics are very realistic and it’s easy to apply those skills into this game.

Here’s a list for the TL:DR, and it’s at the top (you’re welcome):

– Real player with 69.3 hrs in game

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I’ve had tears of joy playing this game to completion, which is a rarity, I will say.

Absolute Drift is a top down, minimalistic stunt driving game. Your goal: become a master drifter, by refining the art of spinning out and smashing into walls controlling oversteer and burning rubber.

For the aesthetics: it’s low poly, simple graphics, with most buildings and roads left white and untextured. Objects of interest are coloured red, blue or yellow. Your car leaves behind skidmarks wherever it goes, whether you slide or not, which allows for impressive drawings on tarmac, or a nice spiral when you catch some big air.

– Real player with 65.7 hrs in game

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Forza Horizon 4

–-{Graphics}—

? You forget what reality is

? Beautiful ✔

? Good

? Decent

? Bad

? Don‘t look too long at it

? Paint.exe

—{Gameplay}—

? Very good ✔

? Good

? It‘s just gameplay

? Mehh

? Starring at walls is better

? Just don‘t

—{Audio}—

? Eargasm

? Very good

? Good ✔

? Not too bad

? Bad

? Earrape

—{Audience}—

? Kids

? Teens

? Adults

? Human ✔

—{PC Requirements}—

? Check if you can run paint

? Potato

? Decent

? Fast ✔

? Rich boiiiiii

? Ask NASA if they have a spare computer

—{Difficulity}—

– Real player with 184.6 hrs in game

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I absolutely love racing games. It’s not reflected on my Steam profile very well, but the racing genre is easily one of my favourites, and has been since I was very young. I experienced countless different titles on the Xbox and PS2 when I was still primarily a console gamer. From bigger names like Need for Speed and Gran Turismo, to plenty of other lesser known titles like Crash ‘n’ Burn, L.A. Rush, Midtown Madness 3 and so many more, I spent countless hours messing around in those early open worlds and improving my lap times. Most Wanted 2005 is easily my favourite racing title, with a great map and sense of progression, intense and rewarding cop chases, and an all-time great soundtrack; I didn’t think anything could ever top it…until I played Forza Horizon 4.

– Real player with 145.1 hrs in game

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Need for Speed™ Heat

It’s hard to not recommend this. It is.

On the one hand, the game looks, feels, and handles brilliantly. It’s creative and fun with great customization options and it was something that I, someone who never enjoyed racing games, genuinely enjoyed and keep finding myself returning to.

Despite the game’s fundamental greatness, it suffers terribly from a lack of content. It’s a game that got virtually no support after its initial release, and it shows. The campaign is anemic, high-end races are lacking, and the game has little to offer beyond just racing and doing tracks, except with occasional dialogue.

– Real player with 69.5 hrs in game

Well, this could easily be the best NFS game I played since the glory days of Underground 2 / Most Wanted 2005 / Carbon … here’s why:

• the visual style at night reminds me of Underground 2, so bonus points for nostalgia here

• gameplay is quite well-made, game itself isn’t that hard, but still way more challenging than some of its predecessors (especially when playing against high-tier racers and cops)

• cops are smarter than in most of the previous NFS installments, and also pretty aggressive

– Real player with 58.9 hrs in game

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Street Racing Syndicate

Street Racing Syndicate is an arcade racing game, created on the wave of astonishing success of the Need for Speed Underground. There were plenty of them back in the days, but only a few deserves our attention after all those years passed. If you need comparisons, I’d say that SRS is more realistic than NFS Underground 1 & 2, and have some unique features to hold player’s interest - the most noticeable, the down-to-earth system of upgrades, and, of course, girls. Girls who encouraging the player with the original driving quests, and awards with private go-go dances, once you achieve something on the streets.

– Real player with 76.5 hrs in game

Pros:

• Great atmosphere, it’s up there with Juiced 1 and Underground 1 as far as giving you a real import tuner feel goes.

• Customisation is licensed, featuring well known brands such as VeilSide, C-West, Wings West, Streetglow and more.

• Performance parts are also licensed, featuring well known brands such as AEM, Holley, Yokohama, GReddy, HKS and more.

• Includes features that Need for Speed overlooked, such as betting on races and crew races.

• Most of the import brands you expect are present, i.e Nissan, Toyota, Mitsubishi, etc.

– Real player with 51.0 hrs in game

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The Crew™ 2

After 50 hours, The Crew 2 has left me with a lot of wonderful memories. They aren’t filled with the kind of emergent stories you get from exploring an open world and its systems, nor are they moments that involve goofing around with strangers–The Crew 2 is lacking in both those aspects. Instead, my memories are filled with the game’s variety of vehicular activities and the wonderfully curated tracks: the unrealistic, the impossible, and the delightful.

It’s surprising to see just how much The Crew 2 differs from the original game. There’s been a noticeable shift in Ubisoft’s last few open-world titles, one that’s moving toward a focus on player-driven progression–large selections of optional activities, non-linear structures, rewards for doing just about anything–and The Crew 2 benefits significantly from this direction. The gritty crime angle from the original game is gone, and instead, The Crew 2 takes reams of pages from the book of Forza Horizon. The game centers on a nationwide festival of motorsports where you, a rookie, are poised to become the next big star. While the setup is conventional, and the focus on social media fame is obnoxious, what it brings to the game is a colorful and upbeat vibe, an impressive variety of different disciplines, and positively ridiculous arcade driving on land, water, and through the air.

– Real player with 2473.2 hrs in game

Hey all,

I was looking forward to The Crew 2 since I absolutely loved The Crew 1 (check my review on that game), and usually I buy the most expensive deluxe pack of whatever sequel if the first game was good. For some reason I hesitated here and it turns out my intuïtion was correct.

Total score : 4/10 … If you want to know why, read on.

The Crew 2 is an arcade racer, in an online setting. This merely means you may see a few other players passing by while you are in the open world. Your results are measured against other players, but this really is a single player game, in instances vs the ghosts of your friendlist or against the AI. The feeling is completely arcade, with no damage or tuning. Basically you don’t even need to brake much.

– Real player with 666.8 hrs in game

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Need for Speed™ Most Wanted

can this game stop spawning traffic cars in my fucking face every time I’m racing in multiplayer!?

– Real player with 246.5 hrs in game

A lot of people say: “The FIRST NFS Most Wanted was better” or that this is simply not a good game.

However, i strongly disagree (and i think many negative reviews on this game are much too critical), i first played this game on the PS3 in 2013 and i played it so much for the next few years. Then a long time later i see it is on sale on the steam store and i decide to re-buy it. It did not disappoint, it was just as good as i remembered it. For a game made in 2012, it’s great and it’s graphics are still good by today’s standards.

– Real player with 29.1 hrs in game

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MadOut2 BigCityOnline [CLOSED]

CN:我认为这个游戏的最大缺点就是它的安卓玩家太猖狂，各种破解版本在各个中国的安卓游戏平台发布。而安卓玩家使用破解版本进行游戏，破坏了游戏公平平衡。再一个，玩家的素质很差。

EN:I think the biggest drawback of this game is that its Android players are so rampant that all kinds of cracked versions are released on various Android game platforms in China. Android players use the cracked version to play games, which destroys the fair balance of the game. Third, the quality of players is very poor.

– Real player with 66.2 hrs in game

I really love this game, not only that i really really love this game, it might just be my favorite game!! 1. The graphics are amazing, I don’t even have an RTX graphics card yet it still looks amazing! 2. The game play is outstanding, in a way, it speaks to me. 3. The characters are amazing, the story’s development of all the characters is so emotional. If I had an option I would give this 80,085 thumbs up in stead of only one!!!!

– Real player with 12.1 hrs in game

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The Crew™

I love racing games. It’s been so long since I’ve been excited for an open-world racing gaming like this one. One that specifically caters to an aspect often discarded and ignored which is the love of free-drive and exploration. The Crew has its focus there as well as on racing. I was so looking forward to driving around different corners of the states, meeting other players, driving around with my friends and discovering new areas or car brands and acquiring crazy modifications along the way. It has many similarities with other common games such as Test Drive Unlimited 1 mixed with Burnout Paradise for speed, exploration and challenges.

– Real player with 773.1 hrs in game

The game is quite fun, and I have spent many hours in it, and will probably spend more too. However… there are some pretty big caveats to this. The price for one; I have the Australia tax, and the base game costs $75USD, not including the exchange rate and everything. Then there is the DLC - each one is a pack of 4 extra cars, hardly worth the price considering they don’t really offer too much more. And then there are the Mi-crew-transactions. Seriously? Extra in-game micro transactions on an already pretty pricey Triple A release? There are two different forms of currency in-game, one which is solely earnt through missions, skills, and stunts. And then there are CREW CREDITS. You are given 100,000 reasonably early on in the game, but that’s not enough for anything good. And so… you are invited to use real life money to purchase these in order to quickly obtain cars or specs that you would otherwise spend countless hours grinding for. The grind for this game is pretty ridiculous - not only do you have to grind for in-game cash (unless you pay real money) for the cars, but then, upgrade those cars, you must complete skill challenges to acquire parts to improve your car… for each individual car. The best parts are also RNG based, so you could easily spend hours farming the same challenge to try and get that specific part you wanted.

– Real player with 301.4 hrs in game

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Crash Drive 3

Because I enjoy Crash Drive 2, I volunteered to help test this game (unpaid, but I got a free copy) and have played every day for over a year. Not because I’m dedicated (actually I’m rather lazy), but because it’s fun.

Like CD2, you can easily play for just a few minutes at a time, as each event or tank battle is only a few minutes, so ideal to fit in to the spare moments in a day. The vehicle physics is certainly not realistic, but rather sort of cartoony. You can drive up vertical walls, spin mid-air and many other impossible but entertaining things. It is particularly crazy on the moon.

– Real player with 1127.7 hrs in game

I’ve had to change my review from positive to negative to positive. Here’s why.

AN IN DEPTH REVIEW So you can make an informed purchase! haha!

Firstly, straight up this game, from the moment you load it up, it’s just a good time. Always a good time!

The few(8) negative reviews on here suck, so I’ll try to address those first and the actual issues here. This is my first Crash Drive title.

1. You don’t need a roll button since the game does roll you over back, but a rest button could be handy.

– Real player with 47.6 hrs in game

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