Racing games with car customization

It shares all of the simulation level tinkering ability that the Forza Motorsport series is known for but plonks you in a more arcade-style setting and open-world environment, inspired by a real-world location. The Horizon series has dominated the racing game segment since it's launch in but it's winning formula has remained the same across all four instalments.

You can even change to tyre compounds based around a specific type of driving, such as drag racing, drifting or off-road. Our second recommendation would be Grand Theft Auto V.

Now, bear with us - it's definitely not made to be a racing game, but it does feature an awful lot of customisation for cars that are often inspired by real cars. This probably doesn't help you if you're trying to decide which racing game to buy, so on the back of this, we'd also suggest Need For Speed Payback.

Need for speeds arcade-style driving experience and underground setting allows you to enjoy the taboo underworld of street racing. When it comes to car customisation, there aren't quite as many cars to choose from compared to the likes of Forza, however, the customisation is much more true to real life, with famous aftermarket car parts from Liberty Walk or Greddy can be added to your car.

While the Need For Speed franchise is one of the most well known within the racing world, not all of its games allow you to customise your car, so steer clear of semi-recent titles such as Rivals , Most Wanted or Hot Pursuit Car Mechanic Simulator allows you to create your own vehicle repair business, working on a wide variety of cars in thorough detail. It's a simulation game as opposed to a racing game, but there are areas of the game which allow you to test drive the cars you've built.

Like with most 'Simulator' titled games, there's plenty of DLC up for grabs to keep the game up to date with fresh new content so you don't get bored. If creating your own car is more your thing, Car Mechanic Simulator also has a lot of modding support, so if you happen to be savvy with digital tools you can design your own model and import it into the game for you and other players to work on.

With four different seasons and a plethora of different types of races to compete in, Horizon 4 lets you have near full control over the way your car looks and handles. That's the great thing about Forza Horizon - It's approach is drastically different to the arcade-style we've long been used to, It's not game where you progress from an old beater car to the likes of a Porsche , It's all down to your own personal preference and is definitely worthy of being one of the best car modification games of recent history.

Don't just take our word for it though, Forza Horizon 4 scored a Metacritic score of 92 and user score of 7.

Rocket League is a fantasy arcade game which combines two popular passions, cars and football. The game pits players in a rounded football stadium with the aim of scoring the most amount of goals to become the victor. Orestes 6 years ago 7. Damn shame Midnight Club Los Angeles never got ported. Some bright bulb thought racing games needed a story mode Yeah that's REALLY what killed Undercover for me - a story so bad even year-old-me could tell how cringeworthy it was.

I had It appears MC2 is actually on Steam, might have to look into that. CardigansFan posted Yeah, unfortunately pretty much all of my gaming funds are on Steam right now, so Mario Kart is fun but only gets you so far, y'know? You know what'd really get my racing game nostalgia goggles going though?

That'd be the best. What about Test Drive Unlimited? I haven't played the second game but I liked the first game a lot. Boge 6 years ago Tokyo Extreme Racer 2 was my favorite. Best racing game ever aside from the Mario Karts. I loved the racing mechanic, the "health" bar. That game taught me how to take turns without crashing. With deeper knowledge and experience, everything becomes more shallow. More topics from this board If your looking for a good dogfighting game, "Chorus" is for you! I think my games running slower than they should, why?

General 3 Answers Resident evil 3 save file location? Tech Support 2 Answers How can I rename a sim in the sims 2? General 2 Answers. Ask A Question. If you smash into a rock, prepare for your race to be over, after you've smashed open your steering system and slid feet down the road, of course. It's unforgiving and brutal, and that's just what rallying should be.

An absolutely fantastic little game, this one. If you want to experience what it's like to drive some of the greatest racing cars around, then you can't go wrong with Project Cars 2.

The game features a rather impressive cars and 46 tracks, with most of the tracks being laser-scanned. The game is so realistic, that real drivers and car companies were brought in to guide development. It looks incredible, and it's great fun to play as well. No, despite its title, this game isn't made by Apple, but it does feature some tech that would make the tech giant jealous. Welcome to iRacing. What makes this game quite so spectacular is the fact that every track in the game is laser-scanned, featuring every little divot that pockmarks the real-world equivalent.

Boasting a dedicated player base, tons of mods to draw upon, and full VR support, this game places you in the cockpits of racing cars like no other game can. As you might guess from the title, this game only focuses on one discipline. However, if you are a fan Formula One, then F1 is a must-have. By far the easiest way to get behind the wheel of an F1 car, especially if your parents aren't rich enough to buy you a seat with a real team. F1 features all the cars, tracks, and drivers from the season.

The game even has a story mode where you start out as a Formula 2 driver and move up the ranks. A first for the F1 video game franchise is that rivals, teammates, and AI drivers will change during off-season. Criminally unknown, rFactor 2 is, like iRacing, a hugely realistic racing game in every respect. There are a very good number of customization options available, and the scope of the game is almost beyond belief.

The developers' goal is to be able to emulate any car, from any era. The AI is incredible, and it also features one of the best tire simulations ever made. If you burn off a bit of the tire, that will be modeled and relayed to you through force feedback. Created by Sector3 Studios, formerly Simbin, creators of the fantastic GTR racing games, RaceRoom is free-to-play and basically, nobody knows about it.

The car handling is incredible, just as you'd expect from Simbin, with the different disciplines really feeling different. The WTCC cars bounce around like superpowered go-karts, while the F1 cars feel twitchy and fragile, as though they're just one wrong turn away from crumpling into a very expensive pile of scrap metal.