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The 10 best PS4 racing games

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The best PS4 racing games offering a ton of diversity. Every racing fan comes to the genre with different expectations. Perchance you want to compete confronting online opponents in a highly technical racer; or you want to play against your kids in a colorful kart racer; or maybe you want to compete against yourself in a fourth dimension trial racer. Whatsoever the example, the PS4 about certainly has a racing game to accommodate your tastes.

Tom'south Guide has compiled a list of some excellent racing games for the PS4, which should cater to a wide variety of genre fans. Withal, if nix on this listing suits you lot, you should check out the Racing section of the PlayStation Shop for additional options. There are hundreds of racing games for the console, and this list merely scratches the surface.

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1. Burnout Paradise Remastered

If modern-classic arcade racers are your thing, you tin't do much better than Exhaustion Paradise Remastered. This game initially came out on the PS3 and Xbox 360, but got a remastered version on the PS4 and Xbox 1 back in 2018. In this game, you tin can race effectually an open earth, or hop online for competitive play. One feature that sets Burnout Paradise Remastered aside from many other racers is that the game has a "Crash Mode," where crashing into other racers in spectacular fashion is the unabridged point, rather than something to avoid.

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two. Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled

Racing games don't have to exist serious business; but enquire Crash Team Racing: Nitro-Fueled. In this remaster of Crash Team Racing from way back in 1999, players take control of Sony mascot Crash Bandicoot and his friends and enemies, every bit they square off against one another on catchy go-kart tracks. If you call back this sounds similar Mario Kart with a slightly unlike bandage, you're correct. If you retrieve this sounds like a lot of fun, you're also right. Crash Team Racing is one of the more kid-friendly entries on this list, so if y'all take immature racing fans in the house, it'due south a solid choice.

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iii. Dirt 5

Not all races happen on carefully manicured racetracks. Dirt 5 takes players off-road in a multifariousness of vehicles, from buggies, to monster trucks, to vintage rally cars. You'll race on clay, rocks, sand and ice, in environments ranging from New York City to the far reaches of Norway. As 1 of the newer games on this list Clay 5 is gorgeous, with dynamic weather conditions and subtle lighting effects. The most important thing, withal, is that the cars all experience great to command. There's even a career mode where yous square off against a veteran racer played past Nolan North.

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4. F1 2021

F1 2021 is one of those video games that's exactly what information technology sounds like. It'due south Formula Ane racing; and information technology has vehicles and drivers from 2021. You lot can race high-tech cars in a story way (cleverly titled "Braking Signal"), in freeform unmarried-histrion races or in multiplayer of both the local and online varieties. At that place are 21 different racetracks and x different cars, which should keep technical racing fans decorated for a while. While F1 2021 may non be the most beginner-friendly game on this list, experienced racing gamers will probably like what it has to offer.

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5. Gran Turismo Sport

As racing series go, "Gran Turismo" is almost synonymous with "PlayStation." While Gran Turismo seven is on its style for PS4 and PS5, at present, the most recent game in the series is Gran Turismo Sport. If you lot want to get online and prove your skills in highly competitive multiplayer matches, this is probably the right game for y'all. With more than 300 cars and more than 80 racetracks, the game has a ton of diversity. You tin can likewise dive into Arcade Mode, which lets you play past yourself in a variety of time trials and test modes.

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vi. Project Cars ii

I of the more enervating racing sims on this list, Projection Cars two is all about variety and accuracy. The developers at Slightly Mad Studios put a ton of try into everything from dynamic tire movements to racetrack temperature. This is not the kind of game you lot can only pick up and play — but it is the kind of game in which you can lose yourself for hours at a fourth dimension, particularly if you have a realistic racing wheel peripheral. The game boasts 60 locations, 140 track layouts and almost 200 cars, and fifty-fifty dabbles in some off-road racing.

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7. Redout

If y'all're tired of racing tedious erstwhile cars on boring old pavement, yous could always try Redout instead. This futuristic arcade racer is a throwback to classics similar F-Zero, with the flight cars, psychedelic landscapes, and tricky soundtrack to prove it. You can level upward your ship in a single-player career mode (consummate with boss fights), or try your luck against human opponents on 25 tracks beyond 5 locations. You tin even collect power-ups as you lot go, ensuring that no two races will ever turn out quite the same. If you demand a "choice-up-and-play" racer on standby, Redout is the manner to go.

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8. Trackmania Turbo

Trackmania Turbo is a colorful arcade racer where overcoming wild obstacles and then challenging yourself to exercise it again, fifty-fifty faster, is the order of the day. This game features loops, magnetic tracks, air jumps and all sorts of other tricks that would range from "impractical" to "impossible" in a real car. You can drive on 200 tracks in the game's single-thespian mode, or team up with some other thespian as y'all both control the same auto in multiplayer. You can even build your own outlandish tracks to share with friends. While Trackmania Turbo is ane of the more than nontraditional games on this list, it's besides one of the more than memorable.

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9. Trials Rising

One of the more unusual racing games on the PS4, Trials Ascent doesn't focus on cars racing effectually a level rails. Instead, Trials Rising is a physics-based motorcycle racing game, where you'll take to conquer a variety of unsafe obstacles, climbing ramps and jumping over pitfalls. Naturally, y'all tin can race all around the globe, from France to Mainland china, and build your ain tracks to share with your friends and rivals. What's a little more unusual is the game's multiplayer tandem way, in which you and a partner endeavour to control a single cycle with two controllers.

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10. Wipeout Omega Collection

Gran Turismo isn't the only Sony-centric racing series; there's also Wipeout. The Wipeout Omega Collection on PS4 collects Wipeout Hard disk drive and Wipeout 2048, both of which allow you pilot futuristic racing ships beyond colorful, demanding racetracks. For the first time, you tin can crank these games up to 4K resolution with HDR features. Other new features include improved textures and VR compatibility. The Wipeout Omega Collection features unmarried-player campaigns, local carve up-screen and online multiplayer, making it a good choice for both solo and competitive players. Until nosotros get a new Wipeout game on the PS5, this may be as good every bit it gets for serial fans.

Marshall Honorof is a senior editor for Tom'south Guide, overseeing the site'due south coverage of gaming hardware and software. He comes from a scientific discipline writing background, having studied paleomammalogy, biological anthropology, and the history of science and technology. Later on hours, y'all can find him practicing taekwondo or doing deep dives on classic sci-fi.