Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 proves that going backwards has been the best step forward for the series in 15 years.
Project CARS 3 is easy to pick up and play but impossible to recommend to Project CARS 2 fans.
Short, shallow, and surprisingly simple, Fast & Furious Crossroads is a disappointment in almost every department.
Skater XL has promise as a platform but on console it still feels a bit too much like a prototype
F1 2020 is simultaneously the deepest yet most accessible Codemasters Formula One experience to date.
The console versions of Assetto Corsa Competizione are capable of great racing, but they're also riddled with problems.
Fast and dangerous, TT Isle of Man: Ride on the Edge 2 is a plain package but boasts some top-notch two-wheeled racing.
SnowRunner's peculiar brand of off-road ordeals is addictive, deep, and rewarding when played in the right spirit.
Deceptively technical and tricky to master, Monster Energy Supercross 3 is a modest but solid two-wheeled racer.
Need for Speed Heat is a mosaic of existing ideas but it is easily the most impressive Need for Speed game in years.
Grid is way too lean on tracks but delivers its hyperbolic brand of Hollywood-style racing with style and confidence.
F1 2019 is a very, very good game – the best F1 game to date – but it definitely doesn't always seem like a new game.
Forza Horizon 4: LEGO Speed Champions is the freshest twist on LEGO games in ages, but it's not as wild as Hot Wheels.
Ape Out is an intoxicating fusion of percussion and destruction that oozes style from every angle.
Dirt Rally 2.0 is as tricky to tame as its predecessor but doing so is as satisfying as ever.
Forza Horizon 4: Fortune Island is a great expansion with some of the best stretches of road in the series to date.
Forza Horizon 4: Fortune Island is a great expansion with some of the best stretches of road in the series to date.
Red Dead Redemption 2 is a game of rare quality; a meticulously polished open world ode to the outlaw era.
I'll always have a massive soft spot for the down under delights of Forza Horizon 3, but open-world racing has never looked as good as it does in Forza Horizon 4. It combines a beautiful world that's really four hugely distinct maps in one with a constantly rewarding and self-renewing racing experience and I really can't tear myself away from it. Playground Games hasn't just upped the ante once again; it's blown the bloody doors off.
The improvements to F1 2018 since the already-impressive F1 2017 are largely incremental and often very subtle – and there are still a few areas where it's openly coasting on previous efforts – but F1 2018 features the finest handling and force feedback for a dedicated F1 game to date, some welcome visual improvements, and a career mode that does a better job than ever at capturing the nuances of the world's most-popular motorsport.