In my honest opinion, arcade racing games are a dying genre, but one that defined a huge part of my gaming life. I grew up with them, and even now, I’ll drop everything to play a cabinet if I see one. Seriously, I love this stuff. Even in an age of open-world behemoths and live-service grinds, arcade racers are still one of my favorite genres.
I’ve already written about one of the modern greats, Split/Second, but now I want to rewind the clock and give some love to the classics that made me fall in love with the genre in the first place. This article is a shout-out to some of my favorite arcade racing games from the 1990s to early 2000s, games that deserve to be remembered, revisited, and maybe even discovered by a new generation of racing fans.
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