Which Car Games With Lots of Cars Are Worth Buying?
Big-garage car games come in odd shapes. One is a Hot Wheels game on Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and PC, and we explain why it belongs here.

Big-garage car games come in odd shapes. One is a Hot Wheels game on Switch, PlayStation, Xbox and PC, and we explain why it belongs here.

Free car games for PC and console all sell something. We checked five store pages and ESRB entries to find where the charges start.

Car games under $20 come in two kinds: ones that list under the line, and ones that only dip there. Every pick shows both prices.

Offline car games are rarer than they look: three DRM-free GOG games and one patched racer run without servers, and one big name doesn’t.

Sim racing games on a controller can work, but even Steam labels Assetto Corsa Competizione’s pad support partial. Here is how the rest compare.

Offline racing games for phone, checked before you travel: four picks, a 30-second airplane-mode test, and what each game needs a signal for.
Inertial Drift is the closest match to Screamer’s twin-stick drift: left stick steers, right stick drifts. Four more picks cover its fights and its story.

Games like Burnout Paradise that reward the wreck: five PC racers, a Crash Mode pick with no online play, and one game we’d skip.

Games like Forza Horizon come in parts: the festival, Japan at night, car building, crashes. We matched one pick to each and said where it falls short.

Best car games come down to one question: do you want to drive, tune or wreck? Nine checked across PC, PlayStation and Xbox.