The best abandonware racing games

Racing and driving games simulate driving races by putting the player in a variety of driving seats, like Formula 1 cars, motorbikes, all-terrain racing cars, or futuristic vehicles. The goal is usually winning a race against other vehicles in environments of varying degrees of realism. Some games push it to the limits by adding weapons or dispensing with the racing aspect altogether, allowing the player to drive freely.

Sort by:

Slicks 'n' Slide

DOS19934.1/5 racing: car

Slipstream 5000

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac1995protected4.1/5 racing: futuristic, racing: unusual vehicles

Slipstream 5000 is a futuristic racing video game that was released in 1995 for MS-DOS. It was developed by The Software Refinery and published by Gremlin Interactive. The game is set in the year 2110, and players engage in high-speed, anti-gravity racing in a variety of unique and challenging tracks. One distinctive feature of Slipstream 5000...

Grand Prix Circuit

DOSMac19884.1/5 racing: car, racing: Formula 1

Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

DOS19954.1/5 racing: car, racing: motorcycle, racing: unusual vehicles

Turbo OutRun

DOS19904.1/5 racing: car

Turbo OutRun is an abandoned DOS action racing game set in North America, developed and published by Sega in 1990. Turbo OutRun is a conversion from the arcade classic of the same name and it's the sequel of the popular OutRun. The OutRun games are regarded as iconic and representative of the late 80s/early 90s, often cited by retrowave enthusiasts.

Death Rally

DOS1996freeware4.1/5 racing: car, vehicular combat

Stunts

DOS19904.1/5 racing: car

Road Runner

DOS19894.1/5 racing: unusual vehicles

Monster Truck Madness

Windows XP/98/9519964.1/5 racing: off-road, racing: unusual vehicles

Grand Prix Wizard

DOS19964.1/5 racing: car, racing: Formula 1

Destruction Derby

DOS19954.1/5 racing: car

SuperKarts

DOS19954/5 racing: car, racing: unusual vehicles

Vette!

DOS19894/5 racing: car

240 Racing

DOS19984/5 racing: car

African Trail Simulator

DOS19904/5 racing: motorcycle

APB

DOS19894/5 racing: car

POD

Windows XP/98/951997protected4/5 racing: car, racing: futuristic

Pole Position II

DOS19884/5 racing: Formula 1, racing: car

Quarantine

DOS19944/5 racing: car, racing: futuristic, vehicular combat

Quarantine is a futuristic racing/driving game released by GameTek in 1994 for DOS. Quarantine is set in a dark dystopian futuristic city where the player drives around in a taxi cab, picking up passengers and killing everyone else. If you loved Carmageddon, you will also like Quarantine. Stay away if you don't like gratuitous violence, gore and bl...

Street Rod

DOS1989protected4/5 racing: car

Vroom

DOS19944/5 racing: car

Big Red Racing

DOS19954/5 racing: car, racing: off-road, racing: unusual vehicles

Days of Thunder

DOS19904/5 racing: car

Ford simulator 1

DOS1987freeware4/5 racing: car

Highway Fighter

DOS19954/5 racing: car, racing: futuristic, vehicular combat

Action Fighter

DOS19893.9/5 racing: car, vehicular combat

Sito Pons 500cc Grand Prix

DOS19903.9/5 racing: motorcycle

Super Hang-On

DOSMac19883.9/5 racing: motorcycle

Super Hang-On is an abandoned motorcycle arcade racing game, developed by Sega, designed by Yu Suzuki and published by Data East for DOS in 1988 (the arcade was released in 1987). Super Hang-On was converted for a great number of platforms including Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, C64, Genesis, Macintosh, Nintendo 3DS, ZX Spectrum.