Unconventional racing games

The most popular racing games involve driving conventional vehicles like (cars, bikes, etc). There's a different kind of racing game in which the player has to drive unusual vehicles such as war boats, prehistoric bikes, spaceships, penguins... More often than not, these racing games involve shooting or some kind of other non-conventional activity (for a racing game anyway).

Most popular racing: unusual vehicles games

Micro Machines

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Monster Truck Madness

racingWindows XP/98/95

Big Red Racing

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Racing: unusual vehicles games

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Antarctic Adventure

DOS19863.6/5 Konami
BC Racers

DOS1995freeware4.1/5 Core Design

BC Racers is a DOS unconventional (to say the least) racing game that features a prehistoric theme, designed by Martin Gibbons, developed and published by Core Design in 1955. It's the third game in the Chuck Rock series, the first two being platformers not available for PC.
Big Red Racing

DOS19954/5 The Big Red Software Company
CyberRace

DOS19933.6/5 Cyberdreams
Hi-Octane

DOS19954.3/5 Bullfrog

Hi-Octane is an abandoned futuristic combat racing game developed by Bullfrog and released by Electronic Arts in 1995. Hi-Octane was published for DOS and a few consoles: PlayStation, PSP, PS Vita, SEGA Saturn. It's based on the same code used for Magic Carpet, a well known game also made by Bullfrog.
Micro Machines

DOS19944.2/5 Codemasters

Micro Machines is an abandoned racing game developed and released by Codemasters in 1994 based on the Micro Machines toy line. Micro Machines was published for DOS, but also for Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, SEGA Master System and SNES. Codemasters released a sequel called Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament.
Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

DOS19954.1/5 Supersonic Software
Monster Truck Madness

Windows XP/98/9519964.2/5 Terminal Reality
Off Shore Warrior

DOS19884/5
Road Runner

DOS19893.9/5 Atari
S.T.U.N. Runner

DOS19903.3/5 Atari
Skyroads

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Bluemoon Interactive
Skyroads: Xmas Special

DOS1994freeware3.4/5 Bluemoon Interactive
Slipstream 5000

DOS1995protected4.2/5 The Software Refinery
SuperKarts

DOS19954/5 Manic Media Productions
The Rocketeer

DOS19912.5/5 NovaLogic
Wacky Wheels

DOS1994protected4.5/5 Apogee Software
Yacht Racing Simulator

DOS19863.4/5