Racing Video Games

Featuring over 650 cars designed with "real life" physics that affect speed, weight, and friction, Gran Turismo 4 Mobile is now available for on-the-go play. Players may select and customize their chosen rides and then test drive their creations on over 100 courses in such locations as New York City, the Grand Canyon, Tsukuba Circuit, and Nordschleife. Gamers can control their whip with the PSP controls or steer with a compatible driving wheel. ~ Gracie Leach, All Game Guide

The Midnight Club series returns to the PSP for the first time in three years, this time letting handheld hot-rodders scour the streets of the City of Angels for races. Midnight Club: L.A. Remix abandons scripted races in favor of open-world exploration, and realistic day and night cycles mean that races are no longer relegated to midnight. Players can once again drive a variety of different cars and motorcycles, but dynamic weather effects alter vehicle performance and realistic damage modeling means drivers must be careful, or face the possibility of large repair fees. ~ All Game Guide

Handheld racing enthusiasts are invited to take part in some two-wheel action in Hannspree Ten Kate Honda SBK Superbike World Championship for the PSP. Players can choose from 14 professional Superbike World Championship teams and 22 SBK racers, then motor around ten real-world courses aboard Honda, Ducati, and Suzuki superbikes. Adjustable riding controls let gamers customize the simulation as they take on 21 computer racers or square off against three friends in Ad-hoc wireless mode. ~ All Game Guide

Futuristic racing zips onto PSP in this launch title. As in earlier editions of Wipeout, gamers pilot anti-gravity vehicles in races where brutal combat can play as big a role as blazing speed. Wireless multiplayer connectivity supports as many as eight human-controlled racers in the same game. Publisher Sony promises the availability of future downloadable content, including new music, circuits, and vehicles, to help keep the race going long after the light turns green. ~ All Game Guide

The long-running Need for Speed series races into new territory with this cross-platform, cross-generational release. Most Wanted is built upon many of the fan-favorite features and modes from previous games in the series, including a forgiving yet credible physics engine, vehicles of real-life makes and models, and state-of-the-art graphics. As with the previous Need for Speed: Underground, much of the game is styled around the illicit street racing scene, and as in earlier games such as Need for Speed III and Hot Pursuit 2, many of the Most Wanted's challenges involve not only getting from one place to another in the fastest time, but avoiding ambitious law enforcement officers (in souped-up vehicles of their own) all along the way. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide

Midnight Club 3: DUB Edition offers free-form, open-road racing in re-creations of Atlanta, Detroit, and San Diego. Players can race for pink slips in (and against) detailed re-creations of more than 60 models of trucks, cars, and motorcycles by manufacturers such as Lamborghini, Ferrari, General Motors, Ford, Volkswagen, Nissan, Hummer, Kawasaki, Ducati, and others. ~ All Game Guide

Futuristic racing zips onto PSP in this launch title. As in earlier editions of Wipeout, gamers pilot anti-gravity vehicles in races where brutal combat can play as big a role as blazing speed. Wireless multiplayer connectivity supports as many as eight human-controlled racers in the same game. Publisher Sony promises the availability of future downloadable content, including new music, circuits, and vehicles, to help keep the race going long after the light turns green. ~ All Game Guide