RetroGaming

Road Rash and Skitchin are great. The Ayrton Senna games too, but I played those on Master System.

Network Q RAC Rally Championship on DOS is as good as it gets. Not the sequel International Rally Championship, which is far worse.

POD on Windows 9x. It has not held up and doesn’t look so good no matter how you get it working now. But if you played it back then those memories will live inside you forever.

Badlands on Commodore 64.

Moto Roader 2 on PC Engine.

NFS Porsche Unleashed/2000 (whatever they called it in your region) is the best NFS game.

Top Gear on SNES is pretty sick.

Cruisin’ USA was pretty great too.

Probably F-Zero GX. Though I'm older than that, I wasn't playing racing games a lot before that. An older game I'd enjoyed a bit was POD (: Planet Of Death).

I've played Mario Kart quite a bit, starting back with super, but I can't really pick one as my favorite retro racing game, because the one I like the most is 8. Though Wii came close.

Hydro Thunder on Dreamcast!

F-zero, Mario kart 64, diddy kong racing, rush 2049, cruisn USA, need for speed underground, that game at the arcade where 3 people can play and its on one screen with an isometric view

Edit: super off road

Rock and Roll Racing

Excite bike

I was going to say SNES Mario Kart, but really I think it’s GC Mario Kart: Double Dash.

Stunts was the best. You could draw your own circuits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunts_(video_game)

Not sure it's my favourite, but Wipeout XL/2097 deserves a mention.

Wacky Wheels and Slipstream 5000.

• Single player: Stunt Car Racer on the Amiga
• Multiplayer: Super Skidmarks also on the Amiga

Outrun, especially Outrun 2. I like arcade style racers the most.

Also in that vein, San Francisco Rush.

F-Zero X

I crave speed and murder

The first that come to mind are, in no particular order:

Need for speed hot pursuit (PC)

Sonic drift 2 (game gear)

Monaco F1 (mega drive)

Death Rally (PC)

Big Red Racing (PC)

Ballistics (PC)

WipeOut (psx)

The racing game in the Sega 4in1 pack (game gear)

Virtua Racing (mega drive)

Micromachines (mega drive)

Penny Racers (psx)

All very different from another.

If Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed has become retro then it's that lol.

Someone already beat me to Topgear, but I'm not seeing Mario Kart? Also GT2 on the PSX was great fun.

wipeOut

Road Rash is still one of my favorites! I plan to play through the PSX version at some point since I only ever got the chance to play the Genesis ones as a kid.

Rc Pro Am was pretty great.

It makes me feel old to admit it's retro, but Gran Turismo on Playstation.

Rollcage

Re-Volt

Star Wars EP 1: Racer

NFS

NFS2

NFS Hot Pursuit

NFS Underground

Death Rally

Crash Team Racing

Hydro Thunder

SSX Tricky

San Francisco Rush 2049

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing

For me it’s Rad Racer on NES. Just very nostalgic! I love the sounds and the graphics just scream 80s/early 90s

Lots of great ones mentioned here and while I don’t know if it’s my favorite, I have a deep soft spot for Super Off-Road. It has an incredible spatial sense and fluidity for its time and still holds up at any barcade.

Is Burnout old enough to be considered retro? 🤔

Because otherwise I, too, would have to say Road Rash.

Not much of a fan of racing, which is why my picks are what they are; Burnout has the awesome crash mode, and Road Rash is basically just a beat 'em up on wheels.

Although, I also really like Wipeout.

Gran Tourismo 2 and 4, Ridge Racer Type 4, Burnout 3 Takedown and NFSU2/MW. I like a lot of racing games but these are my favorite retro ones.

Mario kart is the only racing game I've ever been good at.

So, I'll take Mario Kart 64 as my best retro pick.

Rock n Roll racing for the SNES. Absolutely adore that game.

I suppose crash team racing would be considered retro now.

I spent countless hours finding all the secret paths and shortcuts

Kirby Air Ride, though I'm reaching a bit here since the main racing mode isn't actually the part that's notable about this game. City Trial was where it's at.

For just pure racing, F-Zero GX.

Super Cars (Amiga) Also have a fond memory of Death Rally

Ridge Racer for the PlayStation

Super Hang-On is a comfort game for me, if I need a pick up and play racer I often choose that

If I wanna get more technical while staying retro I'd play Gran Turismo 2

If I'm in a "I need the arcade experience" mood I'll play Daytona USA

Crash team racing on PS1

Sonic the Hedgehog for Sega, Super Maro Bro for the NES, along with Zelda, and Hotwheels micro racer. Blaster Master waa also a super fun game that I am on the hunt for. Far as Road Rash loved the PS1 version. Also play the shit out of Cruising the USA for the Nintendo 64.

Colin McRae Rally for PSX/PSP still holds up really well.