Lotus III or Micro Machines probably. Maybe Road Rash (either version).
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Diddy Kong racing.
I guess it depends on the definition of "Retro". I never got into racing games until Jet Moto and Wipeout on the original Playstation.
Gaelco’s World Rally Championship (1993)
Re-Volt but also all the Crash Bandicoot were fire.
rc pro am and super off road give me so much nostalgia from my childhood.
I also have mega nostalgia from rad racer :)
that's like picking a favorite child! Power Drift, SEGA Rally Championship, Super Hang-On, and Hang-On GP, and OutRunners are all vying for that spot. Kirby Air Ride gets an honorable mention for the same reason as that other commenter, i can count on one hand how many times i've actually played the main racing mode
I hate that I can call this “retro” now, but 100% INITIAL D arcade machine or PSP game.
SPEEDY SPEED BOY
GASOLINE’S BURNIN’ IN
Top Gear 3000. It's the main reason why I have a SNES emulator installed on every device I own lol.
Ridge Racer 4 on PlayStation. Such great mechanics. It’s genuine fun.
No clue whether people consider the wii retro yet, but it's a tie between Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity on wii (since that's how I experienced it) or Cartoon Network Racing on PS2 (same reason). I'm fairly certain PS2 is technically retro by now, as insane as that sounds.
Grand Prix on Atari was pretty fun.
A game that no one I know IRL knows exists without me telling them:
Eliminator Boat Duel on NES.
Basically Super off-road meets Cobra Triangle.
re-volt and quantum redshift
Radical Psycho Machine (RPM) Racing for the SNES!
Fun fact, this was one of the few games that played entirely in the SNES' High Resolution graphics mode!
In nokia n-gage (the og and not the 2nd smaller version) there was a rally game, really good one.... Then I like rally 3.
Rally Cross Beetle Adventure Racing Outrun
San Francisco rush extreme racing 64.
It's a close call between Super Hang-On, World Rally and Colin McRae 2.0.
Not my favorite, but I really liked Buggy Run from Master System
Jet Moto series on PS1