The 5 Best Racing Simulator Games

Once you have a racing wheel and a place to mount your wheel and pedals, you’ll want to start buying racing simulator games and practice your racing skills. What software you use largely depends on if you want to play online and race against others, what tracks you want to race on, what kind of cars you want to race and how realistic you want the racing experience to be. Some games are also only available for console or PC.

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[Rudolphe_]

"First on our list, Dirt 4!" *closes youtube*

[trakall]

With the exception of Assetto Corsa you have managed to NOT select even one "Racing Simulator"! These are all "Racing Games". A simulator is something completely different.

[SimRacing]

There’s a lot to unpack here, and I think there’s been some significant mistakes and oversights in the making of this video:

I’m not an active iRacer, but iRacing is an absolute must for a top racing simulator list. It’s the long standing de facto online racing simulator, and numerous real world drivers all the way up to F1are active users.

And as pure simulators, either DiRT Rally title belongs on the list before DiRT 4.

F1 2020 does just about everything F1 2019 does better, so it should be on this list instead of its predecessor.

And lastly, the footage for Assetto Corsa isn’t even from that title! That footage is from Assetto Corsa Competizione, a title from the same studio, but very different.

The editing here is fantastic, as is the commentary, but the content needs more research.

[davidferreira]

On the Assetto Corsa section, the images are from Assetto Corsa Competizione, a different game

[Iamjessebos]

Soo... This was uploaded 5 hours ago but it features F1 2019? Why not 2020?

[germanium]

What happened to the in person car reviews? The last real in person car review I saw was 9 months ago!

[sumatralex]

I didn't know such a wide range of titles are currently on sale. I could broaden my perspective on the choice.

[davidferreira]

Why DIRT 4 and not Dirt Rally 2.0 or DIRT 5? And why F1 2019 and not 2020?
Or this video was made a while back or it is lacking a lot of research

[sparkshot]

3/5 of the games are not sims. They are simcades.

[germanium]

What is happening? They don't give you guys real cars to review anymore?

[bulareanugheorgheaurelian]

Are you still around? Why no more reviews?

[monsieurvoiture]

No mention of iracing ? What a joke. It’s like a kid making a top 5 of things he has no clue about, and without access to internet...

[Lianpe]

very awkward and inconsistent selection for a top 5

[darrenmckenna]

What?, where’s need for speed? Or Mario Cart? No Sonic the hedge hog racing? Wow, I’m amazed you missed those real race sims. Lol ... guess you never heard of iRacing, maybe it’s cause they don’t shoot turtles and have no power ups.

[Alexdhowevids]

None of the top 3 noted. AC is NOT ACC...

1-3 ALL EXCELLENT

RF2
IRACING
ACC