30 Racing Game Masterpieces You Need to Play – IGN30

As IGN celebrates its 30th anniversary, it’s our job to assemble a list of 30 racing games that can lay claim to being bona fide masterpieces. We’re not just talking about great racing games. We’re talking about the premier racing games that define entire developers to this day. We’re talking about the greatest works of the world’s most respected racing studios, from Papyrus Design Group to Polyphony Digital.With that foundation in mind, here are IGN’s racing game masterpieces – 30 esteemed and extraordinary racing games that maintain a stranglehold on our imaginations and are regarded as high-water marks for the whole genre.