The best racing games coming in 2026

It would be inaccurate to say that the racing game genre has been in a total slump over the last few years. After all,Mario Kart World was one of the best-selling games of 2025 — as was the PlayStation 5 version of Forza Horizon 5. There are sub-genre-specific scenes that see a steady stream of new releases and healthy community activity, from kart racers to motorsport sims to retro indie arcade racing games.