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during the

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. This recognizes "titles that allow the user to participate in a contest in which the objective is to convey an object through a course of virtual physical progress as quickly as possible.

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may involve competition against other user-controlled competitors or against system controlled competitors. Racing games must simulate vehicular motion". All active creative/technical, business, and affiliate members of the Academy are qualified to vote for this category. It was originally presented as Console Racing Game of the Year, with its first winner being ''

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'', which was developed by Rare and published by

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. The award's most recent winner is ''

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'', developed by

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and published by

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Winners and nominees

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Multiple nominations and wins

Developers and publishers

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and

have developed the most racing game awards winners.

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has the most nominations as a developer, but has never actually won the award outright.

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has published the most finalists and the most winners.

has also published five consecutive award winners from

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is the only developer with back-to-back wins for '' Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2'' in

and '' Need for Speed: Underground'' in

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and

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also have back-to-back wins as publishers: Microsoft Studios won with ''

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'' in

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and ''

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'' in

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, and Nintendo won with ''

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'' in

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and '' Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit'' in

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Franchises

The three most nominated and award-winning franchises, ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', all have back-to-back wins for Racing Game of the Year: * ''

'': '' Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2'' (

) and '' Need for Speed: Underground'' (

). * ''

'': ''

'' (

) and ''

'' (

). * ''

'': ''

'' (

) and '' Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit'' (

). ''

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'' is the only game nominated and won more than once, as ''

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'' won in

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. The ''

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'' and '' F1'' franchises are tied with the most nominations without a win.

Notes

References

{{DICE Awards D.I.C.E. Genre Awards Awards established in 1998 Awards for best video game