Racing video game

Video game genre Screenshot of Speed Dreams, a free and open-source racing video game Part of a series onSimulation video games Subgenres Construction and management Business City-builder Government Life God game Social sim Dating Farm life Virtual pet Sports Fishing Racing Kart Sim Vehicle Flight Combat flight sim Space flight sim Space combat Space trading Submarine Train Vehicular combat Other Immersive sim Job sim Related genres Digital tabletop Deck-building Roguelike deck-building DCCG Topics Eroge Bishōjo game Otome game Lists Simulation Business sim City-builder God game Racing Space flight sim vte Racing games are a video game genre in which the player participates in a racing competition. They may be based on anything from real-world racing leagues to fantastical settings. They are distributed along a spectrum between more realistic racing simulations and more fantastical arcade-style racing games. Kart racing games emerged in the 1990s as a popular sub-genre of the latter. Racing games may also fall under the category of sports video games. Sub-genres Arcade-style racing Sega Rally arcade racing games at the Veljekset Keskinen department store in Tuuri, Finland in 2017