Catch us if you happen to can; these are one of the best Xbox 360 racing video games of 2022!

With over 2000 recreation titles launched for the Xbox 360, we’ve acquired a ton of unbelievable selections for our checklist.

And after compiling my picks, I gotta say: this checklist is full of some absolute classics for the racing style.

Coincidentally, I additionally wrote the article in regards to the Best Xbox 360 Steering Wheel Sets not too way back. How handy!

This is your likelihood to simulate the exhilarating expertise of pushing a motorized vehicle to the boundaries… from the security of your own home.

So with out additional ado, listed here are our picks for one of the best Xbox 360 racing video games.

Project Gotham Racing 3 was an Xbox 360 launch title unique revealed by Microsoft Game Studios.

So to the shock of no one, it was ranked as Game of the Year 2005 by Xbox Magazine. Clearly Microsoft was conserving it in-house.

But let’s not take something away from PGR3; it is a killer recreation.

Fast paced races happen in Las Vegas, London, New York City, and Tokyo.

And every thing about this recreation is concentrated on realism.

Real world places, actual world automobiles, sensible sound results. And on the time of its launch, that first particular person in-car view was one thing that had avid gamers drooling over their controllers.

Perhaps the one factor that would not be thought of true to actual world is the driving mechanics, because it was designed to be way more participant pleasant.

You received’t really feel such as you’re struggling to manage the automobiles such as you may within the extra sensible driving sims.

So in that side, we expect PGR3 actually gave gamers a recreation that’s simply enjoyable and thrilling. More like an arcade racer.

Project Gotham Racing 3 was clearly made as a showcase for the capabilities of the brand new Xbox 360 console, and absolutely fulfilled that responsibility.

They created a recreation that appears unbelievable, performs unbelievable, and gave hundreds of thousands of individuals a purpose to buy an Xbox 360.

The subsequent recreation to attain a spot on our checklist is GRID from Codemasters.

Progress by means of your motorsports profession, compete in lots of several types of racing occasions, and construct your individual race workforce with you because the chief.

Your expertise will likely be put to the check on race tracks in addition to the streets. Heck, you’ll even compete in a demolition derby!

With the superior destruction simulation, that injury is gonna present. So please take it straightforward in your automobiles. Your [in game] sponsors are watching!

GRID makes use of a customized recreation engine known as Ego, which makes all of those easy driving mechanics and destruction simulation doable.

This is critical as a result of Ego was so effectively tuned for racing video games it went on for use by a ton of racing video games, even to this present day!

The GRID sequence is alive and effectively with their most up-to-date entry coming in February of 2022, nonetheless making use of that Ego engine.

GRID additionally took house the trophy for the Best Racing Game of 2008 from IGN.

And it takes a spot on our checklist of one of the best Xbox 360 racing video games.

We acquired one other superior entry from Codemasters, this time it’s Dirt 3.

Where GRID guidelines the streets, Dirt takes the race to the… effectively… grime! Yup, it’s offroad racing at its most interesting.

Dirt 3 incorporates a ton of unbelievable recreation modes that can absolutely hold you busy for fairly some time.

It’s not simply your typical racing stuff (although it’s acquired all of that too), additionally they have hill-climb races, Gymkhana trials, and Outbreak… a zombie racing mode.

Zombie races?! Yup! And it’s as enjoyable as you may hope for.

Like GRID, Dirt 3 makes use of the Ego engine and also you’ve acquired all of that lovely destruction and silky easy race mechanics.

It additionally occurs to be an exquisite wanting recreation, which all the time helps seal the deal.

Seriously, Dirt 3 is a ton of enjoyable. And a simple entry on our checklist of greatest Xbox 360 racing video games.

Aw heck yeah, our subsequent recreation is Trials Evolution.

We completely love Trials video games, and if you happen to’ve by no means skilled one for your self, you’re in for a deal with.

It’s excessive physics-based motorcycle racing on outrageous race tracks.

The recreation doesn’t take itself too significantly and completely leans into the madness of all of it. As they need to!

It’s straightforward to grasp, anyone can choose up a controller and take part on the enjoyable with out having to be taught any difficult controls.

And anyone would have a blast making their approach by means of the various unrealistic tracks provided on this unbelievable racing recreation for the Xbox 360.

Thanks to the Xbox LIVE service, as much as 4 gamers can race concurrently on-line, or you possibly can play with as much as 4 individuals on the identical console.

Yes, that traditional sofa social gathering gaming that’s lacking from the present technology. We miss it.

We talked about a newer Trials recreation on our checklist of the Best PS4 Dirt Bike Games. And any likelihood we get to incorporate Trials on our lists we absolutely will strive!

Lucky for us and for Xbox 360 house owners there’s Trials Evolution.

Need for Speed Most Wanted takes the racing straight to the town streets. And it ain’t precisely authorized.

No sanctioned races on actual life tracks. This is gritty avenue racing with helicopters overhead and police sirens at your again.

‘Most Wanted’ has sturdy Grand Theft Auto vibes, whereas sustaining it’s personal id and providing one thing distinctive for the racing style on the Xbox 360.

They even acquired some tremendous edgy video cutscenes à la Fast and Furious. Yeah, they’re a bit dated, however like.. additionally kinda cool.

Gotta love that use of green-screen.

The races are intense and excessive, you’ll be hitting a ton of slow-mo and crashing by means of the setting each likelihood you get.

It’s a feast for the senses and we completely like it.

But don’t simply take our phrase for it, possibly take into consideration the 16 million copies bought worldwide. Yeah, it’s that good!

Blur is a 2010 racing recreation with an emphasis on completely wrecking the opposite drivers.

It is described as a vehicular fight recreation and that’s precisely what it’s.

Imagine if you happen to threw Need for Speed and Mario Kart in a blender… you’d get Blur.

Use power-ups that you just acquire on the street to assault different drivers whereas racing at excessive pace on the streets with distant police sirens wailing.

It’s arcade racing at it’s most interesting.

If you’re a fan of the offense and protection in Mario Kart, however need one thing for a extra mature viewers, that is the sport for you.

Boy oh boy, subsequent on our checklist is Burnout Revenge, and I’m giddy simply occupied with it.

The Burnout components is straightforward: race by means of streets stuffed with site visitors. Crash your approach by means of the opposite automobiles and use them as projectiles towards different racers.

Go quick, break every thing. A mantra I can get behind.

You earn factors for each car slaughtered, so you might be inspired to do essentially the most injury doable.

It’s vehicular destruction turned as much as the utmost and it’s a ton of enjoyable to look at the explosions and automotive components flying.

Not doing any favors for individuals who say video video games are a foul affect, however come on… it’s only a recreation.

The speeds are insane, the destruction is plentiful, and the enjoyable available is very large.

Thankfully, Burnout Revenge packs 169 occasions in its single participant marketing campaign, so the enjoyable will final fairly a very long time.

As the ultimate entry within the beloved sequence by Rockstar Games, Midnight Club Los Angeles had rather a lot driving on its shoulders.

Riding on its hood? In its trunk? I dunno man. It had rather a lot to reside as much as, okay. Seriously although, how do you observe up a recreation like Midnight Club 3?

Well Rockstar didn’t finish the sequence with a dud, they gave us some of the thrilling racing titles for the Xbox 360.

And it got here with an absolute huge quantity of content material to get pleasure from.

The sensible recreation of Los Angeles is bigger than the 4 cities of MC3 mixed.

With the addition of a day and evening cycle, climate results, on-line play, an insane soundtrack… what extra are you able to ask for from a racing recreation?

It’s acquired that character that the Midnight Club sequence is understood for, in a few of the most lovely settings, with a ton to do within the giant open-world.

It was clearly on our checklist of the Best Midnight Club Games and a straightforward contender for greatest Xbox 360 racing recreation.

As some of the in style racing video games for the Xbox 360, you knew Forza Motorsport 3 can be making an look on our checklist.

And in style for good purpose; this recreation is an absolute beast with a large quantity of content material.

Forza Motorsport 3 options over 500 customizable automobiles based mostly on real-world licensed fashions. All of which may be painted and customised.

The recreation appears nice, it performs at 60 frames per second (this was good for the time), the races are various in fashion and content material, and there’s simply a lot to do.

With over 200 occasions provided within the single participant marketing campaign, you’ll absolutely be spending a whole lot of time behind the wheel on this one.

And can we simply discuss that narrator? His silky easy voice that soothes you between races.

Forza Motorsport 3 is the best rating Xbox 360 racing recreation on Metacritic. And we additionally occur to assume it’s fairly unbelievable.

You may even say it ought to take a simple primary spot. But I occur to lean in direction of video games that give us one thing totally different and pack a ton of character.

And there’s one recreation specifically that actually hits the spot for me…

Driver: San Francisco takes every thing you’re anticipating from a racing recreation after which does one thing so modern that individuals nonetheless discuss it to this present day.

You play the function of police detective John Tanner, now in a coma after the occasions of Driver 3, who’s understanding a revenge plot in a dream world.

The new “Shift” perform means that you can transport into the physique of any driver within the dream world and take their car for a spin.

This all performs out in essentially the most unbelievable approach and results in a few of the greatest storytelling in any online game.

I wager you didn’t count on a racing recreation to pack a few of the greatest storytelling for the Xbox 360, did ‘ya?

The driving mechanics will not be ultra-realistic, and the graphics aren’t both.

Where Driver: San Francisco shines is in its sensible writing, enjoyable mechanics, and arcade fashion crash and bang driving in a enjoyable “video game-y” setting.

If you’ve by no means had the pleasure of experiencing this recreation, we can’t advocate it sufficient.

It additionally appeared on our checklist of the Best Racing Games On Nintendo Wii!

A real traditional for any style. It simply so occurs to be a racing recreation, so we get to incorporate it on our checklist at the moment!

Anthony has been a online game lover ever since he can bear in mind. He grew to become a fulltime nomad in 2018, residing all through most of Asia. He targeted his ardour in retro gaming and commenced making a recreation for the Game Boy Color whereas residing in Nara, Japan through the 2020 pandemic. He is now in Chiang Mai, Thailand, the place he spends most of his time gaming, occurring lengthy walks and assembly as many stray canine as doable.