We’ve conjured up a list of free online racing games for you to dive into without hurting your wallet. Free-to-play games are often criticized for being the micro-transaction based, money mongering devices that they sometimes are. But hey, the time you spend playing them can sure be enjoyable.
And it’s not bad to spend a pretty penny on purchasing in-game items once in a while, as a token of appreciation to the developers who come up with these offerings. Most of the games we’ll be talking about here have been online for a long time. And standing the test of time itself is an indication of how much fun they are. So without much ado, let’s take a peek into all those racing games out there which can be played for free.
1 – Heat Online:
This offering from Invictus Games renders on-road as well as off-road races, while also offering you a wide variety of cars to choose from. And what’s more, all these rides can be tuned to upgrade their engines, handling, transmission, brakes and so on. Its track locations are placed around the world, allowing you to battle it out everywhere from the racetracks of Germany, Mexican off-roads tracks, English countrysides, to even the rooftops of Shanghai. Apart from classic racing modes, other types like Sumo and Capture the Flag are also available.
2 – Need for Speed World:
Now of course, this one just had to figure on our list. Industry veterans EA Black Box and EA Singapore’s Need for Speed World is the closest you can get to playing an NFS game without having to break open your piggy banks. This MMO racing game transpires in Rockport City and Palmont City, which you might recognize to be the settings of NFS: Most Wanted and NFS Carbon. Car customization for the many rides that make their way into the game is available and so is a co-op based police pursuit mode.
3 – Project Powder:
Unlike all the other titles in this collection, Project Powder doesn’t involve cars as it’s a 3D snowboarding MMO racing game. It has three different modes on offer, namely Race, Coin Mode and Battle Mode. A total of eight gamers can play at a time. Leveling up your characters will land you a place on the game’s online leaderboards and to do so, you can even take the help of some paid upgrades. Project Powder is no SSX in terms of looks as well as gameplay, but it sure makes a nice free offering for fans of the latter.
4 – TrackMania Nations Forever:
This candidate in the lineup is a title which doesn’t bother you at all with in-game purchase requests. Solo as well as multiplayer modes are available for gamers to jump into. And since the offering falls under the Trackmania series, it just had to have an editor which lets you create your own tracks.
5 – Drift City:
Next on our roster is developer NPluto’s Drift City. If drifting is your kind of racing gameplay, then you’d be delighted to know that this game is filled with tons and tons of sharp turns for you to burn some rubber on. The title takes place in the near future, wherein the world has been weighed down by the shortage of oil. But on the island of Mittron, a new fuel which can rev up the performance of automobiles by a great deal, is discovered. If this unusual plot is not enough for you to try the game, you might want to know that a total of six modes can be experienced in this free offering.
6 – Auto Club Revolution:
This entrant on our roster cannot precisely be called a game, as it’s still in its beta stage. Nevertheless, we decided to include it in our lineup as you can jump into it right now by participating in its open beta. Auto Club Revolution allows you to race fully licensed cars across licensed as well as custom race tracks. Hordes of customization options are on offer along with single player challenges and other game modes. With all these experiences revealed till now, we’re sure looking forward to the title’s full release.
7 – RayCity:
The last addition to our collection throws out a true RPG experience which can be enjoyed by racing your cars against folks from all over the globe. A large number of quests and missions are available to participate in. Moreover, in order to level up and earn new upgrades for your vehicles, you can either keeping winning races or shell out some bucks at the in-game store.
We’re now ending the rendition on all the entrants that managed to make their way into our list of free online racing games. Go ahead and give them a try.