The most interesting racing games released in 2004
All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.
Gran Turismo 4: Prologue
Racing
January 6, 2004
Developed by Polyphony Digital studio, a racing game that serves as an introduction to the fourth major installment of the Gran Turismo series. Characteristically for the series, the game consists in obtaining racing licenses. The game features 40 challenges, such as time trial, assessing proper breaking distance, and overtaking competitors. With obtaining new licenses, you get new cars (there are 50 of them) that then can be test-driven in the arcade mode. The game features only five tracks. The biggest asset of Gran Turismo 4: Prologue are the visuals that serve only as a taste of what the next, full-length installment offers.
Crime Scene Manhattan
Racing
January 11, 2004
A dynamic racing game in the style of such titles as Driver, or Midtown Madness. We play Gloria, a professional murderer who starts her business in New York City. The game combines crazy chases with a shooter. During the game we take part in many illegal "operations" and we must avoid the police.
Saturday Night Speedway
Racing
January 14, 2004
Saturday Night Speedway is a dirty racing. The authors of the game, employees of Ratbag Games, already have experience in creating this type of production, because they are responsible for such games as: Dirt Track Racing and Dirt Track Racing: Sprint Cars.
Mad Cars
Racing
February 12, 2004
Budget proposal of Realore Studios development studio, artists such as Tiny Cars or Turtle Odyssey. This time we are dealing with a game for a bit older users - based on the great potential of old wheeled, brutal car races in the classic Deathtrack style or a bit newer Death Rally.
Polskie Derby
Racing
February 14, 2004
Polish Derby are arcade car races, which are the result of cooperation between IncaGold and OniMedia. Players have the opportunity to play the roles of drivers such as Warsaw, Mermaid and Trabant and take part in exciting night races through the streets of Polish cities.
Superbike Racing
Racing
February 14, 2004
Superbike Racing is a simulation of motorcycle racing produced by IncaGold's development team. Players participate in an exciting rivalry of motorcyclists on 9 race tracks, and also have the opportunity to change the technical parameters of the machine and adjust the level of difficulty of the game to their own skills.
Initial D: Mountain Vengeance
Racing
February 24, 2004
Based on the popular Japanese animated series game, in which we stand for mountain-based car racing serpentines. We have at our disposal eight cars inspired by real models. The mechanics of driving is purely dexterity, and the fun is enhanced by the possibility of tuning cars.
Race Driver 2
Racing
April 13, 2004
The full-fledged successor to the 2002's TOCA Race Driver - a realistic racing game belonging to a bestselling series developed by Codemasters, a British company. TOCA Race Driver 2 combines the best elements of the previous installments, offering an opportunity to participate in 30 global championships taking place on 56 faithfully recreated tracks. As usual, the game features a wide variety of licensed cars belonging to such renown brands as Jaguar, Aston Martin, Ford, Subaru, Mitsubishi, Audi, Opel or Mercedes. Again, special emphasis was placed both on the driving physics and a unique damage system simulating different mechanical faults caused by collisions. Also, both the visuals and artificial intelligence of computer-controlled drivers were improved. The career is the main game mode here - it was introduced first in the previous installment. However, the game offers a multiplayer mode for up to 12 players as well.
Shanghai Street Racer
Racing
April 13, 2004
Shanghai Street Racer are car races, but they have little to do with painfully realistic productions. The authors, employees of the Dutch company Team6 (known for other budget titles, such as Manhattan Chase and Taxi Racer New York 2), decided to make the game exclusively arcade.
RalliSport Challenge 2
Racing
May 4, 2004
Rallisport Challenge 2 is a continuation of one of the best rally games for Microsoft Xbox consoles. We have at our disposal a furnace of various game modes, which will satisfy even the most demanding rally driver and about forty vehicles, which can be crashed along ninety routes.
Alarm for Cobra 11: Vol. II
Racing
May 11, 2004
The second installment of the arcade racing game based on the popular German series about the adventures of police officers patrolling motorways. This time the action takes place on the streets of 4 German cities: Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich. The game offers a much improved graphics and a wider choice of play modes, including a 2-player split screen.
IndyCar Series 2005
Racing
June 22, 2004
The continuation of the game "IndyCar Series" offers above all the possibility of fighting on the Internet. The game has a full license of the title organization. In the 2005 version, several bugs of the previous edition have been fixed and some new elements have been added.
Formula Challenge
Racing
June 24, 2004
Formula Challenge is an arcade car race produced by Aqua Pacific development studio. Players have the opportunity to sit in the cockpits of Formula 1 cars and take part in a fierce competition of the fastest drivers in the world, struggling on 10 tracks located in different corners of the globe.
