The most interesting racing games released in 2012
All the best and most popular games of the year, upcoming releases, and hits from the past. Use filters to narrow down search.
WipEout 2048
Racing 19 January 2012
WipEout 2048 is a futuristic racing game produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in which players race in super-fast vehicles on specially designed tracks. Players compete not only against time, but also with their opponents, who try to be the first to reach the finish line without disguise. The game takes advantage of the technical capabilities of PlayStation Portable, including the rear touchpad.
Little Racers: STREET
Racing 27 January 2012
Arcade car races with top-down view (from a bird's eye view), by the Spanish studio Milkstone. Players take on the role of participants in night races through the streets of a virtual metropolis and compete with other fast driving enthusiasts. The game offers several fun options, including online multiplayer mode for up to 12 people.
Wrecked: Revenge Revisited
Racing 14 February 2012
Wrecked: Revenge Revisited is a racing game prepared by the development studio Supersonic, which is an unofficial continuation of Mashed! The player participates in a spectacular competition of racing cars, following the action from a camera located above the track. An additional variety of the game is the possibility of using various armament, with which individual vehicles are equipped.
ModNation Racers: Road Trip
Racing 15 February 2012
The next installment of the series, which allows us to steer a self-constructed go-kart and race it against computer or live opponents on routes constructed by players from all over the world. The title uses the advantages of the PS Vita console, such as the built-in gyroscope and touch panels.
Smash `N` Survive
Racing 22 February 2012
Smash `N` Survive is an arcade racing game in which the task of players beyond reaching the finish line is to eliminate opponents as effectively as possible, using various weapons. In the game you will find 10 routes and 40 car models, from small cars to trucks.
Asphalt Injection
Racing 22 February 2012
Another part of the extremely popular series of racing games dedicated mainly to mobile consoles and modern mobile phones. The game, like previous titles, was developed by Gameloft.
MotorStorm RC
Racing 22 February 2012
Continuation of the well-known series of racing games. Unlike the previous titles in the cycle, the main heroes of the game are remote-controlled car models, which will be racing on one of the 16 available tracks.
Racers vs. Police: Street Challenge
Racing 01 March 2012
Racers vs. Police: Street Challenge is an arcade racing game addressed to lovers of fast driving luxury cars. Players have the opportunity to take part in illegal races on the streets of a virtual metropolis or take on the role of guardians of the law and set off to chase road pirates.
Rally World
Racing 15 March 2012
Rally World is an arcade racing game prepared by Play Publishing company. Players have a chance to sit behind the wheel of T2 class rally cars, in which you can see a lot of similarities to the communist road legends - Fiat 125p, Warsaw or Volga. Cars that have undergone major alterations take part in spectacular off-road rallies.
Death Road
Racing 30 March 2012
Death Road is a futuristic race in which we control super-fast vehicles and race against our rivals on spectacularly constructed tracks. The developer has released six game modes, including a multiplayer mode for up to six players. The game was created by Polish Active Zone studio.
Ridge Racer Unbounded
Racing 30 March 2012
Spectacular races in a highly arcade edition. Ridge Racer Unbound combines the traditional elements of the 15 year old series with the fresh ideas brought by developers from the Bugbear studio.
Rush Rush Rally Racing
Racing 19 April 2012
Difficult, dexterity races of small cars, whose struggles are observed from a camera suspended high above the track. The game allows up to four people to play in multiplayer mode on a split screen.
Pole Position 2012
Racing 20 April 2012
Pole Position 2012 is the sequel to the race manager Pole Position 2010, which was released two years earlier. The game allows you to play the role of the head of a fictional team competing in the Formula 1 world championship. The player's responsibilities include hiring drivers, supervising research work, setting racing strategies and raising funds.
Truck Offroad
Racing 26 April 2012
Truck Offroad is a racing game developed by Play Software for fans of large trucks, rallycross and off-road. In 30 exciting off-road races, players have the opportunity to drive several models of cars, including the legendary Soviet ZIL.
MUD: FIM Motocross World Championship
Racing 27 April 2012
Motocross races under a well-known license, allowing you to ride different types of motorcycles among famous riders. This title is the responsibility of a studio experienced in designing simulators of the most popular racing series such as SBK or WRC.
Crash Time 3D
Racing 27 April 2012
The first installment of the popular budget Crash Time series, prepared for users of the Nintendo portable console. The plot of the game is based on the fourth part of the series, inspired by the popular German sensational series. Playing the role of detectives: Semira and Ben are confronted with a dangerous syndicate trying to take control of one of the German cities.
Teddy Floppy Ear: The Race
Racing 02 May 2012
Arcade racing game with heroes of the cult series of television fairy tales in the leading roles. Uszatek and his friends take part in exciting rallies on the picturesque animal routes. Players take control of their favourites' actions and try to reach the finish line before their rivals.
Gas Guzzlers: Combat Carnage
Racing 04 May 2012
Arcade races created by Croatian studio Gamepires. Players compete on over 220 kilometres of routes, sitting behind the wheel of, among others, classic cars known from the roads of Central and Eastern Europe.
Joy Ride Turbo
Racing 23 May 2012
Arcade racing game in which behind the wheel of vehicles sit the avatars of players from the New Xbox Experience. The authors offered colorful graphics, a highly casual driving model and rich social options. During the rallies we can perform stunts by car, as well as use simple armament.
DiRT Showdown
Racing 24 May 2012
A spin-off installment of the racing game series from Codemasters, which, contrary to the major installments in the franchise, puts emphasis on crazier, purely arcade, and much more spectacular gameplay. Some of its features, namely the Gymkhan mode, have already appeared in DiRT 3. In the game, we take part in a grand motorshow and compete in several game modes divided into three categories.
Slingshot Racing
Racing 24 May 2012
Slingshot Racing is a racing game based on an unusual idea. We control quite inert cars and in order to pass bends we have to use a cannon firing the line with a hook and appropriate targeting enables us to make a spectacular slider.
Redneck Racers
Racing 25 May 2012
Redneck Racers is a racing skill produced by the Polish developer studio Silden, in which players can play the role of farmers madly rushing on tractors. The title is characterized by humorous elements, cartoon graphics and a driving model based on PhysX physics engine.
American LowRiders
Racing 29 May 2012
American LowRiders is a car game created by Red Dot Games studio for fans of American cars and extreme tuning. The player plays the role of a driver who participates at nights in shows and illegal street races, and during the day he tries to make his road cruiser even faster and more eye-catching.
Mad Riders
Racing 30 May 2012
Mad Riders is a racing game created by Techland studio from Wroclaw, known for another game of this type of nail'd. The title focuses on arcade, dynamic races taking place on various and rich in attractions routes. The game is distributed only electronically.
SBK Generations
Racing 01 June 2012
Motorcycle racing simulator. Licensed as the World Superbike Championship, the game offers virtual versions of players, machines, teams and tracks from the 2012 season. Authors have prepared a single player career mode and an extensive multiplayer mode for racing against rivals from all over the world.
Bang Bang Racing
Racing 05 June 2012
Bang Bang Bang Racing is a racing game with a toy stylist, allowing you to drive a variety of cars, reminiscent of caricatures of real super cars. Digital Reality Studio targets its game to all computer and console users, regardless of age. The game feeds competition with services that track players' performance.
Asphalt 7: Heat
Racing 20 June 2012
The seventh installment of the cult mobile racing series, launched by Gameloft. The game offers 60 licensed cars, 15 different routes and a typical arcadic driving model in a spectacular graphic design, enriched with a new multiplayer mode.
F1 Online: The Game
Racing 26 June 2012
A browser-based, free version of races under the official Formula 1 license, produced by Codemasters Software. In the game we play not only the driver of Formula 1 car, but also the manager of the whole team. We take care of the technical background of the machine, relations prevailing in the team, we gain sponsors, and then in the arcade driving model we race against other opponents. The game has an attractive graphic design thanks to the Unity Engine.
Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad
Racing 27 June 2012
Specialists in arcade racing games, in which the competition takes place on the wilderness and on gravel or muddy tracks have prepared another production in this style. This time, players have at their disposal several hundred horsepower machines that fight against each other as part of the Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series.
CSR Racing
Racing 28 June 2012
A popular game simulating drag racing. In production, we sit behind the wheel of one of about a hundred vehicles, and while driving, our main task is to change gears smoothly. CSR Racing is available for free, as part of a free-to-play business model.
Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends
Racing 03 July 2012
A spin-off to the popular Test Drive racing game series, focusing exclusively on the titular brand. The game was developed by Slightly Mad Studios - a team popular for two well-received installments in the Need for Speed: Shift subseries. The game offers over fifty Ferrari cars produced in the years 1947-2009. Apart from popular sports cars, the game also features both GTR and Formula One cars.
Death Rally
Racing 03 August 2012
Death Rally is a bloody racing game developed by the Remedy team. Players sit with the wheels of heavily armed and equally armored cars, and their goal is to reach the finish line and destroy the enemy's vehicles. Modifying and improving cars is an important part of the game.
FAR: Future Aero Racing
Racing 17 September 2012
FAR: Future Aero Racing is an arcade racing game set in sci-fi climates. We sit in the cockpit floating above the ground, a futuristic exit, reminiscent of a Formula 1 car equipped with powerful jet engines.
F1 2012
Racing 18 September 2012
The third edition of the official Formula 1 World Cup game. As in the case of the two previous editions, the whole was produced by the British company Codemasters. The authors meticulously recreated the 2012 season and introduced a lot of improvements to the mechanics of driving.
Crash Time 5: Undercover
Racing 28 September 2012
Another installment of the racing series developed since 2000, based on the popular RTL television crime series. This one, numbered 5, was once again developed by the team from the Synetic studio, previously known for the World Racing series, among others. The heroes of the game are invariably detectives Semir and Ben, who this time face a dangerous gang of luxury car smugglers.
Headlong Racing
Racing 30 September 2012
Independent racing game, offering a purely arcade model of fun, reminiscent of the popular Burnout, Flatout and Ridge Racer series. You can choose from more than 25 cars - sports cars, trucks, monster trucks and hot rhodes. Career mode gameplay offers more than 30 events set in seven different sceneries.
Monster 4x4 3D
Racing 09 October 2012
A racing game in which we compete in off-road competitions, sitting behind the wheel of twenty different vehicles - the virtual garage includes SUVs, buggies, muscle cars and special cars like a school bus. The pace of the struggle is increased by the possibility of using power-ups scattered along the routes and an afterburner that provides a momentary acceleration.
Spy Hunter
Racing 09 October 2012
A racing game in which we sit behind the wheel of a solidly armed sports car. If necessary, the vehicle can be transformed into an off-road vehicle or a boat. With this machine, we must destroy a dangerous terrorist organisation.
WRC 3
Racing 12 October 2012
The third installment in a popular racing series that was started and developed by the Italian developer Milestone Studios - creators of such series as Screamer, SBK, and MotoGP. In the game, one can traditionally participate in World Rally Championship races, which, thanks to the FIA license, feature a full set of tracks, teams, drivers, and machines that appeared in the 2012 racing season.
Crazy Cars: Hit the Road
Racing 15 October 2012
Arcade car racing produced by Little Worlds studio. The player takes on the role of a champion steering wheel who travels the United States participating in exciting, illegal road races. The game offers several gameplay variants, including career and freeride mode.
Jett Tailfin
Racing 15 October 2012
A three-dimensional racing game in which players play colorful sea fish. The races take place in a variety of locations and include many abbreviations and hidden surprises. The graphic design is modelled on the film "Where Nemo is" from the Walt Disney studio.
Forza Horizon
Racing 23 October 2012
A spin-off to the popular series of car simulation games Forza Motorsport. The title was developed by Playground Games in cooperation with the development teams from Turn 10 Studios and Microsoft Game Studios. The game takes place on the roads of Colorado State during the titular music festival. In contrast to the main installments of the series, the spin-off gives the player much greater freedom when it comes to the exploration of the world and selecting challenges to complete.
Reckless Racing Ultimate Edition
Racing 26 October 2012
A special version of the game known from mobile devices, prepared with Windows 8 users in mind. Referring to classic racing top-down production games, allows you to direct 24 fictional models of cars in arcade, career or single race mode competition. Depending on the surface, our vehicle will behave slightly differently and will require some other modifications to improve its performance.
Need for Speed: Most Wanted
Racing 30 October 2012
A new installment in the legendary racing series. As the title suggests, the game refers to one of the most well-received parts of the series - the original 2005's Need for Speed: Most Wanted. The game was developed by Criterion Games, a company well-know for the Burnout series. The remake resembles the original game when it comes to dynamic police chases and the so-called Blacklist, where the player challenges other most wanted drivers for races and climbs up their ranks.
Riptide GP
Racing 05 November 2012
A dynamic racing game in which we sit at the helm of ultra-modern motor boats and compete on 12 different routes. The authors offered high quality binding, interactive, dynamically changing environment and the ability to perform breakneck evolutions.
NASCAR The Game: Inside Line
Racing 06 November 2012
The second game about NASCAR series races prepared by the British studio Eutechnyx under the aegis of Activision. The title offers much more extensive possibilities compared to its predecessor from 2011.
LittleBigPlanet Karting
Racing 06 November 2012
LittleBigPlanet Karting is an arcade racing game, which is a spin-off version of a popular series of platformers by Media Molecule studio. Players have the opportunity to guide Sackboy and his friends in the exciting struggles on the karting track. The advantage of the game is the ability to build your own tracks and compete with other players.
Absolute Supercars
Racing 06 November 2012
Developed by racing game specialists, this production allows you to get behind the wheel of super-fast cars and take part in competitions on real and imaginary tracks. In multiplayer mode, up to sixteen players can race on both real and invented tracks.
F1 Race Stars
Racing 13 November 2012
F1 Race Stars is a Formula 1 family racing game developed by Codemasters Racing studio. Drive and race with famous Formula 1 drivers in various game modes.
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Racing 16 November 2012
Arcade races as a continuation of Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. We play the role of one of the heroes of the popular Sega series and sit at the helm of vehicles capable of transforming into cars, ships or motor boats.
Flashout 3D
Racing 28 November 2012
Futuristic racing of flying vehicles, prepared by the native development studio Jujubee. The game is inspired by classics of the genre such as the WipEout series, and its action takes us to the distant future, where we play the participant of the spectacular races of powerful and super-fast cars. The competition takes place on several winding routes, running through the centers of cities such as London, New York, Berlin, Beijing and others.
Sailboat Championship
Racing 28 November 2012
Arcade racing game in which we take part in exciting races in the waters of the open ocean. Players have at their disposal several types of sailboats with different properties and uses. As the game progresses, we gain experience, allowing us to advance in the sailing hierarchy and buy and improve boats.
Fuel Overdose
Racing 21 December 2012
Racing game of arcade character, in which we compete with vehicles armed with various types of weapons. The gameplay is watched from a camera placed above the track, which resembles a bit the solutions known, for example, from the classic Death Rally.
German Lowriders
Racing 27 December 2012
German Lowriders is a car game produced by the Red Dot Games development studio, with German classics in the lead role. The player plays the role of a lover of lowriders from across our western border, and his task is to build a vehicle that will not only attract attention, but will allow you to win races and shows.