15 Best Racing Games of All Time [2024 Edition]

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

There are numerous challengers to the chaotic kart racing crown – Diddy Kong Racing, Crash Team Racing, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed – but as good as these racers are none are capable of de-throning the originator: Mario Kart. And Mario Kart 8 Deluxe gets the nod for this feature as – despite any of Mario’s karting games arguably good enough to be included – Nintendo’s latest is the greatest shape Mario Kart has ever been. Compulsively infuriating races across a range of new and old-school tracks make Mario Kart 8 Deluxe essential racing fodder.