Top 10 Automotive Video Games

Come autumn, new car models aren't the only much-anticipated consumer products to enter the marketplace.

Video game consoles tend to drop this time of year, too. The next-generation Nintendo Wii is due to arrive at stores on Nov. 19. And the Sony PlayStation 3, beset by production woes, is likewise pegged for a November launch.

With these new platforms almost upon us, ForbesAutos.com decided that it'd be an ideal time to step back through video gaming history and ponder, what are the top 10 video games that feature cars?

Our entirely subjective rankings begin with Gran Turismo 4, the current release from the celebrated, comprehensive driving-simulation series. The list then winds through versions of classic driving and racing series such as OutRun, Need for Speed and Project Gotham Racing. Also included in the Top 10: nostalgic, pioneering favorites such as Pole Position and Spy Hunter. (For more information on any of these titles, click on the game name in the box below.)
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mstangpny07 - 10/6/2006 4:43:47 PM

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I have too. I don't think it is.
The ULTIMATE auto game is Driver: Parallel Lines
It is the most realistic game on the market.
http://www.atari.com/driver/
This game rules. You can not get more realistic.

S4cabriofox - 10/6/2006 5:04:40 PM

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I completely agree- it has something like 600 cars and has the best graphics I've ever seen on a video game.

KinGofNY - 10/6/2006 11:56:41 AM

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Burnout revenge for xbox 360 is crazy.. not very realistic but fun as hell!!

Agent004 - 10/6/2006 1:30:27 PM

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Ya, that game is sweet, very addictive.

phantom330 - 10/6/2006 12:20:33 PM

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I can't wait for new new GT, is going to be amazing. I'm taking a week off work after the PS3 comes out

02WRX - 10/6/2006 12:26:19 PM

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It says in the GT4 description that the Skyline GTR is rear wheel drive. Heh.

validus00 - 10/6/2006 6:25:56 PM

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that's because it IS foo. japanese GT championship modified their rules and banned AWD cars to compete in recent years, forcing nismo to convert their gtr's to RWD ever since the change.

02WRX - 10/18/2006 9:34:06 AM

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That's nice, but the car shown in that photo isn't the GT Championship model. The 2002 street version, which is what they're showing, has AWD. This is pretty obvious in light of the fact that the car is doing a four wheel burnout in that very photo. Did you miss the smoke rising from under the front left wheel?

courtstone - 10/6/2006 12:35:32 PM

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Without a question, the best possible auto game is Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition. You can modify and tune up the vehicles, and not to mention the body upgrades are crazy...I would admit its not like GT, but most video gamers aren't looking for that type of racing...its too realistic!

kart1 - 10/6/2006 1:13:38 PM

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GT4 and Need for speed - no doubt.

Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
Need for Speed: Most Wanted are the best versions of NFS.

Rupert - 10/7/2006 6:03:11 PM

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oh, i have nfs most wanted! its great, so many cars.

ShelseyWalsh - 10/6/2006 1:24:43 PM

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OK the console games are fun but for a true sim look at Grand Prix Legends, GTR2, GTL or rFactor

Autoegr525 - 10/6/2006 3:37:58 PM

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Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed was cool because you could buy old, wrecked cars, repair them, and sell them for a huge profit...I'm not sure if this was a glitch or not but it was much more lucrative than actually winning races...and it allowed you to have a garage full of classic Porsches in ever color if you so wished. And the 78 930 Turbo is my dream car, it's scary to drive even in a video game

bigslick83 - 10/6/2006 4:12:18 PM

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pole position and fast and furious completly sucked and should be taken off the list and be replaced with previous versions of Grand Tourismo (2 is my favorite) and project gotham racing 1.

its easy to see why pole position made it as it supposedly pionered the racing arcade game, but thats bs. nobody liked that game, it was the game someone played when all the other games were taken or broken. there was a really cool game called off road i think, where you drove a car in circles from an overhead view for money to make your car fast. the game where you drove around RC cars and had to spell nintendo, and micro machines were much better prehistoric racing games than pole position.

matt635 - 10/6/2006 6:06:23 PM

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Gran Turismo 4

No two ways about it... when compared to the GT series everything else may aswell just be Stunt Car Racer on the C64.

TauronLB - 10/7/2006 4:04:19 AM

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Project Gotham Racing was damn good but I am really feeling Test Drive on XBox360...I freakin love it.

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M53R - 10/7/2006 2:53:57 PM

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In my free time, i play GT4 , the best racing game ever i think. Its realastic and the graphics are awesome. (ofcourse u can know that i bought all BMWs in the game and i bought the M5 in all colours!!!!!) lol. Its an awesome game...

razzy23 - 10/7/2006 9:03:59 PM

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Gran Turismo 4--need i say more!
the best game ever. ive only completed 25% of it. Have all the BMW's with about 1 million still in the bank.

2JZSoarer - 10/8/2006 3:36:15 PM

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Grand Turismo 4 is the best!!I can't wait for GT5..

M53R - 10/9/2006 6:32:39 AM

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same.........btw razzy23, i finished 80% of the game, but i stoed playing ages ago....

M53R - 10/9/2006 11:06:13 AM

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stopped*