Top 10 Xbox 360 Racing Games

Forza 3 is the best racing game on the Xbox 360. Between the sheer numbers of cars and tracks, the great customization options, the amazing gameplay complete with tons of difficulty adjustments to ensure players of all skill levels can play, and the awesome sense of community online, Forza 3 is an exceptionally good racing game all around. This is as close to a perfect racing game as you’ll find on the Xbox 360.

PGR4 takes everything that was great about previous entries in the series and improves it. It looks better, has a far better car list, has a better career mode, and just plain has more stuff to do. The gameplay is as sharp as ever as well. Project Gotham Racing 4 is a solid racing game that Xbox 360 owners will be proud to have in their collection.

Dirt 2 is the best offroad racing game of this gen so far. It takes everything that made the first Dirt good and polishes it even more to produce a bigger, better looking, better playing game that is a must buy for racing fans. The gameplay is a satisfying mix of arcade and sim that is surprisingly forgiving, so players of all skill levels will be able to pick it up and have fun. It also doesn’t hurt that it is one of the prettiest looking racing games yet. Find out all of the details right here.

Just like it revitalized the Colin McRae Rally series with DIRT, Codemasters has tweaked and tuned the Pro Race Driver series into GRID and turned an enjoyable but niche series into one of the best racers on the market. It straddles the line between simulation and arcade to produce a racer that rewards you for driving correctly, but also doesn’t penalize you if you want to break the wheels loose and throw the car around corners. GRID is just plain fun.

The title “PURE” is perfect for this game. While other offroad series have gotten a bit bloated with too many vehicle types (none of which play all that well), Disney Interactive and Black Rock Studios sought to create the best possible racing game around just one discipline – ATVs. And they more than succeeded. PURE is gorgeous looking, fast paced, accessible, and just plain fun to play.

EA and Criterion have finally delivered the first true next-gen Burnout, and the results are pretty impressive for the most part. The game maintains the blazingly fast racing, slick visuals, and bone shattering crashes of the past, but adds in a few new bells and whistles to keep the series fresh. Not all of the changes were for the better, however, but even with a few lackluster race modes, Burnout Paradise is still an excellent racing game overall that is worth a look.

Test Drive Unlimited is huge. More than 90 vehicles, 1000 miles of road, and hundreds of missions and races mean you'll be playing for a long time to come. Just driving around and exploring the gorgeous island of Oahu is a thrill and a large part of what makes TDU so addictive and fun. The gameplay takes some getting used to, but once you wrap your head around it the game is very enjoyable and stands as one of the best racing games on the Xbox 360.

Midnight Club’s first appearance in the hi-def era has taken a long time to get here, but the wait has certainly been worth it. Midnight Club: Los Angeles delivers a near photo realistic L.A. for you to tear around in at breakneck speeds. The racing is fun. The graphics are gorgeous. And there is a ton of stuff to do. The difficulty level may present a few roadblocks, but for race fans Midnight Club: L.A. is worth a look.

Need for Speed Most Wanted is literally the best of all of the Need for Speed worlds. It combines the great car customization and open world of Underground with the police chases of Hot Pursuit and the solid racing gameplay that the entire series has been known for. Whether on the Xbox or Xbox 360, Need for Speed Most Wanted is a must play for race fans.

RACE Pro from Atari and developer SimBin Dev Team is one of the finest simulation racers on the Xbox 360. On the Pro difficulty setting it is absolutely realistic. On the other end of the spectrum, on the novice setting it is a pretty easy and forgiving experience. It isn't the most polished racer here in terms of presentation, but the gameplay is definitely among the best whether you are a die hard sim fan or just a race fan looking for a new fix.