RetroGaming

Road Rash and Skitchin are great. The Ayrton Senna games too, but I played those on Master System.

Network Q RAC Rally Championship on DOS is as good as it gets. Not the sequel International Rally Championship, which is far worse.

POD on Windows 9x. It has not held up and doesn’t look so good no matter how you get it working now. But if you played it back then those memories will live inside you forever.

Badlands on Commodore 64.

Moto Roader 2 on PC Engine.

NFS Porsche Unleashed/2000 (whatever they called it in your region) is the best NFS game.

Top Gear on SNES is pretty sick.

Cruisin’ USA was pretty great too.

Probably F-Zero GX. Though I'm older than that, I wasn't playing racing games a lot before that. An older game I'd enjoyed a bit was POD (: Planet Of Death).

I've played Mario Kart quite a bit, starting back with super, but I can't really pick one as my favorite retro racing game, because the one I like the most is 8. Though Wii came close.

Hydro Thunder on Dreamcast!

F-zero, Mario kart 64, diddy kong racing, rush 2049, cruisn USA, need for speed underground, that game at the arcade where 3 people can play and its on one screen with an isometric view

Edit: super off road

Stunts was the best. You could draw your own circuits.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stunts_(video_game)

Rock and Roll Racing

Excite bike

Not sure it's my favourite, but Wipeout XL/2097 deserves a mention.

• Single player: Stunt Car Racer on the Amiga
• Multiplayer: Super Skidmarks also on the Amiga

I was going to say SNES Mario Kart, but really I think it’s GC Mario Kart: Double Dash.

Wacky Wheels and Slipstream 5000.

The first that come to mind are, in no particular order:

Need for speed hot pursuit (PC)

Sonic drift 2 (game gear)

Monaco F1 (mega drive)

Death Rally (PC)

Big Red Racing (PC)

Ballistics (PC)

WipeOut (psx)

The racing game in the Sega 4in1 pack (game gear)

Virtua Racing (mega drive)

Micromachines (mega drive)

Penny Racers (psx)

All very different from another.

Road Rash is still one of my favorites! I plan to play through the PSX version at some point since I only ever got the chance to play the Genesis ones as a kid.

Rc Pro Am was pretty great.

wipeOut

If Sonic & All Stars Racing Transformed has become retro then it's that lol.

F-Zero X

I crave speed and murder

Gran Tourismo 2 and 4, Ridge Racer Type 4, Burnout 3 Takedown and NFSU2/MW. I like a lot of racing games but these are my favorite retro ones.

Mario kart is the only racing game I've ever been good at.

So, I'll take Mario Kart 64 as my best retro pick.

Rollcage

Re-Volt

Star Wars EP 1: Racer

NFS

NFS2

NFS Hot Pursuit

NFS Underground

Death Rally

Crash Team Racing

Hydro Thunder

SSX Tricky

San Francisco Rush 2049

Big Rigs: Over the Road Racing

Lots of great ones mentioned here and while I don’t know if it’s my favorite, I have a deep soft spot for Super Off-Road. It has an incredible spatial sense and fluidity for its time and still holds up at any barcade.

Someone already beat me to Topgear, but I'm not seeing Mario Kart? Also GT2 on the PSX was great fun.

Outrun, especially Outrun 2. I like arcade style racers the most.

Also in that vein, San Francisco Rush.

For me it’s Rad Racer on NES. Just very nostalgic! I love the sounds and the graphics just scream 80s/early 90s

It makes me feel old to admit it's retro, but Gran Turismo on Playstation.

Is Burnout old enough to be considered retro? 🤔

Because otherwise I, too, would have to say Road Rash.

Not much of a fan of racing, which is why my picks are what they are; Burnout has the awesome crash mode, and Road Rash is basically just a beat 'em up on wheels.

Although, I also really like Wipeout.

I suppose crash team racing would be considered retro now.

I spent countless hours finding all the secret paths and shortcuts

Kirby Air Ride, though I'm reaching a bit here since the main racing mode isn't actually the part that's notable about this game. City Trial was where it's at.

For just pure racing, F-Zero GX.

Super Cars (Amiga) Also have a fond memory of Death Rally

Rock n Roll racing for the SNES. Absolutely adore that game.

Gaelco’s World Rally Championship (1993)

Lotus III or Micro Machines probably. Maybe Road Rash (either version).

I guess it depends on the definition of "Retro". I never got into racing games until Jet Moto and Wipeout on the original Playstation.

Diddy Kong racing.

that's like picking a favorite child! Power Drift, SEGA Rally Championship, Super Hang-On, and Hang-On GP, and OutRunners are all vying for that spot. Kirby Air Ride gets an honorable mention for the same reason as that other commenter, i can count on one hand how many times i've actually played the main racing mode