[James Brickles]

The first driving game I ever got my hands on was one called Lotus Turbo Challenge 2. Technically, it’s a racing game as you’re against the clock ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8A2YmS77AvY

First Formula 1 game was F1 97 for the PS1, just love it.

[Nick]

For me, it’s either Grand Prix 2 or Need for Speed. I’ve probably played Outrun or other games as well, but those two were my main games when I was 6 or 7. I even remember buying (illegal, actually) add on discs for Grand Prix 2 to update it to the 1997, 1998 and 1999 seasons.. Good times. Actually made carsets for a while for GP2 between 2004 and 2006, I think, and ran a forum for the community.

http://youtu.be/MrurD6Ol-FM

[Anonymous]

here we go http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aundeN2eX_E

[matt90]

Probably Gran Turismo 3, although that may be wrong (first non-car racing game was definitely SSX).

[AdrianMorse]

I’m not sure BMX Simulator on the MSX qualifies, and we had Test Drive (from Accolade) on my father’s XT as well, but the first proper racing game I played was stunt car racer on the Amiga.

[Paulocreed]

If memory serves me correctly I believe the first racing game I ever played was Stunt on 286 PC or FZero on Super Nintendo.
The first F1 game I played was I believe EA Sports F1 ’99.

[Ludwig]

When I was 10 years old, back in 1991, I played F-1 Race on my GameBoy for countless hours. Enjoy the stone-age graphics on the link below:

[Slr]

The first racing game I remember playing as a kid was Crash Team Racing for PS1.

[MatK77]

Geoff Crammond’s REVS on my cousin’s BBC micro. When he released Grand Prix I don’t think I left my room for six months.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBEVnr71mno

Closely followed by Nigel Mansell’s Grand Prix on the Spectrum.

[Steven]

Like @ajokay, I have fond memories of Rad Racer as a child… even if I was terrible at it.

Then there’s quite a gap… I honestly don’t know how I developed a liking for cars or racing games, but then I vaguely remember liking Automobili Lamborghini for the N64. I remember you had to move the stick in circles frantically to get tyres changed or refuelled or something silly like that.

The ones I really played the hell out of were Need for Speed: High Stakes and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit. It was this series that really got me into racing games… afterwards it was Porsche Unleashed, NFS: Underground 2…

[Anonymous]

My first racing game was Gran Turismo on the PS1. Not only was it my first racing game, but also one of the first video games of any kind I ever played. We also had F1 97, which is the reason I love F1 today, but I lost the disc, which annoyed my older brother! (I was about 4 at the time)

[F1Yankee]

pole position!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUU_F9TvXco

[McFillin]

F-Zero on the Super Nintendo! I still play it time to time when I’m really bored,

[Gabriel]

The racing games from the atari 2600. For me, this one was the best.

[robk23]

My first was the original TOCA game. I must have been around 7 when I got it for my PS1. My favourite car at the time was the Renault Laguna, my favourite track was Donington Park and I also remember Tiff Needell’s voiceover!

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