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Simulation style racing games strive to replicate the handling of a car as it feels in the real world. They often license real cars or racing leagues, but will use fantasy cars built to resemble real ones if unable to acquire them.
Although these racing simulators are specifically built for people with a high grade of driving skill it is not uncommon to find aids that can be enabled from the game menu. The most common aids are traction control (TC), anti-lock brakes, steering assistance, damage resistance, clutch assistance, automatic gearbox, etc. This softens the learning curve for the difficult handling characteristics of most racing cars.
The Formula One World Championship has a fan base all over the world and is one of the racing series with the most simulation adaptations.
Some of these racing simulators are customizable, as game fans have decoded the tracks, cars and executable files. Large internet communities have grown around the simulators regarded as the most realistic and many websites host internet championships.
Simulation style racing games
F1 Challenge - Formula One simulator series
Grand Prix Legends - Simulator of the 1967 F1 season
Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix series: F1GP, Grand Prix 2, Grand Prix 3, Grand Prix 4 - F1 simulator series
Grand Prix Challenge as of 2005, this is the last F1 game released in United States and Canada.
GTR - FIA GT Racing Game - FIA GT racing game
GT Legends - 60s and 70s GT simulator
Live for Speed - online racing simulator
Motorsport - open source driving simulator
NASCAR Racing series
Racer - customizable online racing simulator
Rally Trophy
rFactor - by Image Space Incorporated (Platform for modders with deep physics model)
Sports Car GT - also by Image Space Incorporated
TORCS - an open source racing simulator
Richard Burns Rally - rally simulator
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Semi-simulation style racing games
These games are neither simulators nor arcade racers; they stand in the middle of the spectrum.
Colin McRae Rally series
Enthusia Professional Racing
PS2 Formula One (Studio Liverpool) series
Forza Motorsport
Gran Turismo series
TOCA Race Driver series
Sega GT series
offroad racing
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Arcade style racing games
Beetle Adventure Racing
Burnout series
Carmageddon series
Cruisin' series
Midnight Club series
Need for Speed series
Out Run series
Pole Position series
Project Gotham Racing series
Ridge Racer series
Rush series
Sega Rally series
PS Formula One series
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Futuristic/Extreme racers
F-Zero series
Extreme-G series
Wipeout series
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Kart racers
R.C. Pro-Am series
Mario Kart series
Diddy Kong Racing
Crash Nitro Kart, Crash Team Racing
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Arcade racing games time line
1976 Night Driver - Atari
1977 Speed Freaks - Vectorbeam
1980 Monaco GP - Sega/Gremlin
1981 Turbo - Sega
1982 Pole Position - Namco
1983 Pole Position 2 - Namco
1984 TX-1 - Atari
1986 Out Run - Sega
1987 Final Lap - Namco
1988 Chase HQ - Taito
1988 Continental Circus - Taito
1988 Hard Drivin' - Atari
1988 Power Drift - Sega
1989 Winning Run - Namco
1989 SCI - Taito (Chase HQ 2)
1989 Super Monaco Grand Prix - Sega
1991 Rad Mobile - Sega
1991 Final lap 2 - Namco
1991 F1 Exhaust Note - Sega
1992 Final Lap 3 - Namco
1992 Super Chase - Taito
1992 Virtua Racing - Sega
1993 Outrunners - Sega
1993 Ridge Racer - Namco
1994 Cruis'n USA - Midway
1994 Daytona USA - Sega
1994 Sega Rally Championship - Sega
1995 Rave Racer - Namco
1996 Cruis'n World - Midway
1996 Scud Race - Sega
1996 San Francisco Rush - Atari
1998 Sega Rally 2 - Sega
1998 Daytona USA 2 - Sega
1999 Battle Gear - Taito
1999 Cruis'n Exotica - Midway
2000 San Francisco Rush 2049 - Atari
2001 Wangan Midnight - Namco/Genki
2002 Initial D Arcade Stage - Sega
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