Top 5 Best MMO Racing Games

Like all other sub genres of the ‘Free MMO’ / ‘Free MMORPG’ industry, MMO Racing games have thrived over the last few years. More and more big game publishers are releasing their own MMO racing games. Perhaps the most popular and best in the world is Nexon’s Kart Rider, as nearly 20% of South Korea’s entire population has played it at least once. Unfortunately though, Kart Rider isn’t available in North America or Europe yet, but there are a lot of other good  MMO racing games. The top 5 Best MMO Racing games  list below was compiled using review data from across the internet and from our own reviews here on MMOHut.

Top 5 Best MMO Racing Games

1. Need for Speed World

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Need for Speed World is a 3D Racing MMO by Electronic Arts – the same company behind MMOs like Battlefield Heroes, Battleforge, FIFA Online and more. It is an extremely high quality racing MMO with silk smooth gameplay, gorgeous graphics and plenty of customization. Like Drift City and RayCity, the game has a large persistent world as well as a section for racing. It is by far one of the most beautiful MMOs available and a must play for fans of racing games.

2. Project Powder

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I’m sure a lot of folks are going to disagree with me here, but I’ve personally had the opportunity to play every major MMO racing game out there and I can safely say Project Powder deserves the #1 spot here. It has smooth, varied and unique gameplay. Come on, a snowboarding MMO? That’s pretty unique, especially since every other MMORPG company is churning out generic car racing games. If you’re looking for a fun racing MMO, look no further than Project Powder. It’s one of the best MMO racing games out there.

3. RayCity

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RayCity is 3D racing MMO developed by Electronic Art’s South Korean studio. The game plays a lot like Drift City from ijji, except with much nicer graphics. Graphically though the game is far behind Need for Speed World. Like Drift City and Need for Speed World, RayCity has a large persistent world city and a separate lobby based racing area. The game’s translations are quite bad but the gameplay itself is a fun.

4. Drift City

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To be honest, It was hard putting Drift City below Project Torque, simply because Drift City is an incredibly unique racing game and certainly one of the best out there. Unlike traditional ‘lobby based’ racing games, Drift City has a large persistent world and a boat load of unique missions to complete. On top of that, the game has countless unique car parts and vehicles, making it one of the most varied and unique MMO racing games out there.

5. Tales Runner

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To be honest, the only reason Tales Runner made it on this list is because the game is so incredibly unique. A racing game… without any vehicles! It’s a novel concept, and Tales Runner has proven that such an MMO could work. Now, the only thing left to do is polish the game up, as from my experience with Tales Runner, the game can be incredibly discouraging for newbies, as most of the tracks require memorization to master and there aren’t many players online. Nearly all of the courses and incredibly detailed and unique though, so if you haven’t played Tales Runner yet, it’s worth checking out for it’s novelty.

Best Racing MMO List Update July 3, 2010

By, Jake Bismark

 
16 Comments
  • DANNY
    February 12, 2010
    Reply #

    all these games with the cars are you able to import them and race them

  • Excorio
    February 13, 2010
    Reply #1

    Level-R (a.k.a Project Torque) WAS i very nice game to play until a IP ban was
    forced onto the non US players by the developer of the game (Invictus) in 2009.
    Since then PT has lost a lot of good players and imho the community has fallen
    appart.

    There are several different versions of the game (for ex. JP, KOR & DE) and these
    versions can only be played in that particular part of the world. I’m from NL and i
    played PT because it rocked. Then Level-R in Germany started and i also began to
    play that version. Invictus released some updates and transformed the game into a
    kiddie racing game in which you need to play years to gain points and level up so
    you can buy the ingame cars and/or parts. You can buy stuff with real money but
    things are at insane prices… Before the Simulation handling was great but that
    mode has been murdered and replaced by a Mario Kart Sim mode and a Arcade
    mode where breaking is not needed to corner… :(

    After the last big update Level-R (marketed by Gamigo) is a joke. PT (marketed by
    Aeria) has remained as it was but they are also checking out the latest patch
    called Isabel (early 2010). Level-R has lost a LOT of their following cuz of the idiotic
    way they treat their community. Project Torque lost a lot to and BOTH will loose a
    lot more if they are going to implement the latest patch Isabel…

    I was a huge fan of both games… I was in the US and EU top 10 ‘drivers’ but after
    the IP ban and the stupid updates (which ruined the game) i do not play either
    games anymore…

    I sincerely hope that there will be a new racing mmo in the future. I also hope the
    people who are gonna create that game have learned from the actions that Aeria,
    Gamigo and Invictus so that they will keep their members playing instead of pissing
    them off…

    • ReMo
      February 13, 2010
      Reply #2

      I completely agree with you. The game’s community has dwindled away since the IP ban was placed. Nowdays, the game has so few players that it’s hard to find a race sometimes =/. Stupid developer is just isolating the playerbases and ruining the game =/

      • Excorio
        February 13, 2010
        Reply #3

        Dwindled is the understatement of the year ;) . I’m still able to play PT through a VPN
        connection but the lag is horrid. After the IP thing a logged in a few times just to see
        how the game and the community is holding up but it was like you said ReMo; races
        are hard to find. Such a shame! Level-R (PT) was the best racing MMO ever!

  • SSPeriway
    April 4, 2010
    Reply #4

    i totally don’t agree with the 2nd place of PT.
    I’m trying to starting the game from almost 2 days,and i’m still having some unknown problems…
    I think think if a game deserves the 2nd place,it’s important to consider how much simple is to install the game…
    And PT is NOT simple to install and run,if you have a problem at the beginning,you are SCREWED.totally.
    DC is WAY better

  • Domme
    April 25, 2010
    Reply #5

    i got windows 7 but i cannot download project powder?!
    i ´ve tried it for several times

  • Phoenix
    May 12, 2010
    Reply #6

    I was a long time Upshift player until the admins simply stopped caring and the website went to cr@p. The club pages aren’t even accessible anymore and there hasn’t been an update since last November…*sighs* it was a dang good game while it lasted though.

  • SparK
    June 30, 2010
    Reply #7

    don’t forget Trackmania Forever
    it has championships and all, the ESL (Eletronic Sports League by Intel) gives you high prizes if you win (last time I checked it was EU$10,000)
    also there’s ESWC (Eletronic Sports World Cup by nVidia)

  • SparK
    June 30, 2010
    Reply #8

    oh, also trackmania is the world recordist mmo racing game
    with 200 players online at the same track

  • Jason
    July 2, 2010
    Reply #9

    here’s a new one for you. NFS : World. Gonna top the ratings. i’m one of the beta testers on the new game. releases on 20th july or buy the starter pack and u get to play early from the 13th of july. Brilliant game. Very good community. And because it is made by EA the web pages will never be ignored. pursuits and amazing and solo or mp races are absolutely amazing. a mixture of both carbon and most wanted. a very good mix u’ll wnjoy it loads. There is an open beta this weekend 2nd july to the 5th. just sign up and download. only takes about 20 mins download. quite a few customization options on cars and more being added. full sets of vinyls and performance upgrades.

  • Jason
    July 2, 2010
    Reply #10

    also i forgot to mention the graphics are slightly better than earlier NFS games so it has anormous amounts of detail and also damage on cars. Highly enjoyable.

  • Jason
    July 2, 2010
    Reply #11

    as i said this game makes project torque and drift city look like runescape compared to WoW. NFS : World – best mmo racing game ever created.

  • Wispo
    July 18, 2010
    Reply #12

    Yeah, NFS: World is the best racing game I have ever played, even though it’s only in beta.

  • Tanya
    August 14, 2010
    Reply #13

    Some nfsw players thinks that nfsw is the best racing game but i guess because of they didnt know the game that dont need to advertise itself. Snowbound online is the best racing game ever. NFSW can only be the best car racing game in car racing genre.

  • BlooP.
    August 20, 2010
    Reply #14

    NFSW isn’t as great as it seems.
    Sure the graphics are admirable, and sure it may seem like an exquisite game, but fact is, looks > gameplay in this game.

    1.) You barely ever find english speaking players. It’s always people all over Europe. And it’s pretty dang hard to make friends.
    2.) You can only level up to level 10, after that you have to pay for everything else. How dumb is that.
    3.) Alot of the cars are limited like i said, due to the level restriction. As well as alot of tracks, and alot of free roam area.

    So yeah. It’s not as great as it seems, and it’s just a combo of most wanted and carbon.

  • Subernoober
    August 23, 2010
    Reply #15

    Drift City really should be #1, y’know? I’m a lvl 76, and once you are lvl 71, you can have almost ANYTHING in that game. Doesn’t take too long for most players.. only takes liek 2 months at the most for the average player to finish all the mishuns.
    Just play it, its rlly fun ( besides the effed up tutorial at the start D:)

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