The PlayStation brand has always been closely associated with racing games. Whether you’re interested in realistic racing sims, rallycross, or arcade racers, PlayStation Plus has a wide offering of racing games for you to set a new course record on. These are the ten best racing games on PS Plus based on their Metacritic review score.
1. WipEout: Omega Collection
Featuring all the content from Wipeout HD, Fury, and 2048, Wipeout Omega Collection packs in 26 reversible circuits, 46 unique ships, a ton of game modes, and some new and classic music tracks. It’s time for Wipeout veterans to come out of retirement and new pilots to make their debut.
2. Split/Second
Split/Second, an intense action racing game set within the world of a hyper-competitive reality television show. Competitors vie to be the first across the finish line in a made-for-TV city built for destruction, with the ultimate goal of becoming the season champion.
| Metacritic Score | 84 |
| Subscription | Premium |
| Game Modes | Single player, Online competitive, Local competitive |
| Platform | PlayStation 3 |
| Format | Stream |
| Release Year | 2010 |
3. Wreckfest
Break the rules and take full-contact racing to the limit with Wreckfest! Expect epic crashes, neck-to-neck fights over the finish line, and brand-new ways for metal to bend — these are the once-in-a-lifetime moments that can only be achieved in Wreckfest, with its true-to-life physics simulation crafted by legendary developer Bugbear.
| MetaCritic Score | 82 |
| Subscription | Extra |
| No. of Players | Single player, Online competitive |
| Platform | PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 |
| Format | Download |
| Release Year | 2019 |
4. Trackmania Turbo
Trackmania Turbo features an easy-to-learn, hard-to-master gameplay style that relies on time-attack racing in which racers set their own limits and challenges. The gameplay centers on the perfect combination of matchbox car fantasy on a massive scale, focusing on pursuing the perfect run around the track.
| Metacritic Score | 82 |
| Subscription | Extra |
| Game Modes | Single player, Local Competitive, Online competitive, Local co-op |
| Platform | PlayStation 4 |
| Format | Download |
| Release Year | 2016 |
5. Trials Rising
Explore challenging tracks around the world, from Yellowstone Park to the peaks of Mt. Everest and everywhere in between. New Tandem Bike mode allows two riders to control one bike. Hone your racing skills and level up from local backyard competitions to stadium races.
| Metacritic Score | 79 |
| Subscription | Extra |
| Game Modes | Single player, Online competitive, Local competitive, Local co-op |
| Platform | PlayStation 4 |
| Format | Download |
| Release Year | 2019 |
6. Trials Fusion
Take on an unlimited array of platform-racing challenges in the unreal world of Trials Fusion. Using your skills to traverse across obstacle-laden, ramp-ridden courses, you must strive to set track records against the best Trials players around the globe.
| Metacritic Score | 79 |
| Subscription | Extra |
| Game Modes | Single player, Online competitive, Local competitive |
| Platform | PlayStation 4 |
| Format | Download |
| Release Year | 2014 |
7. Joe Danger 2: The Movie
Take Joe Danger on a death-defying thrill ride across the set of the greatest blockbuster movie ever made. Chase crooks on your police bike, destroy laser-firing robots with a stolen jetpack, escape giant boulders in a mine cart, time-travel to punch dinosaurs, and divert the nuclear missiles on your unicycle!
| MetaCritic Score | 78 |
| Subscription | Premium |
| Game Modes | Single player, Local competitive |
| Platform | PlayStation 3 |
| Format | Stream |
| Release Year | 2012 |
8. Hotshot Racing
Hotshot Racing is a blisteringly fast arcade-style racing game fusing drift handling, razor-sharp retro visuals, and an incredible sense of speed to create an exhilarating driving experience. Hotshot Racing is an all-new driving experience that revives the classic arcade gameplay of the 90s and thrusts it into the modern era.
| MetaCritic Score | 78 |
| Subscription | Extra |
| Game Modes | Single player, Online competitive, Online co-op, Local competitive, Local co-op |
| Platform | PlayStation 4 |
| Format | Download |
| Release Year | 2020 |
9. MotorStorm Apocalypse
The Stormers are now bringing the extreme MotorStorm festival to a major metropolitan city that has been ravaged by a gigantic earthquake. With all of its unstable skyscrapers, fiery subway tunnels, twisting bridges and more, the almost completely abandoned city offers the perfect playground for MotorStorm’s electric brand of brutal street racing.
| MetaCritic Score | 77 |
| Subscription | Premium |
| Game Modes | Single player, Online competitive, Local competitive |
| Platform | PlayStation 3 |
| Format | Stream |
| Release Year | 2011 |
10. Jak X: Combat Racing
After a mysterious invite brings Jak and Daxter to Kras City, they discover that they have been poisoned by the sinister Krew. Krew proceeds to give the duo an ultimatum – race for him in the next Kras City Grand Championship and receive the poison antidote.
| MetaCritic Score | 77 |
| Subscription | Premium |
| Game Modes | Single player, Online competitive |
| Platform | PlayStation 3 |
| Format | Stream |
| Release Year | 2005 |
11. Skydrift
Get closer than ever before to the world of adrenaline pumping sky-racing where everybody can test and master their flying and combat skills against the deadliest opponents! Admire amazingly detailed terrains based on the most spectacular and exotic locations all over the planet.
| MetaCritic Score | 76 |
| Subscription | Premium |
| No. of Players | Single player, Local competitive |
| Platform | PlayStation 3 |
| Format | Stream |
| Release Year | 2011 |
12. Descenders
Descenders is extreme downhill freeriding for the modern era, with procedurally generated worlds, and where mistakes have real consequences. Will you lead your team to glory and become the next legendary Descender?
| MetaCritic Score | 75 |
| Subscription | Extra |
| No. of Players | Single player |
| Platform | PlayStation 4 |
| Format | Download |
| Release Year | 2020 |
Don’t forget, you can always check out all PlayStation Plus racing games at PS Plus Guide (where you can filter them by review score, gameplay modes, and more).
