I really liked Midnight Club back on the PS2. Would be cool to find similar for the Deck.
Any racing games that the community finds good on the Deck? Is it arcadey or realistic in the mechanics?
You just reminded me I own Ride 2. That game was a pretty good sim, but I wanted to play a more arcadey kind of experience with those realistic controls and physics. I’m going to be checking out the newer sequels to see if they added more silly ideas to counterbalance the dry (imo) sim racing. But, if you’re wanting that sim experience, it’s got that.
Burnout Paradise runs flawlessly and has yet to be bested in the arcade racing genre (except maybe by Full Auto but that’s not available on PC)
I wonder if Star Wars Racer would work
If you are a fan of F-zero, check out Areo GPX. Very arcadey.
This is my go to racer, the handling leans realistic but the damage model is very gamey in just the right way. It’s a ton of fun dragging across the finish line in a car that’s missing a wheel and most of its crumple zone.
Would you say it’s similar to burnout?
Bought this on a deep sale last summer and love it on the deck. I don’t tend to play racing games much but the crazy tracks and destruction physics looked way too fun and I’ve played it a ton.
This was the one I came to recommend as well.
The following recommendations are not Midnight Club like racers but take a look at anti grav racing.
- Redout 1 & 2
- BallisticNG
For fun, arcadey action woden gp is good.
Art of rally is fun. Tokyo xtreme racer just released and aparrently is starting to look real good on deck.
Outrun 2006: Coast to Coast is a perennial favorite of mine. Plays fantastic on the Deck!
Forza motosport 4 work nice but is hard on the battery maybe 2 hours
NFS Most Wanted, the original, is fantastic, though it requires manual installation as it’s not on Steam.
Sadly the redux modpack version is just a bit too heavy as it includes a bunch of shaders and stuff you can’t disable. It runs, but you get maybe two hours. Vanilla barely taxes the deck.
I’ve been playing nfsmw on the ps2 emulator. Runs great
Trackmania is free to play*, but requires a ubisoft account. Arcade time trial.
Campaign last 3 months. First 10 maps are free. Whole capaign is behind a pay wall.
Speed Dreams!
I play Gran Turismo 7 on my steam deck via Chiaki. Wish they wud release on steam but for now this works.
I like good ol’ OutRun on my Switch. It’s the definition of an arcade race. For the Steam Deck it seems like you have to go through emulators for this.
I’ve enjoyed Hot Wheels Unleashed, 1 & 2. Super-super-arcadey.
