The best racing games to play right now

Racing games have been central to video game culture since day one, yet this genre still sometimes flies under the radar. Many of the games play to specialized, niche audiences, yet the genre is also vastly popular — Nintendo’s Mario Kart 8 is the fifth-best-selling game of all time. There’s also a general perception of unchanging sameness to games about getting to the finish line first, yet there’s a wide variety of racing games out there, catering to just as ...