Hello everyone. I am supermike6, Giant Bomb's most committed racing/driving game aficionado. I have played so many driving video games that sometimes I get in a real car and wonder, "Am I driving in a video game or am I driving in real life?". That is how much I play driving video games. Over the years, I have played at least 9 games that include driving vehicles, but for the purpose of this list I have had to narrow that list down to 7. There were some hard cuts. Feel free to leave comments that ignore my list and just say your favourite driving games. That's cool. We all have opinions. But just remember that my opinion is here at the top with a big title and yours is down there, just a child of my cool opinion.
Here is the list:
Top 7 Driving Video Games of All Time
 | 1. Deadly Premonition(As alluded to in my previous blog about Deadly Premonition.) Driving in Deadly Premonition does not necessarily feel like driving a car, but it feels like what you'd think driving a car would feel like if you had only played Deadly Premonition. It's squishy and squashy, but sometimes you drive past a lake, and in my life I have driven past plenty of lakes, which makes this game realistic. |
 | 2. DiRT 2DiRT 2 was originally designed for the iPhone series of devices, as evidenced by the lowercase "i" in the title. Fortunately, halfway through development they decided to make the jump to big TV consoles, and created the greatest actual-racing-game of that generation. During approximately 70% of your playtime, you will feel like you have almost no control of your car, and that chaotic nature is what sets the game apart. Other cars will come out of nowhere to crash you into walls; water will get on your windshield to blind you; and random clumps of dirt will send you flying; which is why the Flashback feature is so important. It turns the game from stupidly frustating into stupidly awesome. Also, you get to pretend that Dave Mirra is your best pal, when in real life he won't even answer your many lovingly-crafted e-mails. |
 | 3. Euro Truck Simulator 2EuroTruck 2 follows in the vein of Deadly Premonition, prioritizing the realism of looking out of the car rather than the actual driving of the car. While the controls are ultra-real (your truck can flip!!!), what's most important is that each country kinda looks like itself. Switzerland has hills in it, for example. When you are in London, people walk past your truck, and it is implied that they are going to get a "pint" and then partake in the viewing of a match of "footy". |
 | 4. Star Wars: Episode I - RacerStar Wars: Episode 1 - Racer is one of the rare video game titles with both a colon and a hyphen, which gives it major bonus points in my Driving Game Ranking Matrix Algorithm Matrix. On top of that, this game lets you drive podracers, which are the coolest part of Star Wars. Featuring all your favourite Star Wars heroes, including Sebulba, Bozzie Baranta, Fud Sang, and Toy Dampner, Star Wars: Episode 1 - Racer is a video game that will never be forgotten. |
 | 5. Halo 3Mongeese are awesome. Sometimes I like to play the Valhalla multiplayer map alone and drive around alone and enjoy my life in a way I can only do with my favourite person, myself. |
 | 6. BullyIn this game, you drive a vehicle that is known as a bike. In my list of Greatest Bike-Driving Video Games, it barely edges out GTA V and Tour De France 2014 to reach Number One. Just like when a frothy teen drives a bike in real life, Johns Hopkins (the game's protagonist) does not keep his bum on the seat, and sways the bike back and forth to gain speed. Rebellious. |
 | 7. Pac-ManIn this game, you drive an experimental military vehicle, the "Pac-Man". Unfortunately, the "Pac-Man" has gone haywire, and is eating the military's carefully-collected horde of pellets. Once the "Pac-Man" starts moving, he is unable to be stopped except by Ghosts, which make their first video game appearance, before going on temporary hiatus and re-appearing in Starcraft: Ghost. |
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