Easily, Forza Motorsport 3. After some of the artwork came out for that game I had all my excitement come back to me. Contrary to popular 08 games of the year, 2008 was in fact a pretty depressing year for racing games. Grid, Pure, and Burnout all managed to underwhelm me. But 09 is looking so very amazing right now with Forza 3, Dirt 2, and even Gran Turismo 5. Those alone could easily make up for anything that wasn't quite right for me last year. I didn't get the chance to play Midnight Club 3 but might as well add that to the list considering the amount of issues it managed to have. I'll happily admit these racing games weren't bad at all. But for me, they weren't what I wanted.

And Moto GP 08 was terribly awful. 06 and 07 may have set the bar extremely high, but still, come on.....

Also, these other small games you may have heard of:

Resident Evil 5
Bionic Commando
Street Fighter 4
Sonic's Genesis Collection Because the Best Sonic Games are Appearantly Not His

The possibility that we might also hear about Ubisoft sequels has me excited. I feel like I say this constantly now, but Episode 3.....if it came out this year.