If you’ve invested in a VR setup and haven’t yet tried a racing game, you owe it to yourself to at least experience it once. The speed, combined with the feeling of actually sitting in the driver’s seat, delivers an unmatched experience. Here are the best racing games you can grab right now.
DRIVECLUB VR
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The Need for Speed franchise has been around for a long time, and it’s now reached Daydream View with No Limits VR. There are 12 tracks split up over four locations for a bit of variety outside your windscreen, and you have a wide selection of detailed, real-world cars to choose from.
Gain reputation as you win races and go head to head with your rivals to unlock the best cars and make the streets your own.
See at Google Play | Daydream
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Looking for beautiful graphics, in-depth tuning, and a sandbox career mode for your racing sim? Project CARS has all this and more. If you get tired of building your career how you want, you can head online for some intense action against seriously talented racers.
This GOTY edition includes 12 DLC packs with extra cars and tracks to extend this game’s already impressive inventory.
See at Green Man Gaming | HTC Vive and Oculus Rift
DiRT Rally
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Veteran gamers out there probably remember old magnet racing games like WipeOut and F-Zero and how much fun they were thanks to intense speed and colorful graphics. Redout is an homage to those games, and playing it in VR sends it to the next level.
There are over 75 events to race in on 20 tracks, and you can jump into multiplayer games with up to 12 players. The race tracks and locations are beautiful, and the soundtrack ramps up the faster you go. Adrenaline rush? Oh yeah.
See at Steam | HTC Vive and Oculus Rift
VR Karts: Sprint
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Assetto Corsa was designed from the ground up with racing fanatics in mind. The most popular real-world tracks have been scanned and imported into the game, and you can choose from over 60 detailed cars to race.
Get behind the wheel in your Rift and experience what it’s like to really drive these cars — feel tire flat spots, heat cycles, aerodynamics, and energy recovery systems. Want to create your own tracks and cars? Mess around with the same editing tools the developers used to create the game.
See at Steam | Oculus Rift
Source: VR Heads