What to do with 2 spare potatoes, a set of 100 toothpicks and a piece of small rope?
Not even a question!
Only kart game I remember playing is Super Mario Kart lel.
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Tried playing Garfield Kart - Furious Racing with my gf using remoteplay on Steam, but she disliked it and said it's not Mario Kart 8, I refused to buy switch and that's how we learned to have separate hobbies and live happily.
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It definitely isn't. Closest game so far to Mario Kart 8 is most likely Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection, but the flying and boating is a bit unfitting for a perfect Mario Kart 8 clone, but everything else is there.
I still love playing Garfield Kart - Furious Racing solo, nothing beats lasagna.
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mario kart double dash is still my all time favorite
after that i think sonic riders?
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I've surprisingly never played Mario Kart Double Dash, is that a Mario Kart Wii alternative?
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It was made for GameCube. I haven't tried it yet myself.
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Never heard of it that much either, must be quite uncommon then.
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I think the gimmick is that it's two players per vehicle, with one driving and the other player sitting backseat and doing the 'power-ups' or whatever.
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Almost like a rally game, driver and co-driver. Could be a pretty cool game if implemented correctly nowadays even.
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I thought this was gonna be a very different thread...
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That's hilarious. That's actually so funny. How did that even happen. 😭
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One of my favourites was "Speed Freaks" for the ps1.
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Gives me the NiGHTS vibes, the graphics are very similar. Also would probably fit into the same universe because they are driving 4 levitating wheels. Very awesome.
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On my side can recommend :
Paid one :
Super Indie Karts
Still in developement, and no new tracks since years, but already nice content (13 longs tracks + 32 shorts tracks), hope for new content coming one day ...
Beach Buggy Racing 2: Island Adventure
Solid one, with 23 tracks (on base game without dlc), and a solid carrer mode on 10+ hours, really nice one.
All-Star Fruit Racing
A another solid one, 21 tracks with nice level design overall, recommended with Xenon Racer from game from 3D Clouds.
F2P one :
KartRider: Drift
Awesome content, 80 tracks with on my side, unlocked 85+ cars and 110+ characters skins without a penny spend, free new content added monthly, nice gameplay, just big lack of player in online mode ...
Stampede: Racing Royale
From dev from Turbo Golf Racing x Sumo Digital (Sonic & All-Stars Racing series), a racing battle royale at 60 players, still in Playtest, so low content (11 tracks), but nice concept, and first premium pass are free for everyone.
Disney Speedstorm
Worth the try, at last for discovering all 15 zones inspired from disney movie (Aladdin, Frozen, Toy Story ...), a total of 80 tracks variation, but too much grind for me, but recommended at last for the tracks discovering (all tracks are free and playable without spending nothing).
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Awesome recommendations. I am quite interested in Super Indie Karts and Beach Buggy Racing 2: Island Adventure but the latter is quite pricey. Apart from the others, they don't really seem like my thing. Maybe I enjoy kart racing games with iconic characters? I don't really know. Disney Speedstorm would also be cool if it wasn't full of microtransactions.
Thank you!
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I've pretty much played every cart racer on Steam and my personal fave was: Beach Buggy Racing 2: Island Adventure
Btw I very much recommend the Hot Wheels Edition as it offers 4 additional themed tracks in this DLC...
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/20955/Beach_Buggy_Racing_2_Hot_Wheels_Edition/
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It's quite expensive, but I remember playing something similar on my phone, perhaps there is a mobile adaptation?
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Hear hear! Bacon is racing again !
I can't help more than last time but I can still bump your post :)
If you find the forum too calm, i'll help a bit.
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Thank you for your presence.
Racing is my passion, destructive or not,
Chaotic or not,
I am always there.
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I basically only play Mario kart 64 and DS these days.
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What about speedstorm? Its a relatively new one from disney. And apart from being too grindy for f2p players seems that people really like it
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I looked into it, I mean it is free but the monetization of the game is questionable and the game looks sort of strange in my opinion. Not sure about the gameplay and tracks but I think that's a no from me.
I also don't know why every single race car looks the same? At least the Sonic racing game karts were unique to each character and cool.
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I enjoyed Stunt Race FX for the SNES from a young age, but I'm not sure how well it holds up today. I still have it, but haven't played it in many years. I moved on to Mario Kart 64 and that became the go to racing game. I think that is the only kart racing game I ever played. Split screen racing is a lot of fun, but the battle mode is the best. For racing today, I mostly play rally racing games on PC with a wheel and pedals.
I also had a ton of fun with Pilotwings 64. You play against the clock on most stages, but it doesn't really fit into the racing game category.
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I tried a rally game but I think I tried it wrong. Since Dirt Rally doesn't support the G923 I was only able to use the pedals to accelerate and used my A and D keys to steer which landed me the flipping the car achievement. Besides that, I've been enjoy kart racers with controller a lot, especially Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection.
Pilotwings 64 looks sick for its time, reminds me of Battlezone and Armour-Geddon.
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That sounds like it would be really awkward to play that way. I'm surprised Dirt Rally didn't support the wheel. I would think they would support just about all of them or at least have the ability to custom map it as a generic controller, especially since it's from a big company like Logitech.
I have never played Battlezone or Armour-Geddon, but Pilotwings 64 is all skill based challenges mostly based on flying. It's not racing, but it is similar because you have to complete challenges within certain times to get certain ranks. There's a hang glider, jet pack, and gyrocopter for the main part of the game and then a few other fun modes that are added later.
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It supports most of the older wheels like the G29 and the Thrustmaster T20 I think? Pedals worked for some reason but steering input didn't want to work one way or the other.
I'd say Pilotwings 64 is the bigger and better brother of Armour-Geddon, there really isn't anything to really do in Armour-Geddon than besides shoot stuff, but that game looks really cool. Reminds me of the flying parts in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection.
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I like racing games but I'm a bit of a casual when it comes to the genre so I don't think I have played many kart racers. In fact as far as I can remember right now I only played Sonic &AS Racing Transformed and the next in the series, Team Sonic Racing. But that's mostly me being a Sonic fan, same as why I even bothered to play Sonic R back in the day.
In my opinion S&ASRT is a great racing game with pretty unique mechanics, but you kind of already singed its praise, so I'll just mention that back when I played it the air segments reminded of another game called Skydrift, that while not technically being a kart racer is basically the same core concept but with planes instead of cars.
However, I sadly can't quite recommend TSR, despite being the third game in the same series as S&ASRT and by the same developers it just doesn't feel as nice to play. It's hard to explain but Sumo Digital didn't quite manage to nail the driving model like in their other racing games, and TSR's gimmick, the team mechanics and some tube gravity sections a la Sonic Lost World, is simply not as enjoyable as the transformation gimmick in the previous entry. And this is despite the fact that Sega even delayed the game for a few months when it was apparently already finished just because they wanted Sumo to polish it a bit more, something absolutely unheard about Sega when it comes to the Sonic franchise as they usually do the oposite and rush games to market consequences be damned. The level of car customization is kinda ludicrous tho which is a nice addition, and the soundtrack is so good that most of the marketing leading to release was centered around the music.
As a random aside, I was reading the previous comments and noticed that you said that wheel support can be spotty. Which makes me curious if there's no wrapper or controller emulator that can be used as an external solution when a game doesn't support a wheel, kinda like how x360ce translated d-input controllers into x-input or the multiple controller to keyboard programs floating around. Or if you can't just use the rather robust options of Steam input itself to get around the problem.
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I haven't played TSR but I can say that S&ASRT is absolutely amazing, I got my brother to play it and now he is absolutely dominating everyone with General Winter in the air segments.
I think there is a way to use external programs to make wheel input work for games that don't support it, same with PS4 controllers. S&ASRT actually does not have PS4 controller support but the Steam controller settings basically mapped the entire game to it without a hassle and I can play the game just fine with a PS4 controller, just with Xbox controller glyphs. There is actually quite a few ways to unofficially play game, just yesterday I figured out I can play a first person shooter, Roboquest, with the PS4 controller touchpad, without having to use my mouse or joystick to move my crosshair, which is sort of pointless since a controller already has a joystick which can be used as the aimer but it is neat nonetheless, surprisingly killed quite a few robots with it.
Looking at the TSR reviews, it seems the game has lost its charm and has performance issues. It doesn't look that great either, for S&ASRT that was released many years ago it still holds up very well today.
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Yeah, I'm afraid that the Sonic Racing series will probably end up like the Sonic Riders series before, getting axed after three games and replaced by something else.
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We can enjoy what we have left, S&ASRT hit the mark, PERFECTLY!
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Besides Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and GRIP that I mentioned last time, I remember liking these Kart Racers or similar as I grew up:
- Crash Team Racing
- Micro Machines V3
- Looney Tunes Racing
- Rollcage Stage II
- Jak X: Combat Racing
- Blur
No idea if they hold up or were even good.
Also remember some PS1/PS2 racing game where the cars were animal themed where you drove around temples and stuff, but can't remember the name. S.C.A.R.S. was the name.
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I have still yet to try GRIP, I actually got Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed since last time and it was so worth it, my brother even loves it!
Blur is so awesome too, never played it though. I've only heard good things about it.
Micro Machines V3 looks so cute too, I think they are planning to release a more modern release as well, but that doesn't have that same charm as the other games in my opinion.
Great recommendations!
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Good to hear about Sonic. Think a lot of people sleep on it or I'm just not up to date with racing games.
I should replay it sometime. Played it to death on PS3 and only 20h or so on Steam.
There's so much to do if you want to get all stars, it takes AGES :P
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heh...i think a lot of people are easily entertained, or perhaps i'm just spoiled by SASRT
Blur was a close second, there is still a community server up. I just dont own a pc version.
Super Indie Karts is a good choice too
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Blur is great, so I've heard. S&ASRT is just incredible. I looked at Super Indie Karts but I am not sure how I feel about that. Gives me a very Mario Kart: Super Circuit feeling.
I don't think anything will quite ever replace Mario Kart Wii fully for me, although S&ASRT has so far been the closest competitor.
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there are changes to the gameplay i overall prefer over Mario Kart. Mainly how easy it is to drift away from attacks. and how you link boost even between transformations.
i feel its initial release was a bit botched, on ps3 there were huge segments of tracks that you could skip. You can still cut through the track here and there on steam.
Not that this was developed by SEGA, but its has become a trade mark for them, not properly play test and support their games.
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I personally enjoy the franticness and chaos a lot more in Mario Kart Wii, although I can see skill playing a bigger part in S&ASRT. I personally can't say which is better but they definitely serve a purpose for different reasons.
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I love Sonic All-Stars Racing, it's truly the Mario Kart for PC.
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No doubt, so many similar yet unfamiliar elements. The drifting and racing truly feels like something you'd find in Mario Kart 7 or 8. The boating and flying game mode also make the game nice and fresh, when the boating is a bit simpler and easier to get the hang of it feels rewarding to master the flying. What sells the Mario Kart feel the most for me is the TRICKS. For the love of god not a single game so far has had tricks while airborne and this scratches the itch so nicely. Character roster is great too, there is something for everybody.
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🙄by the way..
If you are looking for something that behaves differently from a regular racing game, there are things like this.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/451990/Cranks_and_Goggles/
By the way, I think the name of the SteamGifts CG was used for the name of the World Cup for this game.
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Pretty neat, not quite like Micro Machines but for 1€, not a bad purchase. Seems like most negative reviews say that the physics are awful and that the game is too difficult and not fun is a slight concern. For one euro, why not, right?
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I don't know a lot of kart games, I just played Mario Kart on the SNES and Mario Kart 64. Those 2 are solid.
Since you like racing games you should check out Slipstream on Steam, It has an old school vibe, It's worth It if you can get It cheap.
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Great picks, Slipstream just looks like 3 dimensional Outrun though, sure that would be more/as fun as that.
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If you are completely out of ideas there's Atari Kart on the Jaguar.
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That's a new one, looks interesting as well. Never heard of that before. That's pretty neat. Reminds me of Satan's Hollow a little bit.
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KART RACERS!
I love racing games, I've got a newfound interest in kart racing games now. I've always loved Mario Kart Wii, always will. I always play Toad with the bullet bike and it's my favorite thing ever to get tossed around like an apple by all the heavyweight classes. Since I do not have access to a Wii at this moment or a Wii remote or anything for that matter, it is time to improvise so I have acquired some kart racing games. Although these games have multiplayer (I think all of them do?) I wasn't able to try it out, which is a shame. These games are also very solid solo as well. Here are the ones I got and tried.
Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix
I adore this game, not as much as the rest though. The characters are very iconic and the driving feels awesome. I really like the kart customization where you can change up the exhaust, the wheels, the body and also the paintjob. Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix is more customizable than any other game on the list, because besides being able to make your kart look however you want you also have passive and active special ability characters that can give everyone around you a disadvantage or you a disadvantage. The way they did the ability system is great, because it makes the abilities look a lot more meaningful than just some random buff for like a speed boost when you get slowed down. You can basically adjust your kart for anything, I like to use Patrick the star with some modifications to make him average at everything. I recommend this game if you like Nickelodeon and their characters, I personally aren't that drawn to this game besides Shredder, all the 4 main turtles from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and all the Spongebob characters, but it is solid nonetheless!
Garfield Kart - Furious Racing
This was a pleasant surprise with the online ranked mode update and the hidden collectibles scattered around the tracks, but I adore it so much. The equivalent to a normal mushroom from MKW in this game is a LASAGNA! A GOSH DARN LASAGNA! This game also has great kart customization, even character customization to some extent. You can choose the spoiler and the body of the car but that's about it, but what makes this game really interesting is the hats. With certain hats you get boosts like diamonds (bombs) detonate immediately. This makes the game quite competitive, which explains the competitive ranked mode they added recently. The drifting in this game feels very snappy and satisfying, I almost feel like fully in control. If you like Garfield just one bit, I totally recommend trying this. It is so much fun just cruising around as Garfield and absolutely leaving Jon in the dust once and for all. PLEASE, do not buy the predecessor "Garfield Kart". The game is broken (I somehow couldn't even finish a race), doesn't look that good or feel that great, just get the Furious Racing one!!!
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection
I know this game was really good but I never knew it was this good. The life this game has is insane! The tracks and environments of the game are just so lively and beautiful. I love that the tracks change almost every lap as well, with water and air parts appearing sometimes in the track. What this game has that the others don't is TRICKS! If you flick your right joystick either up, down, left or right you will do a flip or roll and if you land it right you can get a nice and friendly boost. This is not present in any of the others I have mentioned before and makes this the most satisfying and best Mario Kart Wii alternative out there. One thing about this game is that there are no customizable things about this game besides your licenses where you can put stickers, which are just glorified achievements (which I also love) but it also comes with Steam achievements so it's a win win, but the real customization for the karts is just powerups for them, nothing fancy, no stylish changes, just boosts to your statistics. Back to different racing types, the water parts feel amazing. With the amount of space you have to just glide and even drift in the water and do sick flips and rolls is amazing. It is a nice change of pace for a racing game. Now air, flying is very difficult. I didn't quite get it my first time around but it was fun going through the boost rings and catching capsules mid-air for items. I think the air parts are a bit bland since they are pretty slow and very tricky to get used to but I think it adds to the skill based aspect of the game. It adds a nice skill ceiling to the game and a lot more to play with than just good racing and enough drifts. I got humbled real quick when I thought I was beating everybody but when I got to the air part I got absolutely stumped back into last place. If you want to play as Sonic characters like Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, Dr. Eggman or Metal Sonic or maybe if you don't like those you like Team Fortress 2 characters you can play as Pyro, Heavy and Spy all in one! I think this is the best of the bunch, at least for value. It checks all the right boxes.
I wouldn't recommend any of these as a full on replacement for Mario Kart Wii, but I think all of them have their own charm. Nickelodeon Kart Racers 2: Grand Prix for the kart customization, Garfield Kart - Furious Racing for the amazing game design and Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Collection for the variety of gameplay and competitive aspect.
Hope I could expand your view on kart racing games and racing games in general, sure damn set me straight. If you have any kart game recommendations of your own, please let me know! 👈(ﾟヮﾟ👈)
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