TouchArcade's Best iPhone Games

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Best iPhone Racing Games

Racing is a genre on iOS that is one of the most interesting ones to follow. Ever since the App Store’s inception, we’ve seen bespoke iOS racing games and ports of fan favourites on consoles and PC. Here are the best racing games on iPhone and iPad that we enjoy playing.

Absolute Drift, $2.99 – [News] – [Forum Thread] – With its minimalist visual style, Absolute Drift takes some complex but easy to use drifting mechanics and guides you through a gauntlet of different challenges as you master the art of getting sideways. The challenges feel difficult without being frustrating, and once you’ve learned the ins and outs of the game’s physics you can lock “into the zone" and truly zen out as its subtitle suggests. – JN

Asphalt Legends Unite, Free – [Guide] – [Forum Thread] – While the series may have started off as a Gameloft-y heavily “inspired" version of Burnout, in recent years it has felt like the Asphalt series has really come into its own. Like Asphalt 8, Legends is absolutely packed with unlocks and other things to work towards, and a new control scheme added this year makes this ultra-mobile racer even more friendly to play on touchscreen devices. Freemium shenanigans are more or less limiting to speeding up your progress by unlocking things quicker, so as long as you aren’t a completionist who absolutely must have everything in a video game, you’ll have loads of fun in Asphalt 9 without spending any money. (And, hey, if you are a completionist, and have deep pockets, Gameloft will totally take your money.) -EH

Disc Drivin' 2, Free – [Review] – [Forum Thread] – I know I’ve said it before, but the original Disc Drivin’ was the Unofficial Official Game of TouchArcade for a number of years. It’s unique turn-based disc racing was a perfect fit for mobile and I don’t even want to know how many hours of my life I’ve spent playing that game. This year brought a long-awaited sequel which mixed up the formula in some interesting ways. Tracks were now much more dynamic with smooth curves and different elevations, and instead of giving your disc just ONE good flick when taking your turn now you could give it TWO. That’s a major change, but it turned out to be a great one, and along with tons of other new features and quality of life improvements, Disc Drivin’ 2 once again had me borderline obsessed all throughout 2018. – JN

GRIDâ„¢ Autosport, $9.99 - Review – Forum Thread – For years we’ve talked about “console-like" games for mobile, but GRID Autosport is not just console-like, but it’s the entire console and PC game that only released a few years ago. This is the real deal. GRID also balances the fine line between simulation and arcade racing, skewing more towards simulation but still being approachable to non-gear heads. Perhaps even more remarkable is the EXTENSIVE options included, which allow you to tailor the game to be as hardcore or as casual as you want, all while still offering a tremendous feeling of satisfaction for learning the many different cars and tracks in the game. -JN

Motorsport Manager Mobile 3, $1.99 – [Review] – [Forum Thread] – The Motorsport Manager series has earned quite a reputation on mobile. The first game in the series actually began life as a mobile game and tasked you with managing pretty much every aspect of a professional racing team, all except the actual racing itself. The original game made its way to desktop a couple of years later, and new entries on mobile have continued to offer that highly strategic management simulation people enjoyed so much but with added features and improvements. Now the third entry in the series is the pinnacle of that and offers a racing experience that’s completely unique from the multitude of traditional racing titles on the App Store. – JN

PAKO 2, $1.99 – [Game of the Week] – [Forum Thread] – If you’ve ever found yourself playing a Grand Theft Auto game just to cause a bunch of havoc and then see how long you can outrun the cops for (and who among us hasn’t?), then the folks at Tree Men Games have gone and made an entire game out of doing just that. Pako 2 takes the endless outrunning concept and adds a dash of Crazy Taxi to the mix as you’re constantly picking up your cohorts from a crime job and zipping them to a safe house somewhere on the map while also avoiding the long arm of the law. It’s basically a constant rush of fun, and despite its origins on desktop Pako 2 feels even more at home as a mobile game. – JN