16th August 2014, 9:17 PM
(This post was last modified: 17th August 2014, 1:03 AM by A Black Falcon.)
I don't know why I didn't keep the TC version of this updated, but I don't seem to have updated it since the original 2009 posting! Well, I've corrected that now, and done a big update of the list as well, in the first time in over a year (yes, I kept updating this, even while forgetting to post the results here.). Here's the changelog of all of the many additions and fixes.
Changelog
dates are when added to this list, not when list was posted online. The early updates without dates are from early to mid 2009.
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-added Speed Challenge: Jacques Villeneuve's Racing Vision
-added Slipstream 5000
-removed Trackmania series
-added Cyber Cycles
-added Cosmos Circuit
-added Astro Race
-added Star Rider
-added Mad Crasher
-added Space Position
-added LED Storm (Arcade version)
-added Killer Loop (Arcade version)
-added Time Road -added Autoduel
-corrected PC systems order
-[highlight]highlighted[/highlight] system names
-added Cosmic Race
-added Motorhead
-added Jet Ion Grand Prix
-added FM Towns computer ("None?")
-clarified Moto Roader games as definitely futuristic (because all three are)
-added BS Chrono Trigger Jet Bike Special
-added Club Drive (yup, it's set in the future...)
-added Speed Zone (upcoming Wii game)
-added Death Race (NES; there's also an old arcade version, but it seems to be pure combat, no racing at all.)
-added Fire & Forget (the first one), added details for Out of Gas (though it's still a borderline case)
-6/9/09 - Moved Speed Zone/Wheelspin for the Wii from Upcoming to the the main list, because it's been released in the US.
-9/18/09 - edited Upcoming section, added Voltage to released games list (PC only)
-9/30/09 - added Wipeout Pulse (European PS2 version) and Wipeout HD Fury (PSN expansion pack for the PSN game Wipeout HD)
-12/13/09 - added Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race 2: In Space (Wacky Races (2) would have been the Western title had it been released here), Carmageddon: Splat Pack (expansion for Carmageddon), Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Wheelie Breakers, and Wasteland Racers 2071. Racers (Voltage in Russia) added to released PC games section, as an additional title for Voltage -- Tim Langdell seems to actually ship copies of the thing, for the handful of people who order it, so it counts I guess. Wipeout HD Fury added to PS3 discs releases section as well as download. Fixed Powerdrome release date. Added some notes. Wheelspin (European release of Arthur McLean's Speedzone) moved from 'Upcoming' to 'Released'. Mach Rider added to Wii Virtual Console list -- it had been marked in the NES section as also being on VC, but hadn't been added to the VC section. Whoops, fixed. :)
"Extreme" but modern-day racing games added. Changelog and the "Extreme" modern-day sections moved to other, linked posts to save space.
-12/16/09 - added GearGrinder, Clutch, Hard Truck: Apocalypse - Rise of the Clans, Death Track Resurrection, Super Laser Racer. "Europe only" note on A.I.M. Racing removed, it was released worldwide. PC Digital Download section added, digital download titles listed. Bump 'n' Burn removed -- it's not futuristic, but a fantasy/kart-style racer.
-12/18/09 - added H-Craft, Hoverboard ASDF (a South Korean only racing online game which was shut down in 2005 and cannot be played anymore)
-1/25/10 - added Direct2Drive to PC DD services list, and marked all games that support it. Added Battlecars for the Spectrum.
-3/28/10 - fixed Street Racer/Speed Racer confusion. Street Racer is the one I was thinking of for PSX and Saturn and it is a kart racer, not a futuristic racer. However there was a Speed Racer game for PSX, so that was not changed (it just refers to a different game now); there were not Saturn or Game Boy versions of Speed Racer, so those two were removed. Added Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X for PC (DOS) which I had previously missed. Added Speed Racer in My Most Dangerous Adventures for SNES as well (it's half racing, half platformer).
-7/27/10 - added Space Slalom for the Sega SG-1000, a very simple space-based go-through-the-gates game, Cosmic Causeway: Trailblazer II for the Commodore 64, Power Rangers Zeo: Battle Racers for SNES, if it counts (the bikes look futuristic, but the series is sort of set in the present day, right? Any thoughts?), Black Viper (Amiga, Amiga CD32). Added other versions of Trailblazer; it wasn't just for C64, but for five other computers on the list as well. Added the Mac versions of Locus, which means it's not PC only on computers, and Zone Raiders, which removes its PC exclusivity mark. Added C64 Classix (Overlander, Elektraglide) for PC and Mac. Added Laser Dolphin (main game is a platformer, racing side mode) for PC and Mac. Added Tasty Static (freeware Skyroads clone from last year) for PC, Mac, and Linux. Added Badlands' older home computer ports, it was only listed for arcades and Midway Arcade Treasures 3 but was released on various home computers when it came out. Added Amiga, Atari ST, and PC versions of Psyborg; it wasn't just for Amstrad CPC. I wasn't sure about Nitro (Amiga, Atari ST), but it appears to be a 'apocalypse modern day' setting, so I put the game in the "Alternate World Modern Day" section. I'd love if someone could find the manual for this game, so I could know whether it should be where I put it, or in the main list... Finally, added Mars Explorer (freeware browser/iPhone/Mac/Windows game); it's mostly not racing I think, just driving and stuff, but I believe there is some in it.
-9/1/10 - added the upcoming game Fast - Racing League for WiiWare, from Shin'en.
-9/11/10 - added the mediocre and utterly unremarkable futuristic racing/educational game "Galaxy Racers" for the DS. (a new release, just recently came out)
11/20/10 - added Space Track for the iPhone and PC. It's a Skyroads knockoff. The PC version is a demo only with level creator, the full version is only on iPhone but has no level creator.
9/26/11 - added FAST (WiiWare), Metal Fangs (Genesis), Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (PS2), and Impact Racing (PS1/Saturn). In the "Extreme but not futuristic" category moved both TrackMania games to released (2 for PC, and the Wii game), plus added the second DS TrackMania, TrackMania Turbo. Metal Fangs I just learned about, it's a topdown-style racer, looks okay. Super Bombad Racing is a Star Wars kart racer, but because of the Star Wars setting I'm including it even if gameplay-wise it's kart and not futuristic. I see that at the top of pg. 2 I asked about Impact Racing. Now I've played it, and it's definitely futuristic, and it is a racing game because you need to finish before time runs out. Like Offworld Interceptor Extreme, you do a lot of shooting and there aren't opponents you're racing against, just enemies, but the timer is tight and killing enemies can get you more so you can finish the race before time runs out.
-10/16/2011 - Hydro Thunder Hurricane (X360), H2 Overdrive (Arcade), Sonic Riders (PS2, PC, Xbox, GC), Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (PS2, Wii), Sonic Free Riders (X360 Kinect).
10/17/2011 - Sodium 2 (PS Home for PS3) - free to play with pay DLC game in Playstation Home for the PS3. I'll put it in the PSN section, with a note it's in Home.
11/7/2011 - Added Star Speeder and the Super Cassette Vision console that it is for, and the GBA version of Drome Racers (which is a different game from the PC/PS2/Xbox/GC title). Also added most of the Cyber Formula series; only two of the eight racing games in the series were in the list. The six new ones are Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula (GB), Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity (PS2), Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity 2 (PS2), Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity 3 (PS2), Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity 4 (PS2), and Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Evolution (GC).
11/15/2011 - Added Ben 10 Galactic Racing (DS/3DS/PS3/360/Wii), Nitronic Rush (freeware PC game), InMomentum (PC DD platform/racer). Ben 10 Galactic Racing is a kart racer style game set in the cartoon franchise. Nitronic Rush is a pretty awesome timetrial racing game with some Rush series influence, along with other things like the platformer-ish levels in Rollcage, etc.
5/22/2012 - Added 360: Three Sixty (PS1, Europe only), Bugriders: The Race of Kings (PS1, US/EU only). Bugriders might not really fit here; the game is fantasy themed, on a strange alien world, but isn't really clearly futuristic, I think. I'm not sure if it should be here, but it's definitely not set on Earth anyway.
6/3/2012 - Added Cubix Robots for Everyone: Race 'N Robots (PS1 and GBC)
9/2/2012 - Added Rocket Coaster (LaserActive Sega PAC) - racing game with fantasy, adventure, and future settings. The cars look futuristic in all three sets of tracks though.
9/6/2012 - Added Future Racer, aka Defeat Lightning (PS1).
10/2/2012 - Added Mac Digital Downloads category with the Mac version of Laser Dolphin, Tasty Static, and Mars Explorer in it. Added Linux Digital Downloads category with Tasty Static and H-Craft in it.
11/5/2012 - Added the Cybiko/Cybiko Xtreme handhelds and the free game Galaxy Racers for it (it's a rail shooter/racing game cross)
11/17/2012 - Added Armada F/X Racers for Game Boy Color. It's a mediocre racing game spinoff of the good Dreamcast topdown spaceship action/strategy title.
12/13/2012 - Added Wipeout 2048 for Playstation Vita, and the console. Also added Crazy Chicken: Star Karts for the DS. It's a quite bad, low-budget game, as with all Crazy Chicken titles, but it exists. Expect bad space Mario Kart. Removed Jeff Gordon's XS Racing for PS1, because it doesn't exist -- the console ports of that game were never released, it's a PC-only game.
2/2/2013 - Added Speed King (JP title), aka Road Rage (EU title), for the Playstation and Arcades. It's a Konami game in the style of Wipeout. No US release.
3/19/2013 - Added Death Road (PC and PC DD) - Another European futuristic racing game. The game released in 2012, but I didn't hear about it until just now. It's on Origin and GamersGate, online; physical was Europe-only.
3/20/2013 - Removed X-Car (PC), because really it's not futuristic. I also added PSP PSN (digital), Vita PSN (digital), DSiWare (digital), 3DS eShop (digital), 3DS Virtual Console (digital), and Wii U, Wii U eShop (digital), and Wii U Virtual Console (digital) categories. All the Wii U has so far is F-Zero for VC, but there'll be more sometime I'm sure. There are no games in most those categories, but four of the five PSP games here do have digital-download releases on the PSP PSN, so that's cool. One, StateShift, was only released in the US on PSN -- the physical release was Europe-only. Of the five though, only the Japan-exclusive one (Shinseki GPX Cyber Formula) doesn't have a download release. Note that I slightly changed the formatting -- I removed the (disc) labels that had been on the Wii and X360, and instead mark digital-only categories with a (digital) marker. For the purposes of the + or * notes -- that is, for purposes of exclusivity -- I do not consider the digital and physical categories for each platform to be different platforms, so games still get a * if they available on both physical and digital for a system, but aren't on any other systems. Midway Arcade Treasures 3, Jet X2O, and Downforce were also added to the "extreme" but modern-day list. I know that list is missing a lot of stuff that could be there, but those do belong, and now have been added. Finally, I updated the PC Digital Downloads category. Origin and Amazon have been added, and GameFly has replaced Direct2Drive since they bought the service. I checked most of those games on most of those services, to see that the listings are correct, and added ones that were missing, such as all of Amazon's listings, the one on Origin, a few new ones for other services, etc. I also removed one or two D2D games that GameFly doesn't have anymore. Added Distance (PC) to the Upcoming Games list.
5/25/2013 - Added the Wipeout-inspired Flashout 3D (iOS, Android, Ouya) to the Mobile category, and added Flashout 3D (PC, Mac) and Energy Hook (PC, Mac, Linux) to Upcoming. As for the Ouya though, it's Android powered, but it's pretty much a console... should it be in consoles instead of Mobile? Also added Repulze (iOS/Android), another Wipeout-inspired game, and Skyriders (Android/iOS) to the Mobile list as well. Skyriders looks like sort of like Skyroads with a bit of Monkey Ball mixed in, so it's sort of a platform/racing game. Looking at other Android games, I see Zaxxon Escape (iOS/Android) listed as one, but really that's an endless runner in a ship. I can't quite call that a racing game... any opinions?
8/14/2014 - Added Moonspeeder (Atari Falcon), Moongames (Atari Falcon), and the Atari Falcon computer. The Atari Falcon is sort of a revision of the Atari ST, but it's not entirely backwards compatible, so I guess it should be listed separately? That's what I did for now, at least. These are shareware/freeware games for the unsuccessful Atari Falcon computer, so I'd never heard of them before bumping into mention of one today... it's always great to hear of a new futuristic racing game, there are so few these days! There are more additions today: AiRace Tunnel (DSiWare), AiRace Speed (3DS eShop), and AiRace Xeno (3DS eShop). These are all overly simplistic timetrial-only tube racing games, but they are racing games, I guess, so I'm finally adding them. The other game in this series, AiRace (DSiWare), is a plane racing game, not futuristic.
8/17/2014 - Updated formatting for re-posting. Added Radial-G (PC) to Upcoming; a demo of this game is out, but not the full version, so I don't think it quite counts as released? Also added Flashout 2 (Mac and Android versions), Race the Sun (PS3, PS4, and PS Vita versions), and Riptide GP2 (PS4, XONE) to Upcoming. The other versions of these games were released (listed below), but not these, yet. As for released games that were added in this update, I did add the previously mentioned Zaxxon Escape (iOS/Android) in the Mobile category; I'm not sure if it should count, but I put it on the list. Also added Race the Sun (PC/Mac/Linux, Digital Download for all) - fun game!, Hot Wheels Velocity X (GC/Xbox/PS2/PC), Hot Wheels Velocity X (GBA), Trailblazer (Gizmondo), Trailblazer (PSP DD) - yes, these two are different games, and they are also different from the original classic Trailblazer for old computers (I clarified this by adding years of release for all three titles.), Hresvelgr (PS2) [Jet Ion Grand Prix (PS2) is this games' sequel. I clarified that by adding the Japanese title of that game, Hresvelgr International, to the list.], Flashout 2 (iOS/PC), Speed Racer: The Beginning (iOS), Unpossible (iOS), Riptide GP (iOS/Android/W8), and Riptide GP2 (iOS/Android/W8/PC) - this game is disappointing, this mobile thing is nowhere remotely near the level of Hydro Thunder Hurricane, which is from the same team. I also added Vangers to the PC DD category; it was already listed as a disc release, but the game got a recent digital-download release as well on Steam. For the Riptide games I also added a new category, Windows 8 App Store, for the W8 App Store releases of those games; it's clearly a different thing from normal PC games and should be in a different category. Finally, Android devices (Ouya, Android mode in the Kindle or BlackBerry 10 lines, Gamestick, etc.) do NOT each get a separate category. They just all go into "Android" in the Mobile category.
Changelog
dates are when added to this list, not when list was posted online. The early updates without dates are from early to mid 2009.
----------
-added Speed Challenge: Jacques Villeneuve's Racing Vision
-added Slipstream 5000
-removed Trackmania series
-added Cyber Cycles
-added Cosmos Circuit
-added Astro Race
-added Star Rider
-added Mad Crasher
-added Space Position
-added LED Storm (Arcade version)
-added Killer Loop (Arcade version)
-added Time Road -added Autoduel
-corrected PC systems order
-[highlight]highlighted[/highlight] system names
-added Cosmic Race
-added Motorhead
-added Jet Ion Grand Prix
-added FM Towns computer ("None?")
-clarified Moto Roader games as definitely futuristic (because all three are)
-added BS Chrono Trigger Jet Bike Special
-added Club Drive (yup, it's set in the future...)
-added Speed Zone (upcoming Wii game)
-added Death Race (NES; there's also an old arcade version, but it seems to be pure combat, no racing at all.)
-added Fire & Forget (the first one), added details for Out of Gas (though it's still a borderline case)
-6/9/09 - Moved Speed Zone/Wheelspin for the Wii from Upcoming to the the main list, because it's been released in the US.
-9/18/09 - edited Upcoming section, added Voltage to released games list (PC only)
-9/30/09 - added Wipeout Pulse (European PS2 version) and Wipeout HD Fury (PSN expansion pack for the PSN game Wipeout HD)
-12/13/09 - added Chiki Chiki Machine Mou Race 2: In Space (Wacky Races (2) would have been the Western title had it been released here), Carmageddon: Splat Pack (expansion for Carmageddon), Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's: Wheelie Breakers, and Wasteland Racers 2071. Racers (Voltage in Russia) added to released PC games section, as an additional title for Voltage -- Tim Langdell seems to actually ship copies of the thing, for the handful of people who order it, so it counts I guess. Wipeout HD Fury added to PS3 discs releases section as well as download. Fixed Powerdrome release date. Added some notes. Wheelspin (European release of Arthur McLean's Speedzone) moved from 'Upcoming' to 'Released'. Mach Rider added to Wii Virtual Console list -- it had been marked in the NES section as also being on VC, but hadn't been added to the VC section. Whoops, fixed. :)
"Extreme" but modern-day racing games added. Changelog and the "Extreme" modern-day sections moved to other, linked posts to save space.
-12/16/09 - added GearGrinder, Clutch, Hard Truck: Apocalypse - Rise of the Clans, Death Track Resurrection, Super Laser Racer. "Europe only" note on A.I.M. Racing removed, it was released worldwide. PC Digital Download section added, digital download titles listed. Bump 'n' Burn removed -- it's not futuristic, but a fantasy/kart-style racer.
-12/18/09 - added H-Craft, Hoverboard ASDF (a South Korean only racing online game which was shut down in 2005 and cannot be played anymore)
-1/25/10 - added Direct2Drive to PC DD services list, and marked all games that support it. Added Battlecars for the Spectrum.
-3/28/10 - fixed Street Racer/Speed Racer confusion. Street Racer is the one I was thinking of for PSX and Saturn and it is a kart racer, not a futuristic racer. However there was a Speed Racer game for PSX, so that was not changed (it just refers to a different game now); there were not Saturn or Game Boy versions of Speed Racer, so those two were removed. Added Speed Racer in The Challenge of Racer X for PC (DOS) which I had previously missed. Added Speed Racer in My Most Dangerous Adventures for SNES as well (it's half racing, half platformer).
-7/27/10 - added Space Slalom for the Sega SG-1000, a very simple space-based go-through-the-gates game, Cosmic Causeway: Trailblazer II for the Commodore 64, Power Rangers Zeo: Battle Racers for SNES, if it counts (the bikes look futuristic, but the series is sort of set in the present day, right? Any thoughts?), Black Viper (Amiga, Amiga CD32). Added other versions of Trailblazer; it wasn't just for C64, but for five other computers on the list as well. Added the Mac versions of Locus, which means it's not PC only on computers, and Zone Raiders, which removes its PC exclusivity mark. Added C64 Classix (Overlander, Elektraglide) for PC and Mac. Added Laser Dolphin (main game is a platformer, racing side mode) for PC and Mac. Added Tasty Static (freeware Skyroads clone from last year) for PC, Mac, and Linux. Added Badlands' older home computer ports, it was only listed for arcades and Midway Arcade Treasures 3 but was released on various home computers when it came out. Added Amiga, Atari ST, and PC versions of Psyborg; it wasn't just for Amstrad CPC. I wasn't sure about Nitro (Amiga, Atari ST), but it appears to be a 'apocalypse modern day' setting, so I put the game in the "Alternate World Modern Day" section. I'd love if someone could find the manual for this game, so I could know whether it should be where I put it, or in the main list... Finally, added Mars Explorer (freeware browser/iPhone/Mac/Windows game); it's mostly not racing I think, just driving and stuff, but I believe there is some in it.
-9/1/10 - added the upcoming game Fast - Racing League for WiiWare, from Shin'en.
-9/11/10 - added the mediocre and utterly unremarkable futuristic racing/educational game "Galaxy Racers" for the DS. (a new release, just recently came out)
11/20/10 - added Space Track for the iPhone and PC. It's a Skyroads knockoff. The PC version is a demo only with level creator, the full version is only on iPhone but has no level creator.
9/26/11 - added FAST (WiiWare), Metal Fangs (Genesis), Star Wars: Super Bombad Racing (PS2), and Impact Racing (PS1/Saturn). In the "Extreme but not futuristic" category moved both TrackMania games to released (2 for PC, and the Wii game), plus added the second DS TrackMania, TrackMania Turbo. Metal Fangs I just learned about, it's a topdown-style racer, looks okay. Super Bombad Racing is a Star Wars kart racer, but because of the Star Wars setting I'm including it even if gameplay-wise it's kart and not futuristic. I see that at the top of pg. 2 I asked about Impact Racing. Now I've played it, and it's definitely futuristic, and it is a racing game because you need to finish before time runs out. Like Offworld Interceptor Extreme, you do a lot of shooting and there aren't opponents you're racing against, just enemies, but the timer is tight and killing enemies can get you more so you can finish the race before time runs out.
-10/16/2011 - Hydro Thunder Hurricane (X360), H2 Overdrive (Arcade), Sonic Riders (PS2, PC, Xbox, GC), Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (PS2, Wii), Sonic Free Riders (X360 Kinect).
10/17/2011 - Sodium 2 (PS Home for PS3) - free to play with pay DLC game in Playstation Home for the PS3. I'll put it in the PSN section, with a note it's in Home.
11/7/2011 - Added Star Speeder and the Super Cassette Vision console that it is for, and the GBA version of Drome Racers (which is a different game from the PC/PS2/Xbox/GC title). Also added most of the Cyber Formula series; only two of the eight racing games in the series were in the list. The six new ones are Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula (GB), Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity (PS2), Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity 2 (PS2), Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity 3 (PS2), Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Infinity 4 (PS2), and Shinseiki GPX Cyber Formula: Road to the Evolution (GC).
11/15/2011 - Added Ben 10 Galactic Racing (DS/3DS/PS3/360/Wii), Nitronic Rush (freeware PC game), InMomentum (PC DD platform/racer). Ben 10 Galactic Racing is a kart racer style game set in the cartoon franchise. Nitronic Rush is a pretty awesome timetrial racing game with some Rush series influence, along with other things like the platformer-ish levels in Rollcage, etc.
5/22/2012 - Added 360: Three Sixty (PS1, Europe only), Bugriders: The Race of Kings (PS1, US/EU only). Bugriders might not really fit here; the game is fantasy themed, on a strange alien world, but isn't really clearly futuristic, I think. I'm not sure if it should be here, but it's definitely not set on Earth anyway.
6/3/2012 - Added Cubix Robots for Everyone: Race 'N Robots (PS1 and GBC)
9/2/2012 - Added Rocket Coaster (LaserActive Sega PAC) - racing game with fantasy, adventure, and future settings. The cars look futuristic in all three sets of tracks though.
9/6/2012 - Added Future Racer, aka Defeat Lightning (PS1).
10/2/2012 - Added Mac Digital Downloads category with the Mac version of Laser Dolphin, Tasty Static, and Mars Explorer in it. Added Linux Digital Downloads category with Tasty Static and H-Craft in it.
11/5/2012 - Added the Cybiko/Cybiko Xtreme handhelds and the free game Galaxy Racers for it (it's a rail shooter/racing game cross)
11/17/2012 - Added Armada F/X Racers for Game Boy Color. It's a mediocre racing game spinoff of the good Dreamcast topdown spaceship action/strategy title.
12/13/2012 - Added Wipeout 2048 for Playstation Vita, and the console. Also added Crazy Chicken: Star Karts for the DS. It's a quite bad, low-budget game, as with all Crazy Chicken titles, but it exists. Expect bad space Mario Kart. Removed Jeff Gordon's XS Racing for PS1, because it doesn't exist -- the console ports of that game were never released, it's a PC-only game.
2/2/2013 - Added Speed King (JP title), aka Road Rage (EU title), for the Playstation and Arcades. It's a Konami game in the style of Wipeout. No US release.
3/19/2013 - Added Death Road (PC and PC DD) - Another European futuristic racing game. The game released in 2012, but I didn't hear about it until just now. It's on Origin and GamersGate, online; physical was Europe-only.
3/20/2013 - Removed X-Car (PC), because really it's not futuristic. I also added PSP PSN (digital), Vita PSN (digital), DSiWare (digital), 3DS eShop (digital), 3DS Virtual Console (digital), and Wii U, Wii U eShop (digital), and Wii U Virtual Console (digital) categories. All the Wii U has so far is F-Zero for VC, but there'll be more sometime I'm sure. There are no games in most those categories, but four of the five PSP games here do have digital-download releases on the PSP PSN, so that's cool. One, StateShift, was only released in the US on PSN -- the physical release was Europe-only. Of the five though, only the Japan-exclusive one (Shinseki GPX Cyber Formula) doesn't have a download release. Note that I slightly changed the formatting -- I removed the (disc) labels that had been on the Wii and X360, and instead mark digital-only categories with a (digital) marker. For the purposes of the + or * notes -- that is, for purposes of exclusivity -- I do not consider the digital and physical categories for each platform to be different platforms, so games still get a * if they available on both physical and digital for a system, but aren't on any other systems. Midway Arcade Treasures 3, Jet X2O, and Downforce were also added to the "extreme" but modern-day list. I know that list is missing a lot of stuff that could be there, but those do belong, and now have been added. Finally, I updated the PC Digital Downloads category. Origin and Amazon have been added, and GameFly has replaced Direct2Drive since they bought the service. I checked most of those games on most of those services, to see that the listings are correct, and added ones that were missing, such as all of Amazon's listings, the one on Origin, a few new ones for other services, etc. I also removed one or two D2D games that GameFly doesn't have anymore. Added Distance (PC) to the Upcoming Games list.
5/25/2013 - Added the Wipeout-inspired Flashout 3D (iOS, Android, Ouya) to the Mobile category, and added Flashout 3D (PC, Mac) and Energy Hook (PC, Mac, Linux) to Upcoming. As for the Ouya though, it's Android powered, but it's pretty much a console... should it be in consoles instead of Mobile? Also added Repulze (iOS/Android), another Wipeout-inspired game, and Skyriders (Android/iOS) to the Mobile list as well. Skyriders looks like sort of like Skyroads with a bit of Monkey Ball mixed in, so it's sort of a platform/racing game. Looking at other Android games, I see Zaxxon Escape (iOS/Android) listed as one, but really that's an endless runner in a ship. I can't quite call that a racing game... any opinions?
8/14/2014 - Added Moonspeeder (Atari Falcon), Moongames (Atari Falcon), and the Atari Falcon computer. The Atari Falcon is sort of a revision of the Atari ST, but it's not entirely backwards compatible, so I guess it should be listed separately? That's what I did for now, at least. These are shareware/freeware games for the unsuccessful Atari Falcon computer, so I'd never heard of them before bumping into mention of one today... it's always great to hear of a new futuristic racing game, there are so few these days! There are more additions today: AiRace Tunnel (DSiWare), AiRace Speed (3DS eShop), and AiRace Xeno (3DS eShop). These are all overly simplistic timetrial-only tube racing games, but they are racing games, I guess, so I'm finally adding them. The other game in this series, AiRace (DSiWare), is a plane racing game, not futuristic.
8/17/2014 - Updated formatting for re-posting. Added Radial-G (PC) to Upcoming; a demo of this game is out, but not the full version, so I don't think it quite counts as released? Also added Flashout 2 (Mac and Android versions), Race the Sun (PS3, PS4, and PS Vita versions), and Riptide GP2 (PS4, XONE) to Upcoming. The other versions of these games were released (listed below), but not these, yet. As for released games that were added in this update, I did add the previously mentioned Zaxxon Escape (iOS/Android) in the Mobile category; I'm not sure if it should count, but I put it on the list. Also added Race the Sun (PC/Mac/Linux, Digital Download for all) - fun game!, Hot Wheels Velocity X (GC/Xbox/PS2/PC), Hot Wheels Velocity X (GBA), Trailblazer (Gizmondo), Trailblazer (PSP DD) - yes, these two are different games, and they are also different from the original classic Trailblazer for old computers (I clarified this by adding years of release for all three titles.), Hresvelgr (PS2) [Jet Ion Grand Prix (PS2) is this games' sequel. I clarified that by adding the Japanese title of that game, Hresvelgr International, to the list.], Flashout 2 (iOS/PC), Speed Racer: The Beginning (iOS), Unpossible (iOS), Riptide GP (iOS/Android/W8), and Riptide GP2 (iOS/Android/W8/PC) - this game is disappointing, this mobile thing is nowhere remotely near the level of Hydro Thunder Hurricane, which is from the same team. I also added Vangers to the PC DD category; it was already listed as a disc release, but the game got a recent digital-download release as well on Steam. For the Riptide games I also added a new category, Windows 8 App Store, for the W8 App Store releases of those games; it's clearly a different thing from normal PC games and should be in a different category. Finally, Android devices (Ouya, Android mode in the Kindle or BlackBerry 10 lines, Gamestick, etc.) do NOT each get a separate category. They just all go into "Android" in the Mobile category.