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racing EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Unleashing creativity with PS3-exclusive ModNation Racers 23 A surprise announcement at E3 this year, the PlayStation 3 exclusive ModNation Racers looks to redefine the kart racing genre with its ridiculous level of customization and community featur... Check out these Dtoid themed Forza 3 cars 15 It's no secret that Destructoid seems to attract talented artists from all walks of life. Still, it's always exciting seeing the art you guys and gals put out over on the Community blogs and Foru... MX vs ATV Reflex demo now available, also bikini girls 8 The MX vs. ATV Reflex demo is now available for all on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. The demo has one outdoor event, one freestyle event and six tutorial lessons. The demo will give you... Super Mario Wii gets its own NASCAR car 13 I don't watch this "NASCAR," and I don't know who "Denny Hamlin" is, but there's a reason I just typed those two things -- Nintendo.  This Saturday, NASCAR pro Hamlin will get behind the whe... OutRun cabinet getting modded into a drivable vehicle 13 Someone is going to die. Garnet Hertz is taking a 1986 sit-down OutRun arcade cabinet and is going to transform it into an actually drivable vehicle. Garnet is stuffing an electric scoo... Split Second: Can your car outrun a building? 29 While Dale may think that Forza Motorsport 3 is one of the best racing games ever made, it's not a game where buildings explode. Or planes crash. Or cars flip over on top of one another before e... Forza 3 player isn't banned for breast cancer sticker 40 We received a few tips this afternoon, pointing to a Forzamotorsport.net forum post, in which user Slim135 says he was banned for a Breast Cancer Awareness bumper sticker as part of his custom li... Pics of cab confirm new Sega Daytona game 11 Du-du-du-du-du-du-du-du-doot-dooo, Day-ton-naaaah!About a month ago we heard rumors that Sega's crazy-ass arcade racer Daytona USA may be making some kind of comeback.  Now, new pictures of ... Need for Speed: Nitro screens have cars 6 Those of us unhappy with Need for Speed: Shift's shift to a more "realistic" style of racing and overall general crappyness might actually be looking forward to a Wii racer that isn't d... Sega Taikan Collection: tiny arcades for Lilliputians 8 In the golden years of arcade gaming, Sega ruled the school with their sit down coin-op arcade machines. Now, any tiny people living in your walls can relive the glory days with Kaiyodo's Taikan ... Huh? DJ Hero and NASCAR together at last 10 In today's edition of "How is This News?," we have got a special report about a collaboration between NASCAR, Target, and DJ Hero. As seen above, Martin Truex Jr.'s No. 1 Chevrolet will... Destructoid review: Forza Motorsport 3 142 Racing games are not for everybody. Well, the old ones were, but time went by, we slowly got away from the simplicity of just getting over the finish line first. Now we're at a point where we're ... Get your zoom on: ModNation Racers beta is in action 15 We've been digging on ModNation Racers ever since it was first announced back at E3 -- the combo of fun gameplay and memorably cute characters definitely made it the type of game you keep in mind... Blur weapons showed off in neon colors 22 Have you been wondering how upcoming arcade racer Blur was going to take kart racing weapons and make them super HARDCORE! Judging from the video above they're doing it with electricity and neon... Madasgascar gets a kart racer 13 Kart racing. It's pretty much the genre equivalent of the village bicycle. Not everyone has had a ride quite yet, but we're getting there and there's only a few franchises that are still waiting ... Pro motocross riders appearing in MX vs ATV Reflex 0 MX vs. ATV Reflex is set to feature a number of professional motocross riders. Ricky Carmichael, Jeremy McGrath, Josh Grant, Ryan Villopoto and more will be available for players to race as or ag... Sega's Daytona USA being revived with a new name? 18 Get out your robotic vibrato singing voice, as classic Sega racing game Daytona USA could be making a comeback in some form.Some recently uncovered artwork for an arcade game called Sega Racing C... Split/Second box art features a car, explosions 6 Disney Interactive Studios just revealed the final box art for Split/Second, Black Rock Studios' Hollywood movie action racing game that's shipping next year. The box art itself is reasonabl... Brutal Legend themed Soapbox car wins Red Bull Derby 24 Not too long ago, Dtoider TheBigFeel made a couple of Community Blogs showing off what he and his friends had planned for the Red Bull Soapbox Race that took place over the weekend in Los Angeles... TGS 09: What damage looks like in Gran Turismo 5 50 It's been a looooong time coming, but Gran Turismo is finally, finally getting car damage in the game. It was absent from GT5: Prologue, but it's here now. This was confirmed a while back at Game... TGS 09: Forza 3 Fujimi Kaido downhill drift trailer 10 Yes, that's four downhill hairpins in a row you're looking at. Fresh from the Tokyo Game Show, this new trailer for Forza Motorsport 3 gives us a look at the game's Fujimi Kaido course, which mak... TGS 09: Forza Motorsport 3 vs Gran Turismo 5 166 First off, if you're looking for dirt, you won't find much here. Both upcoming racers Forza Motorsport 3 (Xbox 360) and Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) are sure to be great racing games. That said,  I ... Review: Colin McRae DiRT 2 50 When Codemasters announced DiRT 2, I was very happy to see that it still had Colin McRae's name on it. I found the first game to be "okay," and after playing the demo for this second in... TGS 09: Gran Turismo 5 hitting Japan in March 7 Well, it's about damn time. Sony revealed during their second press conference of the day that Gran Turismo 5 finally has a solid release date. It will be out in March 2010 in Japan and, well, th... Forza 3 goes gold, demo hits September 24th 16 Microsoft and developer Turn 10 announced today that Forza Motorsport 3 has gone gold, and confirm that a playable demo will be arriving on the Xbox Live Marketplace as of September 24th. The dem... Preview: Blur multiplayer with Todd the elevator guy 10 Last week, we attended an Activision event to check out some new games, and it was there that we met up with the folks from Bizarre Creations, just in from the UK. They were in attendance looking... DLC for Trials HD is in the works 11 If you've become addicted to the high-octane ridiculousness of Trials HD on XBLA, I have good news for you. Redlynx is currently working on DLC for the dirtbike stunt riding game. Speaking with C... BioWare won't justify Dragon Age Collector's Edition 35 Those who are familiar with my writing will know that I don't feel a game should have a special edition until it's been earned. Brand new IPs rarely deserve them, in my opinion, and I put this to... DiRT 2 World Tour trailer features much better music 7 Fresh from Codemasters comes this new trailer for Colin McRae's DiRT 2, highlighting a few of the game's 100 events in nine countries across the globe. All of the footage is straight out of the g... This video has something to do with Blur 16 A new trailer for Blur was released and there’s barely any footage in here that shows off the game in any way. Instead, we’re treated to a bunch of video clips from YouTube ranging fr... Microsoft teams with PUMA for Forza Motorsport 3 11 Forza Motorsport 3 is Microsoft's upcoming Xbox 360 racing sim. PUMA is a brand and company best known for its athletic shoes and sportswear. Microsoft is teaming up with PUMA for a global partne... Logitech announces pimp new G27 racing wheel 18 Logitech has announced its new G27 racing wheel peripheral, and it almost looks nicer than what's probably in your actual car. This serves to replace the G25, and makes some improvements over tha... GC 09: new Need for Speed SHIFT screenshots 4 When it comes to racing games, I'm usually more of a sim kind of guy than I am a fan of arcade-style driving. I've enjoyed what I've played from Need for Speed series well enough, but as its entr... Black Rock: Rubber banding isn't fair 26 It always spoils the illusion somewhat when you realize that, no matter how well you're doing in certain racing games, the opponents are always magically just behind you, seemingly able to catch ... Need For Speed: NITRO customization options look neat 3 Earlier today, Grim mentioned that the groups tokidoki, Upper Playground and i am 8-bit were contributing art and tools for use in creating custom car designs in Need For Speed: NITRO. Now, EA ha... NFS: NITRO bringing in the big guns for added style 7 Need for Speed: NITRO is already looking to be quite colorful and stylish from what we have seen so far, but EA Montreal is taking it one step further by bringing on tokidoki, Upper Playgr... Check out MX vs ATV Reflex's Rider Reflex feature 16 A brand new trailer for MX vs ATV Reflex is out and it highlights the game’s Rider Reflex feature. Reflex will see players controlling both the vehicle and the rider. You’ll be able t... Huge load of Forza Motorsport 3 car porn: SuperGT, Eurosport 18 You already know that Forza Motorsport 3 is coming to the Xbox 360 in October. You also already know that there's a sexy limited Collector's Edition coming for $79.99. You already know that you w... Bizarre: Racing genre has stagnated, needs new life 18 We've been chatting with Bizarre Creations, the studio hard at work on the powered-up racing game Blur. The game looks like it could draw people that don't usually follow racers, and I wanted to ... SDCC: Hands on with Need for Speed: Nitro 30 We had the chance to take Need for Speed: Nitro for a spin on the Wii at an EA preview event in San Diego a day before Comic-con officially kicked off.  This was the first time we were able ... Need for Speed: Shift getting real drifters to consult 6 If it was unclear from our previous writing on the subject, Need for Speed: Shift is a serious racing game and is going for a realistic drift racing feel. Ever since the game was announced EA has... ModNation Racers coming to PSP too? 7 Remember at E3 when Sony announced ModNation Racers, the cute looking kart racer game with the characters that had a designer vinyl inspired look? Not long after it was revealed, murmurs that it ... Ghostbusters, Fuel demos for Xbox 360 now on XBL 11 When we recently reviewed Ghostbusters: The Video Game and Fuel, we ended up telling you to "rent it," or essentially try it before you make a commitment (or never make that commitment ... DiRT 2 screens remind us that yep, the game does still exist 6 Look, I don't mean to call Codemasters out, or say that DiRT 2 isn't attractive visually, but when it comes to these latest screenshots for the off-road racer, there appears to be more than meets... Rocket Racing: An XBL Community Game you should care about 14 You know, a few short months after Xbox LIVE Community Games launched, my interest in the channel sort of dropped to practically zero. The only time I hear about the indie games on the service is... Find out what it's like to be a trucker in Rig'n'Roll 21 "Players will step into the shoes of a young man in the year 2024 as he arrives in California to pursue his dreams of road domination and capture the Californian cargo transportation market.... Blur executive producer says Blur is like Mario Kart 10 In a lean thirty-five seconds, we learned Blur was not Project Gotham Racing. The debut teaser footage in May followed the journey of a shiny red car -- every vehicle in a racing game has to be s... Forza 3 GameStop exclusive limited edition details revealed 11 Poking around the GameStop webpage we found that a page for the GameStop exclusive Forza 3 limited edition package has been added, and we thought you might like to see what it comes with. Aside f... E3 09: Burch n' Davis play Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing 23 Bayonetta. Aliens vs. Predator.Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing. It didn't take a genius to see that something was amiss at Sega's E3 booth. Veritable mountains of blood and boobs were countered... E3 08: Forza Motorsport 3 impressions 15 As a general rule, I don't play racing sims. The learning curve is usually a little too steep for me to become adjusted to driving a realistically recreated, high-performance automobile using a t... E3 09: Joyride proivdes MS avatars with cars 2 Straight from the bowels of Microsoft's Press Conference comes the title Joyride. The game is a free-to-download title for XBLA that will put your avatars in the middle of the action, featuring t... E3 09: Wipeout Fury HD expansion pack adds some serious bulk 13 Looking for some more excitement in your Wipeout Fury HD? Well, Sony has just announced the details of its expansion pack, which will include another 8 tracks, doubling what the game has already... Pre-E3 09: Split/Second is looking rather insane 16 The hot pre-E3 trailer action isn't stopping anytime soon, guys. The next title from Pure developer Black Rock Studio was put on full display during this evening's episode of GTTV, and I'm happy ... Blur teasers confirms it's not Project Gotham Racing 10 This teaser trailer for Bizarre Creation’s Blur makes one thing pretty clearly -- Blur is not the next Project Gotham Racing. Sorry, guys. The first 22 seconds of the trailer could be for t... Criterion to reveal Burnout Paradise island info tomorrow 13 Criterion Games is hinting that tomorrow it may reveal some solid details on its upcoming Burnout Paradise “Big Surf Island” expansion.“Almost time to spill the beans,” wr... Here's what Bizarre Creations' Blur looks like 12 Bizarre Creation's have finally revealed more than a name, gracing us with the first images of its upcoming racer, Blur. Surprisingly, Blur's singer Damon Albarn doesn't appear in a single one of... Review: Excitebots: Trick Racing 32 Like Animal Crossing: City Folk, Excitebots: Trick Racing's name fails to even remotely describe what the game is really about. From its title alone, one could easily infer that Excitebots: Trick... Bizarre Creation's newest racer: Blur 11 Activision drops the news this morning of Bizarre Creation's (Metropolis Street Racing, Project Gotham Racing series) latest project, a new racer named Blur.Expect 20 cars on-track, speed boosts,... FUEL continues to look absurd in this latest video 10 I honestly don't know what to think about FUEL. Sure, it's coming from Codemasters, and as far as I can tell the game looks to be ridiculous in the best possible way, but I have been fooled so ma... Someone tapes something they shouldn't have, Forza 3 confirmed 12 Alright, look -- Forza Motorsport 3 is coming to the Xbox 360. 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