5 racing games worth the fuel this year

Asphalt Legends is still the game every other mobile racer gets measured against. Licensed cars, over-the-top drift physics, and tracks built for spectacle make it the easiest "turn it on and go fast" pick on this list.

Cross-platform play means your progress and rivals follow you from phone to console, which gives the online ladder real teeth.

CarX Street trades closed circuits for a full open city, letting you drift between street races, club takeovers, and free roam whenever you feel like it. Car customisation runs deep, down to swapping individual parts to fine-tune handling.

Keep an eye on fuel while you roam — it's a small system, but it nudges you to actually plan a run instead of aimlessly cruising.

CSR Racing 2 is all about the quarter-mile: tune your ride, nail your shift timing, and watch the garage of licensed cars grow. It's less about tracks and more about the tuning meta, which suits players who like optimizing over exploring.

The caution flag here is fair warning — crew events and rare parts lean on timers and spend more than the rest of this list, so pace yourself before chasing every event.

GRID Autosport is the closest thing to a console sim in your pocket, with proper braking points, tyre grip, and a career mode that actually rewards clean racing lines over button-mashing.

It asks more of you than the arcade picks on this list, but full controller support makes it feel right at home once you plug one in.

Horizon Chase is a love letter to '90s arcade racers — bright low-poly world tours, a synth soundtrack, and pick-up-and-play handling with no tuning menus to wade through.

It won't test your reflexes like a sim, but it's the pick for a relaxed sprint between meetings or a nostalgia hit on a long flight.