Category: Racing

Title: SBK Superbike World Championship
Publisher: Conspiracy
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 3/4/2009
Overview:
Just like there are heroes and superheros, there are bikes, and then there are Superbikes. Join the toughest racing circuit on two wheels as you ride for the SBK Superbike World Championship. Pick from 12 SBK riders, each with their own true-to-life riding style. Tear up 12 official SBK tracks in locations around the world. Rev your engines in an instant in pick-up-and-play Arcade Mode, or hone your skills in the more technical Extreme Simulation Mode. Ultra-competitive races feature extreme close-ups of riders in action and intense jockeying for the lead. Ride to victory in four types of variable weather conditions, customize your ride, and continue the race online.

Title: Wheelman
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 3/26/2009
Overview:
Vin Diesel is back, and this time, he’s back in the saddle! Take control of Milo Burik, an undercover agent sent to Barcelona to investigate gang activity. You’ll find yourself enmeshed in a power struggle among three rival gangs. Earn the trust of each gang by taking jobs and working your way to the group’s bosses. Learn to air jack cars – taking them while on the move. Slow down time and pull off amazing stunts to thwart enemies and cops. You can even use your vehicles as a melee weapon, taking down other vehicles or just dodging out of the way. A deep control scheme, cinematic action, and plenty of great story will keep you coming back for more!

Title: Ski Doo: Snowmobile Challenge
Publisher: Valcon Games
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 3/27/2009
Overview:
Brace yourself for a cold-weather adrenaline rush in the most comprehensive snowmobile game to date! Race across wintery terrain in high-speed snow-cross races, power your way to the top on hill climbs, and catch air in gravity-defying stunt challenges as you try and become the world’s best snowmobiler. Your ride to glory begins on one of 20 authentic Ski-Doo snowmobiles designed to perform like the real thing. You’ll look the part with plenty of official Ski-Doo clothes and accessories available to customize your character. The challenge continues online with tournaments, leaderboards, and more.

Title: Trackmania: Build to Race
Publisher: City Interactive
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 3/18/2011
Overview:
Your mind is as likely to overheat as your engine in this high-speed racer with some of the craziest tracks you’ve ever seen. Each course in TrackMania is packed with jumps, loops, turbo pads, and other insane design quirks designed to push you to the limit. Compete on over 200 tracks in six different environments in multiple game modes, including split-screen and online multiplayer options. You can even choose your favorite way to drive: use your Wii Remote and Nunchuk, gamepad, or Wii Wheel. And, with a track editor you can use to create your own twisted-up, tricked-out courses and share them with friends, the race never has to end!

Title: NASCAR 2011: The Game
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: TBD
Overview:
After taking a year off in 2010, NASCAR returns to the road with a new supercharged driving experience for 2011! Experience the excitement of the world’s most thrilling racing action as you join the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. Compete against 42 legendary drivers on real NASCAR tracks and vie for a spot in The Chase and a chance to win the Sprint Car Series Championship. The experience is as real as it gets, with real-time voice-over advice from your spotter, race-altering wrecks, and critical motion-capture pit stops that unfold in 14 seconds or less.

Title: DT Carnage
Publisher: Agetec
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: TBD
Overview:
What do you do when racing isn’t just about speed? What do you do when racing isn’t just for trophies and prizes, but for glory, honor, and even your life? What do you do when the other cars don’t just want to beat you, but want to blow you off the track? You lock and load and you hit the track, that’s what! Customize your ride from 33 different cars, and arm with a variety of weapons and explosives. Then hit the track on 18 different courses, all based on real-life cities. Realistic damage after crashes and attacks will fully immerse you into the world of underground racing. Do you have what it takes to become a legend?

Title: Monster Jam: Path of Destruction
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 11/9/2010
Overview:
You have driven the cars. Now, feel what it’s like to be one of the stars in this game that lets you be part of the Monster Jam circuit. Monster Jam: Path of Destruction is designed to bring home all the pyrotechnics and over-the-top thrills of a live Monster Truck Event. Choose from 30 officially-licensed Monster Jam trucks including Grave Digger, Grinder, and Maximum Destruction, or create a car-crushing mechanical beast of your own. There are thousands of customizable options, upgrades to earn, and new parts to unlock. Become the world’s best driver in single-player action, or compete against friends in all-out multiplayer in eight real-life stadiums packed with roaring fans.

Title: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 11/15/2010
Overview:
In Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit you can choose the right side or the wrong side of the law. Either way, you are definitely going over the speed limit! Set out to be Seacrest County’s top cop or its most-wanted racer and get there at top speed with help from some of the finest engineering on four wheels. Gorge on horsepower with vehicles from Porsche, Lamborghini, Alfa Romeo, and other top manufacturers, including some rides playable for the first time as police vehicles. Manage your ascent with the Autolog, which tracks your progress, recommends challenges, keeps you connected with friends, and lets you see what the competition’s been doing.

Title: Hot Wheels: Track Attack
Publisher: THQ
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 11/22/2010
Overview:
If you think the Hot Wheels tracks you build at home get pretty crazy, wait until you see what you can do in a video game! Hot Wheels: Track Attack lets you create incredible customized tracks rigged for stunts and built for speed. Build a track with pieces inspired by the same Hot Wheels track parts you use at home and laugh at gravity as you pack your track with jumps and loops. Race with 32 customizable and upgradable Hot Wheels vehicles. Each of the game’s four environments features a distinct theme and a monstrous villain waiting to wreak havoc, so look out!

Title: Flatout
Publisher: Zoo Games
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 12/3/2010
Overview:
In Flatout, making it to the finish line is not the only way to win. As long as no one else gets there either, things will work out just fine. Get behind the wheel of rust-bucket racers practically begging to be destroyed in all-out, over-the-top racing. Finish first or just finish the competition by reducing their ride to a pile of scrap metal. Go beyond classic Flatout racing with new modes that offer even more destruction. High speeds and slow motion come together in Stuntman Mode. Survive your opponents and much worse in deathtrap-filled Arena Mode. And do as much damage as quickly as you can as in Trash Mode.

Title: Harley Davidson: Road Trip
Publisher: Destineer
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 7/8/2010
Overview:
Take one open road, add two wheels, and what do you get? An instant thrill ride! Harley Davidson delivers all the freedom and attitude you’ll get while riding in the seat of an American classic. Choose from an array of customizable Harey-Davidson models, including classic and current cruisers like the Sportster, Touring, Dyna, Softail, and more. And for the first time ever, ride the new blacked out Iron 883! Explore quintessential Harley Davidson rides from sea to shining sea, from the Florida Keys to Big Sur. Collect photos and souvenirs to remember forever in your in-game scrapbook.

Title: Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
Publisher: Sega
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 2/24/2010
Overview:
Race at the speed of Sonic when this All-Star cast of Sega characters hits the track! Join Sonic, Dr. Eggman, Tails, Amigo, AiAi, and other favorite Sega heroes and villains for a dash to the finish line. Each character guides their own unique vehicle, including cars, planes, motorbikes, and even a banana mobile. Take secret shortcuts, collect power-ups and weapons, and speed past the competition with special All-Star moves that give your ride a custom boost. Chase the checkered flag in three ways: scramble for first in frantic single-player races, jostle with up to four friends in split-screen contests, or compete with up to eight online.

Title: GTI Club Supermini Festa!
Publisher: Konami
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 3/18/2010
Overview:
Travel the world on a tour where you won’t see the sights: you’ll blow right past them in this full-throttle racer! GTI Club Supermini Festa! takes you to countries around the globe for frenzied, action-packed races in cars that might as well not have a brake pedal. Customize your choice of 16 licensed compact cars and compete on courses set in the cities, mountains, and caves of Italy, Japan, France, the US, and the UK. Sneak through tight alleyways, slide around corners, and find secret shortcuts to cut down your time. Up to four friends can compete in crazy mini-games like Bombtag, Tomato Frenzy, car soccer, and more.

Title: Speed
Publisher: Zoo Games
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 5/6/2010
Overview:
This all-out racer has no rules, no penalties, and a six-word instruction manual: put the pedal to the metal. No speedometer is safe in the super-fast races of Speed! Start off in the amateur series, where you’ll learn how to control your race car, take corners, jockey for position, and handle all that acceleration. Prove yourself and move on to the big time, where the action somehow gets even faster on the pro circuit. With no rules of the road, each race is as ruthless as it is fast. But small mistakes can have big consequences. One wrong move could wreck your car and your career along with it.

Title: Calvin Tucker’s Redneck: Farm Animals Racing Tournament
Publisher: Zoo Games
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 6/24/2010
Overview:
Old Macdonald never had a farm like this! Get behind the wheel as one of eight different animals in Calvin Tucker’s Redneck: Farm Animals Racing Tournament. Unleash your inner redneck in a crazy kart race through the farm, the tropical Pirate Island, the Polar Icecaps, and even inside a UFO. Collect special pickups to throw off your opponents. Grab the horseshoe to activate your character’s special ability and leave your opponents in the mud. If you end up losing to a chicken, you might just be a redneck.

Title: Monster 4X4 Stunt Racer
Publisher: Ubisoft
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 10/26/2009
Overview:
The Monster 4×4 franchise revs up the Wii with big trucks that deliver even bigger action. No stunt is too risky and no track is too challenging for these supercharged monster trucks! Get behind the wheel in nine new trucks and conquer 15 new challenges on nine new tracks. You’ll catch more air off new ramps, launch yourself past opponents with nitro boosts, and go where normal cars can’t as you climb walls in urban areas. Trick out your truck with customizable parts, accessories, and designs that complement your driving style. Compete against your friends in four different multiplayer modes, including split-screen races and online stuntfests.

Title: Madagascar Kartz
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 10/27/2009
Overview:
The madcap world of the Madagascar movies hits the racetrack with this wild and crazy kart racer. All your favorite Madagascar characters are here: Alex, Marty, Gloria, King Julien, Melman, and those crafty penguins. You can even unlock bonus DreamWorks characters like Shrek and B.O.B. Experience krazy kart racing action on 20 tracks inspired by scenes from the movies. Soar off jumps, flip, roll, and pull off other high-speed stunts. Pick up Madagascar-style power-ups and add to your bag of tricks. The crazier your driving gets, the higher you’ll score!

Title: Need for Speed: Nitro
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 11/4/2009
Overview:
Need for Speed: Nitro is all about risk and reward. If you want to really let it fly, you have to let it ride. Lurk behind opponents, drifting and dragging to build up boost, then use it to blow by at just the right the moment. Customize your choice of 30 licensed rides and watch your style show all over the track: when you’re in the lead, the city walls will flash your colors. Try and rule the streets in single player, or travel the globe in a four-player Coop World Tour Campaign. Just don’t stop watching that rear-view mirror. If your opponents don’t catch you, the cops just might.

Title: Ski-Doo: Snowmobile Challenge
Publisher: Valcon Games
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 11/5/2009
Overview:
Brace yourself for a cold-weather adrenaline rush in the most comprehensive snowmobile game to date! Race across wintery terrain in high-speed snow-cross and cross-country races. Power your way to the top on hill climbs. Catch air in gravity-defying freestly stunt challenges as you try and become the world’s best snowmobiler. Your ride to glory begins on your choice of Ski-Doo snowmobiles designed to perform like the real thing. You’ll look the part with plenty of official Ski-Doo clothes and accessories available to customize your character. Take on friends in two-player split-screen races, and more.

Title: Hot Wheels: Battle Force 5
Publisher: Activision
Platform: Wii
Genre: Racing
Release Date: 11/17/2009
Overview:
And you thought rush hour was bad? The five teen heroes of Hot Wheels Battle Force 5 do their driving on roads that not many are skilled enough to navigate. Join the Battle Force and fight Earth’s most powerful enemies in this game based on the Cartoon Network series. Buckle up for some seriously explosive combat-racing action. Speed through Battle Zones, areas that link our world with another, and car-battle aliens from another dimension. Flash awesome battle mode weaponry and reach insane speeds. If you can find the key in each Battle Zone, you can close the portal and lock the aliens out, keeping our world safe…for now.