The worst PS1 racers

[roushimsx]

Chono Q, what a crap game

Oh no you didn't.

[DigitalSpace]

Hooters Road Trip wins two awards: worst racer, and stupidest license.

I can't believe I forgot about that one when I made this thread. I still have an issue of Game Informer around here where, IIRC, they picked that as their worst game of the year.

[Dangerboy]

007 Racing

Had you been in #vbender when I was playing it, you'd know.

[Mr. Smashy]

My most recently-played awful PS1 racing game would be Speed Racer. A not-so distant second would be Chocobo Racing. It's a bit less terrible but I still don't like it at all.

[DigitalSpace]

Vanishing Point.

I just posted about Vanishing Point in the "Games that definitely suck, but you really want to like" thread and thought about this one. Here's what I posted there:

Before you know it, the difficulty gets so unforgiving that things get to a point where just one mistake - even a small crash - can screw you over for the entire race. It's pretty much impossible to get through a race without one of the AI opponents crashing into you and slowing you down - or worse. And the AI racers drive like it's Burnout. Nothing like finally getting through a tough first race only to get screwed over in the next one (or the one after that), forcing you to play through that first race again. Makes you wish you could pull a Burnout 3 and send your opponents flying off a cliff or into a guardrail.

There's no difficulty setting to make things a little bit easier. Would have liked to unlock that early 90s Taurus so I could race like I'm Conan O'Brien, but that won't be happening.

There was this one, I think it was called Cyber Speed. where the track was a cable above you and your racer dangled down below it. You had to tilt yourself the right way during the turns or something. Gah, it was a piece of total shit.

I made the mistake of buying this because it was cheap and I was on a longbox collecting binge at the time. The bonus futuristic product "commercials" were a nice thought, but they were too tacky for their own good.

[duffmanth]

Dukes of Hazzard: Racing for Home is pretty horrible.

I would have to agree with you here, what a piece of shit. I also found a lot of the Nascar games to be pretty shitty and boring after a while.

[Battlehork]

Cosmic Race is on the same plane (or would that be circle of hell?) as Big Rigs. Game Players magazine used to have 0 in their scoring system labeled as "Cosmic Race"

[Rickstilwell1]

Any Drag Racing game for a video game system seems somewhat pointless. The fun of real life Drag Racing is simply to show your car is faster at going down a straight track like a sprint because you built it yourself. I had a Drag Racing game on PS1 but forget the name of it, but what's the fun of it if you didn't build the car? Instead it's a fake car that the game automatically gives you from the start...

[MarioMania]

PS1.

I could smell the crap from a mile away.

Then again, they also had Land Before Time Racing in the same booth...

PS, PS1, PSone, PSX same god damn differences

[kupomogli]

My most recently-played awful PS1 racing game would be Speed Racer. A not-so distant second would be Chocobo Racing. It's a bit less terrible but I still don't like it at all.

Wtf? If you think Chocobo Racing sucks then Mario Kart must have been total ass in your opinion. Chocobo Racing should not be on this list.

Chocobo Racing is my favorite kart racing game. Mario Kart is just completely random when it comes to picking up abilities. Chocobo Racing allowed you to see in the distance what was there and you could try to get the one you wanted rather than hoping you don't get another banana peel. You also don't just start with a star, triple red turtle shells, or golden mushroom by luck you have to build up so you first get one materia, then another, then a third.

[scooterb23]

Wtf? If you think Chocobo Racing sucks then Mario Kart must have been total ass in your opinion. Chocobo Racing should not be on this list.

Chocobo Racing is my favorite kart racing game. Mario Kart is just completely random when it comes to picking up abilities. Chocobo Racing allowed you to see in the distance what was there and you could try to get the one you wanted rather than hoping you don't get another banana peel. You also don't just start with a star, triple red turtle shells, or golden mushroom by luck you have to build up so you first get one materia, then another, then a third.

Dude, you have heard of opinions, right? The guy doesn't like Chocobo Racing, and you spend an entire post beating the guy up...telling him why he's wrong. But he's not wrong, it's an opinion.

The worst PS1 racing game I've ever played may also be the IHRA Drag Racing game, as mentioned before. It's just not as in depth and as detailed as it needs to be to be a truly good drag racing game. I'm not sure if that kind of game has a market to be honest, but I would give it a shot for sure.

[Leo_A]

The worst I've played, and I have nearly every PSOne racer released in the US and UK that is based on real world racing (Indy, F1, British Touring Cars, NASCAR, rally racing, etc.) along with many arcade racers, has to easily be Mobil 1 Rally Championship.

I never played a console rally racer I didn't like until that game, and I have pretty much all of them released in the US and Europe.

[tom]

Here's some pretty bad racers on this CD:

[Leo_A]

Here's some pretty bad racers on this CD:

What's Rally Rider? Never heard of it and there are no YouTube videos and no DP entry in the database.

[megasdkirby]

Dude, you have heard of opinions, right? The guy doesn't like Chocobo Racing, and you spend an entire post beating the guy up...telling him why he's wrong. But he's not wrong, it's an opinion.

I personally loved Chocobo Racing, and the only fault I can see is that it's too easy. I don't think this should be a reason for hating the game, but like you said, everyone has different opinions.

I hate...and what many would consider blasphemy...is Gran Turismo. I despise the series, usually calling it "Gran Crapismo". I can't deny that the game looks and plays awesomely, but I for one despise it's mechanics/realism. I've tried several times to enjoy the game, and every time I end up hating it more.

[Emuaust]

To Aussie Gamer, If you pick F1 98 you have a distinct lack of playtime regarding Psx Racers.

[ConsoleAddict]

I never played the game but Bug Riders has to be among the worst PS1 racers around. A game where you ride bugs and use a crop to whip your steed in order to gain acceleration? Sounds like a bad game to me.

[LaughingMAN.S9]

There was this one, I think it was called Cyber Speed. where the track was a cable above you and your racer dangled down below it. You had to tilt yourself the right way during the turns or something. Gah, it was a piece of total shit.

WHAT?! lol i must be the only person alive that must have enjoyed the shit out of this game, lol mostly because of the fmv's, and partly because i was like 12 when this game came out and nostalgia is factoring in, but i loved that game


my vote for worst ps1 driving game? Test Drive Off Road, tbh, i cant give too many examples why as i dont remember ever getting past the 2nd race as the game sucked that bad, but i do remember me buying this alongside jet moto 2 and both games were reason enough to beg my parents to go back to the store and exchange my playstation for a saturn, thank god they didnt listen, but those games still fucking sucked tho

[Demon_Attack82]

Cosmic Race.

Just look it up. It wins.

I have the GamePlayers issue where they review it....want to play it but can never find it on eBay

[dreamcaster]

I have only played the Saturn version, but Hi-Octane is unplayably terrible.