Gran Trak 10 (Atari, 1974) - first arcade driving game with a steering wheel, brake and gas pedals
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Top 10 Innovative Racing Video Games
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Pole Position (Namco, 1982) - one of the most popular arcade games of all time and early example of product placement/advertising in games (including cigarette companies)
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Excitebike (Nintendo, 1984) - allowed players to customize tracks and races
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Space Race (Atari, 1973) - first game with multiplayer racing
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Indianapolis 500: The Simulation (Papyrus, 1989) - introduced car tuning and optioning
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Gran Turismo (Polyphony Digital, 1998) - arguably the game thats multi-year development and engineering changed the standards for the genre
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Destruction Derby (Psygnosis, 1995) - introduced vehicle damage more accurately than previous games and better than most games since
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Super Mario Kart (Nintendo, 1992) - integrated popular platform characters with unique power-ups. One of the most popular platform games of all time
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F-Zero (Nintendo, 1990) - introduced future sub-genre to racing games
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Micro Machines (Codemasters, 1991) - allowed racers to use an kid avatar to race across exotic locales like the breakfast table and the bath tub
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It was a simple game but the courses, cars and humour made it a worthwhile play.
