Top 5 racing games that changed your life.

[Cerebus]

No order and I haven't played many racing games:

Mario Kart SNES (though I did beat this game, the AI really were cheating)
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart Double Dash
F-Zero X
Need for Speed... I forgot which. (only race game I like where you don't have any form of attack you can do)

Oh wait, just remembered a sixth one... I think it was Road Race for the SEGA Genesis. I loved this game! You could beat the crap of other racers with a wooden stick you had to steal from one of them. And when you fell off your bike, you had to run back to it... or try to finish the race on foot. Yeah, fun game...

I need to try out more racing games, though, but I'm usually not a huge fan of them.

[FFL2and3rocks]

Can't think of any others, so here's my Top Only 4.

Crash Team Racing
Hot Wheels Turbo Racing
Mario Kart DS
Mario Kart Wii

Loved CTR.  Pinstripe was an annoying boss though, what with his infinite supply of green shells bombs. I had a lot more trouble with him than I did with the final boss.

[Bluhman]

Here's my random selection:

Lego Racers: Because I was a lego enthusiast when I was 9 and this game was actually a ton of fun. And I love creating cars.

Mario Kart 64: Only because it was at my dentist's office back in San Diego. This seemed to be the game I'd always play. I was amazed at the smooth 3d appearance of the racers, until I recently replayed the title and noticed that the racers were actually pre-rendered sprites and not models.

Trackmania: No real nostalgia in this one at all; I found the free title of Trackmania Nations somehow around 2006, which featured individual time attack races on really insane maps. Being a customization whore, this is the perfect title, not because you get to build cars, but because you get to build freaking crazy tracks.

I have not played more than 3 racing games.

[Prpl_Mage]

CTR is a fun game. Recently downloaded it from the PSN store to my PS3. Had some trouble getting 4 people to play but it worked in the end.
My problem with it was that it reminded me of Mario kart too much. Just like diddy kong racing did.
But it had a story mode and 2 levels of weapons. Just a shame that all my friends learned to Snake through tracks.