Five Mobile Racers Worth Your Storage Space

Mobile racing is a genre of extremes. For every game that nails the sense of speed there are three that feel like steering a shopping trolley. We went through our library and pulled out the ones that actually stuck.

Top of the pile for us is anything with weighty, committed handling — cars that feel like they have mass. Nitro District is the current favourite here, mostly because its drift model rewards you for taking risks instead of punishing you.

A quick tip if you play with tilt controls: recalibrate while sitting how you actually sit. Most people set it up on a desk and then wonder why it's off on the sofa. Sounds silly, changes everything.

We also stayed away from anything that gates the fun behind long timers. A racer should let you race. If you have to wait to enjoy the core loop, we left it off the list.