25 Best Mobile Racing Games 2020: Top Racing Games on iPhone and Android

Mobile is absolutely full to the brim with excellent racing titles that should satisfy any type of itch to go fast that you have, no matter how niche. We’ve tried to cater to all tastes in this list, including kart, …

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Mobile is absolutely full to the brim with excellent racing titles that should satisfy any type of itch to go fast that you have, no matter how niche.

We’ve tried to cater to all tastes in this list, including kart, water, 2D, 3D, isometric, management, bike, supercar, sports car, and any other type of racing in any type of vehicle you can imagine.

So without further ado, here are our 25 favourite racing games across iPhone and Android on mobile.

Mario Kart Tour

Mario Kart Tour is Nintendo’s attempt to bring Mario Kart to mobile, and it’s a darn successful one. Using just a thumb you’ll race as your favourite Nintendo characters, use items, and perform tricks.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Overdrive City

Overdrive City is part car manufacturing sim, part racing game. You’ll build your own custom versions of a variety of fully-licensed vehicles by hit car makers and race them in a variety of places.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Sonic Racing

Sonic Racing is a brand new entry in the long-running kart racer franchise that features your favourite characters from the Sonic universe.

Get it on the App Store.

AG Drive

AG Drive is for fans of F-Zero and Wipeout. This super fast futuristic racer will take you on rollercoaster-style tracks full of crazy jumps, upside down bits, and all of the other anti-gravity madness you can expect from the genre.

Get it on the App Store.

Asphalt 9: Legends

Asphalt 9: Legends needs no introduction. It’s the biggest racing game on mobile, providing a wide variety of fully licensed cars, real world locations to race through, and single and multiplayer modes to pick from. If you only pick one game from this list, make sure it’s this.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Beach Buggy Racing 2

Beach Buggy Racing 2 is the latest entry in the mobile kart racing franchise. If you’re looking for something that resembles Mario Kart on mobile, this is the choice for you.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Big Bang Racing

Big Bang Racing is for the creatives. It’s a 2D Trials-style racer that lets you build your own crazy tracks. Your imagination’s the limit here.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Bike Unchained 2

Bike Unchained 2 is the choice for mountain biking fans. You’ll pick a racer, customise their bike, and race against other real players in multiplayer.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

CSR Racing 2

CSR Racing 2 is all about realism, as it challenges you to restore some of the finest cars ever to grace the earth then race them in a variety of different modes, including online multiplayer.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

F1 Mobile Racing

F1 Mobile Racing is the official mobile game of the Formula One World Championship. You’ll build up your own F1 racing car and challenge racers across the world in a variety of different races.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Fast & Furious Takedown

Fast & Furious Takedown is an official mobile game of the movie franchise, which provides a wide variety of action-packed racing missions that feature an awful lot of opportunities to drift.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Gear.Club

Gear.Club also focuses on realism, and gives you plenty to do when you’re not racing. You can customise your car and garage, then admire the myriad of vehicles you own before taking them onto the road to race.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

GRID Autosport

GRID Autosport is a realistic sim that brings console quality racing to the small screen. There are 100 cars and circuits to experience in this massive and gorgeous racer.

Get it on the App Store.

Horizon Chase: World Tour

Horizon Chase: World Tour is a tribute to classic racers like Out Run. It challenges you to race around the world in a wide variety of different vehicles and cups.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Impulse GP

Impulse GP is a great choice for F-Zero and Wipeout fans that would rather ride a futuristic bike than some kind of crazy fast space ship.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Lightstream Racer

Lightstream Racer also offers a futuristic take on going really, really fast, but this one does so using the power of AR. If you want to watch futuristic race tracks come to life in the real world on your phone, play this one.

Get it on the App Store.

Motorsport Manager Mobile 3

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Need for Speed: No Limits

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

PAKO 2

PAKO 2 is an isometric racer that places you behind the wheel of a getaway vehicle. You have to pick up your crew from the heist and get them to safety, all while avoiding the cops.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Real Racing 3

Real Racing 3 does what it says on the tin, providing a realistic racing sim with over 140 detailed cars to collect and 39 real life circuits to race across.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Retro Highway

Retro Highway riffs on the days of yore with a racer that provides six different environments to race through in one of over 10 different bikes.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Riptide GP Renegade

Riptide GP Renegade is for the Wave Race fans amongst you. This aquatic racer takes place in the future, where armoured racers perform awesome stunts and race while avoiding cops.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Rush Rally 3

Rush Rally 3 is an awesome indie racer that challenges you to record your best laps in a wide variety of gorgeous tracks. You can purchase new cars and upgrade them, then try and beat your old times over and over again.

Get it on the App Store or Google Play.

Sky Gamblers Races

Sky Gamblers Races challenges you to duke it out in a variety of different historic aircraft from WWII. There are a bunch of different planes to race in real time online multiplayer.

Get it on the App Store.

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Glen has over a decade's worth of experience in gaming journalism, writing for Pocket Gamer, Pocket Tactics, Nintendo Life, and Gfinity. When he's not badgering everyone about the dangers of passive text, you can probably find him playing Wild Rift.