Relax. These New Indie Racing Games are the Stress Relief You've Been Looking for - January 2022 - Odd Nugget
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You probably won't want to miss these racing games. If you have time to spare, then try these out!
Midnight Driver

Developed by Kawaru Games and published by Kawaru Games
Dive into the golden era of Japanese street racing. Choose from a list of iconic cars and perfect your driving skills in beautiful mountain roads. Challenge your friends and rivals in downhill or uphill battles. At night, the streets are yours.
Iconic carsIn this arcade racing game choose from iconic cars representing the spirit of golden era of street racing in mountain passes.Beautiful locations Beautiful locations with lots of layout options. Downhill or uphill, ring or open.Drive on twisting roads to perfect your skills and challenge your friends in multiplayer races.Challenge your friends and rivalsUp to player multiplayer to race or drive around gorgeous mountain passes
Midnight Driver

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Drift King - Alpha v.

Made by Mellow
Super early alpha build! Not representative of the final product, of course
Follow me on Instagram for updates - mellowarpeggiation
In-game tutorial included!
Map legend:
Purple icons - Garages
Red icons - Races
Green icons - Warps to other worlds (temporary, for testing only)
Drift King - Alpha v.
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Jelle's Marble League

Developed by Big Head Games Ltd. and published by Big Head Games Ltd.
The ultimate YouTube distraction comes to life in this realistic and engaging simulation of Jelle's Marble League.
Play in Track and Field style events as any one of the real world teams or any one of your own custom made teams.
Classic Quick Play mode to dip in and out of any unlocked event, use gold, silver and bronze marbles from event wins to unlock more events.
Quick Play Arcade mode, take part in interactive custom made events, collect talismen, stars and other collectibles to level up. Can you find all of Roldo's entourage?
Seasons Mode simulates a full season of events where winning medals and points takes you up the league as you try to become season champions (coming early ').
Multiplayer lets you play your friends as well as anyone online worldwide.
Team and marble editor to build truly unique custom teams.
A growing Stats page tracks your progress.
Jelle's Marble League

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Battle Life Online

Developed by Matthias Gechter and published by Matthias Gechter
Battle Life Online is a new D open World FPS TPS PvP-RP Social-Hub Racing Mining multiplayer computer game set in a fictional present with sci-fi elements that offer players an open game world where it is entirely up to them to decide what to do, as well as when to do it.
Explore the km island, which is divided into different climate zones. With its lush meadows, dense forests, vast desert, or hot tropics, there is a lot to do and discover while interracting simultaneously withother real players.
For this, you get many different vehicles at your disposal, to get fast and "safe?", from A to B, to attain your objectives.
Go your way as an outlaw or take part in adventures and events together with your friends in a group.
Experience a unique and dynamic open world PvP-system, which leads to tense situations.
Are you a helpful savior of those in need?
Or the rebel who knows no mercy?
It's up to you.
Civilians, Rebels, Cops, Techs, Weapons, Cars and the dear Money...
Collect Fight Earn Win
Battle Life Online

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Jelly Drift

Made by Dani
car go vroom zoom skrrrt
First racing game I ever made, the controls are pretty weird (and hard), but it's kinda fun once you get the hang of it skkrtt
Maps
Cars (I think)
Skins lol
Banana car
Game -Dani
Music -Evan King
Car Models - Lexyc
Jelly Drift
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GP Bikes

Developed by PiBoSo and published by PiBoSo
GP Bikes is a realistic motorcycle simulator, based on a scratch built physics engine that accurately simulates motorcycle dynamics and setup options.
GP Bikes also allows to host and join online races. During events data is collected, to provide statistics for riders' comparison.
Please note that there are neither AI nor a career mode.
More features:
automotive industry-standard tyre model
chassis flex simulation
dynamic track surface groove buildup
wet track simulation and dynamic drying
dynamic marbles generation
tyres pickup of marbles, grass and dirt, affecting grip
user-selectable rider gestures
output of CSV files with telemetry data to analyze riding sessions
a plugins interface allows external programs to receive realtime data from the simulated bike
LAN and online racing. Dedicated server available
possibility to paint bike, helmet and suit
tools and documentation are provided to allow advanced users to build and integrate new tracks, bikes, helmets and more
Native Oculus Rift and SteamVR ( HTC Vive, Valve Index ) support.
FreeTrack support
EDTracker support
GP Bikes

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Motor Town: Behind The Wheel

Developed by P3 Games and published by P3 Games
Sometimes the best therapy is a long drive with music"
Open World
Drive day night, pick up hitchhikers, refuel, check engine temperature. Watch out for the cops!
Driving jobs
Taxi, Bus, Trucks and much more!
Realistic Tire Physics
With sophisticated vehicle and tire physics, you can enjoy realistic and challenging driving. Feel the tire grip and burn some tires by drifting! If you are a keyboard player, don't forget to use 'Burnout' when you want to let the rear go sideways. Driving Assist is available for keyboard players and controllers are fully supported.
Singleplayer and Multiplayer Mode
Enjoy solitude in single-player or have fun with friends in multiplayer mode.
Race
You can compete with AI or Other players at the Onroad and offroad tracks.
Timeattack
The online leader board shows you how fast you are. Autocross is a good way to improve your driving skills.
Key Features
Driving with Keyboard, Mouse, Gamepad, Steering wheel
Realistic, yet easy (with the assist feature) driving
Single-player and Multiplayer Mode
Open world ( x Km) with Day Night cycle
Passenger Transportation (Hitchhikers, Taxi, Bus)
Cargo Transportation (Pickup, Trucks, Semi-Trailer)
Special vehicles (Police, Tow Truck, Ambulance and more will be added)
Refueling
Replacing car parts
BuyingRenting cars
Blinker, Headlight, Horn, Driving Mode, and Auto-Pilot!
Race
Time attack
Autocross
Online leaderboards
Motor Town: Behind The Wheel

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Last Car Standing

Made by Der Kevin
This is "Last Car Standing" Version ..- A Destruction Race Game Prototype
The Rules are simple: try to be the last car in the ring.
The Game is the result after playing Around with some ambient Cars for my Game SKTBRD
beware, the Gameplay is not polished at all! And its also not finished yet!
bit Version only!
Controls:
WASDArrow Keys: Steer
Right Shift(hold down): Slowmo Mode
Different Cameras
Space: Handbreak
B: Boost
R: Restart
Last Car Standing

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