Start your engines!
Since the release of the mythical Namco Pole Position in the now distant year of 1982, racing games have become a benchmark that shows us how the health of the sector is doing because, on many occasions, they are the thermometer that indicates the degree of potential technicality of each new generation of consoles or graphics PCs that arrives on the market. Also, surely if we ask you about the names of three successful franchises In this genre, you don’t take too long to respond.
That’s why today we are going to make a short list of the five sagas that have sold the most in the world throughout history (of which there are numbers, of course) although, yes, before starting, we would like to make a special mention to the wonderful franchise Burnoutwhich with a total of 15,000,000 copies sold Over the years, it has remained at the gates of the Top 5 that we leave you just below. Enjoy!!
5. Midnight Club
We start this list with one of the sagas that most brightened the lives of those who were gamers in the early years of the century. She began her adventures at the end of October 2000 and until today, the franchise created by Rockstar managed to sell over 18,000,000 million copies. The truth is that these are very good numbers.
4. Driver
Another classic racing franchise from the late 90s on PlayStation. Its first title, precisely, appeared in June 1999 and from there, the work of Reflections was able to generate worldwide sales of over 19,000,000 units. Remember that in total there were five main games and two spin off.
3. Grand Touring
What about the franchise Gran Turismo qWhat hasn’t already been said? Which is undoubtedly the automotive series for those who appreciate an immersive and realistic experience of the automotive world has managed to sell, since May 1998, more than 90,000,000 units.
2. Need for speed
Another heavyweight when it comes to racing games. The title released by Electronic Arts in 1994 for 3DO has managed to become one of the company’s oldest, and that’s saying a lot. In terms of numbers, he achieved spectacular numbers, reaching over the years 150,000,000 million units sold. Simply amazing.
1.Mario Kart
Who knew the most successful racing game franchise in history wouldn’t be all about realism in the style of Grand tourism? Nintendo, without a doubt, has been able to hit the nail on the head with this series that started on the Super Nintendo and managed to make young people and adults all over the world fall in love with it. since 1992 sold 173,410,000 million units.
And you? What’s your favorite racing game?
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