The Best Vehicular Combat Games of All Time

Updated November 23, 2020 5.4k votes 582 voters 45.3k views89 items

This is a list of the best vehicular combat games of all time for any console or system. These highly rated car combat games are ordered by popularity, so only the greatest vehicular combat games are at the top of the list. Known for the bombastic gameplay and intuitive controls, these games are some of the funniest titles to play.

Whether you're onto car shooting games or vehicular fighting games and more, this list includes all challenging car combat games that have ever hit the shelves, which means it includes both current releases and old-school favorites. From newer games like Crossout to classic titles like Death Race (which was released in 1976), This list has everything from Mario Kart 64 to Mario Kart 8.

Be sure to vote up favorite vehicular combat games up to the top, and vote down all the battle games that didn't tickle your fancy.

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Twisted Metal 2
1996
Developer: Incognito Entertainment, SingleTrac, 989 Studios
Platform: PlayStation 3, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
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124
37
Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense
1999
Developer: Luxoflux
Platform: PlayStation, Dreamcast, Nintendo 64
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111
34
Vigilante 8
1998
Developer: Luxoflux
Platform: Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Xbox 360
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121
57
Twisted Metal
1995
Developer: SingleTrac, 989 Studios
Platform: PlayStation
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5
138
89
Twisted Metal: Black
2001
Developer: Incognito Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation 2
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73
34
Twisted Metal: Head-On
2005
Developer: Incognito Entertainment, Eat Sleep Play
Platform: PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable
7
70
33
Twisted Metal
2012
Developer: Eat Sleep Play
Platform: PlayStation 3
8
76
45
Mario Kart 64
1996
Developer: Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Platform: Wii, Nintendo 64, iQue Player
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9
44
24
Crash Nitro Kart
2003
Developer: Driver-Inter, Ltd., Vicarious Visions
Platform: PlayStation 2, GameCube, Xbox, Zeebo, iOS
10
63
46
Crash Team Racing
1999
Developer: Naughty Dog
Platform: PlayStation
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11
46
30
Carmageddon
1997
Developer: Stainless Games
Platform: PlayStation, DOS, Symbian, Microsoft Windows, Game Boy Color
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12
53
38
Twisted Metal 4
1999
Developer: 989 Studios
Platform: PlayStation
13
38
24
Interstate '76
1997
Developer: Activision Blizzard, Activision
Platform: Microsoft Windows, DOS, Nintendo 64
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36
23
Carmageddon TDR 2000
2000
Developer: Torus Games
Platform: Gizmondo, Microsoft Windows, Macintosh, Game Boy Color, Nintendo 64
15
43
32
Burnout 3: Takedown
2004
Developer: Criterion Games
Platform: PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Xbox
16
36
24
True Crime: Streets of LA
2003
Developer: Exakt Entertainment, Luxoflux
Platform: OS X, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2, Microsoft Windows
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17
37
26
Jak X: Combat Racing
2005
Developer: Naughty Dog
Platform: PlayStation 2
18
62
57
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
2007
Developer: Bugbear Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation Portable, Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360
19
30
22
Mach Rider
1985
Developer: Nintendo, Nintendo Research & Development 2
Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii
20
28
20
Wipeout 3
1999
Developer: SCE Studio Liverpool, Psygnosis
Platform: PlayStation
21
45
42
Twisted Metal III
1998
Developer: 989 Studios
Platform: PlayStation
22
34
35
Interstate '82
1999
Developer: Activision Blizzard, Activision
Platform: Microsoft Windows
23
29
30
Twisted Metal: Small Brawl
2001
Developer: Incognito Entertainment
Platform: PlayStation

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19
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Burnout Paradise
2008
Developer: Criterion Games
Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
25
8
5
Super Mario Kart
1992
Developer: Nintendo, Nintendo Entertainment Analysis & Development
Platform: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Wii
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