Console Corner: Pure, brilliant arcade racing

My customised (West Ham influenced) Marussia on Driveclub

Ridge Racer, Wipeout, Need for Speed, Project Gotham... these are the racing games we remember, the games that gave us so much joy, the games we played over and over with our friends.

When someone asks me what is my favourite racing game, Gran Turismo, Forza and the like – as brilliant as they are in their own right – are way down the list.

To me they need their own category, role playing racing games or something that hints at how pedantic and boring they could be sometimes.

If I’m sat playing my computer (with a control pad in my hand) I want to race, on beautiful tracks with cool cars against mates. I want to beat challenges, unlock cars and tracks and bonus stuff.

I don’t want to race for days to earn enough credit to buy a brake caliper or a new suspension kit and worry about the fine tuning of my car.