Free & Open Source Racing Games

115 free, open-source racing games — real clones and remakes you can download, inspect the source of, and modify. Not just free to play: the code itself is open.

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SuperTuxKart

Clone of Mario Kart

A free, open-source kart racer in the spirit of Mario Kart, with its own original characters and assets.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars5,352

Updated11 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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wipEout Rewrite

Clone of Wipeout

A work-in-progress, asset-free re-implementation of the 1995 PSX racer Wipeout for SDL2, Sokol, and web.

Platforms:WebWindowsLinux

Stars2,962

Updated1 month ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2023

Genre: Racing

Theme: Sci-Fi

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ScummVM

Clone of Adibou

An open-source engine reimplementation that lets classic point-and-click adventures and RPGs run on modern platforms.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars2,811

Updated11 days ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2011

Genre: Action

Theme: Comedy

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SpaghettiKart

Clone of Mario Kart 64

A no-assets-included PC/Switch port of Mario Kart 64, built on the libultraship framework with mod support.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars2,348

Updated18 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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HexGL

Clone of Wipeout

HexGL is a futuristic browser racing game built with HTML5 and WebGL, now in hiatus though outside patches are still welcome.

Platforms:Web

Stars1,742

Updated2 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2012

Genre: Racing

Theme: Sci-Fi

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REDRIVER2

Clone of Driver 2

A from-scratch reimplementation of Driver 2, decompiled from the original PS1 binary without emulation, with bugs fixed.

Platforms:WebWindowsPS

Stars1,355

Updated2 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2020

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Mario Kart 64

Clone of Mario Kart 64

An ongoing decompilation of Mario Kart 64, verified against USA and European ROM revisions, requiring assets from the original game.

Platforms:N64

Stars1,297

Updated1 month ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: Racing

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Dethrace

Clone of Carmageddon

Dethrace is a from-scratch reimplementation of Carmageddon (1997) in C, requiring an existing original game installation to run.

Platforms:Windows

Stars1,193

Updated19 days ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2019

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Javascript Pseudo 3D Racer

Clone of Out Run

Javascript Pseudo 3D Racer is an Outrun-style pseudo-3D racing tech demo in HTML5/JavaScript, built as a four-stage teaching series.

Platforms:Web

Stars1,157

Updated1 year ago

LicenseMIT

Release2012

Genre: Arcade

Theme: —

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Cannonball

Clone of Out Run

Cannonball is a from-scratch C++ rewrite of the OutRun arcade engine, adding higher frame rates and widescreen support.

Platforms:Windows

Stars871

Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2012

Genre: Arcade

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OpenNFS

Clone of Need For Speed III: Hot Pursuit

An early-stage engine recreating classic Need for Speed games 1-5 from their original data files.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars834

Updated3 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2015

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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NFSIISE

Clone of Need For Speed II

A cross-platform wrapper for Need for Speed II SE adding OpenGL rendering and TCP play, with Linux and Android support.

Platforms:LinuxAndroid

Stars755

Updated4 months ago

LicenseMIT

Release2014

Genre: Racing

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Vangers

Clone of Vangers

An open-source GPLv3 recreation of the 1998 racing-RPG Vangers, built with SDL3 and requiring some original assets.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars737

Updated1 month ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2014

Genre: Racing

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Stunt Rally

Clone of TrackMania

A VDrift/OGRE-based 3D rally-stunt racer with 202 tracks, 25 vehicles, and a built-in Track Editor for GNU/Linux and Windows.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars647

Updated2 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2011

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Vange-rs

Clone of Vangers

A Rust reimplementation of the Vangers engine using wgpu for native hardware-accelerated, and optionally voxel ray-traced, rendering.

Platforms:Web

Stars486

Updated11 days ago

LicenseApache-2.0

Release2016

Genre: Racing

Theme: Sci-Fi

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donut

Clone of The Simpsons: Hit & Run

An open-source C++ reimplementation of The Simpsons: Hit & Run using modern OpenGL, requiring the original game's asset files.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars481

Updated2 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2019

Genre: Action

Theme: Comedy

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CTR-ModSDK

Clone of Crash Team Racing

CTR-ModSDK is a toolkit for creating C-language mods for Crash Team Racing (1999), including example mods and a Ghidra-derived source tree.

Platforms:None

Stars446

Updated2 months ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2022

Genre: Racing

Theme: Motorsports

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Diddy Kong Racing

Clone of Diddy Kong Racing

A full decompilation of Diddy Kong Racing for the Nintendo 64, supporting all regional ROM versions and requiring your own ROM to build.

Platforms:N64

Stars424

Updated1 month ago

LicenseCC0-1.0

Release2020

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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SRB2Kart

Clone of Mario Kart

A Sonic-themed kart racer built on the Sonic Robo Blast 2 engine, in the style of Mario Kart.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars418

Updated1 year ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2019

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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OpenSWE1R

Clone of Star Wars Episode I: Racer

A partial open-source port of Star Wars Episode I: Racer that uses CPU emulation to run the original game cross-platform.

Platforms:Windows

Stars347

Updated6 years ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2017

Genre: Racing

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers

Clone of Mario Kart

Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers is a free kart racing game on the Sonic Robo Blast 2 codebase, released as non-commercial fan art under GPL.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars340

Updated26 days ago

LicenseGPL-2.0

Release2024

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Dust Racing 2D

Clone of Micro Machines

Dust Racing 2D is a tile-based, cross-platform top-down racing game in Qt and OpenGL, with up to 11 AI opponents across three game modes.

Platforms:Linux

Stars334

Updated1 month ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2015

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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NES Games Disassembly

Clone of Danny Sullivan's Indy Heat

Compilable, editable disassemblies of 26 NES games that rebuild ROMs identical to the originals.

Platforms:NES

Stars282

Updated1 month ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2021

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Crazee Rider ( BBC Micro )

Clone of Crazee Rider

The official BBC Micro source code for Kevin Edwards' 1986 racer Crazee Rider, written in 6502 assembly, reworked for beebasm.

Platforms:BBC Micro

Stars267

Updated6 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2018

Genre: Racing

Theme: Motorsports

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OpenNFS1

Clone of The Need for Speed

A C# ground-up remake of the 1995 Need for Speed that runs on the original CD data files.

Platforms:Windows

Stars193

Updated9 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Yorg

Clone of Micro Machines

An open-source Panda3D arcade racer with 8 drivers, 8 cars, power-ups, and online/local multiplayer.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars187

Updated2 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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OpenMC2

Clone of Midnight Club II

An abandoned bottom-up rewrite of Midnight Club 2 that runs on top of the original game binary.

Platforms:Windows

Stars174

Updated3 years ago

LicenseGPL-3.0

Release2016

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Wipeout-Rewrite port for Dreamcast

Clone of Wipeout

A Dreamcast port of the wipEout Rewrite PSX racing remake, feature-complete and near-60 FPS on real hardware.

Platforms:Dreamcast

Stars172

Updated5 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2025

Genre: Racing

Theme: Sci-Fi

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Cro-Mag Rally

Clone of Cro-Mag Rally

An officially permitted enhanced port of the original Mac OS 9 Cro-Mag Rally, with bug fixes for Linux, Windows, and macOS.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars171

Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2022

Genre: Racing

Theme: Prehistoric

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OpenC1

Clone of Carmageddon

Platforms:Windows

Stars167

Updated11 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2014

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Days of Thunder NES

Clone of Days of Thunder

Recovered source code for an unpublished NES Days of Thunder, distinct from the 1990 Mindscape release, from Chris Oberth's archives.

Platforms:NES

Stars161

Updated6 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Source to Red Dog: Superior Firepower

Clone of Red Dog: Superior Firepower

Preserved source code for the Dreamcast game Red Dog: Superior Firepower, with no assets included and not known to compile.

Platforms:Dreamcast

Stars125

Updated4 years ago

LicenseMIT

Release2022

Genre: Racing

Theme: Sci-Fi

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RacerJS

Clone of Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge

RacerJS is a browser-based, CSS-rendered tribute to the classic Lotus Esprit racing series with randomly generated tracks.

Platforms:Web

Stars124

Updated4 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2010

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Open Test Drive Unlimited

Clone of Test Drive Unlimited

A work-in-progress cross-platform source port of Test Drive Unlimited for PC; it needs the original game's files.

Platforms:WindowsLinuxOSX

Stars120

Updated15 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2025

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Wave Race 64

Clone of Wave Race 64

An early, ~66%-complete decompilation of Wave Race 64 for the Nintendo 64, requiring your own USA ROM.

Platforms:N64

Stars106

Updated16 days ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2024

Genre: Racing

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stuntcarremake

Clone of Stunt Car Racer

A Linux/OpenPandora port of Windows' Stunt Car Racer Remake, with an Emscripten browser build and Windows-only dynamic scaling.

Platforms:WebLinux

Stars105

Updated8 months ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2015

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Dreerally

Clone of Death Rally

A reverse-engineered, public-domain reimplementation of the Death Rally engine, still an early-stage project needing original data files.

Platforms:WindowsLinux

Stars100

Updated5 years ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2016

Genre: Racing

Theme: —

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Kirby Air Ride

Clone of Kirby Air Ride

A work-in-progress decompilation of the US/Korean GameCube release of Kirby Air Ride, built with devkitPro and Codewarrior.

Platforms:GameCube

Stars85

Updated1 year ago

LicenseUnknown

Release2020

Genre: Racing

Theme: Fantasy

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Tread Marks

Clone of Tread Marks

Platforms:WindowsOSX

Stars77

Updated9 years ago

LicenseGPL3*

Release2017

Genre: Racing

Theme: Sci-Fi

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