Free & Open Source Racing Games
202 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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Clone of Micro Machines
An open-source Panda3D arcade racer with 8 drivers, 8 cars, power-ups, and online/local multiplayer.
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Clone of Burnout 3: Takedown
A work-in-progress open source reimplementation of Burnout 3: Takedown, currently playable via Cxbx-Reloaded.
Stars183
Updated2 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2023
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Midnight Club II
An abandoned bottom-up rewrite of Midnight Club 2 that runs on top of the original game binary.
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Original game imageClone of Wipeout
A Dreamcast port of the wipEout Rewrite PSX racing remake, feature-complete and near-60 FPS on real hardware.
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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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Clone of Crash Team Racing
A Crash Team Racing source port for PSVita, Windows and web browser with widescreen, 60 FPS and new modes.
Stars168
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: Motorsports
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Original game imageClone 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Recovered source code for an unpublished NES Days of Thunder, distinct from the 1990 Mindscape release, from Chris Oberth's archives.
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Original game imageClone of Project Gotham Racing 4
The README says the project is far from polished and finished and that development will be slow.
Stars160
Updated1 month ago
LicenseMIT
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Clone of Wave Race 64
A native PC port of Wave Race 64, made by statically recompiling the N64 game code; needs your own USA Rev A dump.
Stars160
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Clone of The Simpsons: Hit & Run
An Android port of The Simpsons: Hit & Run with touch controls; you supply your own PC game files.
Stars159
Updated3 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Action
Theme: Comedy
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Original game imageClone of Need for Speed: Most Wanted
A native ARM64 Android port of the Xbox 360 Need for Speed: Most Wanted, built on recompiled code with Vulkan.
Stars142
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Clone of The Simpsons: Hit & Run
A browser-based Three.js reconstruction of The Simpsons: Hit & Run built from converted PS2 disc assets.
Stars139
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Action
Theme: Comedy
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Original game imageClone 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.
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Original game imageClone of Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge
RacerJS is a browser-based, CSS-rendered tribute to the classic Lotus Esprit racing series with randomly generated tracks.
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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.
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Original game imageClone of Rage Racer
A native Windows, Linux and macOS port of Rage Racer (PAL/Europe) with a modern renderer; select your own disc image.
Stars116
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Daytona USA
A static recompilation of Daytona USA (Sega Model 2) to native C++ with no emulation core, built from your own ROM set.
Stars111
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of F-Zero X
A work-in-progress matching decompilation of F-Zero X that builds the US and JP ROMs from your own copy.
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Original game imageClone of Wave Race 64
An early, ~66%-complete decompilation of Wave Race 64 for the Nintendo 64, requiring your own USA ROM.
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Original game imageClone of Wave Race 64
A fan-made Windows recompilation of Wave Race 64 with widescreen, ray traced reflections and local multiplayer options.
Stars106
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Stunt Car Racer
A Linux/OpenPandora port of Windows' Stunt Car Racer Remake, with an Emscripten browser build and Windows-only dynamic scaling.
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Original game imageClone of Death Rally
A reverse-engineered, public-domain reimplementation of the Death Rally engine, still an early-stage project needing original data files.
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Clone of Gran Turismo 2
A native C++ port of Gran Turismo 2 for PC, VR and browser, run from your own disc images.
Stars96
Updated1 month ago
LicenseMIT
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Mario Kart 64
A work-in-progress decompilation of the N64 emulator used in Wii Virtual Console releases such as Ocarina of Time.
Stars93
Updated2 months ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2020
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Need for Speed: Most Wanted
A static native recompilation of Need for Speed: Most Wanted (Xbox 360) on the ReXGlue SDK; playable with rough edges.
Stars88
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Kirby Air Ride
A work-in-progress decompilation of the US/Korean GameCube release of Kirby Air Ride, built with devkitPro and Codewarrior.
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Original game imageClone of Tread Marks
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Original game imageClone of Wave Race 64
An unofficial native PC port of Wave Race 64, made by static recompilation; you supply your own ROM dump.
Stars77
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Pole Position
A mostly-complete 3D remake of Namco/Atari's arcade racer Pole Position, reverse-engineered from the real ROMs.
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Clone of Fatal Racing
A modern PC reimplementation of the 1995 stunt racer Fatal Racing/Whiplash, playable in-browser.
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Original game imageClone of Death Rally
dRally is a native Linux/BSD port of Death Rally (1996) requiring the original game's assets, currently listed as unplayable.
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Clone of Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart 64 for Dreamcast is a homebrew port of the Mario Kart 64 decompilation to Sega Dreamcast at 30fps.
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Original game imageClone of Mario Kart: Super Circuit
An experimental static recompilation of Mario Kart: Super Circuit for Windows and Linux with link-cable netplay.
Stars64
Updated1 month ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Original game imageClone of Mario Kart Wii
A native Android port of the Mario Kart Wii static recompilation with touch and motion controls and Retro Rewind support.
Stars63
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —
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Clone of Interstate '76
An early-stage Unity reimplementation of the Interstate '76 engine that renders levels and cars from the original game data.
Platforms:None
Stars62
Updated6 years ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2017
Genre: Action
Theme: Post-Apocalyptic
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Clone of Sonic Free Riders
An unofficial static recompilation of Sonic Free Riders (Xbox 360) for Windows, Linux and Android; your own disc is required.
Stars61
Updated1 month ago
LicenseGPL-3.0
Release2026
Genre: Racing
Theme: —