Road Car's Ten Best Car Video Games

We all love cars, so it only makes sense that we all love car video games too. So here are Road Car's ten modern-day car video games that you can buy right now. Take a good look.

10. Midnight Club 3: Dub Edition Remix
The third installment to the Midnight Club series brought over a hundred cars, including tuners, muscles, exotics, SUVs, and trucks � you can pretty much race anything you want. There are a few towns � Atlanta, Detroit, San Diego, and Tokyo, all created nicely. The races are hard, but it gets easier the farther you get into it.

9. Need for Speed Carbon
Carbon introduced a new feature where you could have your own �team� and tell them to do stuff for you when in a race. They can block, draft, or take out someone when you ask. Carbon also had some different events like Canyon Races, where you try not to drive off the cliff. All this and more inside a large free roam city.

8. Gran Turismo 3
The amazing Gran Turismo series got a whole lot better with Gran Turismo 3. There are over a hundred cars, around 15 tracks, and the game is very realistic. It�s hard, but the perfect simulator.

7. Need for Speed: Shift
Although you won�t be cruising through an open city being smashed by cops, Shift is a great game in its own way. The driving is so life-like, and the graphics are amazing. Each car and track was created so realistic looking, and there is a good choice of them too. I just still miss the cop games.

6. Need for Speed Most Wanted
Cops, cops, cops, are most of the reason Most Wanted is so great. Don�t expect to go anywhere without 10 police cruisers chasing you, helicopters bombing you, road blocks hitting you, and SUVs smashing into the side of your ride � all while you�re trying to race a Lamborghini across the finish line. You�re never safe here.

5. Burnout Paradise
Crash, smash, and thrash through a huge city winning races, takedowns, and just cruising around. Not the biggest selection of cars, and they aren�t real, but Paradise takes the old skull-crushing charm of the old Burnout�s and globs it together with some Midnight Club and gives you an awesome game.

4. Test Drive Unlimited
Thousands of miles of island are waiting for you to drive � so take advantage of everything. Test Drive Unlimited has a little bit of everything, or I should say a lot of everything. There are cars to buy, houses to buy, clothes to buy, and hundreds of events to win. This game is so unique and so great at the same time. From Mustangs to McLarens, everyone can love this game.

3. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
Hot Pursuit 2 may be an older game, but it�s far from out-dated. It may not be full HD or have hundreds of cars, but there�s still a good amount to choice from, and a lot to unlock. The cops in this game are most of the challenge when racing, so even with a slow car you have a chance. Helicopters, road blocks, cruisers, and spikes will come at you very fast, so you should always watch out � even if they are on your map.

2. Gran Turismo 4
Hundreds of cars, beautiful tracks, and everything else that makes every Gran Turismo game so great. It�s as realistic as driving a real car, and just as hard. I can�t wait for Gran Turismo 5.

1. Midnight Club: Los Angeles
240mph through a stunning re-created L.A. is only partially why this game is so great. The city of L.A. is created so amazingly real it almost hurts your eyes. Everything important is there from Santa Monica to Downtown, all with amazing detail. There isn�t a ton of cars, but the selection is very good: Exotic cars, tuners, muscles, and low riders, SUVs, and police cars in the complete edition. The game itself is quite hard, with a variety of events, opponents, and tournaments to be beaten. Each car handles in its own way, and there is a ton of traffic in this game. Overall, this game is perfect for any hard-core racer who needs a little challenge sometimes.