Best Racing Games of the 2000s
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreason 3 of 10 rankings2
Burnout 3: Takedownon 2 of 10 rankings3
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2on 2 of 10 rankings4
Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacyon 1 of 10 rankings5
Mario Kart: Double Dash!!on 1 of 10 rankings6
The Simpsons: Hit & Runon 1 of 10 rankings7
Need for Speed: Most Wantedon 1 of 10 rankings8
Need for Speed: Undergroundon 1 of 10 rankings9
Grand Theft Auto: Vice Cityon 1 of 10 rankings10
Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashedon 1 of 10 rankingsHow this ranking is made
According to Made the Cut's census of 10 independent rankings, recounted 16 October 2026, the best Racing game of the 2000s is Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, followed by Burnout 3: Takedown and Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2.
How this is counted
This chart counts 10 ranking sources, one voice each: the published ranking of games from that source with the most titles whose genre is Racing and released in the 2000s, cut down to those titles, in the order that source listed them. A title's place is its average position across all sources counted: a title someone left off their ranking counts as tied with their last place (here, that source ranked titles of this kind and left this one out). A small pull toward the middle keeps one enthusiastic list from crowning a #1. Every title in the computed chart has a numbered position, with its source count shown beside it. It is recounted whenever a ranking is published, changed or removed, last on 16 October 2026. Member rankings and attributed external lists use the same calculation. Multiple lists from one member or external author count once; linked slices add no extra vote. Frozen links, private or unlisted lists and unmatched titles are never counted. The full method.