5 Hottest Free Racing Apps of 2015

2015 has been a massive year for console racing, but which mobile apps made their place on top of this year's most popular games?

Kelsey Sakamoto

14 Sep 2015

1. CSR Racing

The CSR Racing app is a classic. You compete in street drag races across the city to defeat members from other car crews. Hit the pedals and shift gears at the precise time to get ahead and win the race. You may have played it in the past, but put it down for a few seasons. Why not give it a shot again? With every season comes new battles and new cars with familiar controls.

Pros:

Beautiful graphics, nothing compares.
Over 95 car models and rising.
Easy to earn upgrades and new cars.

Cons:

Pop up ads get annoying.
In-game purchases are constantly pushed upon players.
Eventually, the track gets boring.

2. Fast & Furious: Legacy

Released alongside the seventh movie in the F&F series, this app was something we just had to download. It was a time packed full of feels for us car enthusiasts, as we looked back on the movies and the life of Paul Walker. The app really isn’t anything special, but it couldn’t be ignored at the time.

Pros:

Set in locations across all the FF movies.
Over 50 cars including the Lykan Hypersport.
Multiple race modes including Street, Drift, Drag, Getaway and Takedown.
Real time chat with mates in head-to-head competitions.

Cons:

Mandatory oil changes slow down the racing action.
High priced “Gold” for buying upgrades (must buy this with real money).
High end cars for purchase are drawn at random, and not always a good deal.

3. Extreme Car Driving Simulator

Extreme Car Driving Simulator was actually released in late 2014, but it grew in popularity this year. On the surface, it just looks like a number of copycat driving simulator apps, but this one is different. Its damage modelling and handling makes it fun to tear up the streets in reckless drifting action.

Pros:

More realistic car damage than others.
Open world environment with no real rules.
Every little bump and groove in the road is reflected in the handling.

Cons:

Ads, ads everywhere!
Limited car models at the time.

4. Asphalt 8: Airborne

It’s all about making big jumps at high speed in Asphalt 8. Adrenaline junkies will enjoy taking to the stunt-riddled tracks to produce the wildest tricks. The Asphalt series has been very successful so far, and this newest action packed app only adds to the success.

Pros:

Over 300 events with over 1500 challenges.
Improved damage detail to over 95 cars.
Impressive sounds and graphics.

Cons:

High priced real-money car upgrades.
Data hungry, hard to play on some networks.
Free car upgrades take too long to earn.

5. Real Racing 3

Race in multiple motorsport genres with just one app. Real Racing 3 lets drivers be in control of the cars they want and the series they want to race. The ability to tweak more controls than ever and its cross platform availability is what puts RR3 ahead of thousands of other racing apps.

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