Unconventional racing games

The most popular racing games involve driving conventional vehicles like (cars, bikes, etc). There's a different kind of racing game in which the player has to drive unusual vehicles such as war boats, prehistoric bikes, spaceships, penguins... More often than not, these racing games involve shooting or some kind of other non-conventional activity (for a racing game anyway).

Most popular racing: unusual vehicles games

Micro Machines

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Monster Truck Madness

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Antarctic Adventure

DOS19863.6/5 Konami

BC Racers

DOS1995freeware3.8/5 Core Design

BC Racers is a DOS unconventional (to say the least) racing game that features a prehistoric theme, designed by Martin Gibbons, developed and published by Core Design in 1955. It's the third game in the Chuck Rock series, the first two being platformers not available for PC.

Big Red Racing

DOS19954/5 The Big Red Software Company

CyberRace

DOS19933.6/5 Cyberdreams

Hi-Octane

DOS19954.1/5 Bullfrog

Hi-Octane is an abandoned futuristic combat racing game developed by Bullfrog and released by Electronic Arts in 1995. Hi-Octane was published for DOS and a few consoles: PlayStation, PSP, PS Vita, SEGA Saturn. It's based on the same code used for Magic Carpet, a well known game also made by Bullfrog.

Micro Machines

DOS19944.3/5 Codemasters

Micro Machines is an abandoned racing game developed and released by Codemasters in 1994 based on the Micro Machines toy line. Micro Machines was published for DOS, but also for Amiga, Game Boy, Game Gear, Genesis, NES, SEGA Master System and SNES. Codemasters released a sequel called Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament.

Micro Machines 2: Turbo Tournament

DOS19954.1/5 Supersonic Software

Monster Truck Madness

Windows XP/98/9519964.1/5 Terminal Reality

Off Shore Warrior

DOS19884/5

Road Runner

DOS19894/5 Atari

Road Runner is a video game based on the popular Looney Tunes cartoon series featuring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. The game was originally developed by Atari Games and released in arcades in 1985. It was later ported to various home gaming platforms, such as the Atari 2600, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS and others. Yo...

S.T.U.N. Runner

DOS19903.6/5 Atari

Skyroads

DOS1993freeware4.1/5 Bluemoon Interactive

Skyroads: Xmas Special

DOS1994freeware3.4/5 Bluemoon Interactive

Slipstream 5000

DOSWindows XP/98/95Mac OS1995protected4.1/5 The Software Refinery

Slipstream 5000 is a futuristic racing video game that was released in 1995 for MS-DOS. It was developed by The Software Refinery and published by Gremlin Interactive. The game is set in the year 2110, and players engage in high-speed, anti-gravity racing in a variety of unique and challenging tracks. One distinctive feature of Slipstream 5000...