Sega GT 2002

Starts off rough because you can only afford slower vehicles with bad handling. But once you save up for the better cars the game improves quite a bit. And hey, custom soundtrack support.

"Starts off rough because you can only afford slower vehicles with bad handling."

Those are always my favourite times in these games lol

A great and sadly overlooked racer for the Xbox. Such a shame that it's not better remembered, as it's better than it's competitor (Gran Turismo) in many ways.

I haven't played many racing games, but the only other one I've played that scratches the same itch as this is Forza Motorsport 1, which plays better imo, but even then nothing has the same vibe or feel as this game :( unless someone can think of something