*Timestamps* 0:16 10. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered 1:36 9. GTA V 2:32 8. Crew 2 3:46 7. Snowrunner 4:56 6. Driver San Francisco 6:01 5. My Summer Car 7:21 4. Beaming Driver 8:36 3. Burnout Paradise Remastered 9:48 2. Forza Horizon 4 11:28 1. Need For Speed Heat
Man... Heat’s open world was pretty lifeless. It was the least awful of all the new NFS games but definitely didn’t deserve the #1 spot on this list in my opinion.
Not just lifeless, the AI is terrible, racer AI is on a set track and won't avoid collision, traffic AI randomly swerves and stops for no reason, not to mention every road that intersects is treated like a 4 way stop, plus spawning right in front of you, game is beautiful graphically and is a lot of fun, but does leave a lot to be desired.
ah, yes, the renowned open world racing game GTA, where a young man from the poor parts of town is taken under the wing of two of the greatest street racers in los santos. great stuff!
Don’t forget the online edition where some random person you have never heard of runs people over and blows up their and other people’s cars while “racing”.
The Crew 2 is still getting new content every week. It’s seems like the game came out just a few months ago with the amount of support and content it’s getting. New cars, new tracks, new game modes, all kind of goodies. It feels so good.
I'm considering to play it, but after I played the trial version of the game, I just don't like the handling and it seems it has a bad optimization (I've got an i5, gtx1050, 12gb of ram and it lags so much)
@@Jordan-xx9ux I havent bought any microtransactions so yeah, and the best way to earn and level up is farming ny, which takes close to 30 minutes, and you have to do it 7 times to buy a proper hypercar, don't come here and say its got anything to do with skill, cause the driving system in tc2 is an arcade and easy driver, you moron.
1. Need for Speed Heat - 11:29 2. Forza Horizon 4 - 9:49 3. Burnout Paradise - 8:37 4. BeamNG drive - 7:22 5. My Summer Car - 6:02 6. Driver: San Francisco - 4:58 7. SnowRunner - 3:48 8. The Crew 2 - 2:33 9. Grand Theft Auto V - 1:37 10. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Remastered) - 0:17 11. Dakar 18 - 12:05 Some more games that should've been in the list : Test Drive: Unlimited Midnight Club: Los Angeles Forza Horizon 2
@@MrTuber209 sadly were not gonna ever see one most likely unfortunately/tragically. Notice how GTA 5 looks abit like MCLA? Rockstar would rather make car models of fictional cars that look real than paying the car companies to frature their licensed vehicles. Plus wives of employees of the development of MCLA claimed of crunch and inhumane working conditions so they disbanded off of that rumor..
@@zank8470 tanner( i said rico cus i remembered the face from just cause but lol its john tanner) actually pretty fun game i might install it again later best arcade driving physics in my opinion. i pirated it tho since its not actually available to buy for a while already.
Bro I was livid when they didn't even mention it, how don't u mention a car game with character models, Houses you can buy and have friends in, clothing stores, huge maps, club houses and to top it off a actual working casino you clan play poker, blackjack or slots with friends in.
And Midnight Club. But I guess gameranx isn’t exactly known for having good taste. If they did, they’d actually rate games honestly in their Before you Buy series instead of saying variations of “uM wELL iT’s NoT tHe BeSt GaMe EvEr BuT iT’s FuN fOr WhAt It Is hurr durr” all the damn time whenever they review a shitty game.
I actually had a ton of fun playing NFS Heat! Switching tires and other parts to go for drifting or racing is pretty cool, also the map is full of stuff to do and challenges, also completing them you get iconic cars like Paul Walker's Skyline. The only downside to it is that 1 out of 2 times the game is launched it can suffer from terrible stuttering and slow-mo like issues, which aren't fixed up to this day, the game isn't getting fixes anymore...
To me, the crew 2 is very underrated. They are doing constant updates, events and the map is HUUGE. it's counted as one of the biggest maps in gaming history. Recommend! 👍
The crew 2 is amazing, the only thing that would make it better is if they added more cars to the game, cars that a person would see on the road irl (1 series, e class, range rovers)
I'm not much into racing games, but I do recommend The Crew 2. It has an activities list on the main menu where you can choose what to do, so if you don't want to explore the open world at all, you don't have to.
Even though the open world was a bit lifeless, I really wanted to see Fuel on this list. A great game to just load up sometimes and run through the wide open wilderness and see what you can find.
heat has just the way better sound and tuning, bring some playlist with you and you can have hours of pure fun, in forza i feel like i spend more time in menus than in game
@@nsreturn1365 lol that forza is a realistic car sim. I spend more time taking photos. But once I played forza. Heat became underwhelming for me. Especially with its physics
@@KD73 I grew up playing Grand Tourismo, the OG Need for Speed underground, Need for Speed Porsche unlimited, tons of other NFS games. I've played burnout Paradise, The Crew, TDU2, do I need to go on? I like racing games. This is mostly opinion based, but I think objectively Forza Horizon 4 is the best racing game I've ever played. And I know lots of people that would agree.
I'll probably come back and rewatch this video 10+ more times until I figure out what game to play next XD. So many good ones. Thanks for taking time to make it! Cheers
Honestly, My favourite open world racing game is Forza Horizon 2. It was the thing that got me into Cars and Top Gear which are two things that literally made me who I am. The music on Horizon Pulse and Bass Arena inspired my current music chocies to this day 6 years later.
Hey gameranx, there is a small TH-camr called: "Basedimouto" who recently made a review on the game called Huniepop 2 and literally copied your Before You Buy thumbnail. Some people commented on his video saying he stole it but he only responded with laughing emojis. You may watch for him or get in contact with him.
Burnout Paradise will always have a special place in my heart. It was one of only two games I could play at one point because my PS3 broke, discs didn't work they'd always freeze. The two games were, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (which was weird cause it was the disc version) and Burnout Paradise (which I had downloaded). I played that game for at least 4 months, I was always trying to complete the challenges in-game to get the carbon cars. Loved the playlist, the openness, and the atmosphere it was a great game.
ah we're same. when i was child i had playstation 3 and i used to play burnout paradise like a lot. my ps3 was shutdowning because of temperature. i have a lot memories on it ;)
I’m surprised you didn’t mention test drive unlimited..that was an awesome open world free roam game.with a lot of features you still don’t see in games today especially of that genre
If a racing game gets nfs's cops and customizations and nitrous and gets a mixure of nfs heat and nfs 2015 night time and nfs night time races with forza day time graphics and forza cars and forza drifting and forza day time races with the crew 2 map would make a perfect racing game
All I care about in a racing game is the level of detail and number of options to customise your cars, also car roster should be substantial enough not to get bored of driving the same cars over and over. I would prefer Codemasters' driving mechanics over the arcade-type.
Have you tried beamNG yet? I haven't really played any other driving games, so I don't know how it compares to other games, but it has a ton of customization, even without mods
They should just smash 1 & 2 together, call it the FULL UNDERGRUND MEGA-AWESOME-COOL-REMASTER. Why? Because it would be all of that and much more. And to top it off, take the best stuff from the other NFS games and make a good NFS again. My childhood was NFS and im kinda lost after Canyon cuz the rest (exception the latest most wanted, but it was kinda meh compared) of the NFS games just lost that NFS magic :( f'ing love that they made the remake on this list tho, it will 100% be the next game i save up for
Yeah lol he's really believing that ur supposed to pronounce it like one word even though NG is capitalized and even remarked on the name being "wierd", well try to not say it wierd then. 😅
@@DajuOnTH-cam And he also said that forza horizon 4s map was in Scotland and England when Edinburgh is a near enough 3 hour drive from Berwick England.
While each of those games deserves to be on the list, but I can see the merit of only having one on the list. Yes, I am well aware that there is more than 1 NFS on the list, but it's not quite the same thing.
@@robertt9342 I wanna know why they didn't bring up most wanted. It was released in 2005 and was open world. Also incase you haven't noticed gameranx isn't the smartest
Forza horizon 4 is way overrated, at least at nfs you feel like progressing while forza just tosses everything at you and you cant really customize the car the way you could in nfa
GTA bringing in all that money...however if they do bring back Midnight club they can destroy forza horizon and heat at the same time in terms of gameplay and just for the sheer armosphere of street racing. I have yet to have a racing game bring back the underground and dangerous atmosphere of midnight club 2
@@Mazhura_13B mc2 is still my favourite racing game of all time, the cities, the shortcuts, the music, cars and motos, the gameplay and pleasure/vibe it gave, multiplayer racing and also capture the flag. So many times i searched to see if there was anything just like it in recent times. Would love to see a proper MC followup. With all that made mc2 great and with extra cities!
Game does have some visual improvement (even if minor, as in extra props in the environment), + extra tracks and cars from DLCs, that were never released on PC at least. So there's that
@@hawken796 the real fun starts from after beating Blacklist 10, and all the way to No.1! I've recently completed it! And now I've also completed NFS Payback three days ago! Looking forward to NFS Heat! Have you played Heat or if you did, give me your suggestions!
The Crew 2 is underrated in my opinion. It's fun, it has a lot of features, it has a lot of cars that you can customize, the map is the USA itself, it has a lot of challenges and etc.
@@the.real.jumpman NFS Heat is more fun and thrilling to me. The game map in FH4 is pretty but kind of bland. Just lots of grass and trees. They need to do Tokyo already. Also add cops.
@@sensoeirensen no not quite instant gratification I just dont think it should be such a grind to where if you have school and a job it takes months just to get to a decent level after a while it just gets extremely repetitive and easy to get burnt out
I feel like even though they tried to cover a lot of ground with wha time of driving game there is, there should also be some sort of mention of Test Drive Unlimited 2, any of the midnight clubs, and MOST importantly, Underground 2!
@@tmacfan2132 I had fond memories of grinding out cars and racing each other, and I vaguely remember the story line being fun. No need to shit on other peoples opinion for no reason. The video just kinda brought me back to the good old days
I searched and couldn’t figure out the name of the game I use to play tons and drives me crazy I couldn’t remember ,,,,then you mentioned midtown madness in ur vid and completely made my day by bringing it up and finally helping me remember!!! Keep it up brother!!🙏🙏 Definitely a new follower now
@@ivensauter8912 as a 12 year old I got blown away by the fact that the sound of the outside world gets muffled, when you close the window in cockpit view. Missed that sorely in test drive 2 :D
I recently bought a sim racing cockpit with all the bells and whistles and it's the most fun toy I've ever bought! Totally changes the game when it comes to driving games, and with vr it's even more awesome. Glad I tried it out because now I'm hooked on racing games lol
My son wants a setup for Forza. I told him he'd have to choose between a real car at 16 and a college education after that OR a setup now. Little guy didn't miss a beat. "Woot!!! I get to actually drive Barn Finds!!!" May be easier just to buy him the crap than work on his sarcasm detector.
@@MrTARIQSs I think it's mostly subjective. For me out of all the games I've tried, I prefer the feedback and feel in this order: Assetto Corsa>Beamng.drive>Dirt Rally 2.0>Wreckfest>Forza Horizon 4> Project Cars 2/Automobilista 2. This is after loads of tweaking settings and stuff, but overall I think forza does well with the right settings. Need for Speed Heat is probably the worst game in terms of feel of the feedback that I have tried
@@supermalevitality8532 oh yeah forgot about project cars, that one is absolutely horrid gotta agree, and haven’t tried heat since I abandoned it by the time they added wheel support. My main issue with horizon is that it can get a bit tiring since you have to do significantly more fast movements than usual sims so I prefer using a controller with it instead, but I get your point, enjoy what you find most fun, that’s what matters in the end :)
This is definitely one that many viewers will be too young to know about but the open world driving game that started it all for me was Driver on the PS1. Damn that intro where the noise of someone walking through the parking lot and the engine starting up... what a game.
Midnight Club: Dub Edition, Test Drive Unlimited, NFS Most Wanted, NFS Carbon, NFS UnderGround 2 and Forza 4, these are the best open world racers ive played and now that ive just swapped from PS to Xbox, im going to enjoy some of these older racers for the first time in a long time.
Can’t believe you hardly mentioned Midnight Club, made by Rockstar. Probably a better racing game than GTA because it still uses the same driving mechanics as GTA yet eliminates all the unnecessary elements you don’t want in a driving game and still has that great Rockstar touch they put in their games.
I wish there was a version of this video called, "Best Open World Racing Games If It was 2004." Would love to see games like NFS Underground 2 and GTA Vice City make the list.
I know, how it didn't make it when other stuff was out here, okay or was a little lifeless but beautiful, & the detail, like driving up to the dealer & going inside rather than driving up to a wall then going into a menu
I enjoy your videos. I really do. But could you bring the volume down a bit? I can watch a string of other narrative type youtube videos and as soon as your video comes on, I have to dive for the remote to turn it down. Thanks!
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10 > 0:19 > NFS Hot persuit (Remastered)
9 > 1:37 > GTA V
8 > 2:34 > The Crew 2
7 > 3:49 > Snow Runner
6 > 4:58 > Driver: San Francisco
5 > 6:02 > My Summer Car
4 > 7:22 > BeamNG Drive
3 > 8:37 > Burnout Paradise (Remastered)
2 > 9:50 > Forza Horizon 4
1 > 11:29 > NFS Heat
NFS = Need for speed
What is the last game. Can you type the name which he mentioned as bonus?
The comment is 1 year ago, I don't think he will tell😂
@@Gta6_with_Aliceus Bonus Game: Dakar 18
i was on the way looking into desc, thanks man best
Thank you.! 😉 👍
How could yall not mention any of the midnight clubs OR TEST DRIVE UNLIMITEDS?!?!
They don’t know shit about racing games
considering the title is "best open world RACING games" and my summer car made the list
Absolutely agree... One of the first open world racing games was Test Drive Unlimited series. Gameranx L
@@alex_gaming9585 they put GTA 5 ON HERE........GTA 5 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I know right?
You might be surprised at just what I can ignore.
Same Sir
o.O
Right!? There's only two games on this list I own and an additional one or two that I'vee played
i hated NFS heat. its so poorly optimized on pc.
@@vinayak5159 I get like 70 fps on heat and 100 on forza horizon 4, and heat looks visually worse than forza.
10 Best OPEN WORLD driving games:
starts off with a game that isn't open world at all
lol
there's open-world mode in hot pursuit 2010 if you didn't know
just select any event/race and press "free-drive", as shown here 1:08 at the bottom
Then continues with an open world action game instead of a racing game. Lol this list is trash
Pc games
Well it does have free-drive. not much else lol
*Timestamps*
0:16 10. Need For Speed Hot Pursuit Remastered
1:36 9. GTA V
2:32 8. Crew 2
3:46 7. Snowrunner
4:56 6. Driver San Francisco
6:01 5. My Summer Car
7:21 4. Beaming Driver
8:36 3. Burnout Paradise Remastered
9:48 2. Forza Horizon 4
11:28 1. Need For Speed Heat
Thanks
midnight club la needs to be on this list
crew 2 is trashh
Gtav5
thanks
Man... Heat’s open world was pretty lifeless. It was the least awful of all the new NFS games but definitely didn’t deserve the #1 spot on this list in my opinion.
Exactly 😂
And these stupid mentioned it at no. 1 , even above Forza horizon 4.
Nfs2015 was way better than Payback or heat .
I would've expected the #1 to be Underground 2 or Most Wanted but I think they were too old to be eligible for this list
I don't now, Heat was the first racing game in years that I think was worth playing at all.
Not just lifeless, the AI is terrible, racer AI is on a set track and won't avoid collision, traffic AI randomly swerves and stops for no reason, not to mention every road that intersects is treated like a 4 way stop, plus spawning right in front of you, game is beautiful graphically and is a lot of fun, but does leave a lot to be desired.
It's a driving game lol you expect pedestrians??
"You can't ignore" is a very strong claim for what you have mashed up together for this video.
yeah lol
Fucking literally, lol. I only watched to see what they'd miss 🤣
anyone here remember TEST DRIVE UNLIMITED,NFS UNDERGROUND 2,NFS MOST WANTED BLACKLIST EDITION,FORZA HORIZON 2.... GAMERANX WE NEED A PART 2 ASAP!!!!!
Most Wanted! I would buy a PS2 just to play that game I swear
@@darkmind5259 if u have a pc or laptop u can simpy pirate the game
@@nathanaintsh1t I do and I did but its real laggy
nfs carbon, forza horizon, midnight club los angeles
I had
Fh2
Fm2
Fm3
Fm4
Test drive unlimited
Need for speed pursuit
Burnout paradise
Nfs underground 2
ah, yes, the renowned open world racing game GTA, where a young man from the poor parts of town is taken under the wing of two of the greatest street racers in los santos. great stuff!
Don’t forget the online edition where some random person you have never heard of runs people over and blows up their and other people’s cars while “racing”.
@@GreekPele don't forget the dedicated racists! They love racing!
The Crew 2 is still getting new content every week. It’s seems like the game came out just a few months ago with the amount of support and content it’s getting. New cars, new tracks, new game modes, all kind of goodies.
It feels so good.
They really are doing there best and I love it
I'm considering to play it, but after I played the trial version of the game, I just don't like the handling and it seems it has a bad optimization (I've got an i5, gtx1050, 12gb of ram and it lags so much)
And a giant grindfest, all to sell microtransactions
@@steveguy3 it's very easy to level up and get money in tc2. You are just bad and that's why you need to buy micro-transactions.
@@Jordan-xx9ux I havent bought any microtransactions so yeah, and the best way to earn and level up is farming ny, which takes close to 30 minutes, and you have to do it 7 times to buy a proper hypercar, don't come here and say its got anything to do with skill, cause the driving system in tc2 is an arcade and easy driver, you moron.
Test drive unlimited 2 is a staple open world driving game imho.
I'm glad someone mentioned this.
Facts!
It drives bad with a wheel
@@Emily1963eh not really, you need correct settings
First one is better in my opinion, but TDU 2 exists...
He put FH4 2nd and NFS Heat 1st . OMFG WTF
I know 😅
Ikr
Ye nfs heat wasn’t even that great
It might be his opinion but fh4 is no1
I love all the forza horizon games but my favourite by far was the FH3 hot wheels DLC
If midnight club 3 and Underground 2 are not here we riot
I got burnout paradise, YOU rioting, I'm satisfied.
Riot it is
The only reason i like midnight club la more is because of the nissan silvia s14
Bad news my friend 🤣
YES
This list is incomplete without a Midnight Club game, arguably the best open world racing games ever
Agreed those games are super underrated
1. Need for Speed Heat - 11:29
2. Forza Horizon 4 - 9:49
3. Burnout Paradise - 8:37
4. BeamNG drive - 7:22
5. My Summer Car - 6:02
6. Driver: San Francisco - 4:58
7. SnowRunner - 3:48
8. The Crew 2 - 2:33
9. Grand Theft Auto V - 1:37
10. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Remastered) - 0:17
11. Dakar 18 - 12:05
Some more games that should've been in the list :
Test Drive: Unlimited
Midnight Club: Los Angeles
Forza Horizon 2
How could you leave out Test Drive Unlimited 1 and 2. Now that's what a open world racing game is.
I heard the bugs haven't been fixed in TDU2-is your experience good?
funny part is they have GTA V
The fact that there is no TDU3 is an affront to humanity.
@@teamdraco1237 GTA 5 is the best arcade racer to date. There are entire channels dedicated to GTA Online racing. It should've been # 1 or 2.
Love those games!! 🚗
I really wish midnight club la was on this list. It had insane customization, actual characters, a cool world and a really nice playlist
Bro i miss that game
We really need a new midnight club. Honestly a midnight club LA remastered would be just fine.
@@MrTuber209 sadly were not gonna ever see one most likely unfortunately/tragically. Notice how GTA 5 looks abit like MCLA? Rockstar would rather make car models of fictional cars that look real than paying the car companies to frature their licensed vehicles. Plus wives of employees of the development of MCLA claimed of crunch and inhumane working conditions so they disbanded off of that rumor..
@@MrTuber209 yes plz rockstar. But this is rockstar so i highly doubt they pick up midnight club again.
A midnight club remastered collection would be an absolute dream, Dub edition and La are two of the most solid racing games released
*"Gta games are mostly about racing"*
**awkwardly thinks back to the time of flying from place to place while playing gta**
He definitely said driving but ok lol
You said "remember" and "flying" and i got flashbacks from san andreas plane rc mission, shit was trash.
@@prayertsuu5545 that shit was so hard😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
rocketman
@@prayertsuu5545 Remember the jetpack you could obtain with cheats?????? "rocketman"????
Forza Horizon 4 smashes it, Also Heat is amazing.. It has that 80's feel to it
Who else noticed how terrible the captions are ?💀
0:38 species is all I want
Fr tho
It's viatnamese tho, not english :|
@@HarisridinatTN57 Yea, but the captions are still English words
"My prince will appear in the sample title mebeverine kinga public"
Midnight Club: Los Angeles & Test Drive: Unlimited ... how could you not have these 2 classics 🤦🏽♂️
And even starts the list off with GTAV lol
Midnight Club is piece of shet 🤮👎
@@mikvoevoda2966 are you on xanax?
@@mikvoevoda2966 are you on drugs?💀
@@mikvoevoda2966 ratio
the fact that i have played all of these games says it all
Even the build your summer car one?
Same
@@jjmmm515 yess like 10 times
Then answer this question:
Who is the main antagonist of Driver San Francisco
@@zank8470 tanner( i said rico cus i remembered the face from just cause but lol its john tanner) actually pretty fun game i might install it again later best arcade driving physics in my opinion. i pirated it tho since its not actually available to buy for a while already.
Test Drive Unlimited 2, wasn't it literally one of the biggest islands in Hawaii....🤔
I mean Gameranx clearly don't know anything about the open world racing games 🤣🤣
Yeah racing games are not their forte
Bro I was livid when they didn't even mention it, how don't u mention a car game with character models, Houses you can buy and have friends in, clothing stores, huge maps, club houses and to top it off a actual working casino you clan play poker, blackjack or slots with friends in.
The whole island is even on the PSP version !!!
And Midnight Club. But I guess gameranx isn’t exactly known for having good taste. If they did, they’d actually rate games honestly in their Before you Buy series instead of saying variations of “uM wELL iT’s NoT tHe BeSt GaMe EvEr BuT iT’s FuN fOr WhAt It Is hurr durr” all the damn time whenever they review a shitty game.
I actually had a ton of fun playing NFS Heat! Switching tires and other parts to go for drifting or racing is pretty cool, also the map is full of stuff to do and challenges, also completing them you get iconic cars like Paul Walker's Skyline. The only downside to it is that 1 out of 2 times the game is launched it can suffer from terrible stuttering and slow-mo like issues, which aren't fixed up to this day, the game isn't getting fixes anymore...
You don’t get Paul walkers skyline in nfs heat
can you give me'
Paul Walker??? You mean Eddie from Underground 1 😂
To me, the crew 2 is very underrated. They are doing constant updates, events and the map is HUUGE. it's counted as one of the biggest maps in gaming history. Recommend! 👍
The crew 2 is amazing, the only thing that would make it better is if they added more cars to the game, cars that a person would see on the road irl (1 series, e class, range rovers)
Big ass open world game but lifeless af barely any traffic to run through like a pro street racer
@@stonergee420 not true lol. Tons of traffic, NPCs...
Wish I can sell some of my cars tho
@@themraydesigns and not just poeple either...i think i hit a moose with my rally car more than once.
NFS: Most Wanted will always be a favourite for me.
Definitely. I despise that remake or whatever that garbage was of most wanted but the original is the best NFS.
The OG most wanted is king
Same bro.
Hell yeah, so glad they didn't say MW 2012.
Same here ,it's the only game which I replayed multiple multiple times. I was so much into it that I used to go and complete it in my friends pc too
Forza Horizon 4 by a country mile.
Not a state mile? City mile? Small town neighborhood mile?
@@Xander_Park No way, only country mile can measure open world.
@@Xander_Park soon as its across the British countryside and no state is included, they chose the correct measurement
By a miles miles
Horizon 3 is superior IMO
yeah, what about test drive unlimited 1 / 2? to make a circle over ibiza / hawaii, would take u around 45 minutes
I was thinking the EXACT same thing. TDU2 is the staple open world racing game. Hands down
Big =/= good
Yup I was thinking that and midnight club
I'm not much into racing games, but I do recommend The Crew 2. It has an activities list on the main menu where you can choose what to do, so if you don't want to explore the open world at all, you don't have to.
@Vipper Kong its kind of the same map but with alot more cars and races. And no cops;)
@@Hammeltoni not really, the crew 1 had a better map and though the crew twos is bigger, it has lost the sense of actually being in a different city
@@worldwar1424 crew 1 had better athmosphere thats true👍🏻even a story mode. But its kinda both america😆
@@Hammeltoni I’m aware
Excellent video. Really enjoyed it
Even though the open world was a bit lifeless, I really wanted to see Fuel on this list. A great game to just load up sometimes and run through the wide open wilderness and see what you can find.
Ohh, I forgot about that. The previews had me sold, for some reason I never knew the salt flats had that kinda a pull on me
Lifeless world. But an incredible map and vehicle selection.
I felt the same about tat drive unlimited
Fixed it
2: Heat
1: FH4
Ikr
Yes
heat has just the way better sound and tuning, bring some playlist with you and you can have hours of pure fun, in forza i feel like i spend more time in menus than in game
@@nsreturn1365 lol that forza is a realistic car sim.
I spend more time taking photos.
But once I played forza.
Heat became underwhelming for me.
Especially with its physics
~that~ *tbh
Heat above Forza Horizon 4 is literally a joke. 🤣 Oh boy
at least heat doesn't force you into winter every few weeks.
Did you see 3rd and 4th? This clearly wasn't in order, but it was refreshing to see Heat above Horizon 4 :P
FH4 is the racing game made for people that dont like racing games. So its definitely below NFS.
@@KD73 I grew up playing Grand Tourismo, the OG Need for Speed underground, Need for Speed Porsche unlimited, tons of other NFS games. I've played burnout Paradise, The Crew, TDU2, do I need to go on? I like racing games. This is mostly opinion based, but I think objectively Forza Horizon 4 is the best racing game I've ever played. And I know lots of people that would agree.
yeah nfs over forza horizon and burnout is ridiculous
I'll probably come back and rewatch this video 10+ more times until I figure out what game to play next XD. So many good ones. Thanks for taking time to make it! Cheers
He really did us Oregonians like that with that pronunciation. 😭
Honestly, My favourite open world racing game is Forza Horizon 2. It was the thing that got me into Cars and Top Gear which are two things that literally made me who I am. The music on Horizon Pulse and Bass Arena inspired my current music chocies to this day 6 years later.
Yes, its great, but limited on the xbox 360, which is the thing I have it on
Same I never really liked 4 as much as 3 or 2. Something about 4 just didn’t click
@@srikar1726 it’s Britain, probably the most boring landmass on earth.
@@mervynlan7727 still confused as to why they picked it
@@mervynlan7727 hopefully japan it is fh5
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Burnout Paradise will always have a special place in my heart. It was one of only two games I could play at one point because my PS3 broke, discs didn't work they'd always freeze. The two games were, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (which was weird cause it was the disc version) and Burnout Paradise (which I had downloaded). I played that game for at least 4 months, I was always trying to complete the challenges in-game to get the carbon cars. Loved the playlist, the openness, and the atmosphere it was a great game.
3 & 4(revenge), we're the best but paradise was still fun
ah we're same. when i was child i had playstation 3 and i used to play burnout paradise like a lot. my ps3 was shutdowning because of temperature. i have a lot memories on it ;)
I’m surprised you didn’t mention test drive unlimited..that was an awesome open world free roam game.with a lot of features you still don’t see in games today especially of that genre
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Best open world racing game
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the problem of most this bigger channels, they are not gamers, they are money chasers!
only blind people cant see it
@@whitemobbrdl what
@@ahmadmalli716 what? what? you dont understand english?
If a racing game gets nfs's cops and customizations and nitrous and gets a mixure of nfs heat and nfs 2015 night time and nfs night time races with forza day time graphics and forza cars and forza drifting and forza day time races with the crew 2 map would make a perfect racing game
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I don't know if you ever heard about a game named: Fuel; that game is absolutely crazy
It's AMAZING!!
Midtown Madness...now that’s a name I haven’t heard in a long time...
This is the game where I started my Open World love.
Right? Remember the dring and "stunt" teams that popped up online for this classic. Must have been one of the first online multi-player racers.
Who else hops on gta 5 sometimes just to drive around and race random other players doing the same thing?
All I care about in a racing game is the level of detail and number of options to customise your cars, also car roster should be substantial enough not to get bored of driving the same cars over and over. I would prefer Codemasters' driving mechanics over the arcade-type.
Have you tried beamNG yet? I haven't really played any other driving games, so I don't know how it compares to other games, but it has a ton of customization, even without mods
The NFS underground series was technically open world. Loved those games.
Only Underground 2 that has Open World
Underground was the shit
@@OutlawNabil97 it's been literally years since I played those. I couldn't remember if 1 had the free roam or not.
They should just smash 1 & 2 together, call it the FULL UNDERGRUND MEGA-AWESOME-COOL-REMASTER. Why? Because it would be all of that and much more. And to top it off, take the best stuff from the other NFS games and make a good NFS again. My childhood was NFS and im kinda lost after Canyon cuz the rest (exception the latest most wanted, but it was kinda meh compared) of the NFS games just lost that NFS magic :( f'ing love that they made the remake on this list tho, it will 100% be the next game i save up for
It's nice seeing people still remember how good actually Driver:SF is.
Lmao "Beaming" it's BeamNG
Thanks for saying that I was going to say something but I was checking to see if anyone else did.
Yeah lol he's really believing that ur supposed to pronounce it like one word even though NG is capitalized and even remarked on the name being "wierd", well try to not say it wierd then. 😅
@@DajuOnTH-cam And he also said that forza horizon 4s map was in Scotland and England when Edinburgh is a near enough 3 hour drive from Berwick England.
The pronunciation throughout this entire video was pretty cringey. :)
Why did they remaster Burnout Paradise?! That's the worst of the series! Burnout 3 Takedown deserved this waaaaaaaay more. I'm mad salty about this.
I'm so elated you mentioned Snowrunner. It's pretty underrated!
Man im first time seeing your vid and its awesome...keep your work man you are cool
Forza horizon, 2, 3, and 4 should all be on here
While each of those games deserves to be on the list, but I can see the merit of only having one on the list.
Yes, I am well aware that there is more than 1 NFS on the list, but it's not quite the same thing.
@@robertt9342 I wanna know why they didn't bring up most wanted. It was released in 2005 and was open world. Also incase you haven't noticed gameranx isn't the smartest
And test drive unlimited 1 and 2
Beamng is the best purchase i've ever made.
Exciting to see where the game will be in another 5 years. Always getting better
Do you know about beam mp?
Since when was Beam open world though? 🤦
@@TomQuick14 all of the maps are
@@TomQuick14 it’s as open world as it gets, dare I say even more open world than the other games listed in the video
I really don't agree with NFS Heat being higher then Forza Horizon 4 but my opinion dosen't count so yeah.
In terms of fun I think NFS heat is more fun than Horizon 4. But a better game overall is forza horizon 4
Forza horizon 4 is way overrated, at least at nfs you feel like progressing while forza just tosses everything at you and you cant really customize the car the way you could in nfa
Doesn't*
What about hot pursuit? Is that even truly open world?
Yea, Forza isn't perfect but it's miles better than NFS Heat. Hell, i'd rank GTA V & Burnout Paradise above Heat too.
Driver San Fransico is truly one of the best car games ever and even though its a bit old the visuals are really amazing
What in THE HELL is rockstar Doing?!? Do we need to petition and crowd fund another Midnight Club 😕
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GTA bringing in all that money...however if they do bring back Midnight club they can destroy forza horizon and heat at the same time in terms of gameplay and just for the sheer armosphere of street racing. I have yet to have a racing game bring back the underground and dangerous atmosphere of midnight club 2
@@Mazhura_13B mc2 is still my favourite racing game of all time, the cities, the shortcuts, the music, cars and motos, the gameplay and pleasure/vibe it gave, multiplayer racing and also capture the flag. So many times i searched to see if there was anything just like it in recent times. Would love to see a proper MC followup. With all that made mc2 great and with extra cities!
They are busy swimming in the money they get from GTA Online
@@Mazhura_13B shut up destroy forza horizon
Number 10: The game that wasn't touched, and just put out as a "remaster" even though it's literally the same but for more money
And it doesn't even have Open World
@@OutlawNabil97 the original didn't have an open world
@@bearerofsoup that's what I'm saying, including this game in this video was stupid because neither the original nor the "remastered" have Open World
@@OutlawNabil97 it has tho but accsesing it is kinda stupid
Game does have some visual improvement (even if minor, as in extra props in the environment), + extra tracks and cars from DLCs, that were never released on PC at least. So there's that
“I bet GTA will be on this list” is my new favorite game with your channel 😂
The original NFS: Most Wanted is the single greatest car game of all time, mostly because of how absolutely perfect the police chases were.
It's fun for the first 5 hours but if you try to finish it, the game will break you
@@hawken796 wdym?
@@kentajin7860 the games fun at first but after blacklist 9, it gets very tedious
@@hawken796 the real fun starts from after beating Blacklist 10, and all the way to No.1! I've recently completed it! And now I've also completed NFS Payback three days ago! Looking forward to NFS Heat! Have you played Heat or if you did, give me your suggestions!
@@kentajin7860 heat is great, short story but great game
The Crew 2 is underrated in my opinion. It's fun, it has a lot of features, it has a lot of cars that you can customize, the map is the USA itself, it has a lot of challenges and etc.
FH4 at 2!? FH4 will be #1 in my heart
My top 3
1 fh4
2 nfs mw 005
3 nfs hp10
It's blasphemy to put a NFS ahead of Forza horizon 4
@@the.real.jumpman NFS Heat is more fun and thrilling to me. The game map in FH4 is pretty but kind of bland. Just lots of grass and trees. They need to do Tokyo already. Also add cops.
bruh the engines in forza sound so uneblievably stupid sometimes
@@gorgonzolaskyz282 depends on the vehicle and if you did an engine swap. Most engines mimic what they are supposed to sound like
Heat ahead of FH4.. SUCH A FAIL
Exactly. What a shock it was to see at no.1 😂
FH4 isn't even comparable, NFS is so limited and too arcade AND doesn't support steering wheel
@@sara_m yall haven't played the run, rivals, carbon?
@@hydro5760 those are old, do you really think rivals was good?! I'm guessing you've never played Forza Horizon.
@@sara_m just because its fucking old doesn't mean its bad
Pretty sure it's Beam NG (you say "N" & "G")
Crew 2 is underrated amazing game brilliant variety great map and can’t wait for crew 3
Nfs Heat would be amazing but they made it so much of a grind. ppl litterally get burnt out within a week of getting the game.
Yeah you need instant gratification like Forza. Those games are trash because of the fact that you get everything for free...
@@sensoeirensen no not quite instant gratification I just dont think it should be such a grind to where if you have school and a job it takes months just to get to a decent level after a while it just gets extremely repetitive and easy to get burnt out
glad to see snowrunner getting some recognition. i absolutely love it.
I feel like even though they tried to cover a lot of ground with wha time of driving game there is, there should also be some sort of mention of Test Drive Unlimited 2, any of the midnight clubs, and MOST importantly, Underground 2!
the crew 1 was one of my favorite racing games ever
And when bumper cars happen
Realistic physics doesn't
Its the best part
YIKES! Play some other racing games then.
@@tmacfan2132 bruh stfu it was a part of my childhood and I played it with friends. leave me alone lol
@@tmacfan2132 I had fond memories of grinding out cars and racing each other, and I vaguely remember the story line being fun. No need to shit on other peoples opinion for no reason. The video just kinda brought me back to the good old days
@@bradp1tt I like the Crew as well glad to find someone with the same interests as me
Anyone remember FUEL on PS3? I still have it, that game has the most huge map in the history of video games, I think it's twice the size of The Crew
I only played it at a friend's house, it was pretty cool
I searched and couldn’t figure out the name of the game I use to play tons and drives me crazy I couldn’t remember ,,,,then you mentioned midtown madness in ur vid and completely made my day by bringing it up and finally helping me remember!!!
Keep it up brother!!🙏🙏
Definitely a new follower now
He said "Midtown Madness"...
My nostalgia came through the door and tickled me
Oh boy, was that a fun challenging game. We even could drive a bus.
I will never forget Test Drive...I loved that game as a kid.
Same, so many Memorys...
@@ivensauter8912 as a 12 year old I got blown away by the fact that the sound of the outside world gets muffled, when you close the window in cockpit view. Missed that sorely in test drive 2 :D
@@R-SXX for me my childhood game was burnout paradise, then when the remastered came out, I was so happy
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@Anatol thanks, I do that!
I recently bought a sim racing cockpit with all the bells and whistles and it's the most fun toy I've ever bought! Totally changes the game when it comes to driving games, and with vr it's even more awesome. Glad I tried it out because now I'm hooked on racing games lol
Forza Horizon with a wheel, pedals, and shifter is the most fun you can have with your pants on
My son wants a setup for Forza. I told him he'd have to choose between a real car at 16 and a college education after that OR a setup now.
Little guy didn't miss a beat. "Woot!!! I get to actually drive Barn Finds!!!" May be easier just to buy him the crap than work on his sarcasm detector.
@@ragggggy38 it’s actually the worst game to play with a wheel from what I experienced compared to other racing games with full wheel support
@@MrTARIQSs I think it's mostly subjective. For me out of all the games I've tried, I prefer the feedback and feel in this order: Assetto Corsa>Beamng.drive>Dirt Rally 2.0>Wreckfest>Forza Horizon 4> Project Cars 2/Automobilista 2. This is after loads of tweaking settings and stuff, but overall I think forza does well with the right settings. Need for Speed Heat is probably the worst game in terms of feel of the feedback that I have tried
@@supermalevitality8532 oh yeah forgot about project cars, that one is absolutely horrid gotta agree, and haven’t tried heat since I abandoned it by the time they added wheel support.
My main issue with horizon is that it can get a bit tiring since you have to do significantly more fast movements than usual sims so I prefer using a controller with it instead, but I get your point, enjoy what you find most fun, that’s what matters in the end :)
anyone else who actually played nfs mw 2012 and fell in love with it? it's a really underrated game imo....
Loved that game even with the flaws
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Forza Horizon 4 is a blast! The showcase races are what do it for me. Racing something that isn't a car is just a unique experience.
Do u have horizon 5? i know u made this comment a year ago but still
@@xxyvng6831 Not yet.
It has many bugs and has no competitive scene. And developers are mean
Did Falcon just say “Or-eh-GONE”? 😂
He pronounced lots of places weird
And Fort Za
Lol I never noticed how he pronounced certain words till now. I’m not hatin it’s just funny to notice once you catch it
@@soadic300 And Sekiedo - like he turns Japanese for a second when reading the title.
@@geoffberteau2847 now I wanna go back watch some his other videos to see what else I can hear that he says funny
This is definitely one that many viewers will be too young to know about but the open world driving game that started it all for me was Driver on the PS1. Damn that intro where the noise of someone walking through the parking lot and the engine starting up... what a game.
Nice to see a finnish pretty underrated game in a big channel like this SUOMI!!!!
Midnight Club: Dub Edition, Test Drive Unlimited, NFS Most Wanted, NFS Carbon, NFS UnderGround 2 and Forza 4, these are the best open world racers ive played and now that ive just swapped from PS to Xbox, im going to enjoy some of these older racers for the first time in a long time.
I'd swap dub edition for la but that's still a tie, but that's just what I'd do
Surprised Mad Max wasnt and honorable mention😂
"Has all the locations you'd expect in a Miami setting, including Cape Canaveral"
Ummm, Cape Canaveral is about 230 miles north of Miami
He said "... there's even a Cape Canaveral area" as in Cape Canaveral itself excluding Miami
“But I don’t want guitar lessons”!
Midtown madness was a lot of fun back in the day, just tried forza 4 horizon having fun
Can’t believe you hardly mentioned Midnight Club, made by Rockstar. Probably a better racing game than GTA because it still uses the same driving mechanics as GTA yet eliminates all the unnecessary elements you don’t want in a driving game and still has that great Rockstar touch they put in their games.
Gta isint a racing game
@@xxyvng6831 then why is it on this list?
I would LOVE to see Midtown Madness being remastered!
I loved that game...couldn't get to play Paris section tho cause disk was scratched
Damn, haven't heard that in such a long time.. Still have the disk somewhere
I love nfs heat I've been playing it since release and still loving it till this day
I wish there was a version of this video called, "Best Open World Racing Games If It was 2004." Would love to see games like NFS Underground 2 and GTA Vice City make the list.
Vice City Isn't A Racing Game.
Nooooooooo
Can’t believe Need for speed Underground 2, Juiced 2 or Midnight Club LA wasn’t mentioned. They were the best racing games made in my opinion.
Love just cruising in the crew 2. Whenever I feel like chill driving games that's my go to
TDU2 was great too and still holds up pretty well. Definitely worth a mention
I know, how it didn't make it when other stuff was out here, okay or was a little lifeless but beautiful, & the detail, like driving up to the dealer & going inside rather than driving up to a wall then going into a menu
Forza horizon 4 should have been 1st
No way
So many great games on this list! I just bought Need for Speed Heat over the holiday and haven't played it yet, so thanks for the renewed interest!
This list isn't good. Heat isn't THAT good, it's actually one of the worst NFS games in my opinion.
@@jcwljs1246 meh I think it's the best in my opinion lmao. I love the graphics and customization options. Hate how powerful the cops are tho
midtown madness was the first game i played
Justice for Need for Speed : Most Wanted (2012)
The crew 2 is honestly such an easy platinum AND fun as hell
@@the-weirdist it is 😈 you should try it some time
NFS heat over Forza Horizon 4 !!!!!!!!!!! You do realise Forza adds new cars pretty much every single week
Ikr
@Uh oh yeah they DEFINITELY had the 2017 Ford gt in undercover :/
The crew 2 is crap I’m still waiting for them to add police into the game they showed that at Launch
Bruh cops were added 4 months ago.
Plz put midnight club it has to be on the list. It’s the best open world game ever
I enjoy your videos. I really do. But could you bring the volume down a bit? I can watch a string of other narrative type youtube videos and as soon as your video comes on, I have to dive for the remote to turn it down. Thanks!
Snowrunner was my most played game of 2020 on ps4 (359 h). Highly recomended title. I need to check NFS HEAT.