The open-world genre has exploded in popularity over the past couple of decades, featuring diverse games like the smash-hit open-world RPG Skyrim and open-world driving games like Forza Horizon 5.

2026 poses a strange year not just for driving games, but for the video game industry as a whole, mainly because of one specific game that’s arriving in November. You know the one. This has basically ...

Open-world racing games have spent the past decade chasing one of two formulas. They either lean heavily into simulation, or they become giant maps filled with activities where the cars almost feel ...