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1	[[quoteright:256:[[VideoGame/RallyX https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/RallyX_2447.jpg]]]]
2	[[caption-width-right:256:No, it is not a racing game.]]
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4	In RealLife, driving is a monotonous chore for most people; the destination is more important than the trip. No one else drives the right way (that is, the way you want them to). Gas is too expensive and so is the price the repair shop demanded when you showed them your broken tie rod. A mere two feet of water can carry your vehicle away and a thin sheet of ice is treacherous, to say nothing of mud. Video games, on the other hand, have AcceptableBreaksFromReality, so driving is a much different experience.
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6	The two most common forms of driving games are {{Racing Game}}s and VehicularCombat games, but not all racing games and vehicular combat games will be driving games. Check out those pages for more on them specifically. For other driving games that don't neatly fit there look below.
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8	!!Examples:
9	[[index]]
10	* ''VideoGame/DoubleOhSevenRacing'' -- when Franchise/JamesBond gets a License to Drive ''and'' Kill
11	* ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooieNutsAndBolts''
12	* ''VideoGame/BatmanReturnsNES'' (Partially)
13	** ''VideoGame/BatmanReturnsSNES'' (Partially)
14	* ''VideoGame/BeamNG.drive''
15	* ''VideoGame/{{Beware}}''
16	* ''VideoGame/BlastCorps''
17	* ''VideoGame/BlasterMaster: Blasting Again''
18	* ''VideoGame/BodyHarvest''
19	* ''VideoGame/BurnoutCRASH''
20	* ''VideoGame/BusSimulator''
21	* ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}''
22	* ''VideoGame/CiscoHeat''
23	* ''VideoGame/CrashNScore''
24	* ''VideoGame/CrazyBus''
25	* ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi''
26	* ''VideoGame/CrimeKiller''
27	* ''VideoGame/{{Driver}}''
28	** ''VideoGame/DriverSanFrancisco''
29	* Most game adaptations of ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard''
30	* ''VideoGame/EuroTruckSimulator''
31	* ''VideoGame/TheGetaway''
32	* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' (While much of the gameplay focus is on ThirdPersonShooter aspects, you're still likely going to spend most of your time driving various cars.)
33	* ''VideoGame/HiWay''
34	* ''VideoGame/{{Jalopy}}''
35	* ''VideoGame/JustCause'' (series of sandbox shooters with an emphasis on vehicles)
36	* ''VideoGame/LuckyAndWild''
37	* ''VideoGame/MetalDrift''
38	* ''VideoGame/MotorTownBehindTheWheel''
39	* ''VideoGame/MySummerCar''
40	* ''VideoGame/NightDriver''
41	* ''VideoGame/PacificDrive''
42	* ''VideoGame/PursuitForce''
43	* ''VideoGame/Rage2011'', hybridized with FirstPersonShooter.
44	* ''VideoGame/RallyX''
45	* ''VideoGame/RedlineGangWarfare2066''
46	* ''VideoGame/RigsOfRods''
47	* ''VideoGame/RoadToGuangdong''
48	* ''VideoGame/{{Roundabout}}''
49	* ''VideoGame/SnowRunner''
50	* ''Special Criminal Investigation''
51	* ''VideoGame/SpongeBobsBoatingBash''
52	* ''VideoGame/SpyHunter''
53	** ''VideoGame/SpyHunter1983''
54	** ''VideoGame/SpyHunterII''
55	** ''VideoGame/SuperSpyHunter''
56	** ''VideoGame/SpyHunter2001''
57	** ''VideoGame/SpyHunter2''
58	** ''VideoGame/SpyHunterNowhereToRun''
59	* ''VideoGame/{{Stuntman}}''
60	* ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsRoadRage''
61	** ''VideoGame/TheSimpsonsHitAndRun''
62	* ''VideoGame/TunnelB1''
63	* ''VideoGame/{{Turbo}}''
64	* ''VideoGame/{{Wreckless}}: The Yakuza Missions''
65	* ''VideoGame/ZombieDriver''
66	* ''VideoGame/ZombieVirus''
67	[[/index]]
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69	!!Driving elements in other games:
70	* Taken to the (il)logical extreme with the Desert Bus minigame in ''VideoGame/PennAndTellersSmokeAndMirrors''. To score one point, the player has to complete, in real time, a simulation of the eight-hour drive from Tucson to Las Vegas, at a maximum speed of 45 mph, with no scenery, no passengers, and no pause button.
71	** Even worse, you can't just start up and walk away, as the bus has a slight lean to the right, and will therefore careen off the road if not monitored. This program was even used as a ''fund-raising mechanism'' as WebVideo/DesertBusForHope. The drivers ended up on the road for ''five days''. Then they did it again. [[http://desertbus.org/ And again.]]
72	* Some games such as the ''VideoGame/MidtownMadness'' series, the ''VideoGame/MidnightClub'' series, and ''VideoGame/BurnoutParadise'' take the racing out of closed circuits and into an actual city, where races are frequently given an "open world" layout that can be run on any number of different routes.
73	* Certain scenarios in ''Streets of VideoGame/SimCity''.
74	* Sega's classic ''VideoGame/OutRun''. Their earlier ''Hang-On'' is the same thing [-WITH MOTORBIKES!-], and is OlderThanTheNES.
75	** And their original ''Monaco GP'' is older still.
76	** It's worth a mention that ''VideoGame/OutRun'' is one of the few true "Driving games", meaning that the only goal is to drive a car. Although going fast is mostly encouraged as it lengthens the game time, there is no opposition save for the clock.
77	** ''[=OutRun=] 2006'', however, does features opposition as well as mini-games such as hitting cars or avoiding meteorites.
78	* While racing is still the main attraction, ''VideoGame/{{Excite}} Truck'' and ''Excite Bots'' made how you reached the finish line just as important as what place you crossed it in. They also featured many other driving challenges.
79	* David Crane's ''VideoGame/{{Ghostbusters 1984}}'' has a driving game sequences where you steer the Ectomobile through the busy streets, using your ghost vacuum to pick up stray roaming ghosts. The UsefulNotes/{{NES}} version complicates things further by having you collect gas cans to keep yourself from running out of fuel, and avoiding getting hit by other cars which costs you money.
80	* ''VideoGame/GeekwadSeries'': ''Wacky Funsters'' contains a minigame called ''Road Kill'', which is a parody of ''VideoGame/HardDrivin'' in which you try to get to work, shooting animals along the way.

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