The Nintendo DS has had an amazing lineup of games, but how many racing games do you remember? Let’s take a deep dive into the best and worst handheld racing games.
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0:00 Introduction
2:33 Need for Speed: Underground 2
6:56 Asphalt: Urban GT
9:49 Need for Speed: Most Wanted
13:59 Asphalt: Urban GT 2
17:06 Need for Speed: Carbon – Own the City
22:04 Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
29:20 Need for Speed: ProStreet
36:31 Race Driver: GRID
41:51 Colin McRae: DiRT 2
45:39 Need for Speed: Undercover
51:21 Burnout Legends
57:01 Ford Racing 3
1:00:18 Need for Speed: Nitro
1:05:00 TrackMania Turbo (2010)
1:10:03 Pimp My Ride: Street Racing
1:15:20 Conclusion
Britton Harper
30.05.2022Need For Speed Most Wanted looks horrendous. As soon as I saw ‘racing games on DS’ i expected garbage. Good video. 👌🏿✨
Yoga Budi Widiantoro
27.05.2022Last year I got 3DS and I decided to explore racing games on NDS, the answer is NOPE, but I got two racing games what awesome on NDS: Mario Kart DS and Sonic Sega All Star Racing.
Anyway, nice work, dude. Please create sequel of this video: The Bizzare World of PSP Racing Games.
spooktaculer YT
27.05.2022i had mostly all need for speed asphalt urban gt 2 hot wheels track attack which i loved and wanna play it again hot wheels beat that and monster jam and pimp my ride the rest are spongebob and spiderman and sonic
Zane
27.05.2022This is very cool, ive played most of them but most notably carbon and ford racing, i will try prostreet soon
FatalisBadger
27.05.2022Please do the 3DS next
Mr Oversteer
27.05.2022You should talk about the Hot Wheels DS racing games. I loved those back as a kid.
Marf
27.05.2022Great video! I’ll be making my way through it over the next few days, it’ll be a fun journey! I didn’t even know GRID had a DS port…
Have you checked out Speed Racer: The Videogame for DS? It’s not a conventional racing game, but it’s pretty impressive for a DS game and it’s very fun! 🙂
DerÖsiFlo
27.05.2022Nice casting couch but maybe you could have put a cartridge into the DS xD
Camthefurry23
27.05.2022in the alps drift missions, in multiple leagues, i have actually beaten all the point scores as a kid, however when i replayed the game in 2021 on an emulator, it was still near impossible, even with speed cheats
Revo
27.05.2022You missed the absolute best racing game on the DS, Sideswiped. It's an insane achievement for the system. It runs at 60 FPS most of the time and has really neat graphics and physics. It's burnout-esque fun.
Jade Santos
27.05.2022In all of DS Racing games Ive played Ill never forget how shit my experience NFS MW on DS lol I cant stand playing it even as a child back then…..while the "inferior" gameboy version is such a lot of fun and lot better
LuHiBi
26.05.2022I've actually messaged one of the dev of the DS port of UG2 asking why they didn't get to port MW.
During the development of DS UG2, they just wanted to 'enhanced' the GBA version but they went the extra mile after finding out that DS was more powerful than expected. None of the code and assets from the GBA port can be used. The engine code was written from scratch and the assets were reworked from the PSP. The additional work meant their completion date slipped by a couple of months and supposedly that lead the next port to be given to someone else.
Rendy Andrian Y
26.05.2022I can assure that, after watching this video, some of the games are quite interesting especially with the hardware limitations in mind. Also I'm surprised that Asphalt 2 actually exists on NDS while my actual introduction to the series was by its Java version. Seeing it, it's no doubt "mobile port, but better"
Deadlink
26.05.2022man I loved playing pro street and asphalt on the DS, those two and pkmn pt were games I always brought with me whenever I had to go on a long road trip.
alles in allem
26.05.2022Tbh burnout legends is better than burnout paradise. Imo
And i played both, trough.
ntnavy
26.05.2022bro you didn't try ridge racer Ds (i think it was the other racing game that was available on the release of the console)
Sam Sneed
26.05.2022Firebrand games were basically the ultimate company that developers asked to make DS versions of their bigger budget racing games
Sort of like n-space for FPS games on the DS
Nick Raptor 999
26.05.2022God nfs mw on the ds was the worst game I ever played. The handling was the worst ever. When you can't drive at all the game is unplayable.
Mr Whips
26.05.2022u won't believe this but unvaccinated toddlers actually grow up fine! what?!?! that's so crazy eh?
Vossos
26.05.2022Impressive video,you clearly deserve more subscribers
Chiranat Praoasubsiri
26.05.2022vns poppyplaytime
zim zip zoop
25.05.2022NFS Nitro!!!! Shoot shit this game was legit my first nfs game and I loved the shit out this game back in 2009. Thanks for bringing back some fond memories mate !!
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25.05.202220:40 Not entirely though. NFS Prostreet allowed you to modify the interiors as well by adding rollcages and changing racing seats. And if we're really stretching it, NFS Underground 2 also has the feature to change gauge designs and add stereo systems to your car's trunk area. Technically an interior bit as well.
gogolplex74
25.05.2022DS version of Own the City better than PSP one? That's an interesting take
While both are impressive I prefer PSP because of its more varied tracks and open world
Yellow Dude
25.05.202228:40 I actually did get passed that and even completed the game when playing it through my 3DS, but it hell actually getting it
C4RB0N3TA
25.05.2022NINTENDO CONSOLES ARE NOT MADE FOR COOL RACING GAMES LIKE NFS / FORZA …
C4RB0N3TA
25.05.2022Awesome video
I guess I'm gonna download the ds version of pro street right now
Izzie
25.05.2022I'd imagine some of the issues with collision might be due to the DS CPUs lacking a floating point unit. Without this, the accuracy of calculations can suffer. Any floating point calculations would need to be done in software, which is extremely slow, hence nobody would use them and just accept the shortcomings.
Hugo's Drawing
25.05.2022Lift me up lift me up!
ahmad rafi
25.05.2022Hey eden do you wanna make video about ps1 obsecure racing games?maybe unknown psp racing?or forgotten older xbox games?the underrated ps3 games?
L15EWT
25.05.2022I had 5 of those racing games on ds. Did have need for speed underground 2 but on gameboy advance sp and the cars look identical to the gameboy ones as well as the bodykits. Just look a lot smoother and more resolution
waste
21.05.2022Cannot believe Dirt 2 actually was a thing on this console, but holy shit if I had this as a kid I wouldn't do anything else
waste
21.05.2022The plot twist of playing Undercover as a kid and never knowing that there was an open world
Jeff Ramos
21.05.2022Other than Mariokart, I only ever played the Ferrari racing one.
DuongNH
21.05.2022Holy SHiT Yakuza 0 music? Thumb up my friend!
Mohamed Momo
21.05.2022Nice Video Dustin. You make really nice videos you should have more subscribers👍
Omara Wilson
21.05.2022Great video. Hope there’s a sequel where you include “Speed Racer” DS.
Machspeed20 J
21.05.2022I remember nfs undercover and nfs nitro.
Both were straight up fun to play, undercover more so. I mean there aren't mk ds levels of fun but still are fun never the less
There was also cars race o rama that I had which was also fun
My first game on the ds (that brain age shit don't count) was hotwheels beat that (which to this day is the only ds game I didn't lose when I moved which sucks). Kind of funny how I lost that game so many times yet it is the only one that I have left.
Venom
21.05.2022Asphalt: Urban GT 2… I played at that game so much, so much that the music Moby – 'Lift Me Up' is stuck into my brain forever.
gogolplex74
21.05.2022I think the DS version of NFS Nitro is better than the one on Wii, it has more cities and tracks and more varied events
baxtron5k
21.05.2022you may say there's no burnout on ds that's good, but ever played sideswiped? Its what that burnout should be.
chronoshadow2611
19.05.2022Thank for putting in the effort to make these videos! It's quite a journey to see some actually fun games, to truly horrible ones.
Great video Eden! Loved every minute of it
Conor Farrell
19.05.2022Last year I found my DS and played through these games again and my old copy of NFS Carbon, Grid, and a game not listed here Asphalt 4 blew me away. The customization, sense of speed, and vibe of NFS Carbon and variety of things you can do in Grid was insane for a DS title. For Asphalt 4 imagine Urban GT 2 except better, but I wouldn't say it lived up to Grid or Carbon.
Zephirothミッドナイトレーサー
19.05.2022Funnily enough i've played most of these games on the list.
'ya should make something similar but with java racing games or gameboy advance racing games.
Minecr4fter0
19.05.2022My favourite ds game defenatly is asphalt 2 i spent much time in it
CinderGodYT
19.05.2022Man, i remember when i was like 5y, i always used to play nfs undercover and dirt on my nds, sadly the nds charger got broken and i never get to charge it again 🙁
Tyler Gamer Phung
19.05.2022Asphalt Urban GT 1 & 2 is literally my favorite DS racing games (in my opinion) because the graphics looks really nice!
ShahVage
19.05.2022I just discovered your channel. Why the hell you have only 16 k subs? you are awesome
Erscii
19.05.2022Car handling in asphalt urban gt is exactly the same with asphalt games in nokia symbian
Nick Matvienko
19.05.2022speed racer needed to be included to this list as it is one of the best racing ds games