If you look at the commercial Linux gaming catalogue at the turn of the millennium, in amongst all of the 3D shooters and strategic simulations being released, one glaring omission seems to have been the lack of any racing games. Loki Software never ported any to Linux, nor did any of the other porting houses. This left a void for the free gaming community to fill.
Trackmania, the 2020 remake, is heading to Steam and the developers have started answering questions like — will it run on Steam Deck?
BallisticNG is honestly one of the best fast-paced anti-gravity racers around that's inspired by Wipeout, and they just had the 1.3 release out with plenty of new content.
The free and open source kart racing game, SuperTuxKart, has released a major new version with lots of fresh goodies to play with.
Love your classic racing games with low-poly visuals? Keep an eye on Formula Retro Racing - World Tour which releases next year and has a demo available along with Native Linux support.
Continuing to expand to some gorgeous locations to race through, the free Indonesia update for art of rally is out now.
Re-Volt is a retro delight from the year 1999 that originally came to GOG in 2013. Sadly it was pulled from sale when it was found to contain code written by the community, that the release did not have permission to use. Now it's back and on Steam too.
Neodash is a fresh Native Linux racing game that combines futuristic bright neon visuals with crazy-fast drifting.
Horizon Chase Turbo is a very highly rated retro racing game from developer AQUIRIS and today it sees a huge free upgrade.
Pocket Wheels looks like what you could imagine in your mind when playing with toy cars as a child and it's on the way to Linux with Native support.
With a demo currently available in Steam Next Fest, the racer game Turbo Golf Racing is one to watch.
Ready for high-speed explosive racing? FLASHOUT 3 was announced last month and dev Jujubee S.A. has now put up a demo.
Love racing spaceships? Check out Fly Dangerous, originally created as a love letter to the Elite Dangerous racing community, it's now available on Steam and it's free.
Valve has put up their latest little festival to grab some more games with the Steam Racing Fest. It also comes with a new Steam feature with a mini-trivia game.
Ready for one more run? Funselektor Labs have announced that art of rally is set for another big free expansion.
Jujubee S.A. has announced they're bringing back FLASHOUT with FLASHOUT 3, a high-stakes and high-speed combat racer is coming with Native Linux support later this year.
Want another close look at the Steam Deck? Here's your chance as the developer Funselektor Labs Inc. has shown off art of rally on their devkit.
Love a bit of Mario Kart or other similar games? Check out Super Indie Karts, which recently had a big content update.
Buck Up And Drive! is a fusion of classic retro endless racing with a few fun twists, like 1v1 car fighting mode.
Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing is a very good simulator and it just got that little bit better, with update 1.4.0 out now bringing some major improvements.