Outrun 2. Only reason I own an original Xbox pretty much.

Outrun is my all time favorite arcade racing game. And it's not too large / difficult to move.

Pole position 2

Crazy Taxi (Open World!)
Silent Scope 2 (especially if you can get your hands on 2 of them to link
House of the Dead 2
Pac-Man/Ms Pac man (light/small cab, everyone loves it)

He said racing games!

Although HOTD2 is one of my all-time favorites.
Any of the Cruisin’ games are pretty awesome.
I’d probably buy one of those Japanese racing games you can play at Round1. They’re sick!

Arctic Thunder or Hydro Thunder.

I would probably go Rush the Rock especially if you can get a linked set. Daytona is also great, but I like having more tracks on Rush. My kiddo and I were trading spots on the leaderboards for a good while with super tight time differences on that very first track.

Had 4 2049s linked for yrs.
It still got old but you could had some tracks and explore to find coins.
The replay against friends and fam was fun

I always really enjoyed rush. I'm not sure how the arcade racing games work, but there was a way in rush to explore off track and find some hidden stunt arenas for the cars which was fun. I thought it had the best type of "racing" as well.

Whoops! Missed that. Crazy taxi still qualifies. I'd add F-Zero AX, and Mario Kart GP. HOTD 2 is awesome! I have one in my game room!

Out of the above choices I have a 4 player Daytona setup and an outrun cabaret. I'd have to go daytona if only I could only do one but outrun is also an all time favorite of mine too. I just loved being able to drop it down and drift around corners when I was a kid. Outrun is just classic. Glad I didn't have to decide one or the other!

I've spent a lot of time behind the wheel on just about every Driving Video ever made, And for me, the best ever is Rush The Rock.

It's not easy, but once you get the hang of it, it keeps you coming back for more. Perfect for the home environment.

I do. And there are some RtR Alcatraz machines that break into two pieces. I am not sure of the exact details, but I think it was only the games that shipped as alcatraz and not OG rush games that were converted.

The graphics are a little better, but for me, the collecting coins thing gets old and is a distraction. Even if you make an account to save your progress. It's also easier to finish the race and the catch up feature after you crash seems a little more forgiving.

I wanted to like 2049 more, but from a "one more try" perspective, I always go back to Rush the Rock.

It is difficult to move, but the green monitor surround and seat can be removed to make it a little easier. 2049 even in 2 pieces is no picnic to move!

Ivan Stewart Off Road if you like to party hard.

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If you have a few bucks, you could connect a Logitech wheel to a PC with a racing frame. Pretty much every arcade racing and flying game you can name. It’s by far the most popular thing when I have company. I’ve moved with it twice… it’s super easy to disassemble. It does take up a pin spot, so factor that in.

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For me it's rush all day. Daytona not a bad choice. Outrun has never been my jam, plus no link ability

My vote!
I'd love to add one someday. Ate a ton of my quarters back in the day.

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I have an outrun cabaret. Loved the look of the cabinet & the small footprint is great. Only trade off is that the cabaret has a simplified shaker on the wheel. Shakes fore-aft only. I think the full sized games shake fore-aft and torque the wheel?

I have two SF Rush the Rocks here that outlived the 2049 by far. The 2049 has better graphics seeing as it's three years newer then the Rocks but it also has two lesser tracks. The gold coins were fun to find and a few I could never figure out how to get to them but I'm think it was some sorta glitch in the programming quite honestly . Once you've pretty much mastered the coins there's not much else to keep you coming back. I sold the 2049 off after a few months and still have my Rocks here. BTW: Having just two driving games link together is the perfect number really, anything beyond that just took up more room and didn't get played often. Here's Pete strapping down the newly found games years ago.

John

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All good choices -

If you are looking for an Outrun keep in mind they shipped with a suicide battery chip but you can work around this by just getting a standard 68000 CPU and patched ROMs - http://www.segaresurrection.com/

- Turbo Outrun might be a good option if you can find one cheap and de convert it.

- The Daytona USA board set is very complex and uprights don’t have any force feedback so keep that in mind.

What is the price point on that set up? Looks great.

Has anybody played the arcade 1up racing games? Wondering how well built they are.

A friend has one of the Rush games...can't recall which one....but both a linked and seemed very fun. I recall him showing me shortcuts and different hidden pathways. Maybe it also had an option to mirror each track to give you more options?

I always sucked at racing games....I'm too twitchy with the steering and I never use the brake.

Super Sprint was my favorite racing game since it's a top down arcade game and not a first person or behind the car camera view.

I had a Virtua Racing for awhile, not as good as Daytona but close. It split into two halves, monitors and seat, and was on casters. Was able to roll it thru a standard exterior door easy enuf.

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PC = ~$200
Monitor = $120
Graphics card = $180
Logitech wheel = $285
Logitech HOTAS (optional) = $100
Racing cockpit = ~$500
Speakers = ~$50

You’re at about $1500 with everything, less if you provide your own PC, TV, speakers, etc. With all that, though, you’re able to play tons of modern arcade games and old school classics. Check out TeknoParrot.

I like my Roadblasters. Not quite racing, but it’s driving with weapons, and reminds me of being a kid!

I have 2 newer lcd ( need for speed carbons) link. They are super fun. Has drifting courses also.

Initial D with working card readers. It's the only arcade racing game that lets you save your progress. It has tons of real licensed cars and more simulation driving than over the top arcade racing. Version 3 was the last domestic version. Later versions are imports but still findable in the US.

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Rush the Rock linked pair

Rush 2049 has a great feel, and lots of tracks. The entering of a personal pin to save progress/scores is great. I don't care much for the futureristic style/theme though. More classic cars and and a traditional landscape would be cooler in my opinion. But outside personal feelings on the art, the driving feel is awesome. Auto is great for the average user and shifting with a clutch is a fun gimmick for more advanced players. Having a pair is a must. If room isn't an issue, I think having 3 or 4 linked is ideal only because you can bump into cars, so the head to head jockeying is a little more interactive vs. 2 drivers where one is more experienced than the other.

I don't like the modern fast and furious games because the car flipping is so outrageous it just seems ridiculous. The newer Cruisin series looks amazing graphics wise, but driving Rush 2049 is waaaaaaay better. Rush 2049 comes appart in 2 pieces and you can gut it and fold it rather easily so the profile is pretty standard in terms of getting through doors and stuff. It's easy to convert to lcd/led, but I think keeping the crt is preferable. Don't think someone converting it to a modern monitor is a premium modification. It's worth less to me than a stock game? Because it's much easier to go to lcd than go back to crt in terms of finding a monitor and often people cut the bezels or get rid of the original trim when they switch from a 4:3 to 16:9... plus there is the noticeable image stretch if you are a perfectionist. But otherwise you don't lose image quality with a modern TV as it has a vga out...

I haven't played a modern Mario cart, so I can't compare to more go cart style game play. Good luck!

Outrun - I want one myself!

I just feel like if you get some monster linked sit down games you’ll regret it. They are gigantic and hard to sell !

2049’s linked if we’re thinking of the same guy.

Super sprint is nostalgic to me, played a lot of that as a kid. I would love two Outrun 2’s linked one day. I just can’t seem to stop buying pinball machines lol.

I'm not really familiar with the differences between the racing games, but I've probably seen Daytona USA much more frequently in home arcades than any other racing game.

No idea if that makes it the best, but it just seems to be the most common from what I've seen.

Off road would be the only arcade style game I would buy. I have iRacing on my PC and that is it for racing games/simulators. I don’t have a full setup with a seat and all that, I just have it setup at my desk and it works great.

Cruisin' Exotica

I do miss having a linked driver, if i had the space id love a pair of Daytonas. Everybody plays them, which i cant say about my pins or other arcades

I think the absolute king of racers is Hard Drivin'. It's not like the rest of them, and I've never really seen anything quite like it other than the sequel Race Drivin'. If you've played it, you know what I mean. If you haven't, don't let the polygons turn you off - it's amazing.

These are surprisingly fun! There's an arcade in NH that has a line of these and they're pretty heart-pounding to play.

For my own game room I tried to find the holy grail Sega Ferrari 355 challenge, but ended up with Rush 2049. I will say that with the “short cuts” built into Rush 2049 those machines have been used more than any other game I own by guests, my kids, their friends,etc. Having multiple linked games is still a blast. Good luck on your decision.

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I have a Crusin World sit-down and an upright Turbo Outrun (resurrected pcb with kit). Crusin is one of the biggest hits when people come over, average people ignore all my pins and go for the driver and redemption games (crane, coin pusher, wacky gator). I got Crusin for around $200 and rebuilt the monitor. It's an okay game, but gets boring after a while as it's repetitive.

I really want a 2049 as I like the actual clutch. It's on my want list (could have had two for free, messed that up).

The bigger arcade machines used to go quite a bit cheaper than other games at the auctions down here. Mostly due to the size and effort moving them. I only say used to because I don't really watch the prices on them nearly as much once I got so heavy into pins.

Donkey Kong! An original cabinet is a piece of art and it's the goat! Endless replay!

Edit
Sorry missed the racing part but my answer remains if it's gota be racing then Pole Position just timeless

Pole position was the first great arcade racer but it always drove me nuts how coming anywhere near another car caused you to burst into a fireball!!

Outrun corrected this injustice!

This is it. If you want replayability, nothing is better than OutRun 2 SP, in terms of both quality and quantity.

-Three modes: OutRun with a great scoring system based around catching the slipstream of enemy cars and passing them closely, Heart Attack where you do different challenges like drifting through certain areas or passing through gates at the passenger girl's requests, and a straight Time Attack with no traffic.
-Two sets of 15 stages, five per playthrough, for a total of 30 unique courses, as well as the option to play through an entire 15-stage set.
-10 real Ferraris with the option to drive faster "tuned" models in Time Attack.
-Lots of excellent selectable music, the original Out Run songs, remixes of them, and new songs.
-Amazing handling system with a satisfying and easy to understand drift, that can be done using the brake or the shifter.
-Multiplayer with the fun feature of the leader choosing the next stage during the race.
-Gorgeous visuals that, at least from an art style standpoint, put most current console games to shame.

AM2 is the greatest video game studio of all time, and OutRun 2 is their magnum opus. Also the best remake/update of an older game by a long shot.

Worst driver to keep running. A house near me had a cockpit and upright in a dumpster in their driveway a while back, I paused, then came to my senses and kept driving.

There is the new PI Position board available now for under $200. Lets u play PP1 and PP2. Its saving alot of these games.