Whatever happened to the Racing genre?

[SvennoJ]

GOWTLOZ said:

SvennoJ said:

Is that's all that's left now? Forza, GT (delayed), NFS (free to play mmo) and Mario kart.
I don't see how racing on a phone can be appealing at all, how do you get any sense of speed on a 5" screen. I didn't enjoy wipeout on a handheld either. Do racing games actually sell on smartphones?

Racing games are very popular on smartphones. Real Racing 3 on Android that sells itself as a sim has over 220 million downloads. Its not a sim at all though, just an arcade game that has sim like presentation. GT2 on PS1 has more realistic physics.

Racing games on smartphone are very simple rotate to steer game and have a decent sense of speed. That seems to be enough for most people as they are also free. Look at Asphalt 8. Visually impressive for a smartphone game and having a visual flair but has no depth at all to the gameplay mechanics and its one of the most popular games on smartphones.

So they don't sell since they're free to play... :p
I guess the small number a whales still bring in more money than the $27 publisher cut per console player (after a much higher dev budget)