Arcade racers that feel good on a touchscreen

Touchscreen racing gets a bad reputation, usually because games try to be realistic simulators on a device with no steering wheel. The ones that embrace arcade drifting feel far better in the hand.

Neon Dust Rally is a good example. It builds the whole game around slides and boost chains, so the slightly imprecise touch controls become part of the fun rather than a frustration. Tilt steering also works if you prefer it.

When you're shopping for a mobile racer, look for drift-heavy handling and an offline career mode. Those two things together usually mean the developers understood what phones are good at.

Play a few races, tune the control sensitivity, then judge it. Almost every arcade racer feels wrong for the first five minutes and then clicks.