D.I.C.E. Award for Racing Game of the Year
| D.I.C.E. Award for Racing Game of the Year | |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences |
| First awarded | 1998 |
| Currently held by | Forza Motorsport |
| Website | www |
The D.I.C.E. Award for Racing Game of the Year is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the D.I.C.E. Awards. This recognizes "titles that allow the user to participate in a contest in which the objective is to convey an object through a course of virtual physical progress as quickly as possible. Racing games may involve competition against other user-controlled competitors or against system controlled competitors. Racing games must simulate vehicular motion".[1] All active creative/technical, business, and affiliate members of the Academy are qualified to vote for this category.[2] It was originally presented as Console Racing Game of the Year, with its first winner being Diddy Kong Racing, which was developed by Rare and published by Nintendo.[3]
The award's most recent winner is Forza Motorsport, developed by Turn 10 Studios and published by Xbox Game Studios.
Winners and nominees[edit]
1990s[edit]
| Indicates the winner |
2000s[edit]
2010s[edit]
2020s[edit]
Multiple nominations and wins[edit]
Developers and publishers[edit]
Criterion Games and Turn 10 Studios have developed the most racing game awards winners. Codemasters has the most nominations as a developer, but has never actually won the award outright. Electronic Arts has published the most finalists and the most winners. Electronic Arts has also published five consecutive award winners from 2003 to 2007. EA Black Box is the only developer with back-to-back wins for Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 in 2003 and Need for Speed: Underground in 2004. Nintendo and Microsoft Studios also have back-to-back wins as publishers: Microsoft Studios won with Forza Motorsport 6 in 2016 and Forza Horizon 3 in 2017, and Nintendo won with Mario Kart Tour in 2020 and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit in 2021.
| Developer | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Criterion Games | 8 | 5 |
| Turn 10 Studios | 8 | 5 |
| Nintendo EAD/EPD | 8 | 3 |
| Polyphony Digital/Polys Entertainment | 7 | 3 |
| EA Black Box | 5 | 3 |
| Playground Games | 5 | 3 |
| EA Canada | 4 | 2 |
| Codemasters | 12 | 0 |
| Bizarre Creations | 4 | 0 |
| Evolution Studios | 4 | 0 |
| Slightly Mad Studios | 3 | 0 |
| Black Rock Studio | 2 | 0 |
| DICE | 2 | 0 |
| EA Tiburon | 2 | 0 |
| Ghost Games | 2 | 0 |
| Milestone | 2 | 0 |
| Rainbow Studios | 2 | 0 |
| RedLynx | 2 | 0 |
| San Diego Studio | 2 | 0 |
| United Front Games | 2 | 0 |
| Publisher | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Electronic Arts | 25 | 9 |
| Microsoft/Xbox Game Studios | 20 | 8 |
| Nintendo | 14 | 5 |
| Sony Computer/Interactive Entertainment | 15 | 4 |
| Codemasters | 10 | 0 |
| Namco/Bandai Namco Entertainment | 3 | 0 |
| Acclaim Entertainment | 2 | 0 |
| Disney Interactive Studios | 2 | 0 |
| Milestone | 2 | 0 |
| Sega | 2 | 0 |
| THQ/THQ Nordic | 2 | 0 |
| Ubisoft | 2 | 0 |
Franchises[edit]
The three most nominated and award-winning franchises, Forza, Need for Speed, and Mario Kart, all have back-to-back wins for Racing Game of the Year:
- Need for Speed: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 (2003) and Need for Speed: Underground (2004).
- Forza: Forza Motorsport 6 (2016) and Forza Horizon 3 (2017).
- Mario Kart: Mario Kart Tour (2020) and Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit (2021).
| Franchise | Nominations | Wins |
|---|---|---|
| Forza | 13 | 8 |
| Need for Speed | 12 | 5 |
| Mario Kart | 9 | 4 |
| Gran Turismo | 7 | 3 |
| Burnout | 5 | 3 |
| MotorStorm | 3 | 1 |
| Dirt | 5 | 0 |
| F1 | 5 | 0 |
| Project Gotham Racing | 4 | 0 |
| F-Zero | 3 | 0 |
| NASCAR | 3 | 0 |
| Crash Team Racing | 2 | 0 |
| Grid | 2 | 0 |
| Hot Wheels | 2 | 0 |
| Project CARS | 2 | 0 |
| RalliSport Challenge | 2 | 0 |
| Real Racing | 2 | 0 |
| Trials | 2 | 0 |
Notes[edit]
- ^ Xbox 360 version
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