Reckless Racing 2, Polarbit and Pixelbite’s sequel to their popular top-down backwoods arcade racer, is now available on the app store, as well as the Android market. Improving upon nearly every aspect of the original and including a load of new features, Reckless Racing 2 promises to be a huge hit among racing fans. Reckless Racing 2 Pros: Finely-detailed environments Adrenaline-fueled... more.

Smash Cops, an arcade-style cop chaser from Hutch Games, is now available from the app store after a slightly premature release. Featuring a clever control system, terrific graphics, and a variety of missions, Smash Cops is a fun, albeit short, timewaster. Smash Cops Pros: Great presentation values with large city, detailed environments, and awesome slow-mo crashes Nostalgia-inducing '80'... more.

Lunar Racer, a physics-based arcade racer from Noodlecake Studios, is now available from the app store. With gameplay reminiscent of Dream Track Nation, you’ll flip and spin your way through space-themed tracks, using both gravity and nitro to control your vehicle while collecting MoonBux and outpacing AI competitors (or your friends via local multiplayer) in a bid to reach the finish line first... more.

Mini Motor Racing, The Binary Mill’s new top-down arcade racer, is now available from the app store. Featuring a large variety of short tracks, upgradeable cars, and terrific graphics, Mini Motor Racing is a quality title that, despite a few quirks, manages to impress. Mini Motor Racing Pros: Outstanding graphics with detailed textures and great lighting effects Upbeat soundtrack reinfo... more.

RPM: Gymkhana Racing, an arcade racing game developed by Blue River S.A. and published by Bulkypix, is now available from the app store. With a focus on drifting and burnouts, don’t expect a NASCAR experience when you don your driving gloves and put the pedal to the metal. RPM: Gymkhana Racing Pros: Detailed environments full of wacky objects Multiple objectives per course Cinematic r... more.

Race of Champions, a new racing title from Invictus Games, is now available from the app store. As head-to-head racing goes, Race of Champions is technically sound, but provides limited content and little excitement. Race of Champions Pros: Crisp, detailed graphics with a variety of car types and environments Upbeat electronic soundtrack over menus, car and engine sounds during races Th... more.

Some of our favorite titles have received notable updates that we felt were worth mentioning.... Burn The Rope Worlds HD Burn The Rope Worlds was released a short time ago, bringing some fun gameplay tweaks to the original formula, as well as 100 new levels to enjoy. Typical for Big Blue Bubble titles, the HD version was no where to be seen at launch, but has hit the app store a week lat... more.

Forever Drive, a crowd-sourced racing title from Supermono, is now available worldwide from the app store. While Canadian and Irish gamers have been able to play for some time, now all gamers can create tracks and wend their way through terrain built by fellow players as they seek to unlock a variety of items and challenge for leaderboard supremacy. Forever Drive Pros: Great neon graphics a... more.

DrawRace 2, the follow-up to the top-down, line-drawing racer developed by RedLynx and published by Chillingo, has just been released and is available from the app store. While the original impressed us with its fun visuals, stellar controls, and flat-out addicting gameplay, the reboot takes each of these components to a whole new level. DrawRace 2 Pros: Graphical reboot looks amazing Tig... more.

A few of our faves have received some new versions and stellar updates that make them worth revisiting or picking up if you haven’t yet. Bug Heroes Deluxe The Bug Heroes series from Foursaken Media has just added a new member to the family. The popular insect-infested castle defense game has undergone a number of updates during its time in the app store, including some significant cont... more.

Shift 2 Unleashed, EA’s follow-up to their Need For Speed series racing sim, is now available from the app store. Featuring new locales, new vehicles, improved graphics, and Origin integration for social gaming elements, Shift 2 Unleashed doesn’t bring a lot of innovation but it does continue to provide a high level of racing excitement that the casual user can enjoy. Shift 2 Unleashed Pros... more.

Mad Wheels, Chillingo’s recent attempt to dethrone Death Rally as the de facto combat racing champ, is now available from the app store. Developed by NewFX Games, Mad Wheels does beat Death Rally to the punch as far as its inclusion of multiplayer functionality, but it cannot top the incumbent when it comes to core gameplay, though it does offer a fun alternative. Mad Wheels Pros: Multipl... more.

Chillingo is one of the bigger publishers of iOS games, often releasing at least one game every week, if not more. This past week, we saw 3 new titles go live and thought we’d take a look at the trio to see which ones make the grade and which don’t. Dream Track Nation Dream Track Nation is a casual side-scrolling arcade racer developed by PowPow Games. There are 60 levels spread evenly a... more.

Reckless Getaway, a vertical-driving high-score challenge from Polarbit and Pixelbite, is now available from the app store. Featuring crazy physics, fun power-ups, and nice level design, Reckless Getaway offers an engaging challenge. Reckless Getaway Pros: Beautiful top-down presentation and varied environments Soundtrack matches gameplay style nicely Dual control methods make controlli... more.

Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing, an outstanding go-kart racer from SEGA, is now available from the app store. The most polished Mario Kart clone to date, SEGA’s best-known characters take to the track with an impressive wealth of content that should keep gamers busy for some time. Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Pros: Beautiful 3D graphics and detailed environments to enjoy Great so... more.