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Top 5 racing games on bada

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Top 5 racing games on bada
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Whether you're the kind of ignorant driver who flips the bird to other road users, or the kind who politely stops to allow the elderly Mrs Griggins to cross the road, one thing is for sure: get on the race track and you’re in it to win it.

Fortunately for we bada-toting gamers, there’s plenty of pedal-to-the-metal action to be had on Samsung's smartphone OS.

Strap yourself in, then, for a high-speed ride through the best racing games currently on bada.

Need for Speed: Shift

The Need for Speed franchise has been alive and kicking since 1994, clocking up an incredible 19 titles across 12 different platforms.

In Need for Speed: Shift, bada owners can get to grips with the game's extensive career mode, race around four locations (Chicago, Dubai, Italy, and London), and maintain their own garage with new cars and purchasable upgrades.

Throw in some excellent adjustable tilt controls and top-notch sound design and you've got a great excuse to download this game right now for free.

Asphalt 5

Asphalt 5 is another big name gracing bada - in fact, it's big in all respects. A grand total of 30 cars from the likes of Ferrari, Lamborghini, Audi, and Ducati is available for you to burn rubber in / on.

Gameloft also sees fit to grant you speedsters access to locations such as St. Tropez, Aspen, and Las Vegas, and to tense online multiplayer.

Shrek Kart HD

Whilst DreamWorks's movies starring that green ogre may have slowly degenerated into pap, Shrek Kart HD presents gamers with the the chance to take their favourite / least reviled characters from the film franchise to the track.

It may be a while before we see a certain iconic Italian plumber on a smartphone, but with four single-player modes, 19 cups, 72 challenges, and ten karts and characters to choose from, Shrek Kart HD will tide us over for a few weeks, at least.

Turbo Grannies

Despite not being a racer in the traditional sense, Turbo Grannies does exactly what it says on the tin. Players are tasked with getting granny across either a mountain, desert, or through suburbia in this physics-based game.

A challenge like this in real life might not sound like much fun, but the combination of a permobile and gyroscopic controls with some light-hearted banter and a comical old fogey make for an immensely enjoyable experience.

Ground Effect

Slap on a pair of three-dimensional glasses and you can appreciate the futuristic hovercraft-based racer that is Ground Effect in full stereoscopic 3D.

Reminiscent of seminal console racer WipEout, but with a more sedate, relaxing take on matters, Ground Effect is a graphically delicious title that's begging to be given a run-out.

Disclosure: Steel Media is running the bada Student Developer Challenge in conjunction with Samsung.
Matt Sakuraoka-Gilman
Matt Sakuraoka-Gilman
When Matt was 7 years old he didn't write to Santa like the other little boys and girls. He wrote to Mario. When the rotund plumber replied, Matt's dedication to a life of gaming was established. Like an otaku David Carradine, he wandered the planet until becoming a writer at Pocket Gamer.