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Welcome to Geothon!

It's a quick, simple and fun way to learn geography. Choose a category below to start:

Countries of the World

Given the name of a country, find and click it on the map.

• Americas (24)
• Caribbean (17)
• Europe (49)
• Africa (57)
• Oceania (15)
• Antarctica (1)

Capital Cities of the World

• Midwest (12)
• Northeast (9)

US State Capitals

A quick and simple way to learn geography.

Instructions: Use the map to locate the country country in Europe country in the Americas country in Asia country in Africa country in Oceania state state (west) state (midwest) state (south) state (northeast) state by capital state by capital (west) state by capital (midwest) state by capital (south) state by capital (northeast) and click it before the time runs out. Geothon will keep score. Ready?

Game is finished!

Your score is 100. Time spent: 00:00

Countries of the World - Map Quiz Game

Current quiz contains 50 countries. You will be randomly asked 30 of them: Argentina , Australia , Austria , Brazil , Canada , Chile, China , Colombia , Cuba, Denmark , Ecuador, Egypt , Estonia, Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Greenland, Hungary, Iceland, India , Indonesia , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Kazakhstan, Madagascar, Mexico , Moldova, Netherlands , New Zealand , North Korea, Norway , Pakistan , Papua New Guinea, Philippines , Poland , Portugal , Russian Federation , South Korea , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Thailand , Turkey , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States of America , Venezuela, Vietnam .

This quiz game has 3 difficulty levels. Currently you’re on level 1 (the easiest). Before you go to the next level we’d recommend to take other quizzes like “ Countries of North America ”, “ Countries of South America ”, “ Countries of Europe ”, “ Countries of Asia ”, “ Countries of Africa ” and “ Countries of Australia ”. They will help you to prepare for the next levels.

When you’re ready, pass to the second level .

Interesting facts about the World:

• Shanghai is the biggest city in the world. It has more than 24 millions of citizens. Population of Shanghai is bigger than population of many countries. Only 25% of countries have population bigger than 25 millions.
• Vatican is a country with the smallest population. It has 842 citizens.
• The driest place in the world is Atacama Desert (South America). There is only 101 mm of precipitation per thousand years.
• Southern Sudan is the youngest state. It received independence in 2011 year.
• London is the most popular city. It has over 18 millions of tourists every year.
• Honduras is part of the second largest coral reef in the world, after the Great Barrier Reef.
• The official language of Papua New Guinea is English but in reality inhabitants of this country use more that 820 different languages.

More than 400 free map quiz games in more than 40 languages

Learn geography the easy way.

Learning geography doesn't have to be boring. Do it the easy way with Seterra! In no time, you could learn to locate every single country in the world on a map.

Seterra includes fun quizzes that help familiarize you with countries, capital cities, flags, rivers, lakes, and notable geological features.

The Ultimate Map Quiz Site!

Nine different game modes in Seterra Online challenge you in different ways to help you retain information and keep things interesting. Also, Seterra Online has a Voice feature that lets you listen to how the place names are pronounced.

Seterra currently has more than three million unique visitors each month and growing! It is available in more than 40 languages and works with Mac and Windows, as well as on iOS and Android devices.

All map quizzes are customizable, so that you can select only the locations you want to be quizzed on. Custom quizzes can easily be shared with your friends or students. Read more about custom quizzes.

The United States

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona... learn to pinpoint all 50 US states and their capitals and major cities on a map!

North & Central America

The US and Canada are easy to find on a blank map, but what about Guatemala and Belize? Practice here!

South America

Learn to find Brazil, Chile and Venezuela and all the other countries in South America on an outline map.

France and Germany, Czechia, Montenegro and Andorra. Learn to find them all in our geography games!

Learn to locate the countries and capitals, but also the administrative divisions of China, India and Russia.

Nigeria and Kenya, South Africa, Algeria and Morocco. Learn to find them all in our Africa map quizzes!

Australia & Oceania

Learn about Australia, New Zealand and all the tiny states of Oceania!

World Geography

Here you can find our ultimate map game: all 193 UN member states in a single quiz!

Anatomy & Science

Learn more about the human body in our anatomy quizzes!

Seterra becomes a part of

GeoGuessr is a game where you get to discover the world and test your ability to figure out where you are.

As part of the journey towards our vision to make everyone discover how fun it is to explore the world, Seterra has now become a part of GeoGuessr. GeoGuessr will continue to develop and improve Seterra. Initially, Seterra will work just as before, but we intend to launch a number of improvements and new fantastic geography games, exercises and quizzes.

Discover the world at www.geoguessr.com and www.geoguessr.com/seterra

Get The App

The Seterra app is available in more than 15 languages (Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish and Turkish), and offers all the most popular quizzes from the online version. Play offline and use the high score lists to track your progress!

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Testimonials, great homeschool study tool.

Just have to say that Seterra is probably the greatest geography learning tool of all time . My 9th grade daughter decided to try it last summer. In two days she was able to do every country in the world, and she had fun doing it . AMAZING! This year I have my whole homeschool group practicing Seterra at home and then having playoffs at my house every week. Thank you Seterra!"

Kids and Adults Love Seterra!

"Students love Seterra ! By the end of the school year nearly all 140+ of my students could correctly find and name every country in the world on a blank map, something they all took great pride in. They thought Seterra was great fun and had a blast racing to finish a quiz. The best learning is when something is fun, and this fits the bill. I can’t say it enough; Kids and adults love Seterra!"

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Arrange the pieces of the world!

Here, in the form of a game, you can learn the names as well as locations of each country or a state while having fun doing it. To begin the game, select a region from the map or the list and look at its flag, coat of arms and perhaps, even more information to help you learn geography. after Registration, you can create your puzzles from more than 100,000 regions!

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All suggestions for improvement can be sent to me via email , Vk or facebook , and also add an issue on GitHub .

The project based on open data: OSM Admin Boundaries Map for region polygons and Wikidata for information in infoboxes.

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Even though there are 195 countries, some stand out on the map more than others. Russia, for example, is just over 17 million square kilometers, while the Canada, the United States, and China are all over 9 million square kilometers. Identifying those may not challenge your geography trivia too much, but this map quiz game has many more countries that may test you.

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• South Korea
• South Sudan
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• Australia – Canberra
• Austria – Vienna
• Azerbaijan – Baku
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• Bahrain – Manama
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• Barbados – Bridgetown
• Belarus – Minsk
• Belgium – Brussels
• Belize – Belmopan
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• Bolivia – La Paz
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• Botswana – Gaborone
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• Burkina Faso – Ouagadougou
• Burundi – Bujumbura
• Cabo Verde – Praia
• Cambodia – Phnom Penh
• Cameroon – Yaoundé
• Canada – Ottawa
• Central African Republic – Bangui
• Chad – N’Djamena
• Chile – Santiago
• China – Beijing
• Colombia – Bogotá
• Comoros – Moroni
• Congo – Brazzaville
• Democratic Republic of the Congo- Kinshasa
• Costa Rica – San Jose
• Cote d’Ivoire – Yamoussoukro
• Croatia – Zagreb
• Cuba – Havana
• Cyprus – Nicosia
• Czech Republic – Prague
• Denmark – Copenhagen
• Djibouti – Djibouti (city)
• Dominica – Roseau
• Dominican Republic – Santo Domingo
• Ecuador – Quito
• Egypt – Cairo
• El Salvador – San Salvador
• Equatorial Guinea – Malabo
• Eritrea – Asmara
• Estonia – Tallinn
• Ethiopia – Addis Ababa
• Fiji – Suva
• Finland – Helsinki
• France – Paris
• Gabon – Libreville
• Gambia – Banjul
• Georgia – Tbilisi
• Germany – Berlin
• Ghana – Accra
• Greece – Athens
• Grenada – St. George’s
• Guatemala – Guatemala City
• Guinea – Conakry
• Guinea-Bissau – Bissau
• Guyana – Georgetown
• Haiti – Port-au-Prince
• Honduras – Tegucigalpa
• Hungary – Budapest
• Iceland – Reykjavik
• India – New Delhi
• Indonesia – Jakarta
• Iran – Tehran
• Iraq – Baghdad
• Ireland – Dublin
• Israel – Jerusalem
• Italy – Rome
• Jamaica – Kingston
• Japan – Tokyo
• Jordan – Amman
• Kazakhstan – Astana
• Kenya – Nairobi
• Kiribati – South Tarawa
• Kosovo – Pristina
• Kuwait – Kuwait City
• Kyrgyzstan – Bishkek
• Laos – Vientiane
• Latvia – Riga
• Lebanon – Beirut
• Lesotho – Maseru
• Liberia – Monrovia
• Libya – Tripoli
• Liechtenstein – Vaduz
• Lithuania – Vilnius
• Luxembourg – Luxembourg
• Macedonia – Skopje
• Madagascar – Antananarivo
• Malawi – Lilongwe
• Malaysia – Kuala Lumpur
• Maldives – Male
• Mali – Bamako
• Malta – Valletta
• Marshall Islands – Majuro
• Mauritania – Nouakchott
• Mauritius – Port Louis
• Mexico – Mexico City
• Micronesia – Palikir
• Moldova – Chisinau
• Monaco – Monaco
• Mongolia – Ulaanbaatar
• Montenegro – Podgorica
• Morocco – Rabat
• Mozambique – Maputo
• Myanmar (Burma) – Naypyidaw
• Namibia – Windhoek
• Nauru – Yaren District
• Nepal – Kathmandu
• Netherlands – Amsterdam
• New Zealand – Wellington
• Nicaragua – Managua
• Niger – Niamey
• Nigeria – Abuja
• North Korea – Pyongyang
• Norway – Oslo
• Oman – Muscat
• Pakistan – Islamabad
• Palau – Ngerulmud
• Palestine – Ramallah
• Panama – Panama City
• Papua New Guinea – Port Moresby
• Paraguay – Asunción
• Peru – Lima
• Philippines – Manila
• Poland – Warsaw
• Portugal – Lisbon
• Qatar – Doha
• Romania – Bucharest
• Russia – Moscow
• Rwanda – Kigali
• Saint Kitts and Nevis – Basseterre
• Saint Lucia – Castries
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines – Kingstown
• Samoa – Apia
• San Marino – San Marino
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• Saudi Arabia – Riyadh
• Senegal – Dakar
• Serbia – Belgrade
• Seychelles – Victoria
• Sierra Leone – Freetown
• Singapore – Singapore
• Slovakia – Bratislava
• Slovenia – Ljubljana
• Solomon Islands – Honiara
• Somalia – Mogadishu
• South Africa – Pretoria (executive); Cape Town (legislative); Bloemfontein (judicial)
• South Korea – Seoul
• South Sudan – Juba
• Spain – Madrid
• Sri Lanka – Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (legislative); Colombo (commercial)
• Sudan – Khartoum
• Suriname – Paramaribo
• Swaziland – Mbabane
• Sweden – Stockholm
• Switzerland – Bern
• Syria – Damascus
• Taiwan – Taipei
• Tajikistan – Dushanbe
• Tanzania – Dodoma
• Thailand – Bangkok
• Timor-Leste – Dili
• Togo – Lomé
• Tonga – Nukuʻalofa
• Trinidad and Tobago – Port of Spain
• Tunisia – Tunis
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• Turkmenistan – Ashgabat
• Tuvalu – Funafuti
• Uganda – Kampala
• Ukraine – Kyiv
• United Arab Emirates – Abu Dhabi
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• United States of America – Washington D.C.
• Uruguay – Montevideo
• Uzbekistan – Tashkent
• Vanuatu – Port Vila
• Vatican City (Holy See) – Vatican City
• Venezuela – Caracas
• Vietnam – Hanoi
• Yemen – Sana’a
• Zambia – Lusaka
• Zimbabwe – Harare
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• Nonscaling patterns can look better when you have a small number of patterns in your map, as they stand out more.

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• Lego 2K Drive may lack impact due to marketing towards children, but its unique biomes offer solid gameplay.
• The Crew Motorfest surprises fans with a faithfully recreated Hawaiian island and solid racing mechanics.
• SnowRunner's niche appeal lies in realistic truck driving, making it a hit among passionate fans.

Open-world gaming has become a powerful commercial force in the industry today, with many iconic IPs ditching their tried and tested gameplay formulas to try and get a piece of the success, including famously linear franchises like Sonic . Unfortunately, this has led to numerous lackluster releases that shoehorn in an underwhelming open world for marketing and advertising purposes. Still, when an open-world game is done right, it can create a fantastic gameplay experience for the player that is hard to top.

When people think of open-world gaming, they tend to imagine action-adventure games and RPGs. Although these genres do indeed dominate the open-world market, there have also been a handful of fantastic racing games over the years taking take place in enormous game worlds that players are free to drive around and explore. The following open-world racing games all struck gold with excellent driving mechanics, interesting events, and tantalizing maps that are begging to be explored.

Updated May 17, 2024, Mark Sammut: Open-world racers are not overrepresented in the gaming world, but there are more than enough options to keep players engaged for a long time. Crucially, these projects are generally designed to keep drivers behind the wheel for weeks, if not months. While 2024 has not produced many additions to this genre yet, the previous did have one significant sandbox racing game.

16 Lego 2K Drive

Metascore: 74, lego 2k drive.

Visual Concepts' Lego 2K Drive came and went in 2023, garnering some attention but not leaving a significant impact in the grand scheme of things. Ultimately, Lego has been stretched thin as a property, and the brand is heavily marketed towards children, which might not be the greatest audience for racing games. Still, as an entry-level open-world racer , Lego 2K Drive is very competently made and features an impressive map split into biomes that all have a unique identity.

Playing essentially like a kart racer, the game controls well and has a pick-up-and-play quality to it. Lego 2K Drive 's most exciting feature is the ability to create vehicles , a section that garnered criticism for incorporating microtransactions. While unlocking everything is a grind, pieces are earned consistently enough that players should be able to unlock most options without much issue.

15 The Crew Motorfest

Metascore: 76, the crew motorfest.

Most people had assumed that Ubisoft had given up on The Crew , despite the understated brilliance of the second game . Thankfully, fans were proven wrong with the release of The Crew Motorfest , which is a great title for fans of open-world racing games to check out.

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Players explore the faithfully recreated Hawaiian island of Oʻahu, which makes for some exotic racing backdrops and beautiful visuals. It may not be groundbreaking by any stretch of the imagination, but The Crew Motorfest is a great title with solid racing mechanics that deserves all the praise it gets.

14 Crazy Taxi 3: High Roller

Metascore: 69, crazy taxi 3: high roller.

Arcade driving games are all the rage, and Crazy Taxi 3 is easily the best game in the series that fans can go back to time and time again. This game is absolutely bonkers, using the simple premise of driving a passenger to their destination and turning it into something so incredibly enjoyable that players can find themselves lost in this game for hours and hours.

It helps that this title features many massive maps where players can get lost as they furiously drive passengers to their destinations. The areas of West Coast, Glitter Island, and Small Apple are all rife with detail and feature boundless opportunities for crazy stunts as players try to rack up the highest scores possible.

13 SnowRunner

Metascore: 81.

SnowRunner is a game that has taken the sim driving scene by storm, and many players are still baffled by how many fans this title has! Trucks are some of the slowest-moving vehicles of all time... and yet, any game that manages to nail their configurations and how they feel becomes so popular within a particular niche that other casual players just can't understand this craze.

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Of course, not everything needs to be dissected down to a T. Sometimes, games just need to scratch a particular itch to endear themselves to a particular section of passionate fans. The offroading shenanigans of SnowRunner have made it such a surprise hit for the same reasons.

12 Forza Horizon 3

Metascore: 91, forza horizon 3.

The Forza Horizon series has churned out hit after hit, and this game is no exception to this rule. These titles feature massive open worlds that are full to the brim with races, challenges, car customization , and fun stories.

There's no denying that Forza Horizon 3 justifies the inclusion of a sandbox. Players love the idea of dropping into the game and just messing around with the car of their choice. The fact that many fans still consider this game to be superior to its successors, despite the massive success of Forza Horizon 4 and 5, proves how many things this game got right.

11 Need For Speed Unbound

Metascore: 77, need for speed unbound.

Many fans of racing video games feel that the genre has stagnated. It's a fair criticism, as the genre features many games that look the same and don't really bring anything new to the table. So, it's refreshing to see that Need for Speed Unbound has decided to integrate a unique look and style into the visuals. These help the game stand out and look fresh in a genre overpopulated with titles that all use similar aesthetics.

In fact, the cel-shaded visuals and 2D smoke trails in Need For Speed Unbound look so unique that some fans of the racing genre actually find this visual change to be jarring, which is a testament to how stagnant the racing genre has become in modern times. The racing in Need for Speed Unbound is solid, and exploring the open world is a blast, even if the grind to get new cars can be a bit grating for some players.

Need for Speed Heat could have taken this spot too, and an argument could be made that it has a better open-world than Unbound . Still, the difference between them is quite small.

10 Driver: San Francisco

Metascore: 80, driver: san francisco.

It's a shame that the Driver series hasn't seen a major entry in quite some time. San Francisco is a genuinely amazing title that makes players feel like an action hero behind the wheel. Players can do everything from serving as getaway drivers to straight-up taking over the bodies of other drivers to steer their cars.

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Driver: San Francisco is one of the most high-octane driving games around, where players need to accomplish several objectives while going through several amazing set-pieces along the way. The Shift ability is easily the biggest highlight of this game, and it's a shame that more developers haven't tried to integrate this unique mechanic in their racing titles.

9 Midnight Club 3

Metascore: 85, midnight club 3.

It's a shame that Midnight Club is a series that never really stayed relevant in Rockstar's library . Their attention shifted to open-world action games with an emphasis on driving instead of a game solely focused on the art of racing. Many fans of Midnight Club are sad that this approach has been taken since one of their most beloved racing franchises isn't a part of the mainstream anymore.

Thankfully, there are enough games in this series that players can check out whenever they feel like they're missing out on this brilliant series. The vibe of this title is unmatched, and players who check this game out will enjoy one of the finest racing games they've laid their hands on.

8 BeamNG.drive

Metascore: n/a, beamng.drive.

BeamNG.drive is a racing simulation game that is an absolute joy to play. Crashing a car in this game is more satisfying than frustrating because of how realistic and fun the damage mechanics of the car are. The user-made content ensures that players will be able to sink a ton of hours into this game.

BeamNG.drive might be one of the more hardcore sandbox racing games on the market, but players who get into this early access title will have a great time indeed. That said, the project has been in early access for roughly a decade and it is still not that close to completion ( BeamNG released v0.32 in April 2024 ).

7 Test Drive Unlimited 2

Metascore: 68, test drive unlimited 2.

Test Drive Unlimited 2 was developed by Eden Games and released in November 2011 on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC. The game featured a stunning open world for its time based on the real-life island of Oahu, which is the third-largest Hawaiian Island, as well as the Spanish island of Ibiza. Along with the fantastic world design, Test Drive Unlimited 2 also impressed fans and critics with its wide range of vehicles on offer, with asphalt cars, off-road vehicles, classic cars, and motorcycles all available to drive.

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The game features a simple but enjoyable campaign where the player is tasked with winning a range of tournaments, with the goal of earning the Solar Crown.

6 Midtown Madness 2

Metascore: 78.

• Platform(s): PC
• Developer: Angel Studios
• Release Date: September 22, 2000

The sequel to Midtown Madness was exactly what most people expected, tightening up the racing controls in a title that let players explore two detailed environments across a wealth of racing modes. This time, the cities that make the cut are London and San Francisco. Both areas are a blast to explore, making it clear why players love this classic racing game despite the title's relevance being all but dead in modern times.

If players manage to get this game working on modern systems, they'll be treated to a fun open-world racing game. Midtown Madness 2 doesn't cut any corners, letting players enjoy the simple act of speeding around in these urban landscapes to their hearts' content. To this day, wrecking cops and leaving them in the dust remains thrilling, no matter how dated the presentation may feel.

As timeless as this classic is, Midtown Madness 2 can, unfortunately, be difficult to get running on modern systems. That said, it is still fun if it works.

5 Forza Horizon 4

Metascore: 92, forza horizon 4.

Even with all the love that Forza Horizon 5 has received as one of the best open-world racing games ever made, many people feel like the previous game in the series was better. Forza Horizon 4 brought many welcome changes to the formula while tightening the racing gameplay to perfection.

The result is a fantastic racing game that lets players enjoy the lush environments of Great Britain, featuring a wealth of landmarks that look amazing as the seasons change. It's one of the best open-world racing games that any fan should try if they want a spectacular, no-nonsense driving game where speed is king.

4 The Crew 2

Metascore: 64.

The Crew 2 was released on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in June 2018. The game differentiates itself from most other racing games with the variety of vehicle types on offer. Along with a plethora of cars and motorbikes to choose from, players can also drive boats and planes. The goal of the game is to become a success in the four vehicle disciplines: Pro Racing, Street Racing, Off-Road, and Freestyle.

The Crew 2 was nominated for Best Racing Game at the Game Critic Awards in 2018 , though it lost out to Forza Horizon 4. With each entry in the series pushing the series to new heights, it's clear that Ubisoft has an absolute gem on its hands that can transform into something magical if it continues to build upon this solid foundation.

3 Burnout Paradise

Metascore: 88, burnout paradise remastered.

Prior to Burnout Paradise 's release, the Burnout series was synonymous with over-the-top, arcade-style street racing action. Consequently, when it was announced that 2008's Burnout Paradise would be implementing an open world, many people were unhappy, as they felt like it was an unnecessary addition that would detract from the events.

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However, it soon became clear that Criterion Games and Electronic Arts knew what they were doing, as post-release data showed that " 90 percent of players didn't even touch the races ," opting instead to "focus on the game's social features and explore the big new world." It's not hard to understand why, as although the game's events were still great, the joy of simply driving around the meticulously crafted world was an absolute delight and unlike anything else at the time. In many ways, its open-world driving was comparable to Grand Theft Auto 5 , five years before Rockstar's game was released.

Interestingly, this surprising revelation sparked a drastic shift in how AAA developers perceived and made open-world games, making Burnout Paradise one of the most influential open-world games of all time .

2 Need For Speed: Underground 2

Metascore: 82, need for speed: underground 2.

Need for Speed: Underground 2 was released back in 2004, which makes the game all the more impressive considering how rare open-world games were at the time, largely due to hardware limitations.

Along with its open world, EA's Need for Speed: Underground 2 stood out with its stellar customization options , the story-driven campaign that was presented through comic strip-style cutscenes, and its memorable soundtrack. As for the racing itself, Need for Speed: Underground 2 had a great range of different game modes for players to choose from, including Drag Racing, Drifting, Circuit Race, and Street X mode, where four racers compete in tight, narrow tracks.

1 Forza Horizon 5

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Forza Horizon 5 doesn't try to reinvent the wheel, offering a similar core gameplay experience to its predecessor, Forza Horizon 4 , but with an entirely new map. Forza Horizon 5 is set in a fictional representation of Mexico on a wonderfully diverse map with a vast range of different biomes for players to explore. Forza Horizon 5 was a huge hit with fans and critics, exemplified by its 92 Critic score and 8.2 User score on Metacritic . The game also performed exceptionally well at end-of-year award shows, picking up numerous accolades, including Best Sports/Racing Game at The Game Awards.

Like all of its predecessors, Forza Horizon 5 is just fun. The arcade-style controls make for an immediately accessible experience, while the events tend to be a mix of over-the-top silliness and fairly classic races (or drifts/drags/battles/etc.). The season system ensures that change is always around the corner, and the different types of roads encourage players to build a robust garage that can cover most terrains.

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'It's Messy': PGA of America CEO Hopes for Agreement Between PGA Tour and LIV Golf

Bob harig | may 15, 2024.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The head of the PGA of America on Wednesday reiterated his desire to see golf come together with some resolution to the current PGA Tour/Public Investment impasse that continues to dominate discussion.

Seth Waugh, the CEO of the PGA—who also has a seat on the seven-member board of the Official World Golf Ranking—said on the eve of the PGA Championship that “I’m sort of hoping it’s the darkest before the dawn.’’

He also took issue with the timing of Jimmy Dunne’s resignation from the PGA Tour Policy Board , which was announced on Monday and noted that the PGA Championship “has the most flexibility of the majors’’ when it comes to inviting LIV Golf League players.

“It's messy and it seems to get messier every week,” Waugh said. “I think the best thing for the game is a deal. And we've been very consistent on that front.

“What has been an unsustainable business model has put pressure on other places like the Tour that creates some financial dynamics as well as other dynamics that are very hard, and quite frankly it puts some financial pressure on us, as well. I don't think the game is big enough for two tours like that, and I think we are diluting the game in a way that is not healthy.

“I hope there's a deal. I think both sides are not only committed to trying to find a deal but really need a deal, and in my history of deal making, when both sides kind of need something to happen, it generally does. I don't know the timing. I don't have any insider information that you all don't have. But I'm hopeful that there will be a deal over time.

“I hope there's urgency because I do think it's doing damage to the Tour, to the game. As I said earlier, I hope it's short-term damage, as opposed to permanent damage, and so I hope there's some urgency in the timing around it because I just don't think it's a healthy situation right now.”

The PGA of America has been lauded for inviting seven LIV players, with 16 total in the field. But both Waugh and Kerry Haigh, the PGA’s chief championships officer, said that was more a product of the tournament’s wide range of invitations it can extend.

“Our invitation process has been pretty much the same for many years,” Haigh said. “We have 15 criteria that are pretty much set, and then there’s an there's an opportunity for us to invite those players who may not be in those 15 criteria.

“We're fortunate in that case to be able to look at various tours, all tours, including LIV, world golf rankings, federation rankings, DP World Tour, New Zealand, Korn Ferry Tour, and from those identify what we think are the best players or potentially the best future players and offer them invitations.”

Talor Gooch, who was LIV’s leading player last year but has fallen outside of the top 600 in the OWGR, is the best example of a player who is being given credit for what he has done at the LIV Golf League. He got an invite along with four players who were among the top 100 in the world (Joaquin Niemann, Adrian Meronk, Lucas Herbert and Patrick Reed), another who won twice on the Asian Tour (David Puig) and one who won twice last year on the DP World Tour in South Africa (Dean Burmester).

The inability for LIV golfers to get OWGR points has led to the call for the majors to give direct spots to LIV players, something the others have so far resisted.

Mike Whan, CEO of the United States Golf Association, suggested recently the that USGA will have to look at it closer as it believed that the situation would be resolved with some sort of unification.

That alliance has become more unclear in the last week as Rory McIlroy’s desire to get back on the policy board as a player director was rebuffed and reports of differing views on whether or not the PGA Tour events wants a deal with the PIF continue to surface.

Last week McIlroy was appointed to a “transaction committee” that includes Tiger Woods and Adam Scott and that is to negotiate directly with the PIF. But McIlroy saw Dunne’s departure as a blow to the efforts.

“Honestly, I think it's a huge loss for the PGA Tour, if they are trying to get this deal done with the PIF and trying to unify the game,” McIlroy said. “Jimmy was basically the relationship, the sort of conduit between the PGA Tour and PIF. It's been really unfortunate that he has not been involved for the last few months, and I think part of the reason that everything is stalling at the minute is because of that. So it is, it's really, really disappointing, and I think the Tour is in a worse place because of it.

“I would say my confidence level on something getting done before last week was as low as it had been and then with this news of Jimmy resigning and knowing the relationship he has with the other side, and how much warmth there is from the other side, it's concerning.”

On Dunne, Waugh said: “Look, he's a very thoughtful guy and he's a grownup and he obviously has his own reasons for what he did. I wish his timing had been different than the Monday of our major.

“Look, they are going to have great candidates and I know they will get a great replacement for him. Wish him and them luck.”

As for his role with the OWGR and LIV’s lack of accreditation, Waugh gave a long answer, explaining that he didn’t believe LIV leadership knew or understood the process—“I’m not saying that’s their fault’’—and that it doesn’t take place quickly.

LIV first applied in July 2022 and throughout the process believed it should have been dealt with more quickly. Last October, the OWGR announced it was denying the bid, citing deficiencies in the LIV structure.

“There are two fundamental things that we weren't sure we could solve for with math, which was relegation and promotion, and what that looked like because that was murky … so we never knew the percentages of what that would look like.

“And secondly, just the inherent conflict of team versus individual play and whether that could create a situation, and it actually became public last year when one of the players (Sebastian Munoz at the LIV event in Orlando) talked about trying to two-putt as opposed to trying to make a putt to win a tournament. He was trying to two-putt for his team.

“So we went back with that and told them if they could solve that or we could engage on it. Kind of went back and forth a few times, but they didn't change their position. We didn't really change ours. We've had very serious conversations about it, and then without telling us publicly, they have withdrawn their application.

“So I don't think OWGR's job is to seek out tours to do that, and if they wanted to reapply, we'd certainly entertain it. We've behaved properly. Kerry sits on the technical committee that reviews all this stuff and we have behaved properly. It's very cordial. It's not a war. I don't want to pretend that. They were responsive, too, but they didn't get an answer that they wanted.

“So that's kind of where it is.”

Bob Harig is a golf writer for SI.com and the author of the book "DRIVE: The Lasting Legacy of Tiger Woods," which publishes in March and can be ordered here. 

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