Instruct: Given a question, retrieve relevant passages that answer the question.
Query: What is the best racing game of 2018?
The Game Awards 2018 was an award show that honored the best video games of 2018. As with previous Game Awards, the event was hosted by Geoff Keighley at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on December 6, 2018. God of War won three awards, including for game of the year, while Red Dead Redemption 2 won the most overall awards with four. It was live streamed on over 40 platforms worldwide, with viewership numbers of over 26 million. In addition to the awards, a number of new games and content for them was revealed during the event.
Alphr put it at number 6 on their list of the best racing games on PS4 2017. The game was nominated for "Best Racing Game in "IGN"s Best of 2017 Awards, and for "eSports Game of the Year" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards; and won the award for "Best Racing Game" at The Independent Game Developers' Association Awards 2018.
It was ranked as one of the best games of 2017 by "Eurogamer", "Zero Punctuation", "Polygon", "The Verge", "GamesRadar+", and "Electronic Gaming Monthly" end of year lists. Ray Porreca of "Destructoid" named it his 5th best game of 2017. The website also nominated the game for "Best PS4 Game" at its Game of the Year Awards 2017. Readers and staff of "Game Informer" voted it as their best role-playing game of 2017, as well as having the best narrative and cast. In their reader's choice awards, it also came in second place for "Best Sony Game" and third place for Game of the Year. The game won the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game at the New York Game Awards 2018. It was also nominated for the "Best Visual Art" award at the Game Developers Choice Awards. In addition, it was nominated for best role-playing game at the 2018 D.I.C.E. Awards, and for "Excellence in Musical Score" and "Excellence in Art" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards. At the 2018 NAVGTR Awards, the game won the "Art Direction, Contemporary"; "Costume Design"; "Direction in a Game Cinema"; "Game, Franchise Role Playing"; and "Writing in a Drama" awards.
"Chains of Olympus" was praised for "fantastic" graphics and "tight and responsive" controls for the PSP at the time. In 2008, IGN awarded "Chains of Olympus" the "Best PSP Action Game", and in September 2010, it was listed as the best PSP game by "GamePro". "God of War III" received praise for its graphics, in particular of Kratos; at the time, IGN stated that Kratos was "perhaps the single most impressive-looking character ever in videogames." IGN also said that, at the time, "God of War III" "redefines what the word 'scale' means with regards to videogames, as it throws you into scenes with Titans that are larger than entire levels in some other games." "God of War III" received awards for "Most Anticipated Game of 2010" and "Best PS3 Game" at the 2009 and 2010 Spike Video Game Awards, respectively. The game also won the "Artistic Achievement" award at the 2011 BAFTA awards. "Ghost of Sparta" was praised for its graphics and story, with Chris Pereira of 1UP saying that it was "a more personal story than the [previous] "GOW" games." It received several awards at E3 2010, including "Best Handheld Game", "Best PSP Game", and "PSP Game of Show", and won "Best Handheld Game" at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards. 2018's "God of War" received particular praise for its art direction, graphics, combat system, music, story, use of Norse mythology, characters, and cinematic feeling. Many also felt that it had successfully revitalized the series without losing the core identity of its predecessors. It won several awards, among which were "Game of the Year" and "Best Game Direction" at The Game Awards 2018 and "Best Storytelling" and "PlayStation Game of the Year" at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards.
"Eurogamer" ranked the game 30th on their list of the "Top 50 Games of 2017". The game won the award for "Best Sports Game" at the 2017 Game Critics Awards, and was nominated for "Best Console Game (Nintendo Switch)" and "Best Sports Game" at the Gamescom 2017 Awards. It was also nominated for "Best Multiplayer Game" at the Golden Joystick Awards, and for "Best Sports/Racing Game" at The Game Awards 2017. It won the award for "Best Story" at "Game Informer"s 2017 Sports Game of the Year Awards, while it took the lead for "Best Sports Game" in their Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards. It won the award for "Sports Game of the Year" at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and was nominated for "Game, Franchise Sports" at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards, and for "eSports Game of the Year" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards.
Nick Joseph (born 21 March 1998 in Choiseul) is a Saint Lucian track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 metres and the 200 metres. He competed for Saint Lucia at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships. At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Joseph competed in the men's 100 m in which he was drafted into heat two. As they were almost about to commence the race, the race was stopped after Joseph committed a false start, he was later disqualified and wasn't able to advance through to the later rounds. Joseph also competed at the 2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 60 metre event. He ran the race in a time of 7.07 seconds, a personal best, but finished seventh out of eight sprinters, but this wasn't enough to advance to the later rounds.
In 2010, at the E3 2010, Game Critics Awards gave "Hot Pursuit" the Best Racing Game award. "Hot Pursuit" was named the Best Driving Game at the 2010 Spike Video Game Awards. "Hot Pursuit" was awarded Best Racing Game by GameSpot, 1UP, GameSpy, and Shacknews. VGChartz awarded "Hot Pursuit" the Best Racing Game on Xbox 360, while GameTrailers and Game Revolution nominated "Hot Pursuit" for Best Racing Game. "Hot Pursuit" was awarded Best Competitive Multiplayer on Xbox 360 by IGN, as well as a nomination for Most Addictive Game on Xbox 360, while GamesRadar nominated it for Multiplayer That Broke The Mold. Giant Bomb gave "Hot Pursuit" the Most Improved Franchise award, while Gamereactor awarded "Hot Pursuit" for the Year's Fastest.
The game was nominated for "Best Family/Social Game" at the 2017 Game Critics Awards, and for "Best Mobile Game" in "Destructoid"s Game of the Year Awards 2017. It was also nominated for the Tin Pan Alley Award for Best Music in a Game at the New York Game Awards 2018, and for "Family Game of the Year" at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and won the award for "Game, Music or Performance Based" at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards; in addition, it was nominated for "Excellence in Convergence" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards, and for "Best Music/Sound Design" and "Technical Achievement" at the 2018 Webby Awards.
The game was nominated for "Game of the Show", "Best PlayStation 4 Game", and "Best Action Game" at IGN's Best of E3 2016 Awards. It won the award for "Game of the Year", "Best PlayStation 4 Game", "Best Action-Adventure Game", "Best Art Direction", and "Best Story" in IGN's Best of 2018 Awards, while it was a runner-up for "Best Graphics", and was nominated for "Best Music".
The game was nominated for "Best Sports/Racing Game" at The Game Awards 2018, for "Fan Favorite Sports/Racing Game" at the Gamers' Choice Awards, and for "Sports, Racing or Fighting Title of the Year" at the Australian Games Awards.
The game has received multiple awards. It was awarded "iOS or Android Game of the Week" by Pocket Gamer, "App of the Day" by Pocket Lint, "Game of the Month" by Slide To Play, and "Game of the Month" by What Mobile. It was nominated for "Best Game" at the 2013 TIGA Awards, and for "Best Use Of Gaming" at the 2013 Big Chip Awards. Playrise Digital was nominated for Best Publisher at the 2013 Mobile Entertainment Awards, and The Appsters Awards, and won the "Best Startup" category at the 2013 TIGA Awards. It also featured in AndroidShock's "Best of January 2014" as one of the best games of the month.
The game was nominated for "Best Indie Game" at the 2017 Ping Awards, and was a runner-up for "Best Action Game" at IGN's Best of 2017 Awards. It won the award for "Best Indie Game" at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards, whereas its other nominations were for "Best Visual Design" and "Ultimate Game of the Year". It also won the award for "Best Action Game" at The Game Awards 2018, whereas its other nomination was for "Best Independent Game". It was also nominated for "Fan Favorite Indie Game" at the Gamers' Choice Awards, and for "Independent Game of the Year" at the Australian Games Awards, and won the Off Broadway Award for Best Indie Game at the New York Game Awards.
Kingdom Hearts III was nominated by IGN for the Best Game of E3 2018, Best PlayStation 4 Game of E3 2018, Best Xbox One Game of E3 2018, and Best Action Game of E3 2018.[144] It also won the Momocon E3 Choice 2018 Game Award, and was nominated for Unreal's E3 awards.[145]
"Eurogamer" ranked the game 43rd on their list of the "Top 50 Games of 2017". The game won the award for "Best Sports Game" at the Gamescom 2017 Awards, and was nominated for "Best Sports Game" at the Game Critics Awards, "Best Multiplayer Game" at the 35th Golden Joystick Awards, and for "Best Sports/Racing Game" at The Game Awards 2017. It won the award for "Best Gameplay" at "Game Informer"s 2017 Sports Game of the Year Awards.
"What Remains of Edith Finch" was met with very positive reception from critics, who praised its story and presentation, and is considered an example of video games as an art form. It won British Academy Games Award for Best Game 2017, and won the Best Narrative category at both the 2018 Game Developers Choice Awards and The Game Awards 2017, among other awards and nominations.
In 2017, the game was nominated for "e-Sports Game of the Year" and "Still Playing" at the Golden Joystick Awards, and for "Best Spectator Game" in IGN's Best of 2017 Awards. It won the award for "Best Post-Launch Support" in "Game Informer" 2017 Sports Game of the Year Awards. In 2018, the game was nominated for "eSports Game of the Year" at the Golden Joystick Awards. The game won the award for "Fan Favorite Sports/Racing Game" at the Gamers' Choice Awards, whereas its other nomination was for "Fan Favorite eSports Game". It was also nominated for "eSports Title of the Year" at the Australian Games Awards.
Kelvin Masoe (born 4 March 1999 in Satuiatua) is a Samoan track and field sprinter who competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. He attended school at Vaiola College on the island of Savaii in Samoa. He competed for Samoa at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the men's 100 m and the men's 200 m sprint events. In the men's 100 m, Masoe was drafted into heat 2 of the competition, he ran the race in a new personal best of 10.72 seconds and finished fifth place out of out of seven athletes, this time was unable to advance Masoe through to the later rounds. In the men's 200 m, Masoe was drafted into heat 7 and finished seventh out of the eight athletes that raced beating only Pako Seribe who did not finish the race. Masoe ran the race in another personal best of 21.98 seconds but was not enough to advance through to the later rounds of competition.
The game was nominated for "Best Racing Game" in IGN's Best of 2017 Awards. It won the award for the same "Best Racing Game" category in "Game Informer"s Best of 2017 Awards and their 2017 Sports Game of the Year Awards, and in their Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards, it came in fourth place for the same category with only 12.5% of the votes. "Polygon" ranked the game 28th on their list of the 50 best games of 2017. It was also nominated for "Racing Game of the Year" at the 21st Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, and for "Game, Franchise Racing" and "Sound Effects" at the 17th Annual National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers Awards.
The game won several awards before its release. It won the Start-Up Numix in 2016. It also won Best Music and Best Gameplay during the Montreal Indie Game Festival of 2017. Jeremy Parish ("Polygon") wrote a feature article on the website saying: ""The Messenger" stands apart from decades of "Ninja Gaiden" wannabes by presenting players with the tightest controls I've ever encountered in a game of this style". The game was presented to PAX South 2018 where several outlets praised the game as their best of show including Techraptor and Frank Howley. At The Game Awards 2018, it was nominated for "Best Independent Game" and "Best Debut Indie Game", winning the latter. It was also nominated for "Best Debut" with Sabotage at the Game Developers Choice Awards.
The 2018 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, sponsored by Longines was the 2018 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on 24 January 2019. It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races during 2018. It was open to all horses irrespective of where they raced or were trained.
Less than a week before its worldwide release, the game won the award for "Studio of the Year" (Nintendo EPD) at the 2017 Golden Joystick Awards; after it was released, it was nominated for "Best Mobile Game" in IGN's Best of 2017 Awards. In "Game Informer"s Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards, it took the lead for "Best Simulation Game". It was also nominated for the A-Train Award for Best Mobile Game at the New York Game Awards 2018, for "Mobile Game of the Year" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards, and for "Mobile Game of the Year" at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards.
A demo version was playable at E3 2018 in June. The demo featured one track and six playable characters. "Kotaku" described the demo as underwhelming and unfavorably compared it to "Mario Kart". They argued that it lacked ambition and called its character lineup shallow, especially when compared to that of "Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed". A more optimistic opinion came from "IGN": although they considered the power-ups generic, they felt the game still had a good foundation and that the team gameplay was satisfying. "Hardcore Gamer" nominated it as E3's best racing game, but it lost to "Forza Horizon 4". Sega released a trailer to promote the game at E3, featuring the theme song and an in-depth look at the gameplay. Another demo was playable at Gamescom in August 2018. More details were revealed, including the new character Dodonpa, aspects of the story, and racetracks based on levels in "Sonic the Hedgehog 3" (1994) and "Sonic Unleashed" (2008). The game won the "Best Casual Game" award at the 2018 Gamescom Awards. "Team Sonic Racing" was also present at PAX West in August, where attendees were given an exclusive poster, and the Tokyo Game Show in November.
It was nominated in the Games for Impact category at The Game Awards 2017. At the 2017 Golden Joystick Awards, it was nominated for Best Audio and Best Performer for Kylie Brown. It won the award for Best Soundtrack and Most Touching Moment ("The Tempest" school play with Chloe and Rachel) in "Game Informer"s 2017 Adventure Game of the Year Awards, while it took the lead for Best Adventure Game in their Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards. "Eurogamer" ranked the game 16th on their list of the Top 50 Games of 2017. It was nominated for the "Matthew Crump Cultural Innovation Award" at the 2018 SXSW Gaming Awards, and for "Game Beyond Entertainment" at the 14th British Academy Games Awards; it won the award for "Song Collection" at the 2018 NAVGTR Awards, whereas nominations were for "Game, Franchise Adventure" and "Writing in a Drama". At the 2018 Webby Awards, the game won the People's Voice Award for "Best Writing" and for "Public Service & Activism", while nominated for "Strategy/Simulation". It received the "Game of the Year" and "Most Significant Impact" awards at the 2018 Games for Change Awards, with a nomination for "Best Gameplay". In 2018, Ivor Novello Awards nominated it for "Best Original Video Game Score".
The month after the release, "The Official PlayStation Magazine" listed "Dirt Rally" as the 16th best PS4 game of all time. "The Telegraph" listed it in their top games of 2016. TechRadar included the game on their list of the "10 best racing games on PC". Octane magazine put it at #1 on their list of the best sim racing games. At the BAFTAs, the game was nominated for the award for best sports game of 2016. "Game Informer" gave it their award for best racing game of the year. Gameplanet listed it as one of their best games of the year. Alphr put "Dirt Rally" in their top 5 PS4 racing games. PCGamesN said it was in the top 3 most realistic PC racing games.
"Forza Motorsport 7" received "generally favorable" reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic. In "Game Informer"s Reader's Choice Best of 2017 Awards, the game took the lead for "Best Racing Game", while it tied in third place with "Slime Rancher" for "Best Microsoft Game". It won the award for "Best Racing Game" in IGN's Best of 2017 Awards, whereas its other nominations were for "Best Xbox One Game" and "Best Graphics".