Car Games for Kids

"Drivers, fire your engines. Three, two, one, GO!!!"

What follows is the sound of tires screeching (sans the smell of burning rubber), engines screaming and horns honking. Almost instantly you find yourself in a frenzy, flooring the gas pedal, shifting gears, maneuvering through the crowd of cars, all in an effort to get that vital lead upfront.

In case you've been wondering what in the name of God have I been talking about, let me clear the air. I've been referring to Need for Speed, which happens to be one of those crazy car games for kids (which I must admit, are equally popular if not more with adults!). Car racing games have completely revolutionized the term 'PC games'. Kids (and just about everyone else) have taken to car racing games like a fish to water. They are extremely enjoyable, addictive and thrilling. With the Internet becoming more and more popular, there is an ever-increasing number of computer car games for kids to play online. And the best part is, most of these online games are free! Here is a list of some of the most popular car games for kids.

Computer Car Games for Kids
The following is a list of the most popular car games that you need to install on your computer before you can play them:

• Need for Speed (the KING of car racing games!!)
• Monster Truck Madness
• Formula 1 Grand Prix (For all you wannabe Schumachers out there)
• Nascar '09
• Midtown Madness
• Burnout Paradise
• Dirt 2
• Grid
• Test Drive Unlimited
• GTR
• Blur
• Muscle Car 3
• Midnight Club
• Hard Truck - Wheels of Steel
• Forza 3
• Grand Turismo 4

Online Car Games for Kids
In addition to the above, there are plenty of online car games that kids can play. Most of them are free and do not require any installation.

• Burning Rubber 3
• Extreme Trucks 2
• Police Pursuit (Play a cop or a baddie)
• Rural Racer
• Rally Point
• Vengeance Rider
• Crazy Mustang Monster Truck (very fun, very addictive)
• Redline Rumble
• Metal Mayhem
• Sunset Racer 2
• Park My Ride
• Driving School (one of the most popular and educational driving car games for kids)
• Hey Taxi
• Dune Buggy
• Ice Racer
• Hell Cops
• Speeding Wheels
• Ambulance Rush
• Drift Runners
• London Bus
• Vroom
• The Fast and The Furious (the title says it all, need I say more?)
• Zip Zaps
• Counter Drift
• Speed Racer (my favorite!!)
• Brakeless
• Power Driving
• Pimp My Ride
• Mercedes Drift
• Diesel Challenge
• Cheetah Chase
• Grand Prix Challenge
• Bio Racer
• Sandstorm
• Microracers
• Mafia Driver
• Santa Car Driving (become a new age sleighless Santa!)
• Desert Rally
• Highway Madness
• Tubo Tanks

Advantages of Computer Car Games
Computer car racing games do offer certain benefits such as:

• they help in developing a child's learning skills in the areas of image processing, real-time response, cognitive processing, etc.
• it has been found that car games help in improving hand eye co-ordination and in making kids understand the concept of parallel parking.
• additionally, today's computer games are designed for multiple operating systems. Therefore, if your child likes a certain popular car racing game, in most cases you can install it regardless of which operating system you have on your desktop computer.

In addition to the above computer games, car racing games are also widely available in the form of Xbox 360 games which are a current rage among kids. With the availability of plenty of free car games for kids to play, parents can surely take a breather from buying an endless amount of toys. However, it often happens that kids get so engrossed in these games that they sometimes tend to ignore their studies and their homework. Therefore, parents must ensure that such a situation does not arise by being firm if things begin to get out of hand.