New Star™ GP similar games & best alternatives

New Star™ GP

PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Nintendo Switch, Xbox One • 2024

Should you play it?

New Star GP is a fast and exciting arcade motorsport game with crisp retro visuals. Play career mode and work your way through decades of racing while upgrading your car and your support team... or chase high scores in championship mode on your own or in split-screen with up to three friends!

What works
  • Engaging career mode spanning multiple decades
  • Balanced arcade and simulation racing mechanics
  • Dynamic ai with rivalries and adaptive difficulty
  • Strategic depth in pit stops, upgrades, and team management
  • Runs well on steam deck and accessible controls
Things to keep in mind
  • Lack of online multiplayer
  • Limited car and track customization
  • Some repetitive elements in career mode
  • Restarting gps locked behind perks
  • Ai aggression can sometimes feel unfair

What to play next

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Top picks

Games that feel the closest overall

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  • MotoGP™20

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  • Tennis Elbow 4

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Hidden Gems

Less popular games with surprisingly high similarity

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  • Anarchy: Wolf's law

  • Punch A Bunch
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Recommendations by what you enjoyed most

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  • Competence

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Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Why this game works” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

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Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers (hidden on purpose).

New Star™ GP: A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Competition, Status, Story, Intimacy. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Leadership, Story, Exploration.

Why this game works

A motivational profile of the game, with the closest similar game for each player motivation.

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  • Competence

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Last update: 01/06/2026