The only racing games I have ever liked are

• NFS II, I used to play it on Windows XP, when I was very little.
• Road Rash, bike race with some weapons, I would still enjoy it.
• NFS Most Wanted (old one)
• Trackmania, because of unique tracks and stunts

The games listed above were not my choice, but the only things I had, so I enjoyed them. The only racing game that I actually enjoyed and was my choice was NFS Payback, because of well designed heist-like missions. It’s not perfect and left me wanting more. I haven’t played the Driver series, but have heard that it has similar concept.

I don’t like games that are just races, it because it starts feeling very monotonous. I’m not much into cars and modding either, so that’s also a thing. I did try launching a pirated copy of Forza Horizon 5 on my linux, didn’t work, so never really tried that either.