What is it? The latest Xbox One exclusive open-world racer, with stunning graphics and tracks set across the British Isles.

How many of these beauties have you played? 25.

So without any further ado, here's our final list of the best games of 2018. That's how we got to this ultimate 25 best games of 2018. The process was applied to all games in the long list, allowing us to create a focus-group-style average ranking. We added up all the scores, and the game with the most overall votes, but lowest average score became our number one. Every member of the team then voted on their top 25 of that list, ranked from 25th best all the way down to their ultimate number one (so your #1 game received a score of 1, your #25 game received a score of 25 etc). The GamesRadar team then submitted every, single, game they thought should be on the long list, which eventually was filled with around 50 games. Sorry Spyro: The Reignited Trilogy (opens in new tab) and Diablo 3 on Switch. TLDR: we included it, since the game underwent significant retooling during 2018 via regular updates, and - let's be frank - excluding gaming's biggest cultural phenomenon felt absurd) and anything that was a remaster or a re-release didn't count. Only games that came out in 2018 were eligible, (although Fortnite was a cause of much debate, originally debuting in late 2017, but not hitting its stride until early 2018. How did we do it? Firstly, we set some baseline rules.

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