The D.I.C.E. Award for Racing Game of the Year is an award presented annually by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences during the academy's annual D.I.C.E. Awards. This recognizes "titles that allow the user to participate in a contest in which the objective is to convey an object through a course of virtual physical progress as quickly as possible. Racing games may involve competition against other user-controlled competitors or against system controlled competitors. Racing games must simulate vehicular motion." It was originally presented as Interactive Achievement Award Console Racing Game of the Year, with its first winner being Diddy Kong Racing which was developed by Rare and published by Nintendo. It was simplified to Interactive Achievement Award Racing Game of the Year in 200