Films About Auto Racing

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IMO, Ford VS Ferrari and F1: The Movie are excellent films about auto racing.

My favorite is Ron Howard's Rush.
Previous favorite was John Frankenheimer's Grand Prix.
I think I like them because they are in a way period pieces. I also love open wheel race cars. Always have.

I enjoyed F1 The Movie, and if I had a third choice, I would have selected it as well. In a way, it reminds me of Grand Prix. They both had the cooperation with the FIA and teams (almost a requirement), and filmed at real tracks. They both had a romance as part of the script. They are both like an alternate universe version of the the season they represent. They both feature F1 drivers playing themself. The team principles of F1 The Movie were amusing because they didn't seem themselves. Zak Brown for instance came close but he seemed subdued. Guenther Steiner on the other hand was excellent. It could have been a silent movie as he was physically very expressive. Toto Wolff, It was nice to see him, but what he was saying and how he said/performed it made me wince. Sorry Toto.
In future, an F1 enthusiast will watch F1 The Movie and may care less about the team principles, but may get excited saying "There Lewis Hamilton, seven time world champion, and Fernando Alonso, and Max Verstappen." I did that when I first saw Grand Prix. "OMG! It's Graham Hill! He looks very nervous." Honestly, I think he stumbles in one scene.

Ford VS Ferrari and Ferrari were also very good.

Talladega Nights was very entertaining. As pure entertainment, it might be my favorite of the bunch.

Driven was not on the list. Had it been on the list, I still would not have selected it. That was the movie with Sylvester Stallone. I think at the time I thought it was okay, but it wasn't very realistic. I think there was a German driver they modelled on Michael Schumacher. It has been a very long time since I saw it in the theater, 2001, and I only saw it once.

I went with none of the above.

Megalopolis Expressway Trial and Wangan Midnight come to mind for live action.
Initial D, Capeta and Wangan Midnight come to mind for anime.

Days of Thunder was good, Talladega Nights had some funny moments.

I feel like Fast and Furious has long since lost any focus on being about racing, and wasn't a very accurate depiction from the get-go.

Personally, I don't believe a truly great racing film has been made yet. There's some decent ones, but nothing that I'd say qualifies as great. There's always attempts at adding additional drama that isn't actually needed. This might be a problem that's common across sporting movies in general, they worry the sport itself doesn't provide enough drama so they add some hamfisted melodrama to appeal to normies who otherwise wouldn't care about the sport.