1991's RPM Racing, made by a tiny studio called Silicon and Synapse, put its players first. You could enter your own initial. You could customise your car. Most importantly, you could create your own race tracks.
Over the last 25 years things have changed somewhat – Silicon and Synapse has become Blizzard Entertainment, and its releases now include World of Warcraft, Overwatch and several of the world's biggest gaming franchises – but in increasingly sophisticated ways, players are still being encouraged to make their names heard and plot their own course.