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** It's implied that Haru Okumura from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' one in ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' when she has to take over from a fatigued Makoto and manages to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto in, at most, five hours, leaving her passengers nauseous and traumatized when they reach point B. No, Haru, normal people don't leave Fukuoka in the morning and reach a city ''[[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/kyoto/@34.3295758,131.9639868,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 nearly 400 miles and five prefectures away]]'' by 1pm.
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** It's implied that Haru Okumura from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' one in ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' when she has to take over from a fatigued Makoto and manages to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto in, at most, five hours, leaving her passengers nauseous and traumatized when they reach point B. No, Haru, normal people driving normally don't leave Fukuoka in the morning and reach a city ''[[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/kyoto/@34.3295758,131.9639868,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 nearly 400 miles and five prefectures away]]'' by 1pm.
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* An early mission in ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' centers around a taxi driver who compulsively rockets around town. He's threatened to have his license revoked, but a pregnant woman in labor hops in and demands he step on it. Unable to decide between rocketing to the hospital or obeying the law, he screams for help. That's where the EBA come in.
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* An early mission in ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' centers around a taxi driver who compulsively rockets around town. He's threatened to have his license revoked, but a pregnant woman in labor hops in and demands he step on it. Unable to decide between rocketing to the hospital or obeying the law, he screams for help. That's where the EBA come in.in and help him out to the tune of [[Music/AvrilLavigne Sk8er Boi]].
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** In the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', Red Toad drives the bus that's carrying Luigi and co. ''swerving'' all the way to the hotel, partly hitting the entrance gate, running over the curb and flooring a sign before stopping.
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** In the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', Red Toad drives the bus that's carrying Luigi and co. ''swerving'' all the way to the hotel, partly hitting the entrance gate, running over the curb and flooring a sign before stopping. The fact that he's so short that he can barely see over the steering wheel probably has something to do with it.
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** It's implied that Haru Okumura from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' one in ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'' when she has to take over from a fatigued Makoto and manages to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto in, at most, five hours, leaving her passengers nauseous and traumatized when they reach point B. No, Haru, normal people don't leave Fukuoka in the morning and reach a city ''[[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/kyoto/@34.3295758,131.9639868,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 nearly 400 miles and five prefectures away]]'' by 1pm.
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** It's implied that Haru Okumura from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' one in ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'' ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'' when she has to take over from a fatigued Makoto and manages to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto in, at most, five hours, leaving her passengers nauseous and traumatized when they reach point B. No, Haru, normal people don't leave Fukuoka in the morning and reach a city ''[[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/kyoto/@34.3295758,131.9639868,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 nearly 400 miles and five prefectures away]]'' by 1pm.
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* ''VideoGame/CityConnection'': Clarice, the player character, is traveling the world looking for a boyfriend, while also driving like a maniac and painting the streets. The latter two actions get the police to chase after her.
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** Pretty much ''everyone'' behind the wheel in ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'' can qualify as that. It's not uncommon to see random cars suddenly swerve into oncoming traffic and cause a collision. And that doesn't even take into account the rival gangs or law enforcement when you have a high enough notoriety and they're actively ''trying'' to intercept you. Then there's the escort missions in which the hardest ones make having max notoriety look like a leisurely Sunday drive. The announcers for Genkibowl talk about it in one of the missions for the event, one of them noting the best way to get to work is by helicopter and by that point you're having a hard time trying to disagree with the statement.
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** It's implied that Haru Okumura from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' one in ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'' when she manages to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto in, at most, five hours, leaving her passengers nauseous and traumatized when they reach point B. No, Haru, normal people don't leave Fukuoka in the morning and reach a city ''[[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/kyoto/@34.3295758,131.9639868,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 nearly 400 miles and five prefectures away]]'' by 1pm.
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** It's implied that Haru Okumura from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' one in ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'' when she has to take over from a fatigued Makoto and manages to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto in, at most, five hours, leaving her passengers nauseous and traumatized when they reach point B. No, Haru, normal people don't leave Fukuoka in the morning and reach a city ''[[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/kyoto/@34.3295758,131.9639868,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 nearly 400 miles and five prefectures away]]'' by 1pm.
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** It's implied that Haru Okumura from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' one in ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'' when she manages to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto in a single day. No, Haru, normal people don't leave Fukuoka in the morning and reach a city ''[[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/kyoto/@34.3295758,131.9639868,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 nearly 400 miles and five prefectures away]]'' by 1pm.
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** It's implied that Haru Okumura from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' one in ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'' when she manages to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto in a single day.in, at most, five hours, leaving her passengers nauseous and traumatized when they reach point B. No, Haru, normal people don't leave Fukuoka in the morning and reach a city ''[[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/kyoto/@34.3295758,131.9639868,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 nearly 400 miles and five prefectures away]]'' by 1pm.
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** It's implied that Haru Okumura from ''VideoGame/Persona5'' isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' one in ''VideoGame/Persona5ScrambleThePhantomStrikers'' when she manages to drive from Fukuoka to Kyoto in a single day. No, Haru, normal people don't leave Fukuoka in the morning and reach a city ''[[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/kyoto/@34.3295758,131.9639868,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m15!4m14!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 nearly 400 miles and five prefectures away]]'' by 1pm.
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* ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'': Amanda has a boat license and is a good driver, but she likes to drive so fast that she makes both Tim and Pikachu nauseous.
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* To say driving in the ''VideoGame/FZero'' games is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage is putting it lightly. One of the challenges of the games is trying to get used to the fact that you're driving near-frictionless hovercrafts near the speed of sound, however the people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard GX]].
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* To say driving in the ''VideoGame/FZero'' games is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage is putting it lightly. One of the challenges of the games is trying to get used to the fact that you're driving near-frictionless hovercrafts near the speed of sound, however the sound. The people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard GX]].GX]]. Note that this is ''not'' just a matter of gameplay mechanics; [[SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration the lore indicates that F-Zero racing really is that crazy and dangerous in-universe]].
** Given the standards that F-Zero works with, [[UpToEleven it says a lot]] that [[BloodKnight the Skull]] is [[EveryoneHasStandards considered a complete maniac behind the wheel by everybody else]]. He used to be a very competent driver, but then he died and was [[BackFromTheDead revived]] through a combination of [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul cybernetics]] and BlackMagic. Since he’s undead and immortal, he’s become an insane FearlessFool on the track, driving at absurd speeds and pulling borderline illegal stunts that no other racer would dream of. This translates to his gameplay; Skull’s car [[FragileSpeedster trades off armor and handling for more speed]], and when he’s controlled by an AI, he flies around the track wildly like he’s wearing a blindfold.
** Given the standards that F-Zero works with, [[UpToEleven it says a lot]] that [[BloodKnight the Skull]] is [[EveryoneHasStandards considered a complete maniac behind the wheel by everybody else]]. He used to be a very competent driver, but then he died and was [[BackFromTheDead revived]] through a combination of [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul cybernetics]] and BlackMagic. Since he’s undead and immortal, he’s become an insane FearlessFool on the track, driving at absurd speeds and pulling borderline illegal stunts that no other racer would dream of. This translates to his gameplay; Skull’s car [[FragileSpeedster trades off armor and handling for more speed]], and when he’s controlled by an AI, he flies around the track wildly like he’s wearing a blindfold.
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* The Taxi drivers in ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'' drive like lunatics. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWTaa_6lFk For example, at 3:10]] in the video.
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** The Taxi drivers in ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'' drive like lunatics. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWTaa_6lFk For example, at 3:10]] in thevideo.video.
** In the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', Red Toad drives the bus that's carrying Luigi and co. ''swerving'' all the way to the hotel, partly hitting the entrance gate, running over the curb and flooring a sign before stopping.
** The Taxi drivers in ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'' drive like lunatics. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWTaa_6lFk For example, at 3:10]] in the
** In the opening cutscene of ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'', Red Toad drives the bus that's carrying Luigi and co. ''swerving'' all the way to the hotel, partly hitting the entrance gate, running over the curb and flooring a sign before stopping.
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* The Italian driver, M. Rossi, in ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport 3]]''. He'll mash other racers off the starting line, floors the gas constantly, and will pass in zones that no sane driver would try to pass in.
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* The Italian driver, M. Rossi, in ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport 3]]''. He'll She'll mash other racers off the starting line, floors the gas constantly, and will pass in zones that no sane driver would try to pass in.
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** Tackety Scouts, a common ship in The Reach area, are universally terrible drivers who will frequently lurch to one side, spin in a circle and/or engage in accidental ramming attacks on your own ship or land masses. As this behaviour appears to be deliberately programmed, and the Tacketies are the local scrappy independence group, players speculate it's representing some combination of inexperienced drivers, barely-controllable locomotives held together with spit and tape, and being frequently mad or drunk off their asses.
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** Tackety Scouts, a common ship in The Reach area, are universally terrible drivers who will frequently lurch to one side, spin in a circle and/or engage in accidental ramming attacks on your own ship or land masses. As this behaviour appears to be deliberately programmed, and the Tacketies are the local scrappy independence group, players speculate it's representing some combination of inexperienced drivers, barely-controllable locomotives held together with spit and tape, and being frequently mad or drunk off their asses. Notably, it's possible for these locomotives to be overtaken by an infestation of tentacular horrors that eat the crew then use it as a home, and they drive ''better''.
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** Tackety Scouts, a common ship in The Reach area, are universally terrible drivers who will frequently lurch to one side, spin in a circle and/or engage in accidental ramming attacks on your own ship or land masses. As this behaviour appears to be deliberately programmed, and the Tacketies are the local scrappy independence group, players speculate it's representing some combination of inexperienced drivers, barely-controllable locomotives held together with spit and tape, and being frequently mad or drunk off their asses.
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* ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' gives us the Incautious Driver (his name might have clued you in). Your crew will complain whenever they take the wheel, and there is a special option for berating them if your hull's too low, which means they've been driving even more incautiously than usual. [[spoiler:Some elements are retained when they develop into the Judicious Driver. Every risk is calculated, but sometimes they take it anyways for the hell of it, as they explain right before Tokyo-drifting through a debris field just to drive the point home]].
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* ''VideoGame/SunlessSkies'' gives us the Incautious Driver (his (their name might have clued you in). Your crew will complain whenever they take the wheel, and there is a special option for berating them if your hull's too low, which means they've been driving even more incautiously than usual. [[spoiler:Some elements are retained when they develop into the Judicious Driver. Every risk is calculated, but sometimes they take it anyways for the hell of it, as they explain right before Tokyo-drifting through a debris field just to drive the point home]].home. And if you allow things to go wrong, and they become the Reckless Driver, all that's left is a husk that drives almost psychotically on pure instinct]].
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* Emmy Altava from the ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' series doesn't give a crap about road laws. One wonders how she convinced Hershel to let her behind the wheel of the Laytonmobile in [[Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva the movie]].
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* Emmy Altava from the ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'' series doesn't give a crap about road laws. One wonders how she convinced Hershel to let her behind the wheel of the Laytonmobile in [[Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva the movie]].
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** Continued in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', as even without Shepard, Ryder is definitely a graduate from whatever driving school Shepard went to. Get a little too close to a cliff edge, and Drack (a 1400 year old krogan who has survived dozens of wars) freaks out.
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** Continued in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', as even without Shepard, Ryder is definitely a graduate from whatever driving school Shepard went to. Get a little too close to a cliff edge, and Drack (a 1400 year old krogan who has survived dozens of wars) freaks out. It might not be a coincidence that Ryder's father was a graduate of the same special forces program as Shepard.
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** And hilariously subverted whenever Jaal's on the Nomad, as he'll complain that Ryder doesn't drive crazy ''enough''. A recurring joke is him falling asleep because Ryder's driving is so relaxing, and his snoring drives Peebee insane.
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** And hilariously subverted whenever Jaal's on the Nomad, as he'll complain that Ryder doesn't drive crazy ''enough''. A recurring joke is him falling asleep because Ryder's driving is so relaxing, and his snoring drives Peebee insane. Jaal at one point attempts to convince Gil to "fix" the Nomad to make the ride rougher, which gets vetoed by everyone else in the squad.
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** And it turns out Ryder's not the only one. Apparently Liam Kosta has a habit of "borrowing" the car without permission when Ryder's not looking, and shreds the tires repeatedly.
** And hilariously subverted whenever Jaal's on the Nomad, as he'll complain that Ryder doesn't drive crazy ''enough''. A recurring joke is him falling asleep because Ryder's driving is so relaxing, and his snoring drives Peebee insane.
** And hilariously subverted whenever Jaal's on the Nomad, as he'll complain that Ryder doesn't drive crazy ''enough''. A recurring joke is him falling asleep because Ryder's driving is so relaxing, and his snoring drives Peebee insane.
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* In VideoGame/LegoCityUndercover this isn't strictly necessary but the tendancy for most players to do this due to the complete lack of driving laws is {{Lampshaded}} by multiple characters including the protagonist.
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** The game actually lampshades it by keeping track of your car crashes. You can check in how many crashes you've been involved with each character you play on the Social Club... Some drive like crazy so much that they manage to drive less kilometers than they have car crashes.
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** The game actually lampshades it by keeping track of your car crashes. You can check in how many crashes you've been involved with each character you play on the Social Club... Some drive like crazy so much that they manage to drive less kilometers (the game also tracks the distance you drove) than they have car crashes.
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** The game actually lampshades it by keeping track of your car crashes. You can check in how many crashes you've been involved with each character you play on the Social Club... Some drive like crazy so much that they manage to drive less kilometers than they have car crashes.
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* Max of ''SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' is not a very good driver. In their own words:
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* Max of ''SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' is not a very good driver. In their own words:
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* In ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'', a type of operation you can unlock are the Ambulance operations, where you perform surgery in the back of an ambulance. The only problem, however, is that whoever' driving the ambulance is either blind or a '''maniac''', as the ambulance will often violently jerk to side, practically soar over a speed bump, or abruptly pick up speed or slow down, sending your tools (and whatever vital equipment you have) flying all over the place, sometimes straight into the patient's chest or face, or even worse, ''right out the back of the ambulance, permanently lost forever''.
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* In ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'', a type of operation you can unlock are the Ambulance operations, where you perform surgery in the back of an ambulance. The only problem, however, is that whoever' whoever's driving the ambulance is either blind or a '''maniac''', as the ambulance will often violently jerk to the side, practically soar over a speed bump, or abruptly pick up speed or slow down, sending your tools (and whatever vital equipment you have) flying all over the place, sometimes straight into the patient's chest or face, or even worse, ''right out the back of the ambulance, permanently lost forever''.
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*In ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'', a type of operation you can unlock are the Ambulance operations, where you perform surgery in the back of an ambulance. The only problem, however, is that whoever' driving the ambulance is either blind or a '''maniac''', as the ambulance will often violently jerk to side, practically soar over a speed bump, or abruptly pick up speed or slow down, sending your tools (and whatever vital equipment you have) flying all over the place, sometimes straight into the patient's chest or face, or even worse, ''right out the back of the ambulance, permanently lost forever''.
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* The GUN Truck in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' was already bad enough, keeping up with Sonic in the video game equivalent of San Francisco, but it gets taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' when it chases Sonic ''up on buildings' walls''.
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* The GUN Truck in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' was already bad enough, keeping up with Sonic in the video game equivalent of San Francisco, but it gets taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' when it chases Sonic ''up on buildings' walls''. Just for good measure, the truck isn't just some standard-size semi, it's ''as wide as the street''.
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* To say driving in the ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}'' games is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage is putting it lightly. One of the challenges of the games is trying to get used to the fact that you're driving near-frictionless hovercrafts near the speed of sound, however the people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard GX]].
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* To say driving in the ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}'' ''VideoGame/FZero'' games is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage is putting it lightly. One of the challenges of the games is trying to get used to the fact that you're driving near-frictionless hovercrafts near the speed of sound, however the people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard GX]].
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* In ''VideoGame/ClusterTruck'', you have to keep on top of trucks while dodging obstacles and navigating drops--and dealing with truckers who can't drive worth anything and so are always colliding with each other.
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* This is the whole point of any VehicularCombat game you care to name, and a lot of racing ones as well.
* The Italian driver, M. Rossi, in ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport 3]]''. He'll mash other racers off the starting line, floors the gas constantly, and will pass in zones that no sane driver would try to pass in.
** ''Forza Horizon'' flat-out encourages you to do crazy stunts with your car to increase your in-game popularity rating, which helps unlock more races, more cars, and even award you money. Said stunts include zipping past oncoming traffic, jumping or bouncing, [[DieChairDie smashing objects]], drifting etc. The game even have separate names for each stunt you do, such as Daredevil (zipping past multiple cars), Wrecking Ball (smashing a lot of objects), or even Kangaroo (bouncing your car). But you don't get any reward for directly crashing into cars or scenery.
* To milder extent, ''VideoGame/TestDrive Unlimited 2'' is similar to ''Forza Horizon'' above, although the number of stunts you can pull are fewer.
* This is the premise of the ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'' series of video games. The driving style of the Crazy Taxi Delivery Service was once described by ''Tips and Tricks'' as "record time without road maps, speed limits, or a regard for anyone's personal safety". You get tips from your customers for doing tricks like jumps, drifts, and near-misses, and driving fast is ''essential'' to racking up high [[CallAHitPointASmeerp fares]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Burnout}}'': This is part of the premise; it even gives you points for traffic checks (however, you can never win at a game of chicken). The more dangerous the driving, the better.
** From ''VideoGame/Burnout3Takedown'' onward, most game modes in the series encourage you to run the other drivers off the road. Road Rage is a perennial favorite game type.
** Then there's the modes where you have to cause as much carnage as possible. Oh you'll die in the crash, no danger of that, how many innocent people can you take with you?
** The old racing game ''Whiplash'' (or ''Fatal Racing'' in Europe) was based around this as well, rewarding you for totalling your rivals' cars.
* Maya Amano from the ''VideoGame/Persona2'' duology. In ''Innocent Sin'', the party lets Maya drive the blimp from the Air Museum and she crashes it. She then tries to drive a boat in the last dungeon in and crashes into every rock along the way before the party asks Tatsuya to take over for her. She did so badly that its infamy persists [[spoiler:across an AlternateUniverse]] in sequel ''Eternal Punishment'', where Ulala out right tells her "Oh no, you don't! I've had enough of your driving!" And later in the game, Tatsuya insists that Jun drive the blimp instead, despite him being a high schooler. And when the time came for ''someone'' to drive a minisub, Tatsuya immediately volunteers so Maya won't even try. This is apparently due to Maya thinking her driving license applies to ''any'' vehicle, and her belief she's good enough to pull it off. The screams say otherwise.
* Highly common player behaviour in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'', given traffic's general noncompliance with the speed the player often needs to get somewhere. It occasionally gets lampshaded:
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', CJ has this reputation. And yet they always make him drive anyway...
--->'''Ryder:''' ''I'm saying that the East Coast made you drive like a idiot, fool! Man, you always crashing cars and shit. And for some reason, now you back, all it is is, "CJ, drive" here, "CJ, drive" there. Bullshit!''
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', all three of the protagonists will keep yelling at and insulting other drivers even though you - the player - crashed into them. You can go down a busy road at break-neck speed, ignore the red light, and t-bone another car just for your character to yell "THIS ACCIDENT IS ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT!!!" at that car's driver ... even when that driver didn't survive the impact.
* The Taxi drivers in ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'' drive like lunatics. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWTaa_6lFk For example, at 3:10]] in the video.
* Dangerous Dave in ''VideoGame/{{SSX}} 3''. Though he's never seen in person, he's mentioned often by DJ Atomika on RADIO BIG. Among other things, plans to build an airport in Big Mountain were cancelled when it was learned that the only local with the qualifications to pilot any of the planes was Dangerous Dave. Oh, and his wrecked planes litter the backcountry; there are dozens. In fact, he crashes right into the Peak 3 backcountry just as you near the first checkpoint.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series go even further than it's GTA roots by ''encouraging'' the player to drive on the wrong side of the road and avoid collisions as narrowly as possible by awarding XP for it. Taken even further by more expansive shooting-while-driving system than GTA, which often results in you driving blind because you're shooting at a car behind you.
** The Boss in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' can also acknowledge his/her terrifying driving in a random quip during the "Thank you and Goodnight" mission. [[RunningGag Everybody else does, too.]] That said, most of the motorists in Stillwater come under this trope, and the Boss will call other Saints on it if hitching a ride on a homie's vehicle.
** Lampshaded in the first game by Benjamin King:
--->[[LampshadeHanging The way you drive, I can't believe you're a threat to us.]]
* The whole point of ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}''. The first two were enhanced with the 'Prat Cam', a cutaway view of drivers Max Damage and Die Anna laughing, cussing, howling and screaming like lunatics.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'':
** From the series we have Private [=MacGregor=]. Despite his total lack of anything approaching driving skills in the African theatre, Captain Price still lets him drive a lorry full of prisoners in France. Much to everyone's horror.
** The first game has Sgt. Moody who manages to blast through half the German army in a clapped out old peugeot by virtue of being completely insane.
* To say driving in the ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}'' games is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage is putting it lightly. One of the challenges of the games is trying to get used to the fact that you're driving near-frictionless hovercrafts near the speed of sound, however the people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard GX]].
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' gives us several moments in which Gordon (and by extension, the player) demonstrates that he is one of these:
** Just before the chapter Water Hazard (terrific name, by the way), Gordon is given an airboat with which he must navigate a system of canals. Taken {{up to eleven}} later when it becomes equipped with a recharging mini-gun.
** In the chapter Highway 17, Gordon is given a dune buggy equipped with the laser cannon you first encounter in ''VideoGame/HalfLife''. Notice a pattern here?
** In Episode 2, Gordon finally gets to try a real road monster - a two-seater with a souped up engine that drives pretty darn fast on open stretches. There's an achievement for road killing a high number of enemies, and the crazier you drive, the more fun [[ActionGirl Alyx]] has riding shotgun.
** By the way, in all of the above examples, Gordon is either dodging terrain features, mine-laying helicopters, CP units on patrol, or local fauna, while still going as fast as possible.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** The Mako APC handles superbly on flat terrain and in combat; however, there are very, very few sections of the game where flat terrain is present. The jagged mountains and ''very'' inhospitable terrain combined with little acceleration control results in somewhat... uneven driving. It's amazing permanent whiplash doesn't result. In addition, there is no such thing as fall damage while driving the Mako. This naturally leads to most players driving in straight lines towards their destination, regardless of what may lie in their way, i.e. canyons, mountains, buildings, [[CarFu geth armatures]], very high cliffs...you can all [[http://mudzi.deviantart.com/art/The-Mako-385587213 but]] [[http://epantiras.deviantart.com/art/Mess-Perfect-066-197239432 hear]] [[http://ayej.deviantart.com/art/Mass-Effect-Mako-259505470 the]] [[http://sylvanlore.deviantart.com/art/Cruising-down-Noveria-260118023 passengers]] [[http://chacou.deviantart.com/art/ME2-Galaxy-s-Best-Driver-179225136 screaming.]]
** And that's when it's working properly. When it's glitched...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqBnYBmcPaE well]]...
** The car chase in Lair of the Shadow Broker in the [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 second game]]. For all of Liara's complaining whenever you almost-crash, [[Funny/MassEffect she'll admit it's still]] [[LampshadeHanging better than the Mako.]] Since Shepard is the common variable between the two situations, it may be that s/he is a personal example of this trope.
--->'''Liara:''' Truck!\\
'''Shepard:''' I know.\\
'''Liara:''' ''Truck!''\\
'''Shepard:''' ''I know!''\\
'''Liara:''' Yaaah!\\
'''Shepard:''' Heh. There we go!\\
'''Liara:''' You're ''enjoying'' this!
** As a result of both the Mako and this [[TakeThatScrappy little nod]], it has become Fanon that Shepard drives like this always. Anytime [[TheDreaded Shepard]] comes anywhere near a drivable vehicle, everyone who has ever ridden with Shepard [[TakeAThirdOption starts looking for alternatives]].
** Shepard has only officially crashed the Mako ''once''... after driving it through a ''Mass Relay!''
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', no-one lets James Vega [[NeverLiveItDown forget]] about the incident on Mars, where his ingenious plan to take down an escaping enemy shuttle, was to crash their ''[[CarFu own]]'' shuttle into it. Even Shepard, whose own track record with vehicles isn't [[HypocriticalHumour particularly spotless]], gets in on it. This is probably because the shuttle he chose to crash into it with was ''armed''.
** Continued in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', as even without Shepard, Ryder is definitely a graduate from whatever driving school Shepard went to. Get a little too close to a cliff edge, and Drack (a 1400 year old krogan who has survived dozens of wars) freaks out.
--->'''Drack:''' '''''[[AtomicFBomb SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTT!!!]]'''''
* Similarly, vehicles in ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004'' don't suffer damage from falling. This results in behavior like driving a tank off a bridge to get to the bottom of a canyon quickly. And since CarFu is a favorite tactic and FriendlyFireproof is in effect, there's no reason ''not'' to drive like crazy and run over anything that moves. There's even a Daredevil award for pulling aerial stunts with ground vehicles.
* An early mission in ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' centers around a taxi driver who compulsively rockets around town. He's threatened to have his license revoked, but a pregnant woman in labor hops in and demands he step on it. Unable to decide between rocketing to the hospital or obeying the law, he screams for help. That's where the EBA come in.
* Gene Petromolla, one of the possible {{Love Interest}}s in ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'', is a stagecoach driver who drives like this. Your first meet her when she almost runs over you.
* ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'':
** It gives bonuses to the player for near-misses.
** And Tony can taunt drivers\pedestrians he hits.
--> "Oh look. Look at his fucking shoes. His fucking shoes flew off."
* Max of ''SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' is not a very good driver. In their own words:
-->'''Max:''' Mind if I drive?\\
'''Sam:''' Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash and shrieking like a cheerleader.
** Not very surprising, considering he's too short to see over the dashboard. And given Sam's own driving skills, the fact that Max behind the wheels scares him should speak '''volumes'''.
* It's heavily implied that [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Ratchet]] isn't a particularly skilled pilot (pre-[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]], at least), given the fact that he's managed to perform a [[CaptainCrash crash landing]] in most every (if ''not'' every) ship he's handled. Including the [[SapientShip sentient one.]] This is lampshaded on the ''first page in the first issue'' of [[ComicBook/RatchetAndClankComic the comic]], too:
-->'''Ratchet''': She's ready, I stake my pilot's license on it! [Gets glared at by Clank] Okay, I stake my ''theoretical'' pilot's license on it.
* Emmy Altava from the ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' series doesn't give a crap about road laws. One wonders how she convinced Hershel to let her behind the wheel of the Laytonmobile in [[Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva the movie]].
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'' introduced the protagonist York while he's riving down a road in a heavy storm, smoking, typing on a laptop with one hand, and on the phone to his superiors discussing the sadomasochistic relationship of Tom and Jerry. He's the poster child for distracted driving, and yet he only loses control of the car after someone darts in front of him.
** Throw in that you sometimes get "Agent Honor" (basically small amounts of money) when you run over fences or hit telephone phones, and the animated York's tie hanging down whenever he flips over, the player is practically ''encouraged'' to be bad at driving.
* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' will have almost every driver turn into this just on the basis of, well, being a game about WackyRacing that goes for 'wacky' in as large letters as the box will allow. Insofar as a ''explicitly'' crazy individual serving as a driver, [[TheFaceless The Pyro]] serves as the kart driver of the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' trio, and is about as grossly irresponsible as might be expected from a pyromaniac with a ''very'' thin grasp of reality.
* Rosalind Starling in ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' is a sixteen-year-old girl who just got her driver's license. Given that she's also a NightmareFetishist who deeply enjoys being terrified, one has to agree with her older sister Juliet when she wonders what in the hell the DMV was thinking giving her a license. The third level has you chase after Rosalind as she crashes her school bus (yes, she drives a ''school bus'') through the entirety of a farm.
* Ophelia clearly has this opinion of Eddie's driving in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''. It probably helps that she's never seen a car before the two of them used it to escape from the Tainted Coil's forces. And that Eddie was "escaping" by [[CarFu running over everything between them and the exit.]]
* ''Videogame/BinaryDomain'' has Cain, who managed to drift with a ''van''.
* The GUN Truck in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' was already bad enough, keeping up with Sonic in the video game equivalent of San Francisco, but it gets taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' when it chases Sonic ''up on buildings' walls''.
* The title character in ''1931: Scheherazade at the Library of Pergamum'' is a terrible driver, according to her best friend.
-->'''Anna:''' Remember that time you borrowed your aunt's Model T? There are still pieces of the poor thing embedded in that orphanage's walls!\\
'''Sadie:''' I still say that building jumped out at me.
* ''VideoGame/{{Roundabout}}'' features a spinning limousine, complete disregard for any traffic laws, and you're ''encouraged'' to take out pedestrians; some missions even require it.
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* The Italian driver, M. Rossi, in ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport 3]]''. He'll mash other racers off the starting line, floors the gas constantly, and will pass in zones that no sane driver would try to pass in.
** ''Forza Horizon'' flat-out encourages you to do crazy stunts with your car to increase your in-game popularity rating, which helps unlock more races, more cars, and even award you money. Said stunts include zipping past oncoming traffic, jumping or bouncing, [[DieChairDie smashing objects]], drifting etc. The game even have separate names for each stunt you do, such as Daredevil (zipping past multiple cars), Wrecking Ball (smashing a lot of objects), or even Kangaroo (bouncing your car). But you don't get any reward for directly crashing into cars or scenery.
* To milder extent, ''VideoGame/TestDrive Unlimited 2'' is similar to ''Forza Horizon'' above, although the number of stunts you can pull are fewer.
* This is the premise of the ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'' series of video games. The driving style of the Crazy Taxi Delivery Service was once described by ''Tips and Tricks'' as "record time without road maps, speed limits, or a regard for anyone's personal safety". You get tips from your customers for doing tricks like jumps, drifts, and near-misses, and driving fast is ''essential'' to racking up high [[CallAHitPointASmeerp fares]].
* ''VideoGame/{{Burnout}}'': This is part of the premise; it even gives you points for traffic checks (however, you can never win at a game of chicken). The more dangerous the driving, the better.
** From ''VideoGame/Burnout3Takedown'' onward, most game modes in the series encourage you to run the other drivers off the road. Road Rage is a perennial favorite game type.
** Then there's the modes where you have to cause as much carnage as possible. Oh you'll die in the crash, no danger of that, how many innocent people can you take with you?
** The old racing game ''Whiplash'' (or ''Fatal Racing'' in Europe) was based around this as well, rewarding you for totalling your rivals' cars.
* Maya Amano from the ''VideoGame/Persona2'' duology. In ''Innocent Sin'', the party lets Maya drive the blimp from the Air Museum and she crashes it. She then tries to drive a boat in the last dungeon in and crashes into every rock along the way before the party asks Tatsuya to take over for her. She did so badly that its infamy persists [[spoiler:across an AlternateUniverse]] in sequel ''Eternal Punishment'', where Ulala out right tells her "Oh no, you don't! I've had enough of your driving!" And later in the game, Tatsuya insists that Jun drive the blimp instead, despite him being a high schooler. And when the time came for ''someone'' to drive a minisub, Tatsuya immediately volunteers so Maya won't even try. This is apparently due to Maya thinking her driving license applies to ''any'' vehicle, and her belief she's good enough to pull it off. The screams say otherwise.
* Highly common player behaviour in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'', given traffic's general noncompliance with the speed the player often needs to get somewhere. It occasionally gets lampshaded:
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', CJ has this reputation. And yet they always make him drive anyway...
--->'''Ryder:''' ''I'm saying that the East Coast made you drive like a idiot, fool! Man, you always crashing cars and shit. And for some reason, now you back, all it is is, "CJ, drive" here, "CJ, drive" there. Bullshit!''
** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV'', all three of the protagonists will keep yelling at and insulting other drivers even though you - the player - crashed into them. You can go down a busy road at break-neck speed, ignore the red light, and t-bone another car just for your character to yell "THIS ACCIDENT IS ENTIRELY YOUR FAULT!!!" at that car's driver ... even when that driver didn't survive the impact.
* The Taxi drivers in ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'' drive like lunatics. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWTaa_6lFk For example, at 3:10]] in the video.
* Dangerous Dave in ''VideoGame/{{SSX}} 3''. Though he's never seen in person, he's mentioned often by DJ Atomika on RADIO BIG. Among other things, plans to build an airport in Big Mountain were cancelled when it was learned that the only local with the qualifications to pilot any of the planes was Dangerous Dave. Oh, and his wrecked planes litter the backcountry; there are dozens. In fact, he crashes right into the Peak 3 backcountry just as you near the first checkpoint.
* ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series go even further than it's GTA roots by ''encouraging'' the player to drive on the wrong side of the road and avoid collisions as narrowly as possible by awarding XP for it. Taken even further by more expansive shooting-while-driving system than GTA, which often results in you driving blind because you're shooting at a car behind you.
** The Boss in ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'' can also acknowledge his/her terrifying driving in a random quip during the "Thank you and Goodnight" mission. [[RunningGag Everybody else does, too.]] That said, most of the motorists in Stillwater come under this trope, and the Boss will call other Saints on it if hitching a ride on a homie's vehicle.
** Lampshaded in the first game by Benjamin King:
--->[[LampshadeHanging The way you drive, I can't believe you're a threat to us.]]
* The whole point of ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}''. The first two were enhanced with the 'Prat Cam', a cutaway view of drivers Max Damage and Die Anna laughing, cussing, howling and screaming like lunatics.
* ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty'':
** From the series we have Private [=MacGregor=]. Despite his total lack of anything approaching driving skills in the African theatre, Captain Price still lets him drive a lorry full of prisoners in France. Much to everyone's horror.
** The first game has Sgt. Moody who manages to blast through half the German army in a clapped out old peugeot by virtue of being completely insane.
* To say driving in the ''VideoGame/{{F-Zero}}'' games is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage is putting it lightly. One of the challenges of the games is trying to get used to the fact that you're driving near-frictionless hovercrafts near the speed of sound, however the people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard GX]].
* ''VideoGame/HalfLife2'' gives us several moments in which Gordon (and by extension, the player) demonstrates that he is one of these:
** Just before the chapter Water Hazard (terrific name, by the way), Gordon is given an airboat with which he must navigate a system of canals. Taken {{up to eleven}} later when it becomes equipped with a recharging mini-gun.
** In the chapter Highway 17, Gordon is given a dune buggy equipped with the laser cannon you first encounter in ''VideoGame/HalfLife''. Notice a pattern here?
** In Episode 2, Gordon finally gets to try a real road monster - a two-seater with a souped up engine that drives pretty darn fast on open stretches. There's an achievement for road killing a high number of enemies, and the crazier you drive, the more fun [[ActionGirl Alyx]] has riding shotgun.
** By the way, in all of the above examples, Gordon is either dodging terrain features, mine-laying helicopters, CP units on patrol, or local fauna, while still going as fast as possible.
* ''Franchise/MassEffect'':
** The Mako APC handles superbly on flat terrain and in combat; however, there are very, very few sections of the game where flat terrain is present. The jagged mountains and ''very'' inhospitable terrain combined with little acceleration control results in somewhat... uneven driving. It's amazing permanent whiplash doesn't result. In addition, there is no such thing as fall damage while driving the Mako. This naturally leads to most players driving in straight lines towards their destination, regardless of what may lie in their way, i.e. canyons, mountains, buildings, [[CarFu geth armatures]], very high cliffs...you can all [[http://mudzi.deviantart.com/art/The-Mako-385587213 but]] [[http://epantiras.deviantart.com/art/Mess-Perfect-066-197239432 hear]] [[http://ayej.deviantart.com/art/Mass-Effect-Mako-259505470 the]] [[http://sylvanlore.deviantart.com/art/Cruising-down-Noveria-260118023 passengers]] [[http://chacou.deviantart.com/art/ME2-Galaxy-s-Best-Driver-179225136 screaming.]]
** And that's when it's working properly. When it's glitched...[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqBnYBmcPaE well]]...
** The car chase in Lair of the Shadow Broker in the [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 second game]]. For all of Liara's complaining whenever you almost-crash, [[Funny/MassEffect she'll admit it's still]] [[LampshadeHanging better than the Mako.]] Since Shepard is the common variable between the two situations, it may be that s/he is a personal example of this trope.
--->'''Liara:''' Truck!\\
'''Shepard:''' I know.\\
'''Liara:''' ''Truck!''\\
'''Shepard:''' ''I know!''\\
'''Liara:''' Yaaah!\\
'''Shepard:''' Heh. There we go!\\
'''Liara:''' You're ''enjoying'' this!
** As a result of both the Mako and this [[TakeThatScrappy little nod]], it has become Fanon that Shepard drives like this always. Anytime [[TheDreaded Shepard]] comes anywhere near a drivable vehicle, everyone who has ever ridden with Shepard [[TakeAThirdOption starts looking for alternatives]].
** Shepard has only officially crashed the Mako ''once''... after driving it through a ''Mass Relay!''
** In ''VideoGame/MassEffect3'', no-one lets James Vega [[NeverLiveItDown forget]] about the incident on Mars, where his ingenious plan to take down an escaping enemy shuttle, was to crash their ''[[CarFu own]]'' shuttle into it. Even Shepard, whose own track record with vehicles isn't [[HypocriticalHumour particularly spotless]], gets in on it. This is probably because the shuttle he chose to crash into it with was ''armed''.
** Continued in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'', as even without Shepard, Ryder is definitely a graduate from whatever driving school Shepard went to. Get a little too close to a cliff edge, and Drack (a 1400 year old krogan who has survived dozens of wars) freaks out.
--->'''Drack:''' '''''[[AtomicFBomb SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTT!!!]]'''''
* Similarly, vehicles in ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004'' don't suffer damage from falling. This results in behavior like driving a tank off a bridge to get to the bottom of a canyon quickly. And since CarFu is a favorite tactic and FriendlyFireproof is in effect, there's no reason ''not'' to drive like crazy and run over anything that moves. There's even a Daredevil award for pulling aerial stunts with ground vehicles.
* An early mission in ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'' centers around a taxi driver who compulsively rockets around town. He's threatened to have his license revoked, but a pregnant woman in labor hops in and demands he step on it. Unable to decide between rocketing to the hospital or obeying the law, he screams for help. That's where the EBA come in.
* Gene Petromolla, one of the possible {{Love Interest}}s in ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'', is a stagecoach driver who drives like this. Your first meet her when she almost runs over you.
* ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'':
** It gives bonuses to the player for near-misses.
** And Tony can taunt drivers\pedestrians he hits.
--> "Oh look. Look at his fucking shoes. His fucking shoes flew off."
* Max of ''SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' is not a very good driver. In their own words:
-->'''Max:''' Mind if I drive?\\
'''Sam:''' Not if you don't mind me clawing at the dash and shrieking like a cheerleader.
** Not very surprising, considering he's too short to see over the dashboard. And given Sam's own driving skills, the fact that Max behind the wheels scares him should speak '''volumes'''.
* It's heavily implied that [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Ratchet]] isn't a particularly skilled pilot (pre-[[VideoGame/RatchetAndClankFutureToolsOfDestruction Tools of Destruction]], at least), given the fact that he's managed to perform a [[CaptainCrash crash landing]] in most every (if ''not'' every) ship he's handled. Including the [[SapientShip sentient one.]] This is lampshaded on the ''first page in the first issue'' of [[ComicBook/RatchetAndClankComic the comic]], too:
-->'''Ratchet''': She's ready, I stake my pilot's license on it! [Gets glared at by Clank] Okay, I stake my ''theoretical'' pilot's license on it.
* Emmy Altava from the ''Franchise/ProfessorLayton'' series doesn't give a crap about road laws. One wonders how she convinced Hershel to let her behind the wheel of the Laytonmobile in [[Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva the movie]].
* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'' introduced the protagonist York while he's riving down a road in a heavy storm, smoking, typing on a laptop with one hand, and on the phone to his superiors discussing the sadomasochistic relationship of Tom and Jerry. He's the poster child for distracted driving, and yet he only loses control of the car after someone darts in front of him.
** Throw in that you sometimes get "Agent Honor" (basically small amounts of money) when you run over fences or hit telephone phones, and the animated York's tie hanging down whenever he flips over, the player is practically ''encouraged'' to be bad at driving.
* ''[[VideoGame/SegaSuperstars Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed]]'' will have almost every driver turn into this just on the basis of, well, being a game about WackyRacing that goes for 'wacky' in as large letters as the box will allow. Insofar as a ''explicitly'' crazy individual serving as a driver, [[TheFaceless The Pyro]] serves as the kart driver of the ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' trio, and is about as grossly irresponsible as might be expected from a pyromaniac with a ''very'' thin grasp of reality.
* Rosalind Starling in ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' is a sixteen-year-old girl who just got her driver's license. Given that she's also a NightmareFetishist who deeply enjoys being terrified, one has to agree with her older sister Juliet when she wonders what in the hell the DMV was thinking giving her a license. The third level has you chase after Rosalind as she crashes her school bus (yes, she drives a ''school bus'') through the entirety of a farm.
* Ophelia clearly has this opinion of Eddie's driving in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''. It probably helps that she's never seen a car before the two of them used it to escape from the Tainted Coil's forces. And that Eddie was "escaping" by [[CarFu running over everything between them and the exit.]]
* ''Videogame/BinaryDomain'' has Cain, who managed to drift with a ''van''.
* The GUN Truck in ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'' was already bad enough, keeping up with Sonic in the video game equivalent of San Francisco, but it gets taken UpToEleven in ''VideoGame/SonicGenerations'' when it chases Sonic ''up on buildings' walls''.
* The title character in ''1931: Scheherazade at the Library of Pergamum'' is a terrible driver, according to her best friend.
-->'''Anna:''' Remember that time you borrowed your aunt's Model T? There are still pieces of the poor thing embedded in that orphanage's walls!\\
'''Sadie:''' I still say that building jumped out at me.
* ''VideoGame/{{Roundabout}}'' features a spinning limousine, complete disregard for any traffic laws, and you're ''encouraged'' to take out pedestrians; some missions even require it.
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