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* Weaponised in ''Videogame/LikeADragonInfiniteWealth'' where Eric Tomizawa's default Cabbie class has the "Essence of Buckle Up" LimitBreak, in which he deliberately drives recklessly in his car while an enemy is in the back seat before he hits a ramp and bails before the car crashes and blows up.
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*** 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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*** 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. [[note]]Which it's very telling, given we never hear Wrex or Grunt complain about Shepard's driving skills.[[/note]] 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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* ''VideoGame/XComChimeraSquad'': The titular squad is driven around by [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier an automated APC]] commanded by a retooled MEC's brain with integrated GPS. Said brain has no sense of what safe speed is, judging by how fast it takes corners -- one side of the APC ''lifts from the ground''.

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* ''VideoGame/XComChimeraSquad'': ''VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad'': The titular squad is driven around by [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier an automated APC]] commanded by a retooled MEC's brain with integrated GPS. Said brain has no sense of what safe speed is, judging by how fast it takes corners -- one side of the APC ''lifts from the ground''.
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* ''VideoGame/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesShreddersRevenge'': The boss fight at the end of Episode 3 involves chasing after Bebop and Rocksteady, who are on a monster truck called the Turtle Tenderizer. Bebop is the one driving, but if you get close he'll swing a ball-and-chain at you before laughing, and then the truck immediately veers out of control. Needless to say, he doesn't waste time taking the steering wheel again when that happens. They also try to ram you by ricocheting all over the road.
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* ''VideoGame/XComChimeraSquad'': The titular squad is driven around by [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier an automated APC]] commanded by a retooled MEC's brain with integrated GPS. Said brain has no sense of what safe speed is, judging by how fast it takes corners -- one side of the APC ''lifts from the ground''.
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** The old racing game ''Whiplash'' (or ''Fatal Racing'' in Europe) was based around this as well, rewarding you for totaling your rivals' cars.

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** The old racing game ''Whiplash'' (or ''Fatal Racing'' ''VideoGame/FatalRacing'' in Europe) was based around this as well, rewarding you for totaling your rivals' cars.
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* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'' introduced the protagonist York while he's driving down a road in a heavy storm, smoking, typing on a laptop with one hand, and on the phone to his superiors discussing his theory that WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry are in a codependent sadomasochistic relationship. 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.

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* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'' introduced the protagonist York while he's driving down a road in a heavy storm, smoking, typing on a laptop with one hand, and on the phone to his superiors discussing his theory that WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry are in a codependent codependent, sadomasochistic relationship. 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.
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** 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 in the aforementioned F-Max, but then he died with the sport in that same gigantic accident 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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** Given the standards that F-Zero works with, [[UpToEleven it says a lot]] 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 in the aforementioned F-Max, but then he died with the sport in that same gigantic accident 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.



** 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.

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** 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}} Exaggerated later when it becomes equipped with a recharging mini-gun.



* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'': The GUN Truck 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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* ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'': The GUN Truck 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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** ''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''.

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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''.''armed''.
*** Ironically, the ''Citadel'' DLC reveals that for all of Joker's talent at the helm of a warship, his skill in an actual car leaves a lot to be desired. Maya Brooks complains about Joker almost crashing the taxi they commandeered on the way to pick up Shepard, and Cortez is quite adamant that Joker not be the one to drive when they have to keep the Normandy from escaping.

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* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'' introduced the protagonist York while he's driving down a road in a heavy storm, smoking, typing on a laptop with one hand, and on the phone to his superiors discussing his theory that WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry are in a codependent sadomasochistic relationship. 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.

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* ''VideoGame/DeadlyPremonition'' introduced the protagonist York while he's driving down a road in a heavy storm, smoking, typing on a laptop with one hand, and on the phone to his superiors discussing his theory that WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry are in a codependent sadomasochistic relationship. He's the poster child for distracted driving, and yet he only loses control of the car after someone darts in front of him.
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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/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport 3]]'': The Italian driver, M. Rossi. 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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Motorsport 3]]'': 3'': The Italian driver, M. Rossi. She'll Rossi, will 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.



* ''VideoGame/FZero'': Driving in this series is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage, to put 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. The people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard 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]], and amusingly enough its unseen predecessor F-Max was said to be even worse until [[NoodleIncident some manner of gigantic accident]] put an end to things.

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* ''VideoGame/FZero'': Driving in this series is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage, to put it lightly. lightly.
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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. The people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard 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]], and amusingly enough its unseen predecessor F-Max was said to be even worse until [[NoodleIncident some manner of gigantic accident]] put an end to things.



** 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 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 fewer kilometers (the game also tracks the distance you drove) than they have car crashes.

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** In ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas'', ''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 an 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 ''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!!!" FAULT!" at that car's driver ... driver... even when that driver didn't survive the impact.
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impact. 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 some drive like crazy so much that they manage to drive fewer kilometers (the game also tracks the distance you drove) than they have car crashes.



* ''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...[[https://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.

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** 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.]]
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and that's when it's working properly. When it's glitched...[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqBnYBmcPaE well]]...
** ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': The car chase in Lair of the Shadow Broker in the [[VideoGame/MassEffect2 second game]]. Broker. For all of Liara's complaining whenever you almost-crash, [[Funny/MassEffect she'll admit it's still]] [[LampshadeHanging better than the Mako.]] Mako]]. Since Shepard is the common variable between the two situations, it may be that s/he is a personal example of this trope.



** 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. It might not be a coincidence that Ryder's father was a graduate of the same special forces program as Shepard.
--->'''Drack:''' '''''[[AtomicFBomb SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTT!!!]]'''''
** 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. 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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** 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
''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 ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'':
*** 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.
--->'''Drack:''' ---->'''Drack:''' '''''[[AtomicFBomb SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTT!!!]]'''''
** 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 ***Subverted for humor 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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** ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'': The original ''VideoGame/Persona5'' implies that Haru Okumura isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' speed demon 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. "I was just driving normally... I think," she says. No, Haru, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], by 1pm.

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** ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'': The original ''VideoGame/Persona5'' implies that Haru Okumura isn't a particularly great driver when the Phantom Thieves find her and a crashed Morgana, but she's revealed to be a ''terrifying'' speed demon 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. "I was just driving normally... I think," she says. No, Haru, 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]]'', while [[AchievementsInIgnorance while]] [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], by 1pm.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV'': Dialogue indicates that Regis Lucis Caelum was a driver of this sort prior to the events of the game, at least when he was travelling Eos with companions. Cid Sophiar purports that the [[CoolCar Regalia]] has been crashed on numerous occasions with Regis behind the wheel; by the time they parted ways, Cid had enough mechanical know-how to open an auto shop. When giving Noctis keys to the [[CoolBoat royal vessel]] in the [[UpdatedRerelease Royal Edition]], Cid assures that the party (who has ridden a boat all of once, immediately before the cutscene) should be fine at the wheel, because even Regis couldn't sink it.
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* ''VideoGame/EXTRAPOWERAttackOfDarkforce'': Platinum apparently has this reputation, even going so far as firing a bazooka from her van. While it's moving. And she's actively driving it. Kurogane has gotten used to it but admits that Platinum is a pretty rough driver.
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-->'''Moe:''' This car is for you. It belongs to my brother, who I don't get on with, so feel free to damage it.
-->'''Chase:''' With my driving that's a guarantee.

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-->'''Chase:''' With my driving that's a guarantee.
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** 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 in the aforementioned F-Max, but then he died and was [[BackFromTheDead revived]] through a combination of [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul cybernetics]] and BlackMagic, all at his request. 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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** 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 in the aforementioned F-Max, but then he died with the sport in that same gigantic accident and was [[BackFromTheDead revived]] through a combination of [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul cybernetics]] and BlackMagic, all at his request.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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* ''VideoGame/FZero'': Driving in this series is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage, to put 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. The people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard 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.

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* ''VideoGame/FZero'': Driving in this series is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage, to put 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. The people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard 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]].
in-universe]], and amusingly enough its unseen predecessor F-Max was said to be even worse until [[NoodleIncident some manner of gigantic accident]] put an end to things.
** 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, driver in the aforementioned F-Max, but then he died and was [[BackFromTheDead revived]] through a combination of [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul cybernetics]] and BlackMagic.BlackMagic, all at his request. 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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* ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5'' has Nico, who drives her van aggressively, heedless of road condition, demons in the way, walls and ''floors''.
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* ''VideoGame/Destiny2'': Take a shot every time you see somebody spamming dance emotes while driving a Sparrow.[[note]] You'll die of alcohol poisoning.[[/note]]
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** ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'': The original ''VideoGame/Persona5'' implies that Haru Okumura 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 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. "I was just driving normally... I think," she says. No, Haru, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], by 1pm.

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** ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'': The original ''VideoGame/Persona5'' implies that Haru Okumura 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 speed demon 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. "I was just driving normally... I think," she says. No, Haru, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], by 1pm.

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* The Italian driver, M. Rossi, in ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport 3]]''. 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.
** ''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]].

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* ''1931: Scheherazade at the Library of Pergamum'': The Italian title character is a terrible driver, M. Rossi, in ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport 3]]''. She'll mash other racers off the starting line, floors the gas constantly, and will pass in zones according to her best friend.
-->'''Anna:''' Remember
that no sane driver would try to pass in.
** ''Forza Horizon'' flat-out encourages
time you to do crazy stunts with borrowed 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
aunt's Model T? There are fewer.
* This is the premise
still pieces of the ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'' series poor thing embedded in that orphanage's walls!\\
'''Sadie:''' I still say that building jumped out at me.
* ''Videogame/BinaryDomain'' has Cain, who managed to drift with a ''van''.
* ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend'': Ophelia clearly has this opinion
of video games. The driving style of Eddie's driving. It probably helps that she's never seen a car before 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 two of them used it to escape from your customers for doing tricks like jumps, drifts, the Tainted Coil's forces. And that Eddie was "escaping" by [[CarFu running over everything between them and near-misses, and driving fast is ''essential'' to racking up high [[CallAHitPointASmeerp fares]].the exit.]]



** 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.
** 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. "I was just driving normally... I think," she says. No, Haru, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], by 1pm.
* 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 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.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** 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.
** 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.
* 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.]]
** 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.
* 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.

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** Then there's there are the modes where you have to cause as much carnage as possible. Oh 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 totaling 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.
** 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. "I was just driving normally... I think," she says. No, Haru, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], by 1pm.
* 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 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.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** 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.
** 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.
* 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.]]
** 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.
* 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.
cars.



** 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/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. The people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard 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]].

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** The first game has Sgt. Moody Moody, who manages to blast through half the German army in a clapped out clapped-out old peugeot by virtue of being completely insane.
* To say ''VideoGame/{{Carmageddon}}'': This is the whole point of the game. 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/CityConnection'': Clarice, the player character, is traveling the world looking for a boyfriend, while also
driving in like a maniac and painting the ''VideoGame/FZero'' games streets. The latter two actions get the police to chase after her.
* ''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.
* ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'': The premise of the series. 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/DeadlyPremonition'' introduced the protagonist York while he's driving down a road in a heavy storm, smoking, typing on a laptop with one hand, and on the phone to his superiors discussing his theory that WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry are in a codependent sadomasochistic relationship. 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/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.
* ''VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents'': An early mission 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 comes in and helps him out to the tune of [[Music/AvrilLavigne Sk8er Boi]].
* ''[[VideoGame/{{Forza}} Forza Motorsport 3]]'': The Italian driver, M. Rossi. 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.
** ''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 has 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.
* ''VideoGame/FZero'': Driving in this series
is like driving in Aspen in the winter during a salt shortage is putting shortage, to put 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. The people over at [[Creator/{{Sega}} Amusement Vision]] had a field day with [[NintendoHard 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]].



* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'': Very common, given traffic's general non-compliance 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 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 fewer kilometers (the game also tracks the distance you drove) than they have car crashes.



** 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.

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** In Episode 2, Gordon finally gets to try a real road monster - monster: a two-seater with a souped up 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.



* ''VisualNovel/TheHeistMonaco'' has two of these as a potential Getaway Driver: Fabien Ahmad or Tillie Marshall. They get a chance to really show their skills in Chapter 12 where Fabien slides deftly between cars while Tillie goes through the bumpy "shortcut." Their driving gets even crazier for the final heist if you pay [[BribingYourWayToVictory diamonds]] for a souped up racecar.

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* ''VisualNovel/TheHeistMonaco'' has two of these as a potential Getaway Driver: Fabien Ahmad or Tillie Marshall. They get a chance to really show their skills in Chapter 12 where Fabien slides deftly between cars while Tillie goes through the bumpy "shortcut." Their driving gets even crazier for the final heist if you pay [[BribingYourWayToVictory diamonds]] for a souped up racecar.souped-up racecar.
* ''VideoGame/LegoCityUndercover'': It's not strictly necessary, but the tendency for most players to do this due to the complete lack of driving laws is {{Lampshaded}} by multiple characters including the protagonist.
* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'': Rosalind Starling 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.



** 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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** 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 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.



** 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.

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** And it turns out Ryder's not the only one. Apparently Apparently, Liam Kosta has a habit of "borrowing" the car without permission when Ryder's not looking, looking and shreds the tires repeatedly.



* 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 and help him out to the tune of [[Music/AvrilLavigne Sk8er Boi]].
* 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 ''VideoGame/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:

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* 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 and help him out to the tune of [[Music/AvrilLavigne Sk8er Boi]].
*
''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'': Gene Petromolla, one of the possible {{Love Interest}}s in ''VideoGame/MitsumeteKnight'', Interest}}s, is a stagecoach driver who drives like this. Your first meet her when she almost runs over you.
* ''VideoGame/ScarfaceTheWorldIsYours'':
''Franchise/{{Persona}}'':
** It gives bonuses to ''VideoGame/Persona2'': Maya Amano. In ''Innocent Sin'', the player 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 near-misses.
** And Tony can taunt drivers\pedestrians he hits.
-->
her. She did so badly that its infamy persists [[spoiler:across an AlternateUniverse]] in the sequel ''Eternal Punishment'', where Ulala outright tells her "Oh look. Look at his fucking shoes. His fucking shoes flew off."
* Max
no, you don't! I've had enough of ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' 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 not a very apparently due to Maya thinking her driving license applies to ''any'' vehicle, and her belief she's good driver. In their own words:
-->'''Max:''' Mind if
enough to pull it off. The screams say otherwise.
** ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers'': The original ''VideoGame/Persona5'' implies that Haru Okumura 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 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. "I was just driving normally...
I drive?\\
'''Sam:''' Not if you
think," she says. No, Haru, people driving normally don't mind me clawing at leave Fukuoka in the dash morning and shrieking like reach a cheerleader.
** Not very surprising, considering he's too short
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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], by 1pm.
* ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'': Emmy Altava doesn't give a crap about road laws. One wonders how she convinced Hershel
to see over the dashboard. And given Sam's own driving skills, the fact that Max let her behind the wheels scares him should speak '''volumes'''.
wheel of the Laytonmobile in [[Anime/ProfessorLaytonAndTheEternalDiva the movie]].
* ''Franchise/RatchetAndClank'': It's heavily implied that [[Franchise/RatchetAndClank Ratchet]] 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:



* Emmy Altava from the ''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]].
* ''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 his theory that WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry are in a codependent sadomasochistic relationship. 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''. Just for good measure, the truck isn't just some standard-size semi, it's ''as wide as the street''.
* 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.



* 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.
* 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'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''.
* 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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* In ''VideoGame/ClusterTruck'', ''VideoGame/SaintsRow'' series goes even further than its 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 a more expansive shooting-while-driving system than GTA, which often results in you have to keep on top of trucks while dodging obstacles driving blind because you're shooting at a car behind you.
** ''VideoGame/SaintsRow2'': The Boss can also acknowledge his/her terrifying driving in a random quip during the "Thank you
and navigating drops--and dealing with truckers who 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 drive worth anything believe you're a threat to us.]]
** ''VideoGame/SaintsRowTheThird'': Pretty much ''everyone'' behind the wheel can qualify. It's not uncommon to see random cars suddenly swerve into oncoming traffic
and so are always colliding with each other.
* In ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'',
cause a type of operation collision. And that doesn't even take into account the rival gangs or law enforcement when you can unlock have a high enough notoriety and they're actively ''trying'' to intercept you. Then there are the Ambulance operations, where you perform surgery escort missions in which the back of an ambulance. hardest ones make having max notoriety look like a leisurely Sunday drive. The only problem, however, 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 whoever's point, you're having a hard time trying to disagree with the statement.
* ''VideoGame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'': Sam's
driving skills leave something to be desired on their own. Max's driving skills, on the ambulance is either blind or other hand, terrify Sam. Might have something to do with him being too short to see properly. 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 '''maniac''', cheerleader.
* ''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."
* ''[[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 ambulance box will often violently jerk to allow. Insofar as a ''explicitly'' crazy individual serving as a driver, [[TheFaceless The Pyro]] serves as 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 kart driver of the ambulance, permanently lost forever''.
''VideoGame/TeamFortress2'' trio, and is about as grossly irresponsible as might be expected from a pyromaniac with a ''very'' thin grasp of reality.
* In VideoGame/LegoCityUndercover this ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure2'': The GUN Truck 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 strictly necessary but just some standard-size semi, it's ''as wide as the tendancy for most players to do this due to the complete lack of driving laws is {{Lampshaded}} by multiple characters including the protagonist.street''.



** 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''.
* ''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.
* ''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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** 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.landmasses. 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''.
* ''VideoGame/DetectivePikachu'': Amanda ''VideoGame/SurgeonSimulator2013'': In the unlockable Ambulance operations, you perform surgery in the back of an ambulance. But whoever's driving 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, lost forever''.
* ''VideoGame/{{SSX}} 3'': Though Dangerous Dave never appears in person, he's mentioned often by DJ Atomika on RADIO BIG. Among other things, plans to build an airport in Big Mountain were canceled 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.
* ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'':
** ''VideoGame/LuigisMansion3'': In the opening cutscene, 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.
** ''VideoGame/MarioIsMissing'': The taxi drivers drive like lunatics. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpWTaa_6lFk For example, at 3:10]] in the video.
* ''VideoGame/TestDrive Unlimited 2'' is similar to ''Forza Horizon'' above, although the number of stunts you can pull are fewer.
* ''VideoGame/UnrealTournament2004'': Vehicles don't suffer damage from falling. This results in behavior like driving
a boat license and tank off a bridge to get to the bottom of a canyon quickly. And since CarFu is a good driver, but she likes favorite tactic and FriendlyFireproof is in effect, there's no reason ''not'' to drive so fast like crazy and run over anything that she makes both Tim and Pikachu nauseous.
* ''VideoGame/CityConnection'': Clarice, the player character, is traveling the world looking
moves. There's even a Daredevil award for a boyfriend, while also driving like a maniac and painting the streets. The latter two actions get the police to chase after her.pulling aerial stunts with ground vehicles.
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* ''VisualNovel/TheHeistMonaco'' has two of these as a potential Getaway Driver: Fabien Ahmad or Tillie Marshall. They get a chance to really show their skills in Chapter 12 where Fabien slides deftly between cars while Tillie goes through the bumpy "shortcut." Their driving gets even crazier for the final heist if you pay [[BribingYourWayToVictory diamonds]] for a souped up racecar.
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* ''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.

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* ''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 his theory that WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry are in a codependent sadomasochistic relationship of Tom and Jerry.relationship. He's the poster child for distracted driving, and yet he only loses control of the car after someone darts in front of him.
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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. "I was driving normally... I think," she says. No, Haru, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], 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. "I was just driving normally... I think," she says. No, Haru, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], 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, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], 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. "I was driving normally... I think," she says. No, Haru, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka]], by 1pm.
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->''"My apologies, Haru, but I request you steer clear of the driver's seat from now on. I only have so many lives left..."''
-->-- '''Yusuke Kitagawa''', ''VideoGame/Persona5Strikers''
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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, 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]]'', while mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka, 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, 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]]'', while [[https://www.google.com/maps/dir/fukuoka/Osaka,+Japan/kyoto/@34.2960352,131.9642887,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m21!4m20!1m5!1m1!1s0x3541eda1e9848429:0xf60a729936398783!2m2!1d130.4016888!2d33.5901838!1m5!1m1!1s0x6000e6553406e2e1:0xc55bc16ee46a2fe7!2m2!1d135.5022535!2d34.6937249!1m5!1m1!1s0x6001a8d6cd3cc3f1:0xc0961d366bbb1d3d!2m2!1d135.7681489!2d35.011564!3e0!4e1 mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka, Osaka]], 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, 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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** 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, 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]]'' away]]'', while mistakenly taking a detour into Osaka, by 1pm.

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