* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Pretty much the whole soundtrack. It's sort of techno-jazz and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNbAdcoIDkU it's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQWgnRpDei0&feature=related pretty]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pma1rRgl0k&feature=related damn]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIa-kUvgUNY&feature=related good.]]
* CriticalDissonance: A particularly extreme case. The game fared poorly among Japanese critics, but it didn't stop the game from selling well and become a favorite in Japan. It's also considered to be a game that's most wanted among Famitsu readers. Even more, Famitsu put the game in their "Most Wanted Sequels" chart.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Akira Tsujimoto
* GameBreaker:
** The three magic broken parts are Venus & Mars, Double Impact, and Lo Comp -1. And this is for the engine, the most important part of your car.
** The Backyard-SP (Lotus Europa) body is lightweight and very aerodynamic, as is the Type-EURO chassis.
* GoddamnedBats / DemonicSpiders: The random-encounter racers during Story mode.
* {{Narm}}: The way they rig the characters.
* NightmareFuel: The "Nightmare" music is completely made to creep you out, complete with creepy laughs, and it's played in almost every events during the later halves of the game.
* PlayerPunch: Got in to the Yokohama GP? Congratulations. [[spoiler: Too bad you had to ruin Kyoji Nanba's dream in the process to the point he decided to kill himself.]] [[SarcasmMode Must be worth it to enter a Grand Prix tournament after all that.]]
* ThatOneBoss:
** Fujisawa's Taiman.
** Darkness GP and Diablo Zeta as well.
** Team leaders are nigh impossible to beat in their home turfs.
* ThatOneLevel: New C1 is very narrow and has a lot of corners comparing to other tracks. [[spoiler:Also, Bay Lagoon Tower.]]
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