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%%* ''VideoGame/FullAuto'', which can be boiled down to ''Film/DeathRace: The Video Game''.

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%%* ''VideoGame/FullAuto'', which can * ''VideoGame/FullAuto'' was reportedly originally supposed to be boiled down to ''Film/DeathRace: a straight racing game, but VehicularCombat elements were added when they realized that the game's main feature (extensive damage modelling) would only be seen if the player were bad at the game. The Video Game''.cars are equipped with various weapons and using them on your opponents and the racing environment is encouraged. Said racing environments include cities where you not only race around buildings, but through them as well.
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%%* ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' follows on the footsteps of ''Mario Kart'' and adds its own twists, like Boss Battles and different vehicles, plus a surprisingly elaborate overworld.

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%%* * ''VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing'' follows on takes the footsteps of ''Mario Kart'' typical kart racer and adds its own twists, like Boss Battles an open world to explore and different vehicles, plus vehicles to drive (kart, plane, hovercraft). The game features races in environments such as prehistoric jungle, medieval villages, and a surprisingly elaborate overworld.space station along with power-ups (which can be upgraded) like missiles, force fields, and mines.

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%%* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'', we see it done by Cassiel in Ash's race against Logan.
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%%* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'', we see it done by Cassiel in Ash's race against Logan.

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%%* In ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'', we see it done by Cassiel in Ash's race against Logan.
* ''WebVideo/StampysLovelyWorld'': Most of Stampy's mini-games are based on racing within the Funland, but he also used to do races to the Doghouse until Episode 328, and he adds a crazy twist to the rules every single time, such as the vehicles (e.g. pigs) or the obstacles (e.g. through the Love Garden heart), and other details.
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* ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'' is a seems to combine the normal gameplay of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise with a racing game. Racing in environments such as space stations, giant beanstalks, and active volcanos, Kirby also finds himself in battle with various enemies using powerups. (Of course, Kirby being Kirby, he can also just swallow them.)

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* ''VideoGame/KirbyAirRide'' is a seems game that aims to combine the normal gameplay of the ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' franchise with a racing game. Racing in environments such as space stations, giant beanstalks, and active volcanos, Kirby also finds himself in battle with various enemies using powerups. (Of course, Kirby being Kirby, he can also just swallow them.)
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* ''VideoGame/GensouSkydrift'': How much wackier can you get than the cast of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' using each other as {{Body Sled}}s and using all manner of bizarre {{Limit Break}}s, ranging from {{Nue}} turning into a FlyingSaucer to [[spoiler:[[OurVampiresAreDifferent Flandre]] pulling out a FlamingSword that is [[{{BFS}} bigger than she is]]]].

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* ''VideoGame/GensouSkydrift'': How much wackier can you get than the cast of ''Franchise/TouhouProject'' using each other as {{Body Sled}}s and using all manner of bizarre {{Limit Break}}s, ranging from {{Nue}} turning into a FlyingSaucer to [[spoiler:[[OurVampiresAreDifferent Flandre]] pulling out a FlamingSword that is [[{{BFS}} bigger than she is]]]].is]]]]?
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* ''Videogame/Interstate76'': The ''Nitro Pack'' expansion had one mission where Taurus had to race against Drinky, a clown in an armed VW Beetle. It was considered to be [[ThatOneMission one of the worst missions in the entire expansion pack]] due to the game not counting a lap if one of the tires of the car Taurus was driving went off the track but placing no such restrictions on his opponent. While both vehicles were armed, shooting Taurus's opponent also failed the mission (and given how ''annoying'' Drinky's taunting was, the player would definitely want to shoot him).

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* ''Videogame/Interstate76'': The ''Nitro Pack'' expansion had one mission where Taurus had to race against Drinky, a clown in an armed VW Beetle. It was considered to be [[ThatOneMission [[ThatOneLevel one of the worst missions in the entire expansion pack]] due to the game not counting a lap if one of the tires of the car Taurus was driving went off the track but placing no such restrictions on his opponent. While both vehicles were armed, shooting Taurus's opponent also failed the mission (and given how ''annoying'' Drinky's taunting was, the player would definitely want to shoot him).
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In RealLife, the racing of any kind of vehicle is very dangerous, and many people have died or suffered serious injury while doing so. Things have gotten better, but it is still a potentially deadly sport truly only kept in the reins of safety by [[BadassDriver the skill of the drivers]]. However, there is also the fact that in real life, except for off-road rallies and endurance races, most races simply involve going from point A to point B, or driving in an oval for a few dozen or a few hundred laps. Because of this, writers tend to spice things up a bit. The result is a Wacky Race, a race so improbable, so outrageous, so dangerous, that it makes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7amgj1DpSA Pikes Peak]] look like a Sunday drive.

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In RealLife, the racing of any kind of vehicle is very dangerous, and many people have died or suffered serious injury while doing so. Things have gotten better, but it is still a potentially deadly sport truly only kept in the reins of safety by [[BadassDriver the skill of the drivers]]. However, there is also the fact that in real life, except for off-road rallies and endurance races, most races simply involve going from point A to point B, or driving in an oval for a few dozen or a few hundred laps. Because of this, writers tend to spice things up a bit. The result is a Wacky Race, a race so improbable, so outrageous, so dangerous, that it makes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7amgj1DpSA Pikes Peak]] look like a Sunday drive.
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* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'', of all games, had a mode ("[[IncrediblyLamePun Motor Kombat]]") for this. Why it was felt ''a fighting game'' needed a RacingMiniGame mode, we couldn't tell you.

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* ''VideoGame/MortalKombatArmageddon'', of all games, had a mode ("[[IncrediblyLamePun ("[[{{Pun}} Motor Kombat]]") for this. Why it was felt ''a fighting game'' needed a RacingMiniGame mode, we couldn't tell you.
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* ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV'': In the ''Endwalker'' Allied Tribe Quests, the Hippo Riders, the Dreaming Ways, and the Last Dregs all collaborate to host the "Hyper Hustle", a big race between the groups [[spoiler:at the edge of the universe]]. The only rules are that everyone must stay within the course and fly through the checkpoint rings around the course. All other means of magical or technological mischief are legal. The race is further complicated by the presence of artillery along the course and the other denizens of [[spoiler:Ultima Thule]] joining in with their vehicles.
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* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesRacing'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStation karting game, featuring weapons from cream pies to heat-seeking cream pies to, of course, anvils.
* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesSpaceRace'' is a Dreamcast and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game that takes things InSpace, but with the same general principle.

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* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesRacing'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStation Platform/PlayStation karting game, featuring weapons from cream pies to heat-seeking cream pies to, of course, anvils.
* ''VideoGame/LooneyTunesSpaceRace'' is a Dreamcast and UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 Platform/PlayStation2 game that takes things InSpace, but with the same general principle.



* The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} version of the ''Speed Racer'' film, which transposes the insane courses and CarFu tactics of the movie.

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* The UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} Platform/{{Wii}} version of the ''Speed Racer'' film, which transposes the insane courses and CarFu tactics of the movie.



* The TropeNamer ''Wacky Races'' has [[VideoGame/WackyRaces2000 a video game]] based on it made for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast and for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2. Unlike other Mario Kartlikes, you don't pick up power-ups along the track -- you chose three from a list specific to the character you choose before every race, and pick up tokens along the track that let you use the powers you chose.

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* The TropeNamer ''Wacky Races'' has [[VideoGame/WackyRaces2000 a video game]] based on it made for the UsefulNotes/SegaDreamcast Platform/SegaDreamcast and for UsefulNotes/PlayStation2.Platform/PlayStation2. Unlike other Mario Kartlikes, you don't pick up power-ups along the track -- you chose three from a list specific to the character you choose before every race, and pick up tokens along the track that let you use the powers you chose.

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