History VideoGame / RoadRash

While there was no plot to speak of (mostly because participating in extreme sports for cash prizes doesn't exactly need a plot), the games did have characters for their bikes. A notable aversion is ''Jailbreak'', in that while it's pretty much an ExcusePlot at first, as in the player chooses to run with a gang, rise in ranks, and being acquinted with the ComicRelief live action cutscenes duo Steve "Spaz" Williams (better known as visual artists for lots of movies including ''Jumanji'' and ''Jurassic Park'' and Punt (played by a young [[Series/TwinPeaks Michael J. Anderson]]), things get nasty when Spaz got captured by the cops and Punt personally asks the player and their chosen gang to organize a jailbreak to free him. Many of the AI were given profiles and would often give you advice or trash-talk you before or after a race.

* DirtyCop: Illegal bike races are a problem, but stuffing bikers in the boot, setting dogs on them and shooting bikes with the rider right next to them are the sort of things that would do [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted Cross]] justice...[[JustForPun eheh.]] Cops in ''Road Rash 3'' can even offer you to "snitch" on other bikers by knocking them down and letting the cops arrest them if you're unable to pay the fine.

* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: In the Genesis titles. Everyone is dressed in the same color... except you. The color of everyone else also tells you what level you're on.

* DirtyCop: Illegal bike races are a problem, but stuffing bikers in the boot, setting dogs on them and shooting bikes with the rider right next to them are the sort of things that would do [[VideoGame/NeedForSpeedMostWanted Cross]] justice...[[JustForPun eheh.]]

* ChainPain: In ''Road Rash 2'', the most dangerous weapon. Also could be [[EverythingsBetterWithSpinning swung over your head]] [[RuleOfCool for no practical reason]].

* FightingWithChucks: Madame X, Belladonna, and [[BewareTheNiceOnes Ikira]] in ''Road Rash 3''. Also the most dangerous weapon in the game.

* BikerBabe: Natasha, most notably.

* LiveActionCutscene: Half the game of the 3DO/[=PS1=]/Saturn versions with the intro, beginning a race, winning, losing, being wrecked or arrested leading to everything from a BikerBabe grabbing a dude with her chain for post-victory celebrations to a driver helping you off the road in the event of a crash. Throw in several music videos for good measure.

* ''[[RecycledTitle Road Rash]]'' (Panasonic 3DO) (1995)

* ''Road Rash'' (1991)
* ''Road Rash II'' (1993)
* ''Road Rash 3: Tour de Force'' (1995)
* ''[[RecycledTitle Road Rash]]'' (1995)
* ''Road Rash 3D'' (1998)
* ''Road Rash 64'' (1999)
* ''Road Rash: Jailbreak'' (2000)

* RampJump: Extremely common in the Genesis as well as the PS1 games.

While there was no plot to speak of (mostly because participating in extreme sports for cash prizes doesn't exactly need a plot), the games did have characters for their bikes. Many of the AI were given profiles and would often give you advice or trash-talk you before or after a race.

* HelloInsertNameHere: With "Player A/B" as the default.

** Averted in ''Road Rash II'', but played straight in ''3''.

* RagdollPhysics: Employed to hilarious effect in ''Road Rash 64''. A high-speed collision often causes both bike and rider to be launched astronomical distances through the air... only to be back in the race mere seconds later.
* RampJump: Extremely common in the Genesis games.
** {{Ramprovisation}}: ...but only ''Road Rash 3'' has actual ramps. Most of the time, one has to use rocks, ''bushes'', or even ''cows'' as ramps. One could even get pretty good air by running over fallen bikers. Even some hills alone count—one in particular in the "Hawaii" track of ''Road Rash 2'' is especially memorable.

** In ''Road Rash 2'' and ''3'', you needed to place at least third place to advance.

* FullMotionVideo: Half the game of the 3DO/[=PS1=]/Saturn versions with the intro, beginning a race, winning, losing, being wrecked or arrested leading to everything from a BikerBabe grabbing a dude with her chain for post victory celebrations to a driver helping you off the road in the event of a crash. Throw in several music videos for good measure.

* RagdollPhysics: Employed to hilarious effect in ''Road Rash 64''. A high speed collision often causes both bike and rider to be launched astronomical distances through the air... only to be back in the race mere seconds later.

* {{Fauxrrari}}: Not exactly prominent, but the fact that one of the bike brands is named "Kamakazi", which is close enough to Kawasaki, stands out.

* FacePlant: Happens to you if you fall off your bike when going just the right speed

* ''Road Rash 3'' (1995)

* RagdollPhysics: Employed to hilarious effect in ''Road Rash 64''. A high speed collision often causes the player character to be launched astronomical distances through the air... only to be back in the race mere seconds later.

* TheComputerIsACheatingBastard: The usual [[RubberBandAI rubber banding]] is present in ''Road Rash 64'', but interesting it's actually avoided in that the AI is just as vulnerable to getting Busted (knocked out by a cop) and Wrecked (basically running out of lives) as you are.

* ''Road Rash 64''(1999)