History VideoGame / SanFranciscoRush

* ProductPlacement: Mountain Dew cans act as collectibles in Rush 2, billboards for EGM and other Atari games such as California Speed and Area 51 also appear in the games.

* MisbegottenMultiplayerMode: The 2-player modes in the [=N64=] ports limit the number of total competitors (including players) from 8 to 6, most likely due to hardware limitations.

* AwesomeButImpractical: The Rocket in ''Rush 2'', Has explosive acceleration and handling, and, unsurprisingly for a rocket on wheels, handles like an elephant on ice.

* EveryCarIsAPinto: Your car will instantly explode if flipped upside down, no exceptions. Or if you crash at a certain speed.
** ''Rush 2'' adds a "Suicide" mode, found in the cheat menu, where [[MadeOfExplodium even TOUCHING another car causes both cars to explode]], with especially hilarious results at the beginning of an 8-car race when the CPU-controlled opponents inevitably bump into each other. However, turning the Suicide setting to "Humans" will cause only human-controlled cars to exhibit this behavior.

A series of arcade-style racing games, originally developed by [[{{Atari}} Atari Games]] and released by MidwayGames. The games focus on [[JumpPhysics jump physics]] and wildly insane stunts instead of realistic gameplay, though it's possible to turn up the realism for more advanced players. True to the title, the races are held in the streets and environs of San Francisco (a simplified version, really), where the hilly terrain provides numerous opportunities to perform jumps and stunts.

* ''San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing'' (Arcade - 1996)
** ''San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing'' ({{Nintendo64}} - 1997)

** ''San Francisco Rush: Extreme Racing'' ({{Playstation}} - 1998)

** ''San Francisco Rush 2049'' ([[GameBoy Game Boy Color]] - 2000)
* ''L.A. Rush'' ([[PlayStation2 Playstation 2]], {{Xbox}}, PC - 2005)
** ''Rush'' ([[PlayStationPortable PSP]] - 2006)

** ''San Francisco Rush 2049'' ({{Dreamcast}} and Nintendo 64 - 2000)

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The port of the first game on ''Midway Arcade Treasures 3'' used a similar-sounding track to "STL".

** And now Rush itself has one in the form of ''NitronicRush''.

** ''Rush 2'' adds a "Suicide" mode, found in the cheat menu, where even ''touching'' another car causes both cars to explode, with especially hilarious results at the beginning of an 8-car race when the CPU-controlled opponents inevitably bump into each other. However, turning the Suicide setting to "Humans" will cause only human-controlled cars to exhibit this behavior.

* FinalDeathMode: In the console ports, turning on "Death Mode" causes any car that explodes to remain gone for the remainder of the race. Subverted in the circuit modes; dying will end the race but still allow you to move on to the next round.

* HarderThanHard: The games allow you to set the difficulty before each race by choosing a more "Dangerous" car. The harder difficulty levels feature less computer-assisted driving and more realistic (and unforgiving) vehicle physics.
** The home versions also have a "Death" option, which makes [[FinalDeath all crashes final]].
** In 2049, if you do a death race on Presidio, the computers tend to get themselves killed on higher difficulties

** ''San Francisco Rush: The Rock Alcatraz Edition'', which adds the courses from the console ports and a new Alcatraz course[[labelnote*:]]though technically, the Alcatraz course is also in the console ports, just hidden and with a fairly different layout[[/labelnote]], as well as new cars. A later revision allowed arcade-to-arcade online matching.

** ''San Francisco Rush: The Rock Alcatraz Edition'', which adds the courses from the console ports and a new Alcatraz course[[labelnote*:though technically, the Alcatraz course is also in the console ports, just hidden]], as well as new cars. A later revision allowed arcade-to-arcade online matching.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''San Francisco Rush: The Rock Alcatraz Edition'', and ''San Francisco Rush 2049: Tournament/Special Edition''.

** ''Rush 2'' adds a "Suicide" mode, found in the cheat menu, where even ''touching'' another car causes it to explode, with especially hilarious results at the beginning of an 8-car race when the CPU-controlled opponents inevitably bump into each other. However, turning the Suicide setting to "Humans" will cause only human-controlled cars to exhibit this behavior.

* DamageProofVehicle: In 2049, you can make your car go end over end, and, unlike other Rush games, where this trope is [[AvertedTrope averted]], if you manage to land on your wheels, the car will be completely undamaged.

* UpdatedRerelease: ''San Francisco Rush: The Rock'', and ''San Francisco Rush 2049: Tournament/Special Edition''.

* NotAScratchOnIt: In 2049, you can make your car go end over end, and, unlike other Rush games, where this trope is [[AvertedTrope averted]], if you manage to land on your wheels, the car will be completely undamaged.

''San Fransisco Rush'' is a series of arcade-style racing games, originally developed by Atari Inc. The games focus on [[JumpPhysics jump physics]] and wildly insane stunts instead of realistic gameplay, though it's possible to turn up the realism for more advanced players. True to the title, the races are held in the streets and environs of San Francisco[[hottip:*:A simplified version, anyway]], where the hilly terrain provides numerous opportunities to perform jumps and stunts.