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* ThatOneLevel: France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly (which is especially hard in the narrow sections lined with trees). If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day. Just to hammer this point home, the target time is 2:15.00; many of the videos on Website/YouTube that demonstrate beating it will often be only a ''quarter second'' shy of this!
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** France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly (which is especially hard in the narrow sections lined with trees). If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day. Just to hammer this point home, the target time is 2:15.00; many of the videos on Website/YouTube that demonstrate beating it will often be only a ''quarter second'' shy of this!
** France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly (which is especially hard in the narrow sections lined with trees). If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day. Just to hammer this point home, the target time is 2:15.00; many of the videos on Website/YouTube that demonstrate beating it will often be only a ''quarter second'' shy of this!
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** Chicago in ''USA'', due to the pillars and beams in your way for much of the race and sharp 90 degree turns in the tunnel section.
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** Chicago in ''USA'', due to the pillars and beams in your way for much of the race and sharp 90 degree turns in the tunnel section.section.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The arcade versions of the first three games all feature an ending involving the President of the United States, who is depicted as a parody of UsefulNotes/BillClinton.
** Much like ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'', the arcade version of ''USA'' advertises that it'd be available on the Ultra 64 in 1995. Unlike ''[=KI1=]'' however, ''USA'' did get a Nintendo 64 port. ''USA'' also prominently features a stand-in of the Ferrari Testarossa 512 TR, a car that was already on its last production year when the arcade game came out.
** ''World'' features the World Trade Center on its New York track. Many, many copies of it, in fact.
** The arcade version of ''Exotica'' features licensed cars such as the Plymouth Prowler[[note]]which was sold as the Chrysler Prowler for its final production years, 2000-2002[[/note]], the Hummer HMC[[note]]succeeded by the H2 in 2002, the Hummer brand in general was discontinued in 2010 and later repurposed for the GMC Hummer EV[[/note]], and the then-current models of the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Corvette, the "New Edge" redesign of the fourth generation Mustang and the Corvette C5.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece:
** The arcade versions of the first three games all feature an ending involving the President of the United States, who is depicted as a parody of UsefulNotes/BillClinton.
** Much like ''VideoGame/KillerInstinct'', the arcade version of ''USA'' advertises that it'd be available on the Ultra 64 in 1995. Unlike ''[=KI1=]'' however, ''USA'' did get a Nintendo 64 port. ''USA'' also prominently features a stand-in of the Ferrari Testarossa 512 TR, a car that was already on its last production year when the arcade game came out.
** ''World'' features the World Trade Center on its New York track. Many, many copies of it, in fact.
** The arcade version of ''Exotica'' features licensed cars such as the Plymouth Prowler[[note]]which was sold as the Chrysler Prowler for its final production years, 2000-2002[[/note]], the Hummer HMC[[note]]succeeded by the H2 in 2002, the Hummer brand in general was discontinued in 2010 and later repurposed for the GMC Hummer EV[[/note]], and the then-current models of the Ford Mustang and Chevrolet Corvette, the "New Edge" redesign of the fourth generation Mustang and the Corvette C5.
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** The Wii game, simply titled ''Cruis'n'', was a port of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' arcade game from 2004 [[DolledUpInstallment with all references to that franchise removed]] once it became clear that Midway couldn't get the license for the port. What puts it here, however, was long loading times, overly sensitive controls, barely existent sound effects, and [[ObviousBeta lots of glitches]]. It was obviously made to cash in on the Wii when it was new, but that plan backfired, since it sold poorly enough that it was a FranchiseKiller for a long time.
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** The Wii game, simply titled ''Cruis'n'', was a port of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' arcade game from 2004 [[DolledUpInstallment with all references to that franchise removed]] once it became clear that Midway couldn't get the license for the port. What That wouldn't be ''too'' bad, since the game was a SpiritualSuccessor to the ''Cruis'n'' series to begin with, but what puts it here, however, was here is long loading times, overly sensitive controls, barely existent sound effects, and [[ObviousBeta lots of glitches]]. It was obviously made to cash in on the Wii when it was new, but that plan backfired, since it sold poorly enough that it was a FranchiseKiller for a long time.
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** Weaker hardware ensured that some downgrades had to happen on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port of ''Blast'', and some vehicles were removed (some for [[ScrewedByTheLawers legal reasons]], some for unknown reasons), but overall, it's a solid port of the arcade experience, with a pretty solid framerate, all the tracks from the arcade version, and even some extra tracks for good measure, even if a lot of them are reskins. Overall, most fans who played the arcade version view the game as a solid way to play the game, especially if you don't have the arcade version near you.
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** Weaker hardware ensured that some downgrades had to happen on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port of ''Blast'', and some vehicles were removed (some for [[ScrewedByTheLawers [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal reasons]], some for unknown reasons), but overall, it's a solid port of the arcade experience, with a pretty solid framerate, all the tracks from the arcade version, and even some extra tracks for good measure, even if a lot of them are reskins. Overall, most fans who played the arcade version view the game as a solid way to play the game, especially if you don't have the arcade version near you.
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* PolishedPort: The port of ''World'' on the Nintendo 64 was a solid port on the system, for reasons noted above EvenBetterSequel.
** Weaker hardware ensured that some downgrades had to happen on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port of ''Blast'', and some vehicles were removed (some for [[ScrewedByTheLawers legal reasons]], some for unknown reasons), but overall, it's a solid port of the arcade experience, with a pretty solid framerate, all the tracks from the arcade version, and even some extra tracks for good measure, even if a lot of them are reskins. Overall, most fans who played the arcade version view the game as a solid way to play the game, especially if you don't have the arcade version near you.
** Weaker hardware ensured that some downgrades had to happen on the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch port of ''Blast'', and some vehicles were removed (some for [[ScrewedByTheLawers legal reasons]], some for unknown reasons), but overall, it's a solid port of the arcade experience, with a pretty solid framerate, all the tracks from the arcade version, and even some extra tracks for good measure, even if a lot of them are reskins. Overall, most fans who played the arcade version view the game as a solid way to play the game, especially if you don't have the arcade version near you.
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** The Wii game, simply titled ''Cruis'n'', was a port of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' arcade game from 2004 [[DolledUpInstallment with all references to that franchise removed]] once it became clear that Midway couldn't get the license for the port. What puts it here, however, was long loading times, overly sensitive controls, barely existent sound effects, and [[ObviousBeta lots of glitches]]. It was obviously made to cash in on the Wii when it was new, but that plan backfired, since it sold poorly enough that it was a FranchiseKiller for a long time.
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not really relevant - the n64 port of world wasn't developed by midway either
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** The home port of ''Exotica'' also suffered heavily due to coming out at the turn of the millennium, and as such it used far, far, ''far'' more powerful hardware in the arcade than anything that was remotely achievable on the Nintendo 64. In addition, it was outsourced to a third-party developer as opposed to being developed in-house by Midway.
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** The home port of ''Exotica'' also suffered heavily due to coming out at the turn of the millennium, and as such it used far, far, ''far'' more powerful hardware in the arcade than anything that was remotely achievable on the Nintendo 64. In addition, it was outsourced to a third-party developer as opposed to being developed in-house by Midway.
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* ThatOneLevel: France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly (which is especially hard in the narrow sections lined with trees). If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day. Just to hammer this point home, the target time is 2:15.00; many of the videos on Website/YouTube that demonstrate beating it will often be only a ''quarter second'' shy of this!
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* ThatOneLevel: France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly (which is especially hard in the narrow sections lined with trees). If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day. Just to hammer this point home, the target time is 2:15.00; many of the videos on Website/YouTube that demonstrate beating it will often be only a ''quarter second'' shy of this!this!
** Chicago in ''USA'', due to the pillars and beams in your way for much of the race and sharp 90 degree turns in the tunnel section.
** Chicago in ''USA'', due to the pillars and beams in your way for much of the race and sharp 90 degree turns in the tunnel section.
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* EvenBetterSequel[=/=]SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''World'' was where the series really found its footing, and it falls under the former when referring to the arcade version and the latter for the home version. It added several mainstays of the series including tricks and more fleshed out course design along with shortcuts and a 4-player mode (''USA'' was limited to two, both in arcades and at home). For the Nintendo 64 port, not only is it a much more PolishedPort than the original, it also added a slew of extra features including a time attack mode, a championship mode with circuit versions of the tracks, more cars, difficulty settings [[note]]which the arcade version ''technically'' had, but you had to be the operator of the machine to change it[[/note]], and a generally much more accessible 4-player mode than its arcade counterpart (the arcade version required four cabinets linked up to accomplish this, which not only required a hefty amount of space but also wasn't very commonly seen since it wouldn't typically bring a good return on investment).
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* EvenBetterSequel[=/=]SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''World'' was where the series really found its footing, and it falls under the former when referring to the arcade version and the latter for the home version. It added several mainstays of the series including tricks and more fleshed out course design along with shortcuts and a 4-player mode (''USA'' was limited to two, both in arcades and at home). For the Nintendo 64 port, not only is it a much more PolishedPort than the original, it also added a slew of extra features including a time attack mode, a championship mode with circuit versions of the tracks, more cars, difficulty settings [[note]]which the arcade version ''technically'' had, but you had to be the operator of the machine to change it[[/note]], an exclusive bonus level, and a generally much more accessible 4-player mode than its arcade counterpart (the arcade version required four cabinets linked up to accomplish this, which not only required a hefty amount of space but also wasn't very commonly seen since it wouldn't typically bring a good return on investment).
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* ThatOneLevel: France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly. If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day. Just to hammer this point home, the target time is 2:15.00; many of the videos on Website/YouTube that demonstrate beating it will often be only a ''quarter second'' shy of this!
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* ThatOneLevel: France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly.flawlessly (which is especially hard in the narrow sections lined with trees). If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day. Just to hammer this point home, the target time is 2:15.00; many of the videos on Website/YouTube that demonstrate beating it will often be only a ''quarter second'' shy of this!
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* EvenBetterSequel[=/=]SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''World'' was where the series really found its footing, and it falls under the former when referring to the arcade version and the latter for the home version. It added several mainstays of the series including tricks and more fleshed out course design along with shortcuts and a 4-player mode (''USA'' was limited to two, both in arcades and at home). For the Nintendo 64 port, not only is it a much more PolishedPort than the original, it also added a slew of extra features including a time attack mode, more cars, difficulty settings [[note]]which the arcade version ''technically'' had, but you had to be the operator of the machine to change it[[/note]], and a generally much more accessible 4-player mode than its arcade counterpart (the arcade version required four cabinets linked up to accomplish this, which not only required a hefty amount of space but also wasn't very commonly seen since it wouldn't typically bring a good return on investment).
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* EvenBetterSequel[=/=]SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''World'' was where the series really found its footing, and it falls under the former when referring to the arcade version and the latter for the home version. It added several mainstays of the series including tricks and more fleshed out course design along with shortcuts and a 4-player mode (''USA'' was limited to two, both in arcades and at home). For the Nintendo 64 port, not only is it a much more PolishedPort than the original, it also added a slew of extra features including a time attack mode, a championship mode with circuit versions of the tracks, more cars, difficulty settings [[note]]which the arcade version ''technically'' had, but you had to be the operator of the machine to change it[[/note]], and a generally much more accessible 4-player mode than its arcade counterpart (the arcade version required four cabinets linked up to accomplish this, which not only required a hefty amount of space but also wasn't very commonly seen since it wouldn't typically bring a good return on investment).
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* ContestedSequel: There is debate whether ''Exotica'' was an improvement over ''World'' or not, and whether its outlandish theme was a JumpingTheShark moment.
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* ContestedSequel: There is debate whether ''Exotica'' was an improvement over ''World'' or not, and whether its outlandish theme was a JumpingTheShark moment.not.
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* ThatOneLevel: France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly. If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day.
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* ThatOneLevel: France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly. If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day. Just to hammer this point home, the target time is 2:15.00; many of the videos on Website/YouTube that demonstrate beating it will often be only a ''quarter second'' shy of this!
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* ContestedSequel: There is debate whether ''Exotica'' was an improvement over ''World'' or note, and whether its outlandish theme was a JumpingTheShark moment.
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* ContestedSequel: There is debate whether ''Exotica'' was an improvement over ''World'' or note, not, and whether its outlandish theme was a JumpingTheShark moment.
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* ContestedSequel: There is debate whether ''Exotica'' was an improvement over ''World'' or note, and whether its outlandish theme was a JumpingTheShark moment.
* EvenBetterSequel[=/=]SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''World'' was where the series really found its footing, and it falls under the former when referring to the arcade version and the latter for the home version. It added several mainstays of the series including tricks and more fleshed out course design along with shortcuts and a 4-player mode (''USA'' was limited to two, both in arcades and at home). For the Nintendo 64 port, not only is it a much more PolishedPort than the original, it also added a slew of extra features including a time attack mode, more cars, difficulty settings [[note]]which the arcade version ''technically'' had, but you had to be the operator of the machine to change it[[/note]], and a generally much more accessible 4-player mode than its arcade counterpart (the arcade version required four cabinets linked up to accomplish this, which not only required a hefty amount of space but also wasn't very commonly seen since it wouldn't typically bring a good return on investment).
* PortingDisaster:
** The Nintendo 64 port of ''USA'', rather infamously so given that Nintendo had originally touted that it ran on the same hardware as the eventual console. The frame rate was very jittery, it was heavily censored, the controls were not translated very well, the lasting appeal was quite limiting as it was more or less just a straight up port with no extra features, and the music was very poorly translated, almost sounding like a cheap MIDI translation you could have downloaded online in the dial-up days. What really makes this inexcusable was the fact that not only was there a two-year gap between the arcade and home releases, Nintendo ordered the game to be delayed when they were reportedly unsatisfied with the game's state had it been put out on launch. That's right, it originally was much worse!
** The home port of ''Exotica'' also suffered heavily due to coming out at the turn of the millennium, and as such it used far, far, ''far'' more powerful hardware in the arcade than anything that was remotely achievable on the Nintendo 64. In addition, it was outsourced to a third-party developer as opposed to being developed in-house by Midway.
* TheScrappy: ''USA'' and ''World'' both have a CPU car that always starts out in first place -- a blue car in the former, and a red car in the latter. Not only do they start in first, they consistently stay in first through nearly every race. You will learn to hate them with all your heart. To make matters worse, the red car in ''World'' almost appears as if it has a smiling face on its fender, as if it's ''laughing'' at you.
* ThatOneLevel: France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly. If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day.
* EvenBetterSequel[=/=]SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: ''World'' was where the series really found its footing, and it falls under the former when referring to the arcade version and the latter for the home version. It added several mainstays of the series including tricks and more fleshed out course design along with shortcuts and a 4-player mode (''USA'' was limited to two, both in arcades and at home). For the Nintendo 64 port, not only is it a much more PolishedPort than the original, it also added a slew of extra features including a time attack mode, more cars, difficulty settings [[note]]which the arcade version ''technically'' had, but you had to be the operator of the machine to change it[[/note]], and a generally much more accessible 4-player mode than its arcade counterpart (the arcade version required four cabinets linked up to accomplish this, which not only required a hefty amount of space but also wasn't very commonly seen since it wouldn't typically bring a good return on investment).
* PortingDisaster:
** The Nintendo 64 port of ''USA'', rather infamously so given that Nintendo had originally touted that it ran on the same hardware as the eventual console. The frame rate was very jittery, it was heavily censored, the controls were not translated very well, the lasting appeal was quite limiting as it was more or less just a straight up port with no extra features, and the music was very poorly translated, almost sounding like a cheap MIDI translation you could have downloaded online in the dial-up days. What really makes this inexcusable was the fact that not only was there a two-year gap between the arcade and home releases, Nintendo ordered the game to be delayed when they were reportedly unsatisfied with the game's state had it been put out on launch. That's right, it originally was much worse!
** The home port of ''Exotica'' also suffered heavily due to coming out at the turn of the millennium, and as such it used far, far, ''far'' more powerful hardware in the arcade than anything that was remotely achievable on the Nintendo 64. In addition, it was outsourced to a third-party developer as opposed to being developed in-house by Midway.
* TheScrappy: ''USA'' and ''World'' both have a CPU car that always starts out in first place -- a blue car in the former, and a red car in the latter. Not only do they start in first, they consistently stay in first through nearly every race. You will learn to hate them with all your heart. To make matters worse, the red car in ''World'' almost appears as if it has a smiling face on its fender, as if it's ''laughing'' at you.
* ThatOneLevel: France in Time Attack mode on the home port of ''World''. To beat the target time, you absolutely have to have the Speed Demon already unlocked, no questions asked. And you have to play the course almost flawlessly. If you use manual transmission, it can help mitigate the difficulty somewhat since the car has a slightly higher top speed at manual, but even then it's only going to be a very tiny help. Many players who were kids during the game's original release ''still'' haven't beaten it to this day.
