YMMV / California Speed

• Nightmare Fuel: Yes, really. If you look to the right of the road on the Mojave Desert track in the N64 port, you can see a white billboard, partially hidden by an oil drill, with the message:

  SoMETIMES...

  God TAkES MOMMIES

  ANd PuPPIES AWAY...

  ANd SoMETIMES...

  JuST SoMETIMES...

  I do

  • This was ultimately revealed to be a placeholder texture mistakenly not changed before release.
• Porting Disaster: As typical for the time, the N64 version pales in comparison to the arcade:
  • There are no pedestrians or animals to run over.
  • The bikini babe at the start and end of each race is removed.
  • The graphics are inferior, with less detail in the environments.
  • There are fewer music tracks than there are levels.
  • The three raceways from the arcade are not present (although the N64 version contains a few tracks that the arcade version lacks).
  • There are less voice bytes from the announcer.
  • No full motion video intro sequence, due to the N64 hardware limitations.
  • Less environmental sound effects.
  • The overall gameplay is slower compared to the arcade version, with lower top speeds and poorer controls.
• Signature Scene: The Mojave Desert billboard with the creepy message in the N64 port. It brought a lot of new attention to the game when screenshots of it were shared on Reddit.
  • Alternatively, for those who grew up with this game, the finale of the Santa Cruz track where you race on the tracks of the Giant Dipper roller coaster.