Pure Y2K driving energy, the kind of licensed-sounding rock and funk that made every open-world racing game from this era feel like a summer afternoon you didn't want to end. "Groover" has this thick bass groove that's practically engineered for weaving through San Francisco traffic at illegal speeds, while "Le Tigre" goes full aggressive with punchy drums that match the chaos of a Checkpoint Race gone sideways.
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"Pimp Hand" rounds it out with strutting confidence. The whole tracklist has that early 2000s PC gaming vibe where the music was half the personality of the game. Just background noise until suddenly it wasn't. Boot this up next time you're nostalgic for when racing games didn't take themselves so seriously.