Licensed tracks that absolutely go for the throat. MotorStorm: Arctic Edge on PS2 and PSP pulled together a playlist that reads like someone raided the best late 2000s rock and electronic labels at the same time. Pendulum's "Propane Nightmares" is the centerpiece, all bombastic drum and bass that makes even a frozen tundra race feel apocalyptic.
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Queens of the Stone Age with "Go With The Flow" brings that driving desert rock energy to icy terrain, which somehow works perfectly. And Motorhead's "Runaround Man" is just. Motorhead in a racing game. Of course it fits.
Radiohead's "Electioneering" being here is the wildcard pick that says the music supervisor had actual taste. Fourteen tracks total but every one earns its slot. If you played this on PSP with headphones on a long car ride, you already know this tracklist is burned into your brain.