Mid-90s Namco arcade racing sound cranked to eleven. Rough Rider opens with this aggressive techno pulse that feels like strapping into a motorcycle doing 200mph through a neon canyon, and Hi-Side keeps that momentum with a bassline that just refuses to let up.
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But the real surprise is wind ride kids, which pulls back into something almost dreamy, like coasting downhill with the visor up. The unused track Sweeper hints at ideas the team was chasing but never pinned down. Peggy the Poo might be the weirdest track name in racing game history and somehow the song delivers.
If you miss when racing games had personality baked into every audio channel, start here.