Late 90s PS1 funk and breakbeat energy that sounds like it fell out of a Namco arcade cabinet. Tricky Sliders is a snowboard racing game from 1999, and the soundtrack is pure turn-of-the-millennium cool. Hard Edge hits with this crunchy, distorted beat over stabbing synth chords that feel right at home on original PlayStation hardware.
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Downhill Racer has a smoother groove, almost trip-hop adjacent, while U Got A Muffin... goes full playful with this goofy sample-heavy arrangement. Silvery Landscape pulls back into something genuinely pretty. The Mega Mix and Luv&Snow remixes at the end are solid bonus material.
If you miss the era when every racing game had its own distinct soundtrack personality, slide into this one.