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Racing, but with machine guns. DeathTrack put you on a futuristic circuit where winning meant crossing the line first — or being the only car left that could. Prize money went straight into bigger weapons, and the next city's grid found out.
Motorcycle racing on California two-lanes where you could punch the rider next to you off his bike, club him, or get arrested for crashing in front of a cop. EA's 1991 Genesis hit, its two sequels, and the fake bike brands Panda, Shuriken, Kamikaze and Diablo.
The PlayStation car-combat game where drivers in armed vehicles hunt each other through Los Angeles for one wish from the mysterious Calypso, and a clown drives an ice cream truck called Sweet Tooth. It was conceived in a traffic jam on the 405.