Extreme-G

What happens when you take modern motorcycle racing and throw it into the future? According to Probe Studios, you get Extreme-G, a supersonic race to the finish on heavily armed rocket-powered hyperbikes.

The races are blindingly fast and put a lot of focus on weapons, which range from the bikes' built-in energy weapons that get recharged each lap, to the pick-ups that include missiles, mortars and a massive shockwave emitter. And some more odd things too.

The game has all the usual racing game modes, plus a couple of weapon focused ones: the single player Shoot'Em Up mode where players destroy moving targets over 3 laps of a track, and a multiplayer Battle mode where there's no track, just an enclosed arena and a lot of weapons.

And on top of all that, a pumping electronic soundtrack.


 * After the End: The implied setting.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast: All bikes have a threatening-ish nickname, though many of them verge on cheesy.
 * Deflector Shields: Take damage from weapons, can be recharged with a special pickup in the first game or a designated repair/recharge area in the second.
 * In the first game, outside of Battle mode you can't be destroyed. Instead, if your shield is damaged, you slow down more when you're hit by weapons. Which damages your shield more.
 * Energy Weapon: The bikes in the first game all have one of three types of these built in that can be used until it runs out of power, which gets recharged every lap. There's a laser, and two different types of Ray Gun, "Pulse" and "Excel". In Extreme-G 2, they all share the same chargeable blast that, at higher levels, can bounce off walls and automatically aim toward enemies.
 * Limited Special Collectors' Ultimate Edition: The Nintendo 64 version of Extreme-G has a "Special Edition" in Germany that came with a music CD.
 * More Dakka: The "railgun" you can pick up in Extreme-G 2 has the fastest firing rate of any weapon in the game and automatically targets a nearby enemy. Almost makes up for it not being an actual railgun.
 * Sdrawkcab Name: The name of the mirror tracks in Extreme-G 2 are written this way.
 * Stuff Blowing Up: A lot of the pickup weapons are missiles, and those that aren't often explode in some way anyway.
 * Wacky Racing: Futuristic RC bikes blowing each other up in a bunch of ruins. The sequels make them manned and rocket- propelled.