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• Nightmare Fuel: Nile Adventure, about through mid-leg of the trip, has you go through a tunnel that looks like a giant snake, and then somewhat before the finish line, you encounter a weird serpent like beast that acts as an obstacle.
  • New York Disaster. See Harsher in Hindsight below.
• Awesome Music: A unique case regarding that unlike most racing games (and pretty much any 90s game in general) is that instead of the standard techno or metal/rock soundtrack, the game has an orchestral/rock soundtrack. It really comes to head in Venice Canals, with the intense, operatic score to go with the pace of racing at high-speeds through the old City of Canals.
• Funny Moments: You can race a freakin' rowboat or a model of the Titanic!
  • Also, smashing into various obstacles (like civilian boats, penguins, monkeys, the police chasing you, etc...) well send them flying and playing some kind of goofy sound effect.
  • And VENICE CANALS.
  • How could you forget the Tarzan scream, Yee-haws, and the "Buckle up Reggie, This one's gonna hurt!" when you fall from a really high slope, waterfall, or structure?
  • "If you look carefully, you will see that the graphics are made up of thousands ot little triangles." (ooohhh)
  • Hurricane has plenty, including the announcer using the "I Can See My House From Here" line, some random Announcer Chatter in the Area 51 level once the alien overlords have taken over, and being able to race as a rubber ducky, complete with a windup key for the boost animation.
• Harsher in Hindsight: The New York Disaster stage, in a game that was released two years before the 9/11 attacks.
• Moment of Awesome: Lake Powell is all about this. There's a huge ramp in near the start that allows you to fly over a few rock formations, and then there's the part where you can use the back of the dam towards the end to fly over a helicopter and passing train...
  • P.S.: For added fun, hit the helicopter... AND the train.
  • You and everyone else manage to inadvertently rescue a stranded ship by leading rescuers to it.
• Porting Disaster: Very much subverted, as this was a game of the mid-late 90s, so the arcade version was somewhat inferior in the case that on the console version, you'd have a better chance to play the bonus stages and race the bonus boats.
• Scrappy Level: Ship Graveyard and Venice Canals, mostly because of all the sharp turns and most boost powerups are hidden.