MX Superfly
Race fast. Jump high. Hold on. MX Superfly really feels like the entire game is played as though there’s a slow-motion cheat turned on at all times. It never gets fast, jumps are extremely floaty and stunts take ages to perform. Because of…
Jeremy McGrath Supercross World
Race as or against Jeremy McGrath in this, the definitive Supercross racing and stunt game. If you were to take screenshots of this alongside screenshots of the N64 motorbike games and ask people to guess which one was a GameCube game, they’d probably…
18 Wheeler: American Pro Trucker
Join the convoy! Another arcade port for the GameCube, this time another fun Sega arcade game that had previously had a Dreamcast release. At its heart, it’s an arcade racer, but having to account for the large load behind your vehicle does add…
Smashing Drive
The fare’s waiting, step on it! Smashing Drive is an arcade game that advertises itself like it’s some kind of Crazy Taxi competitor, talking about fares and having you drive a taxi. It’s actually an arcade racing game, one where throughout the course…
SSX Tricky
Resist gravity. When it comes to basing your game’s identity on a single song, it has to be a good one. Thankfully, “It’s Tricky” by Run-DMC is up to the task and the song shines through at just the right moments, successfully making…
XGIII: Extreme-G Racing
Beyond Speed. Beyond Combat. Beyond All Racing. Alongside Rogue Leader, Extreme-G 3 was the other game I got with my GameCube on launch day. An immensely stunning futuristic racer that also manages to be a little soulless at times. The Nintendo 64 had…