What started off as a cool Outrun-style arcade racer with gorgeous retro graphics incredibly quickly turned into a tedious and frustrating experience with cheap AI and lackluster track design. The game is designed to replay tracks over and over again until you basically perform a flawless race. There is no catching up to the leader if you bump into another car or the scenery (which is sometimes on the track!). The other racers go out of their way so that you bump into them and sometimes they'll just appear out of nowhere when you're coming out of a tight corner or on a downhill part of the track. And there's 19 opponents in every race.

And you HAVE to replay races to get better results because progress is otherwise locked. I unlocked several cars and upgrades and none of them improved my performance in any way. The cars all drive the same and the upgrades are worthless, from what I can tell. Also, you can run out of fuel! Your car just slows down and stops on the track. And that's it.

Horizon Chase Turbo is a prime example of why arcades sucked and why that cheap-ass model died a horrible, deserving death.