California Speed (video game)
California Speed is a racing video game developed and published by Atari Games and Midway Home Entertainment. The game was first released in arcades for Atari/Midway Seattle Arcade System hardware in 1998 and was ported to the Nintendo 64 in 1999 by Midway Games. The Nintendo 64 version of the game contains support for the Controller Pak and the Rumble Pak also the full support for multiplayer mode. Gameplay
California Speed is set on many cities on the outskirts and streets across the state of California. Players compete against different racers on the tracks. Traffic can appear on races which players must avoid. Stunts such as jumps appear. Players can race with several different cars, including a golf cart, with automatic or manual transmissions, and can alter the colors. The arcade version allows up to four arcade cabinets to be linked together for four-player racing. Mojave Desert Billboard 
In April 2012, a post was made to the r/creepygaming subreddit about two mysterious billboards discovered in the "Mojave Desert" level of the Nintendo 64 version of the game. The reason for the billboard message's inclusion was not known until February 2016, when the website PopOptiq published an article in which Morgan Godat, a textural artist for the game, explained that the game had been created under a serious time crunch. Reception

The Nintendo 64 version received unfavorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings. Next Generation, however, said that the arcade version "is aimed directly at the middle of the gaming audience, and it plays that way too." GamePro, in a favorable review of the Nintendo 64 version, said, "Fans of California Speeds arcade counterpart will bask in its sharp N64 port, but serious racing fans may be disappointed by the game's lack of replay depth. Consider this a rental title—lease with an option to buy." Notes

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1998 video games
Arcade video games
Atari arcade games
Atari games
Midway video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Nintendo 64 games
Racing video games set in the United States
Video games developed in the United States
Video games scored by Chris Granner