Rad Mobile is an arcade Sega racing game from 1991. It was the first appearance of Sonic the Hedgehog... as a windshield ornament! The cars were sprites. Later they released the game retitled Gale Racer for the Sega Saturn with polygon cars.
I recently played the game and found it really challenge to rank high. The game has 20 levels starting in Los Angeles and ending in New York.
i feel the same way about classic vs modern racers but i totally missed New Star GP getting released, it looks amazing!
It plays amazing too, it really feels like a Sega/Namco game. I play in normal mode because I am not the greatest at racing games and I find it super enjoyable.. The last racing game that interested me was excite truck on Wii and I test a lot of them to find something I like among them.