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my friend here sitting next to me is trying to remember the name of one racing game

[*] it was top-down racer, he says the enviroment and the cars were 3d (but he isn't sure if it was just an effect or it was a real 3d rendered car), but the graphics were kind of shitty

[*] it was probably arcade racing because it had powerups and there were these "jump platforms", when on which you jumped the car came closer to the screen

[*] one of the guys who raced the cars was some kind of crazy sciencist

anyone?