History VideoGame / TheSimpsonsRoadRage

* TakeThat: If you do a good job bringing Krusty the Clown to a destination, he'll remark "Boy, that was over faster than [[Creator/ChevyChase Chevy Chase's Talk Show.]]" Krusty will also criticize a bad ride by negatively comparing your driving skills to [[Creator/MickeyRooney Mickey Rooney's]].

* OffModel: Homer has three strands of hair on top of his head instead of two.

* TheVoiceless: Smithers, who chauffeurs Mr. Burns throughout each level, has no dialogue. A cheat code will make him a playable character but even then he remains silent.

** If you choose to delete the [=PlayStation=] 2 version's save data, the icon will change to Blinky the Three-Eyed Fish on the confirmation screen.

Mr. Burns has bought all transit systems in Springfield and has begun to overcharge everyone for the transportation services. Even worse, the buses are [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear powered]], thus irradiating whoever rides it.

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* ShoutOut:
** If you do a good job bringing Krusty the Clown to a destination, he'll remark "Boy, that was over faster than [[Creator/ChevyChase Chevy Chase's Talk Show.]]" Krusty will also criticize a bad ride by negatively comparing your driving skills to [[Creator/MickeyRooney Mickey Rooney's]].
** In the Entertainment District, one of Bart's reasons for heading to the Ice Cream Parlor is to look for [[ComicBook/ArchieComics Betty and Veronica]].

** For Halloween, Bart is wearing a FrankensteinsMonster costume and his Honor Roller is painted like a jack o’lantern.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfLoading: Another major criticism among critics, other than its clone-status mentioned above. We're talking 50 seconds of loading for a task that only lasts for 20 seconds.

* ContinuityNod: Arguably the strongest source of praise for this game is the various winks and nudges to the ''Simpsons'' universe, such as various sight gags and the vehicles the playable characters drive (including the unlockable Mr. Plow truck).

* HolidayMode: If you play the game on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day or New Year's Day (Or just set the system clock to those dates), you'll get access seasonal variants of Bart, Marge, Apu and Krusty respectively:

* HolidayMode: If you play the game on Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day or New Year's Day (Or just set the system clock to those dates), you'll get access seasonal variants of Bart, Marge, Apu and Krusty respectively.

* Downtown: Is the location of Herman's Military Antiques, Helter Shelter, the Springfield Plasma Center, the Veterans of Popular Wars, the office of Burns Transit, the Springfield Observatory, the Android's Dungeon, the Springfield Stadium, a cathedral, Saint Sebastian's School for Wicked Girls, the Springfield Airport, Area 51A, the Little Black Box, the Legitimate Businessman's Social Club, the DMV, Professor Frink's apartment, Snake's hideout, Krusty's house, the Springfield Drive-in, Springfield Park, Whacking Day Park, the Happy Sumo, the Singing Sirloin, Chez Pierre, Clown College, the Springfield General Hospital, Channel 6 Studios, the Popsicle Stick Skyscraper, the 50-Foot Magnifying Glass, the Escalator to Nowhere, the Springfield Revolving Restaurant, the Monty Burns Casino, two car parks, a convention center, the Springfield Natural History Museum, Springfield City Hall, the Springfield Court House, the Springfield Public Library, the Springfield Police Station, Copy Jalopy, the Springfield post office, a savings and loan, three Krusty Burger restaurants, two Lard Lad Donuts restaurants, two 24-Sevens, two Big T's, a Pineas Q. Butterfat's Ice Cream Parlor and four gas stations.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: The point of the game, just like ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi'', is to drive your charge to their destination quickly. Some passengers will specifically ask for a destructive ride and give you a huge bonus if you destroy a certain number of objects before you arrive at the destination. Other passengers, however, will offer a bonus if you arrive before hitting less than three objects.

* ShoutOut: If you do a good job bringing Krusty the Clown to a destination, he'll remark "Boy, that was over faster than [[Creator/ChevyChase Chevy Chase's Talk Show.]]" Krusty will also criticize a bad ride by negatively comparing your driving skills to [[Creator/MickeyRooney Mickey Rooney's]].

* SelfDeprecation: In ''Simpsons'' tradition. The game opens with a cutscene of Bart playing a game in the living room, to which Homer tells him that the game is just a waste of time. The music from the game is also music from ''Road Rage''.
* ShoutOut: If you do a good job bringing Krusty the Clown to a destination, he'll remark "Boy, that was over faster than [[Creator/ChevyChase Chevy Chase's Talk Show.]]"