History VideoGame / HarleyDavidsonRaceAcrossAmerica

A separate version of the game for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyColor was developed by Running Dog and released in 2000. ''Race Across America'' was later followed by ''Harley-Davidson: Wheels of Freedom'', also released in the same year.

* LicensedGame[=/=]MerchandiseDriven: As made clear by the "Official Licensed Harley-Davidson Product" badge.

* ObviousBeta: Being a bargain-bin [=WizardWorks=] production, it is clear there is not much going for when it comes to the game's polish:
** The game lacked a proper pause feature, as pressing Esc simply displays a message asking the player if they want to quit or continue with gameplay still running regardless.
** In spite of the Harley-Davidson license, some of the bike's details are just plain wrong which any seasoned or casual Harley enthusiast could spot from a mile away.
** While not as grossly unfinished as ''VideoGame/BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'', the levels are quite obviously hastily slapped together without any effort to put (invisible) barriers or properly cap the level's outer bounds. The levels simply start and end not far from the start and finish lines respectively, as if they did the Flat Earth Society a favor. Not to mention that the road is far too angular for anyone's liking, as even some budget racing games at the time got the street curves and bends right without looking too polygonal.
** And good luck trying to handle your bike like Valentino Rossi either: the handling model isn't that generous as the turning radius is too wide, making precise turns a crapshoot especially early on in the Wisconsin level where you can encounter a square right turn. Going off-road sends your bike to something reminiscent of the La Brea tar pits, bringing your bike to a sudden crawl.

* PurelyAestheticGender: While there is a female character model, she is there merely to give players a choice and has no effect on gameplay whatsoever.

* OffModel: Despite having access to numerous press images, the developers just couldn't get some of the details right, like the engine textures simply being mirrored and with the 1956 KHK model having fatter tires than what it originally came with.

* ProductPlacement: In addition to billboards for various bikes from the [=MoCo=] at the time, ads for entries in the ''[[VideoGame/DeerHunterSeries Deer Hunter'' series and ''Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter'' can also be seen.

* ProductPlacement: In addition to billboards for various bikes from the [=MoCo=] at the time, ads for entries in the ''VideoGame/DeerHunterSeries'' and ''Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter'' can also be seen.

* ProductPlacement: In addition to billboards for various bikes from the [=MoCo=] at the time, ads for ''VideoGame/DeerHunter'' and ''Rocky Mountain Trophy Hunter'' can also be seen.

* ObfuscatedInterface: As what the [[https://www.ign.com/articles/1999/10/04/harley-davidson-race-across-america-2 IGN review]] noted when they opined how Canopy Games' sole programmer[[note]]The game's code is credited to just ''one'' programmer, and that programmer alone.[[/code]] did not take the game's supposed target audience (read: Harley-Davidson riders and/or their children) into account as online and/or LAN multiplayer would be a chore to mess with, if there's anyone else halfway across the world or somewhere else in the States who plays the game at all. The configuration menu also passes off as rather cryptic to the average computer user; pity the poor soul who selects "Software Emulation" and ends up playing the game at slideshow frame rates.

** And good luck trying to handle your bike like Valentino Rossi either: the handling model isn't that generous as the turning radius is too wide, making precise turns a crapshoot especially in the Wisconsin level. Going off-road sends your bike to something reminiscent of the La Brea tar pits, bringing your bike to a sudden crawl.
* MarathonLevel: Especially with the Tour Mode as it takes well over five minutes to complete a stage on average.

** And good luck trying to handle your bike like Valentino Rossi either: the handling model isn't that generous as the turning radius is too wide, making precise turns a crapshoot especially in the Wisconsin level.

** The game lacked a proper pause feature, as pressing Escape simply displays a message asking the player if they want to quit or continue with gameplay still running.

* StockImage: The cutout crowd at the finish line was taken off the Biker's Choice apparel catalogue.

* {{Eagleland}}[=/=]PatrioticFervor: More or less subdued with one of the player characters wearing a denim top with the Stars and Stripes emblazoned on the back. It also goes with the game's presentation lacking options for metric units.

** While not as grossly unfinished as ''BigRigsOverTheRoadRacing'', the levels are quite obviously slapped together without any effort to put (invisible) barriers or properly cap the level's outer bounds.

* {{Eagleland}}[=/=]PatrioticFervor: More or less subdued with one of the player characters wearing a denim top with the Stars and Stripes emblazoned on the back.

''Harley-Davidson - Race Across America'' is a motorcycle racing video game for Microsoft Windows released by Creator/WizardWorksSoftware in 1999.