Wipeout has been one of my favorite games since it's release on the PC, it was the first I remember playing that would really convey the feeling of actually racing at preposterous speeds.

The interesting thing is that the original developers actually hired professional designers to come up with the distinctive look and feel of the futuristic world, especially in the logos and various billboards around the race tracks. Some of which you can see in the video above.

The soundtrack was perfect as well featuring throughout the series artists like Prodigy, Chemical Brothers, Orbital, Leftfield and Cold Storage. Electronic techno beats that leaded themselves perfectly to the anti-gravity racing.

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Very nice ad:
http://freenet-homepage.de/sausehuhn/galerie/sonstiges/wipeout.ad.jpg

This game really was revolutionary, it's hard to believe that nobody ever thought "let's get designers to do the design, and musicians to do the music" before this. It was so good. Probably one of the only reasons I would buy a new console and HD screen.

Did you ever try Ballistics? It was a Wipeout knock off that was really intense. Loved it.

Holy shit this video looks 100% better in HQ.