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Road Rash returns with restored biker footage and roadside punches

GameTrailers' anniversary launch trailer brings back memories of punishing races, rock soundtracks and the long run back to a fallen bike.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 166,634 views a day, 19 times a normal first day on this channel (8,968).

Road Rash - Official 30th Anniversary Edition Launch Trailer

Getting thrown off the motorcycle was only half the punishment. In the comments beneath Road Rash's anniversary trailer, viewers are remembering the slow journey on foot to retrieve it, with the race still going on without them.

The publisher's launch trailer, posted by IGN's GameTrailers channel, introduces Road Rash's 30th Anniversary Edition for PC. It drew about 85,000 views in eight hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for short uploads. The comments have also passed its usual first-day total many times over.

The footage keeps the game's unruly combination intact: motorcycle racing, punches between riders, traffic to dodge and obstacles that can end a promising run. Bike-selection menus sit alongside the live-action biker sequences that gave this version so much of its personality.

There is a specific restoration detail tucked into the opening: the trailer says its full-motion video footage comes from the master tapes, without AI upscaling. It also advertises smoother, 60 FPS gameplay. The closing cards list Steam and GOG as destinations for the anniversary edition.

A broader EA Classics launch trailer on GameTrailers is drawing an unusually fast audience too, bringing Road Rash together with Wing Commander and other returning games. But the motorcycle game's comment section has its own particular memories: a parent buying the PlayStation version on impulse, later races made punishing by police roadblocks, and discovering bands through the soundtrack. Alongside those recollections is a straightforward request from console players: bring it to their machines too.

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What viewers say

spending your childhood running slowly back to your bike after flying off it miles away
@spoots1234See it on YouTube
My dad got me this game in ‘96/‘97 for PS1 at Circuit City as a impulse purchase due to the FMVs showing the bikers, girls and the dogs LOL!
@memohd-wwfSee it on YouTube
Please come to consoles ❤!
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5 more comments

This Road rash got so hard around the 4th/5th season, the traffic levels and obstacles in the road were insane, the police road blocks were brutal too and if you made a mistake in the last quarter of the race it was pretty much over and some of them races were 15 minutes long
@deanthompson88See it on YouTube
Still play it on PS1 on the CRT. And all the other Road Rash games
@Loadingames-s7hSee it on YouTube
I think about this game all the time. I played on the 3DO
@ElmoTheFierceSee it on YouTube
So many great memories! Man, I miss my dad right now.
@poboxchristmas380See it on YouTube
My Favorite Game Returns
@ramiroezequielnoriega2599See it on YouTube