After you've earned new cars, press C-Up on the Car Selection screen to change your vehicle's color.

After a two-player challenge game, the losing player's right front wheel will fall off if you continuously rotate the analog joystick clockwise. This should happen after the car rotates 3-4 times. Talk about driving till the wheels fall off!

At the vehicle selection screen, highlight any car except the Ferrari. Then, press up-C + left-C + down-C. The automobile will become a jeep, police car or school bus!

(Note: This cheat does not work with the Ferrari.)

In Iowa, after passing the second field of corn you will see a lone pine tree on the left side of the road and a hitchhiker standing beside it. Slowly ram the pine. The woman standing next to it will now be holding a sign.

Nitro Boost To activate a cheat, get a high score on any race. Then, after entering your initials at the "Hot Times" screen, scroll to the bottom of the High Scores list and hold the d-pad diagonal (DOWN-LEFT). A conveyer belt will move; and after about 30 seconds a head will scroll by saying, "I love this job!" During the game, following each checkpoint, press: Brake [three times], Gas, Brake, and Gas.

1. Grand Canyon
   After the first checkpoint in the Grand Canyon, straddle the shoulder on the right side of the road until you see a dirt ramp. Leaving the road, take the ramp and cross the bridge.

2. Washington DC
   In DC, there is a construction wall on the left side of the road. Squeeze through the partition to quickly reach the next checkpoint.

1. Chicago
   After the first two turns in Chicago, you'll see a car along the right side of the road. Hit it and it will fall right in front of the first place driver!

2. Grand Canyon
   Scattered along the roadside in Grand Canyon are boulders from rockslides. Hit them and they will roll in front of the first place driver!

To unlock a hidden track, highlight the corresponding track before entering the code.

Circuit                 Highlight            Code
Golden Gate Park        US 101               LEFT + left-C  + down-C
Indiana                 Beverly Hills        LEFT + right-C + up-C
San Francisco           Grand Canyon         LEFT + right-C + down-C

After beating the game using the police car, the blue stripe turns to green, to change it back to blue, First go to car selection, then choose police car (the code to get the police car is already on here) then while selecting the police car press DOWN on the control stick. To race car with green, then while holding DOWN press start. you can also change it back to green again by pressing UP on the control stick and start.

To see flies splatter against the windshield (and an occasional bird dropping), drive through Iowa or Indiana in cockpit view!

Here's a faster way to update cars in a two-player game.

Start a two-player game, and race until you reach Washington D.C. When the DC race begins, press Start and quit the game.

Next, have player #1 return to Washington D.C. and upgrade his car. After player #1 has finished, player #2 should do the same thing. Happy cruising!

To activate flashing lights and sirens:

1. Get a high score on any race. Then, after entering your initials at the "Hot Times" screen, scroll to the bottom of the High Scores list and hold the d-pad diagonal (DOWN-LEFT). A conveyer belt will move; and after 30 seconds a head will scroll by saying, "I love this job!"
2. Release the buttons and return to the vehicle selection screen. Choose either the patrol car or school bus by highlighting an automobile – not the Ferrari – and pressing: up-C + left-C + down-C.
3. To activate lights and siren, press: BRAKE [twice] and then hold GAS while driving.

(Note: While this cheat only works with the patrol car and school bus, it will enable brake lights on other cars.)