I'm now working on a stupid rally-racer called Tire Fire Rally, and thanks to a grant from Mangotronics, it's coming to Steam. (These will probably get more polished and focused as time goes on, but I wanted to share this and I'm inpatient.)
This game exists for two reasons; I got the game Corvette free with my original Xbox and I used to play a game called drunk driving in college with Mario Kart where you had to finish your drink by the end of the race, but couldn't drink and drive at the same time. After a race or two, all the karts started to get a bit sloppy on the corners.
With Tire Fire Rally, I'm hoping to combine Corvette and Drunk Driving, having a game that at first presents itself as a serious (but retro) racing game and devolves into the ridiculousness of kart racing mechanics and drunk college kids. I want the other cars to drive like idiots, the announcer to be at least six drinks in, the sponsors to be scams, and the tracks to be designed with negligence.
I hope that you'll all come back in the future to read more (and better articles) about a racing game with toll booths, but if not, you can still always wish list the game (and start opening that page on all the model computers at Best Buy) and forget about it until launch.
Later.