RPM Tuning: The Controversial "Last Top Gear" of the 128-bit Era You Almost Forgot

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 07:15:00 -0300

If you, like me, grew up spending your lunch money on Top Gear cartridges for the SNES, you probably had a shock seeing the RPM Tuning box on a rental-shop shelf sometime around 2004. Same logo, same arcade-racing vibe in the name — and a completely different game underneath. This title is, perhaps, the strangest (and most forgotten) chapter in the franchise's history, and the controversy around it still gets rehashed on retrogaming forums to this day.

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RPM Tuning: The Controversial "Last Top Gear" of the 128-bit Era You Almost Forgot