Hard though it is to believe, Driveclub's 12th birthday is just around the corner. In another universe, a decade of sequels to this fascinating and regrettably fumbled-at-launch racer would be keeping pace with Forza Horizon. But in this one, trying to play Driveclub now can but only scratch the surface of what was, at its all-too-brief peak, an engine of frictionless online racing and competition. It was also damn near the prettiest thing you could boot up on your PS4 in 2014, and we reckon it still more than cleans up today. So, resurrect that old save and DLC, if you're lucky enough to have it, and cruise the world's greatest driving roads with us once again.

Intro song: "Quantum Singularity" from Need for Speed: High Stakes. Outro song: "Romulus 3" from Need for Speed II SE/ Need for Speed III

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There's really no smooth way to segue from racing games to tennis games, other than the fact that Sega and Namco used to make both of them. So this episode is an ode to gaming's oldest genre—specifically the Virtua Tennis franchise, which we all love a lot, and Smash Court, which we like a lot less, though there's no denying that its vibes are immaculate. Andrew rounds out the party by rifling through a stack of 40 more tennis games, as he is wont to do, including one for the Phillips CD-i. I don't think I've ever seen a CD-i.

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Everybody knows about Ridge Racer V, but that wasn't the only racing game Namco delivered on day one for the PlayStation 2. No stranger to racing on two wheels as well as four, Namco also introduced the first of four MotoGP games that established a high bar of quality, inspired by the world's premier motorcycle racing championship and taking full advantage of Sony's next-gen hardware. In this episode, Adam, Andrew, and Paul discuss all four entries on the platform, their lesser-known beginnings in an earlier arcade game, and the forgotten PSP port that's secretly one of the handheld's best racers.

Intro song: "Inner Attack" from 500GP and MotoGP. Outro song: "Result" from MotoGP (PSP).

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