As for music, it's exactly what you'd expect, futuristic techno pop stuff, it plays quietly in the background, so it's almost drowned out by the sounds of 6 engines. And although the sound effects are few and far between, when you do hear them, you'll love them. As for other sound effects, each engine and car has a separate "purr" and it's amazing to hear crickets chirp as you through residential San Francisco at night. As in most Midway games, at the starting line you'll hear the announcer call "3! 2! 1! " And in this case "RUSH!" This gets you kinda excited for each race, it's not amazing, but it's the little things that count. While Rush will please your eyes, what about your ears? You'll be happy to know that the sound in Rush is done very nicely. Overall the graphics were given a lot of time and attention, and while they don't exactly push the Dreamcast to its limits, you won't be disappointed. The cars are also nicely modeled, and although you won't find any Honda's or BMW's, the futuristic concept cars in Rush will please you.
The sheer amount of detail put into each track is astounding, billboards line the streets, and trolley's go by in a blur, jet's whir by when you get to higher altitudes, and the Golden Gate bridge is almost always in view. And the game has virtually no slowdown, even with 6 cars on screen and amazing lighting effects the frame rate hardly suffers. From the reflection off the cars to the richly detailed environments, the Rush team has done one heck of a job. In fact, in may be one of the best looking racing games on Dreamcast. Graphics are of course an integral part of any game, and Rush is no slouch. But I digress, on to other aspects of the game. Any one part of Rush could make a decent (albeit short) game all by itself.
I wouldn't exactly describe San Francisco Rush 2049 as a racing game, it's more of a "futuristic automobile experience." Racing is only part of the Rush equation, there's also a unique stunt mode and a 4 player battle mode, and what makes it so great is, that it seems each part of this game was given equal attention. Rush hasn't been all that great a game, the mediocre series has been ignored by many, but I think this installment of Rush will have many doing a double take, and go down as one of the greats in arcade racing. After all, they brought us, Crusin USA, Crusin World, Crusin Exotica, Hydro Thunder, 4x4 Thunder, the upcoming Arctic Thunder, and yes, the Rush series. Including the arcade racer, and Midway has definitely dominated this aspect of racing on Dreamcast and other platforms. From Sega GT to Re-Volt, from F355 to Wacky Races, from Metropolis Street Racer to the upcoming Toy Racer, Dreamcast has covered every sub-genre of racing titles. If there's one thing Dreamcast isn't lacking, it's games of the racing persuasion.
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