Okay, so there's this game I've been trying to recall the name of for the longest time. My gut's telling me it's probably somehow tied into the Ridge Racer franchise, but I won't swear to that. I think it was PS2-era.

It was an arcade racer, from what I could tell. I mostly remember it from a review on Judgement Day back before G4 completely consumed TechTV; and one of the show's hosts, Tommy Tallarico I think his name was, stated his rather intense distaste for the vehicles' handling in the game.

The only thing I can't recall is the name. If I knew that, I'd have found the game already. One of the other things I can recall is a long-jump style mode where you just simply drove the car off a ramp as fast as you could to get the most distance. Aside from that, it appeared to use time rather than actual track position to keep track of your placement in the race, more like a rally race than a regular road race. I wish I could remember more.