There is also an announcer, crowd cheers, background sounds and engine noise which varies from car to car as well as the usual bumps and thumps. 90 Everything about the game seems primarily focused to tickle the eyes and ears. Menus have jaunty background music and are universally bright and colorful. Sadly, they are sometimes unwieldy as well, especially in setting the controls. Also, there's no internal control calibration program.
Options are very limited, again with the goal of keeping the game simple for a younger audience.
Each option is illustrated with an animated graphic such as a Beetle jumping up and down on the top step of the podium for the records page or a building with a flashing neon sign for the game options. Again, the rating above is in the context of the game's target audience. As a children's game, Beetle Buggin' works well. Once the game is set up, game play is intuitive with no niggling details to get in the way of driving the car around the track. There are no setups to fool with and the cars cannot be damaged no matter what you hit or how you abuse the engine or transmission.