Wow!, Nice memories of playing this at my local arcade..! Before the game consoles we'd be at the arcade making the owners rich pumping 100's of quarters in the games! Especially, this one for me! Nothing like snapping a small plastic pseudo-partial motorcycle from side to side to get the best lap time... Nice times being young in the 80's... The digital wave was building!
I agree with everything you say. My local arcade was a place of wonder that set something in motion in my head that never stopepd. Now i design arcade cabinets.