So I'm reminiscing on some old gaming music I love and making a Spotify playlist. I think I might end up turning off menu music in GT7. Only a few of the songs have really captured my interest but I can't really listen to them because the music changes every time you change menus which is still bothering me.
In the process I was going through GTS music on Spotify and I noticed something weird. Many of the songs feel very familiar at this point but they also feel...tainted. Like, for some reason the music reminds me of 2020 and 2021, it reminds me of just sitting at home wasting time. Sure, I was playing a little GT here and there but a lot of the time spent listening to those songs wasn't necessarily to have fun but just to get through the day if you know what I mean. Kinda weird. Much of this other music I'm adding to my list - some GT2/3/4, some wayback Need for Speed 2 and High Stakes, some SimCity 3k and 4 - gives me a completely different vibe, one of real nostalgia and good times as a kid.
Maybe the whole 2020 debacle is still too fresh but some of GTS's soundtrack kinda feels tainted for some reason. Weird.
