A 14-year-old kid and a sentient car teaching each other how to actually race. The machines are gorgeous enough to make you forget this is from 1991, but the real draw is watching Hayato get humbled by drivers who understand racing as something deeper than just having the best tech. Every race builds character the way sports anime should: competitors become rivals become friends, and the kid learns that the computer can't think for him, only with him.

Fourteen-year-old Kazami Hayato is the youngest driver in Cyber Formula, a Grand Prix where every car carries computers that help it race. Backed by team Sugo and by Asurada, the most advanced cybernavigation system around, Hayato aims to win the 10th Cyber Formula Grand Prix. Along the way he has to earn the respect of seasoned racers, stop those who try to steal Asurada, and take part in races beyond the Cyber Formula circuit. Through it all he comes to understand what being a real racer means, and that having the best machine alone will not bring him victory. The result is a sci-fi sports series built around high-speed action on the track.