At the beginning there is mention in the context of Vainglorious being unstoppable since Gnash left the sport. Gnash is a goat, and the "GOAT" ("G.O.A.T." is the commonly used acronym for "Greatest Of All Time").
The black and white racing sequence, mentioned in some reviews as possibly being comprised of penciled but unfinished animation footage, is also a direct homage to the original music video for 'Take On Me' by A-ha, which plays during the sequence.
Rally Road Racers, formerly known as Silk Road Rally, is a 2023 computer-animated sports comedy film directed and written by Ross Venokur. The film stars Jimmy O. Yang, J.K. Simmons, Chloe Bennet, Lisa Lu, Sharon Horgan, Catherine Tate and John Cleese. It follows novice racer Zhi as he tries to save his Grandmother's home from villainous racer and real-estate developer Archie Vainglorious.