Tron Light-Cycles deserve a nod.
While the 1982 merging of live action and CG failed miserably I appreciate what they were trying to do.
And as simplistic as they look, it's probably hard for modern viewers to comprehend from their design to the CG "camera" movement and tracking, what a revolutionary, ground-breaking, beautiful, fluid CG visual the Light-Cycle battle was to behold at the time.
The Tron Legacy Light-Cycles were a fantastic (eye candy) follow-up., exploiting modern visual tools to their fullest, yet keeping the visual homage.