Most likely the best racing game at the time of its release. It took all of the individual concepts that had been put out and copied dozens of times, and polished all of them into one compact little package. A proper race track, qualifying lap, F1 cars that actually looked like F1 cars, a good sense of speed, and even a race queen waving the checkered flag. Given all of this attention to detail, it's lazy for the game to just drop cars on to the track when the race starts in an attempt to constantly give you someone to be racing against. The absolutely nails-on-chalkboard tire screech when you turn hard is another literal pain point.

Reviewed on Jan 22, 2024


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3 months ago

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3 months ago

Have you played SEGA's Turbo from the same year? I think both games are pretty close in quality, albeit chasing different goals (rally racing vs. circuit heats).

3 months ago

Yes! Turbo also had pretty solid graphics for the time, I just didn't like the setup as much because it was similar to most other racers. The extra touches here around a real circuit and an attempt at simulating an F1 GP take it for me.