Indianapolis 500

STORY / GAMEPLAY
No story here! The only goal is to win! The race is viewed from your formula's cockpit showing all vital gauges, dials and the like. Outside the vehicle everything is filled with great vector graphics that move fast and smooth enough, helping recreate the high speed action of the real F1 thing. Gear shifting is automatic so you have one thing less to worry about! As expected, the course remains the same throughout every race but the track combines a number of long stretches with a few tight turns to put your F1 to the test. This racing game includes all the features you could imagine, even pit-stops where you have to drive your car slowly before grinding to a halt and repairing the necessary (changing tires, refueling your car or even replace broken parts of the car). The track does become more and more littered with other cars that have spun off or crashed, so you must beware to avoid any debris or other obstacles track before you burst your tires and cause engine failure! Because of the games' great speed (and sound!), Indianapolis 500 is a very addictive simulator, although it can get a tad repetitive.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
The DOS game version runs in VGA, EGA or CGA graphics and are pretty nice (and so are the sound effects)! . The filled 3D graphics are some of the fastest and most detailed found back in late 80s. The level of detail can even be offset against speed, so there is the option to choose between high, medium or low detail. For example in high detail the graphics give plenty of colored vectors around but the action gets slower whilst at the lowest detail the speed gets crazy! Note that the DOS version has up to 16 colors on-screen (VGA mode). The game's sound is awesome for its time, although it only supports PC-speaker or AdLib compatible sound cards. The hum of your engine ticking over and the sound of the other cars streaking past create the right atmosphere for this exhausting race.