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mi. REVIEWER: PAUL BOUGHTON
Well poor old Nigel Mansell
didn't make it as the Formula
One World champion last
season. But Nigel Mansell's
Grand Prix is certainly a winner
It's a game you've certainly
got to work at to get the most
from it. The programmers have
done their utmost to make this
game as accurate as possible.
Try and remember that you're
in the cockpit of a Canon
Williams Honda Formula One
mean machine and these babies
need careful handling. Get them
too hot and bothered and then
they breakdown on you. Treat
them right and you're in a
dream machine.
I made this mistake at first.
ignoring the controls and just
driving. You soon learn to pay a
little more attention to the
cockpit controls.
The cockpit display is rather
overwhelming. There's a lot to
monitor. I found it a little
confusing at first. While
Studying the controls, I
sometimes forgot to steer.
Bang! Keep your eyes on the
track.
So here's a rundown of the
cockpit controls:
Rev Counter - This shows
the speed of the engine but not
how fast the car is moving on
the track. If the revs are too
low the engine labours and
power could be lost, too high
and there is a danger of the
engine overheating.
Fuel - This is a pretty
obvious gauge.
Oil Temperature -If the oil
temperature in the sump gets
too much then there could be
mechanical problems.
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Water Temperature - Water
keeps the engine cool. If it
overheats there again could be
mechanical problems.
Turbo Temperature The
turbo charger boosts the
pressure of the airtfuel mixture
which is forced into the inlet
manifold of the engine. The
effect of this, put simply, is to
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increase the car's engine
power.
Turbo Boost - This shows
the pressure of the fuePair
mixture entering the engine.
Although it's very useful to
suddenly be able to boost the
power of your engine, there is a
drawback which you must
consider carefully. Using the
turbo boost - of which there
are four settings ranging from
minimum to maximum - it is
very heavy on fuel
consumption_ It has to be used
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very carefully and with a great
deal of thought. It's no good
zooming into the lead only to
run out of fuel before the
finishing line,
Gears - The car has six
forward gears.
The onboard computer
displays additional information
transmitted to your car from the
pits. It consists of speed in
lap time, average speed,
your best speed, fuel reserve
(your car carries 195 litres
which should be enough to
Complete a race of 190 miles),
fuel consumption, range on fuel
(the distance you could go on
fuel reservel, distance to race
finish and a radio link with the
pits.
There are 16 race tracks for
you to select from or you take
them one by one to try and
become world champ.
Apparently, the circuits are
accurate. So you can rev up
around the world from Brazil to
Japan and Monaco to Detroit.
i'm no Nigel Mansell when it
comes to racing but this sim
gives you a taste of life in the
fast lane.
Experience it.
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