Computer + Video Games - Commodore Is Awesome

By the time you read this, Nigel Mansell. Britain's fastest man, couldjust be the Formula One World Champion. The last Grand Prix ofthe season takes place in Australia and our Nige will have beengoing all out to make sure he comes out on top down under! Whatever the result, YOU can be sure that Martech's new FL racing gamewill be on pole position when all the driving games line up on thestarting grid this Christmas, We've been taking a stroll around thepits to bring you this exclusive preview —io Maisell'sGrand Pm racing game, be the matt &reuniteof Formula One racing yet-:SR-I• - The programmers, fatherInc • e and John Looker havesub! themselves in techmcal datathe Canon Wilbarns-Hoodaevery aspect of the game-iota One racmg astheT •you in the cockpit of a'! I rater —I turboonversam Just maybe, win the orRetort. you take to the track howeveryou'll be asked to -set-up" means you can choose which tyres youywant. oadjust u r the wing settings — thoseaerodynamic devices on the nose of the carc—and a play r around . vrith the ride heed —Thow far hthe acar rum above the tracktsurface If you're not into all this fiddlingaround you'll be able to select a standardsetting and simply blast away!During a race youll also be able to drop31on the pita 14 change tyres if you findyour tar losing grip or if you receive a radiomessage from your team income inYou can ignore their advice however— ifyou reckon you tan last until the end of therate an the same set of rubberLike the real thing, your computerisedalso being built into th,e game You couldend up driving in torrential rain inEngland or watching your enginetemperature soar to danger level in Brazil.During each race you'll be able to call upa map of the circuit —a facility unavailableto even the most hi-tech drivers — whichshows you your position in the race. Llsefulto check on the opposition. Also useful arethe wing mirrors which show who isattempting to overtake and grab that firstplace away from you'We wanted to make the game assitwas too much really —much of it we won tbe able to use!We also went down to Brands Hatch forone of their racing school mamma to get thefeel of dnving a single seaterMany hours and lots of technical workhas gone into producing Nigel Mandel:1Grind Prix- and it shows, You'll nayfeel like you're competmg in a Grand Prix.Driving games are IN this year —butyou won't getODEthat's more realtatir thanN MAniell's Grand PrtRIE011==111111•11101411 ! I L ',• -rii m a .IMP 41111•11=21•1•1,elorromps. - - - m at i c o mm eTEPP= = a l l s oTIMM TEMP 4 3 iC = = = . 1 1 1 0 •ruesa HOST : K P(====iMM •''EEtar ILINIE41MST LOP1111:11113 ES132tso 31119 4 9r,411171thewit • • • ru are pre,- -nIa l • ! dri, • • r seeSur : , r14l•;t1t h-- .ption. t • b o wbenear tilt u nearest t nvii man the , linkr modern • drivers have with their tk J11.;in; the pits. ,If you re senous about going for the,World Champ title, you're going in have totake notice of tisinfo- but forget it for awhile and Jug expenerice the thrill ofdriving a turbo-racer around any one of thelfi Grand Pna circuits in Europe. the US.Japan and AustralisThe scrolling is t•Ilky smooth —and there's arklod - 'hanks to theirackside scenery ', •the track.aeting cars onWE%0• 1111 Pleat FrrsCDNlTURrola run Wirlitat 99 LTSUlc I VaitStenFl um a 13 Le•elm isint&I Ell FUEL 1 hif• 25SE t I1CN ID Pig 31 gal•••000111OtArz%'N41 1It Ifi ll r4111:13 di,tn't,Waier-rev trIC,. I ntgr bca! - t , t t,te PIO n tacit that furl guligereiLardlwarve-3rIr,tg ydoruivetsti'•In race JustI211.-you•,,tu you!res 1.0, ifgieti- The, res are•wit end up.• our tyrn byNOTO I L TEMP1===1:MONOIN a l laballSPEED SLOP ome TIMENO SPEEDBEST LOP, it lamIllairk„..ACCUrat pi)fi b I bu N Lmgit , so 1- technical it puts peopi,programmer • Dave Looker ''Y eu can eitherplay the game as ,f POffiLKIII, I Orpc .• • the whole way andwas„compete in a W.. - • sewn."-sthe a yVCanon Will ! Detailsa aboutithe r!r t !M , ) keetgu p _Toh e r etal:TELEMETRY U183 BS •. F63-12 RSEC 1 CON1Si:1.3BPMPH 1 ROM18.48 ScC 1 NM TMFUEL CONSUNPTIOM C1FUEL1E3 ESel