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IndyCar Racing (ICR) by Papyrus - very realistic, hard(ish) to learn,
needs a good joystick or even a(n expensive) wheel to play properly.
Only comes with 8 tracks; you have to shell out for the other 8, and
for a paintkit.  Great graphics, but some horsepower required; a
486SX/25 is okay, a DX2/66 is nicer, a P90 nicer still (all that
texture mapping!).

Formula One Grand Prix (called World Circuit in North America)
(F1GP/WC) by MicroProse; not quite as realistic, but easier to get
into. Almsot no texture mapping, but very fast, even on relatively
low-powered machines (a 386DX/33 is plenty). Comes with all 16 tracks
from the 1991 F1 season. There's no official paintkit, but there are
two free ones on the net and a whole host of useful extras (like a lap
performance analyser nearly as good as the ones in real F1 cars!).

WC is also available for the Amiga (I have that too!).

I prefer the latter, but then I'm biased (I run the F1GP/WC PC Hall Of
Fame).  WC is now out on a budget label, and ICR is pretty cheap. Heck,
get both and play both!

F1GP/WC version 2 is in the works, and will hopefully be released this
summer (if not sooner).

-- Gizmo van der HOF
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I just use an old cheapy but Thrustmaster makes a steering wheel w/foot
petals combo. I don't know how much the Thrustmaster cost but its
most likely $125+.

As far as posting goes, try making your lines about 10 characters
shorter. It helps in making your message more easily read, especially
after you get a response(and your original post is included).

F1GP and NASCAR racing are the most popular, just keep reading
the posts for info and posts about each game. Both programs have
groups of people that race against each other for points, if that's
what you like.

Good Luck.
Wayne

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: from the 1991 F1 season. There's no official paintkit, but there are
: two free ones on the net and a whole host of useful extras (like a lap
: performance analyser nearly as good as the ones in real F1 cars!).

  Where can these useful extras be downloaded from ?

-Poke Snellman

look out for wcgped41.zip, f1ed21.zip, and gped20.zip

Happy racing!

-- Gizmo van der HOF

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