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 Indy Car 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 Indy 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 3D graphics are among the fastest and most detailed someone could find back in 1990 on an Amiga OCS/ECS system. 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 the track but the action is slower (in framerate)! Double bleachers fully occupied by colorful spectators included. At the lowest detail, bleachers are missing (but the framerate is faster). But even at its most colorful, Indy is impressively fast! Note that the game on the Amiga has up to 16 colors on-screen. The sound is awesome and some of the best ever on an Amiga racer! All sound effects are fully sampled and the hum of your engine ticking over plus the "howl" of the other cars streaking past create a great racing feeling!