IndyCar Racing (DOS)

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Description

IndyCar Racing is Papyrus' second racing game, four years after the release of Indianapolis 500. With an official license, all the real track names and designs are available (eight in total), with authentic sponsors and logos. Other features include multiple TV-type replays, a comprehensive garage and setup routine and breakaway parts when making contact with other cars. This is a pure open-wheel simulation, based on the American races, with realistic car handling and room for racing techniques based on grip, ideal racing lines, and throttle-to-brake interaction.

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Part of the Following Groups

• Gameplay feature: Recordable replays
• Games with manual lookup copy protection
• IndyCar racing games
• IndyCar Racing series
• Sound engine: AIL/Miles Sound System
• White Label releases

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Critic Reviews

MikroBitti	Jan, 1994	92 out of 100	92
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Feb, 1994	11 out of 12	92
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Feb, 1994	90 out of 100	90
Electronic Entertainment	Mar, 1994	9 out of 10	90
Play Time	Nov, 1993	89 out of 100	89
Tilt	Dec, 1993	88 out of 100	88
Score	May, 1994	85 out of 100	85
Jeuxvideo.com	Jan 17, 2011	16 out of 20	80
Edge	Jan, 1994	8 out of 10	80
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Feb, 1994	Unscored	Unscored

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Trivia

Development

Road surface textures were added during development when the team noticed that Geoff Crammond had used the technique in World Circuit (1992). The game originally had eight tracks, but seven more were added in an expansion pack, and the Indianapolis track was available through another add-on after the proper licensing was secured.

Sales

About 300,000 units were sold worldwide.

Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • June 1994 (Issue #119) – Simulation Game of the Year
  • June 1994 (Issue #119) – Best Female Voice-Over Acting (for Virginia Capers for her role as narrator)
• Electronic Entertainment
  • March 1994 – Editors' Choice Awards: Best Game (Honorable Mention)
• GameStar (Germany)
  • Issue 12/1999 - #85 in the "100 Most Important PC Games of the Nineties" ranking

Related Web Sites

• IGCD Internet Game Cars Database (Game page on IGCD, a database that tries to archive vehicles found in video games.)