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Chequered Flag is one of the best programs since Flight Simulation and well up to Psion's usual high standard.

The game is to drive a Formula 1 racing car so as to get the best possible time over a chosen course and distance.

After a straightforward loading, you are invited to select from plan views of ten courses, and then pick your car from three models requiring different levels of skill. The easiest has automatic gears!

You can then either see a demonstration run and on-screen instructions (there are full instructions on the insert too) or go straight to the game.

This starts with a view of the road ahead, complete with starting lights, in the top half of the screen, and a very detailed cockpit in the lower.

The track rushes past and you have to dodge a variety of hazards which can slow you or force a pit stop.

Leaving the road slows the car, and if not quickly corrected, results in a crash.

Chequered Flag is an excellent game, well put together and very exciting. Highly recommended.

H.C.