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If you were planning to spend the winter preparing for next year's Grand Prix series then Road Racer is the game for you.

It is a colourful, exciting and fast moving game where you find yourself at the wheel of a racing car hurtling around a circuit in the company of other seemingly suicidal drivers who you must keep clear of.

The game may be played with either Kempston joysticks or with the keyboard.

I used the latter and only really succeeded when I got someone else to "change gear" while I concentrated on steering. No doubt a joystick would be a distinct advantage as well as being more realistic.

The graphics are very good, with an excellent impression of speeding along the track.

Another feature includes having to watch tachometer readings in order to avoid your engine blowing up.

Succeed, and you re-start with a bonus car on a more difficult track.

Other keyboard players may find, as I did, that the game crashes (no run) unless any Sinclair printer is detached first.

D.J.