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And now over to Murray Walker at the Wec Le Mans 24-hour race... "And there they go... and it's Nigel Mansell in the lead... no, Nigel's just retired... no, no, that's not Nigel it's... erm... Nelson Piquet in the red Williams Honda. Yes, Nelson Piquet in the red Williams has taken the lead. Oh no, what a disaster, it looks like just when he was moving over to take the lead, Nelson Piquet has skidded off the track..."

If you think Murray Walker is to racing what turkeys are to Christmas, chances are you'll know all about the gruelling endurance demanded in a 24-hour race.

This version of the biggy day and night experience has you taking on four laps, each with three checkpoints. You've got to reach each checkpoint within a given time limit or you're out of the race. You've got a couple of gears (don't change up until you're going 90 at least), top speed of 224 mph - and the rest is up to you.

Oh yeah - get too close to the edge and you slow down. Get too close to the other guys and you're in for a crash (bang, wallop) and a big loss of time.

Pity Murray couldn't make it. But then, you can't hurry a Murray, can you? [That's crap, Kati - Ed]

I suppose it had to happen. After Batman and Robocop there just had to be a joker in Ocean's pack. Well, boys and girls, this is it.

If you were expecting 3D up to the standard of Pitstop II or Buggy Boy forget it. Track movement speeds up and slows down all over the shop and the perspective bars are so glitchy you feel like you're going cross-eyed.

The bare bones of the gameplay aren't too bad but with an on-screen table that doesn't even tell you what gear you're in, and cars that you can drive right through, the whole thing could do with some serious debugging.

If I'd spent ten quid on this, I'd be hang-dog disappointed.

Nobody was expecting a pixel perfect conversion, but the 3D on this doesn't even come up to the standard of a budget game!

The lurching track movement is bug-ridden from beginning to end - at top speed it virtually stops! - and there are sub-standard glitches practically everywhere.

Worse still, the other cars make it just too difficult to get round the track (if you're still bothered) 'cos the minute you come anywhere near them, they home in and make you crash. If you're really in love with the coin-op, keep on playing that - this isn't anything like it.

Presentation 38%
Not very helpful - no high score table and nothing on screen to tell you what gear you're in.

Graphics 30%
Appallingly glitchy 3D track movement and buggy sprites. 3D backgrounds are good though.

Sound 52%
Title tune and usual broom, broom effects.

Hookability 50%
Even the fact that it's Wec Le Mans can't stop the 3D from putting you off.

Lastability 27%
Unless you've got no other games in your collection, you won't keep coming back to this.

Overall 40%
A very disappointing conversion from a software house with far higher standards.