Stock cars have two great advantages. They're not very expensive and you can drive them to destruction. 3D Stock Cars II tries to put this magnificent experience within your miserly reach, but I'm afraid its heart isn't in it. The trouble is, the sprites are even smaller than my infrequent donations to charity.

Including you, there are four microscopic racers vying for the 85 pence first prize, so the competition is fierce. You must try to qualify, fail, race at the back of the pack against three tiny enemies and end up coming last by trying to crash into them. I found this most effective when you travel around the track the wrong way (ho ho). Things happen slowly enough to use the keyboard if you want to.

Graphics aren't really anything special and gameplay is as sad as people who have their pockets sewn up by their mums. If you only make one New Year's Resolution this year, make it "Don't buy this game, ever". I don't think you'll have immense problems keeping yourself to this.

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Give it to the Army, tell them it's an indestructible new tank they wouldn't stand a chance against. Then retire to a safe distance and observe.