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Stock Car involves driving a small car, or cars in the two player game, around 1 of 6 tracks. This may sound a bit petty but in fact it's great fun. The game would be no fun if there was no opposition, and fortunately there is. The jam cars (three of them) swerve in front of you every time you go to overtake. What makes the game even more outstanding is the two player option. For this you choose the option followed by the number of laps you want and which circuit. In the two player game there is only two jam cars - the third being made by your opponent, who is also trying to be the first to the chequered flag.

The number of the track you choose does not refer to its difficulty, I found track three the hardest because of its tight hairpin bends. There is one other factor you can determine at the beginning of the game and that is skidding. You decide whether to have oil patches and how much you skid when cornering, I found about 10% was the most realistic but for beginners 0% is more advisable.

Control of your car is by joystick or keyboard, but joysticks give no advantage over keyboard control. There are four controls, left, right, up a gear, and down a gear, you have four gears, 1 and 2 are used mainly for starting moving after a crash, and gear four is for roaring down the straights.

The graphics are not stunning but are colourful and adequate, the sound is also kept to a minimum but is perfect for the job. I think Stock Car is a well thought out game and I'm already addicted.