Indianapolis 500 The Simulation by Papyrus

[tommyblunt]

the crowds are just a bunch of randomly colored pixels..

[Trondyard]

I played this game a lot, until a few month later "Microprose Formula Grand Prix" was released and blew "Indy 500" away.

[GoodMomo]

Beating the 30 lap race with no assists and damage on, after tuning my car for hours to perfection after reading the incredibly helpful game manual, was one of the highlights of my childhood.

[Sadowsky1965]

a great game.

[otaku3d]

Yes ! loved crash engine, total playground were you can play evil! no other game feel like that . just until Race Driver GRID

[mgnssss]

yea another thing you could do was round up a few crash victims and and line them up for the ultimate crashfest when the remaining drivers came back round again... i mustve been the most evil driver ever to be allowed out on the course

[ZZombyWooff]

Iäve played this since 1993. few years with amiga, then late nineties and early 2000 with pc. I'm not quite sure did I ever finish the 200 laps, I came close I think. But it was my dream and goal for all these years.

To be sure, I really want to try it again with dosbox and joystick. With lola/buick and steady, consistent driving with fairly safe setup.

[mgnssss]

ah here it is

i used to play this game alot

however, i was probably way too young back then, but i never quite "got it"

i always went the wrong way to try to create the most spectacular crashes and watch them in replay

great game

[bindoggus]

@mgnssss hahaha same here man. I kept trying but never won a race, got close once I think...

[killergreen1984]

almost brings a tear to my eye!!!!! :*-/

[taddeusmaca]

Fantastic!!

[nafcom]

just awesome title screen music! Soundblaster at its best!

[vaerhdf6]

@nafcom

Ad-lib

[nafcom]

@vaerhdf6 Ah, thanks for the correction!

[numidium3]

I remember playing this game with the sound coming from the PC speaker. Ahh, good times.

[quasiphatpaul]

NOW THIS IS POD RACING!! sorry seemed appropriate

[pandaKrusher]

This game came with my Sound Blaster Pro and I thought the tire squeals were real hot shit. Thanks for bringing back some memories.

[wibblehx]

This game is now over 20 years old!

[cykadelik]

@wibblehx used to play it on an A500 plus on min detail cos it couldn't cope with the extra detail :D

[amonrouge]

eccezzionale!!!

[blackberryballer]

thank you thank you thank you dave....

[PHILFISH696969]

I used to play this over and over. I loved the crashes too.

[MyNameIsBucket]

@PHILFISH696969 The game had something besides crashes...?

[Duff4444]

I loved this game... My fastest practice lap ever was in the 239 bracket with the Lola Buick. I could run high 220's-low 230's comfortably in the race.

[ailst]

Did you manage to finish a 200 laps race this way? With my competative setup for the Lola Buick I would always eventually have an accident some times. Mostly after a yellow-flag-restart when the tires were cold.

The only 200 laps race I ever managed to finish was with the march cosworth as 19th or so -_-

[Duff4444]

I won 60 lap races this way, fairly easily. I had a problem with the game crashing if it was on to long, so I never made it to the end of a 200 lapper...

My car was setup to be stable anywhere in the corner... low, high, middle, in traffic.

[jodom1979]

I love this game and miss it soooo bad! I recently obtained a copy via abandonware but I can seem to get dosbox to run...

[r0n12]

Thanks Dave Kaemmer for existing. :-)

[MOMOf333SP]

yes

[chrismodiano]

no.

[Cynon44]

maybe

[amjan]

perhaps