Software:Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing

Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing
Developer(s)	Gremlin Graphics
Publisher(s)	Gremlin Graphics Gremlin Interactive (DOS) Game Boy EU: Nintendo NA: GameTek SNES JP: Infocom NA: GameTek EU: Nintendo NES NA: GameTek EU: Gremlin Interactive Genesis NA: GameTek EU: Konami
Producer(s)	Mark Glossop
Designer(s)	Matt Donkin
Programmer(s)	Ritchie Brannan Damian Hibbard Graeme Ing Michael Hirst
Artist(s)	Damon Godley
Composer(s)	Richard Ede Pat Phelan
Series	Nigel Mansell
Platform(s)	Amiga Amiga CD32, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Game Boy, MS-DOS, NES, Sega Genesis, SNES, ZX Spectrum
Release	1992 1993 (CD32/CPC/DOS/ZX Spectrum) Game Boy EU: 1992 NA: August 1993 SNES JP: 19 March 1993 NA: 1 July 1993 EU: 16 December 1993 NES NA: October 1993 EU: 1993 Genesis NA: November 1993 EU: 1994
Genre(s)	Racing
Mode(s)	Single-player

Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing is an arcade-style Formula One racing video game developed by Gremlin Graphics and released for various systems. The game was largely successful on Amiga and DOS platforms, and was consequently ported to home consoles.

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot (SNES version)

The player can race a single race, participate in a season of Formula One, or practice their skills on a particular race track. The changing of the tyres is mandatory in the pit lane during the middle of each race, and weather can determine whether the player should use hard tyres, soft tyres, or rain tyres. Before the beginning of the race, it is possible to change some aspects of the car, such as spoilers, tyres and gearbox.

Being licensed by Nigel Mansell, the game followed the 1992 Formula One season, which he won. The player takes on Mansell's role to try to win the title against eleven other real-life drivers that were still active in their careers by the time the game was launched. Like Sega's own Super Monaco GP, each of them belongs to their own team (instead of the common F1 format of two drivers per constructor).

Although all the rival cars' colors resemble the actual constructors' colors by that time, only Mansell character wears a suit in the same color of his team's — blue. Mansell is also the only character to have his own sprite, distinguished by his signature mustache and cap. All the other drivers are shown with a similar sprite, all of them in yellow racing suits.

The player also has the option to change Mansell character by setting a different name and nationality. The countries available on custom mode are South Africa , Mexico, Brazil , Spain , Finland , Monaco, Canada , France , the United Kingdom , Germany , Hungary, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, Japan , Australia , Austria, and the United States . However, the playable character's appearance will remain that of Mansell. The game also features the national anthem for each of these countries, played in the podium whenever the player character wins a race. If a rival wins the race but the player finishes as runner-up or third place, the podium will still be shown, but the anthem to be played will be the one of the winning driver's home country. The rivals cannot be customized.

The 12 drivers and 16 circuits

Drivers

• Nigel Mansell (Williams-Renault) (player character)
• Gerhard Berger (McLaren-Honda) (replaced by Ayrton Senna in the Super Famicom version)
• Michael Schumacher (Benetton) (replaced by Martin Brundle in the Amiga version)
• Mika Häkkinen (Lotus) (replaced by Johnny Herbert in the Amiga version)
• Jean Alesi (Ferrari)
• Andrea de Cesaris (Tyrrell)
• Aguri Suzuki (Footwork)
• Érik Comas (Ligier)
• Pierluigi Martini (Dallara)
• Ukyo Katayama (Venturi Larrousse)
• Stefano Modena (Jordan)
• Karl Wendlinger (March)
• Eric van de Poele (Fondmetal) (Amiga version exclusive, replacing Wendlinger in the March)

Circuits

• Kyalami
• Hermanos Rodríguez
• Interlagos
• Catalunya
• Imola
• Monaco
• Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
• Magny-Cours
• Silverstone
• Hockenheimring
• Hungaroring
• Spa-Francorchamps
• Monza
• Estoril
• Suzuka
• Adelaide

Ports

A port of the game was in development by Gremlin Graphics for the Atari Jaguar after they were signed to be a third-party developer by Atari Corporation for the system in November 1993 and was slated for a Q2 1995 release, but this version was never released for unknown reasons. A Commodore 64 version was also in development, and was said to be looking promising, but was cancelled as it was taking too long.

Reception

Reception
Review score Publication Score Power Unlimited 68/100

Rating the game 1.5 stars out of five, Computer Gaming World in August 1994 said that despite the product endorsement, Nigel Mansell "is at best a mediocre attempt at a racing simulation" that should have been released five years earlier. The magazine recommended Lotus III for arcade racing and World Circuit as a racing simulation.

See also

• Newman/Haas IndyCar featuring Nigel Mansell

External links

• Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing at GameFAQs
• Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing at Giant Bomb
• Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing at MobyGames