I.T. Kid

Grand Prix Challenge II is Artifact Interactive's 3D racer, and it is built around a single bargain: the faster you go, the more of the track you see, and the less time you have to do anything about it. The arrow keys steer, holding the space bar shifts into high gear, and the damage meter is the clock -- reach 100% and the run is over.

Three tracks make up a race, each of them busier than the last, with traffic and barriers to thread at a speed the car was never given brakes for. The cars are flat, bright polygons that stay readable at full tilt, and the title screen's instructions are the whole of the teaching: left, right, high gear, and a finish line that has to arrive before the damage does.