Lombard RAC Rally (video game)


Lombard RAC Rally is a 1988 rally computer game developed by Red Rat Software and published by Mandarin Software.
The game was based on the same rally as the later Network Q RAC Rally games, and was the first of a series of related games published by Europress. It was released for the Atari ST, Amiga and MS-DOS formats.
The game prominently features an animated driver, seen from behind moving the steering wheel, with the road seen through the car's windscreen.
The game cover art features Jimmy McRae's Ford Sierra RS Cosworth from 1987.
Inspiration for the game came to Charles Partington and Harry Nadler one lunch time when they were watching Lombard RAC Rally coverage on TV at the Top Cat Tavern, which was located just around the corner from RedRat's offices. Charles and Harry had not previously seen rally coverage from an 'in-car' perspective and commented to each other that "we have to make a game out of this".

''Speed Run''

Lombard RAC Rally's developers also released a superficially similar game called Speed Run for the Atari 8-bit family which featured the same animated driver, but far more simplistic through-the-window graphics and gameplay.