He promptly took his maiden Formula One victory at the wheel of the 312B. Kyalami, March 1971: Andretti was called in by Ferrari to replace the fatally injured Ignazio Giunti at the season-opening South African Grand Prix. He qualified sixth for the 1969 South African Grand Prix in the Lotus 49B, but then retired with gearbox difficulties.

Kyalami, March 1969: Andretti’s Formula One appearances were sporadic for the next five years as he concentrated on American commitments. He retired from the race but was offered a full-time drive with the team. Anyone who enjoys this game should check out Andretti Racing, a sequel released in 1997.Watkins Glen, October 1968: Andretti caused a sensation when he took pole position on his Formula One debut in the Lotus 49B at the United States Grand Prix. Overall, it's a solid racing game that offers some new ideas and decent realism, though it's nothing earth-shattering. The best feature of the game is undoubtedly the innovative 'career path' option that tracks your progress from rookie to circuit champion, a really cool feature for its time that sadly wasn't followed by later games. The driving was fair, even for the time, but with six different types of cars. A nifty little title that challenged racers to a variety of series and then allowed them to spend the resulting prize money as they moved up the ranks to 'Championship Cars'.

I'm not a fan of the early 90's 3D polygons in racing games, but Mario Andretti offers some pretty interesting racing action for its time. It features a fun career mode and a nice selection of different tracks and cars, from Sprint Cars and Stock Cars to Formula 1 and Indy. Nice 3D racing game from Canadian racing game experts Distinctive Software.

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