Fastest 1

Fastest 1
Fastest 1
Box art of Fastest 1
Developer(s)Human Entertainment
Publisher(s)Human Entertainment[2]
Designer(s)Yuichi Kobayashi
Masato Masuda[3]
Platform(s)Sega Mega Drive
Release
Genre(s)Formula One racing simulation
Mode(s)Single-player, two-player, zero-player (world championship, time trial, battle)

Fastest 1 (ファステスト・ワン)[4] is a Sega Mega Drive racing game video game released in 1991 exclusively in Japan. During the release of this video game, other Formula One video games like Super Monaco GP had caused a general increase of demand for Formula One video games. While most of those games were poor simulations of the races, Fastest One proved to be the most realistic of the era.[5]

The game was based on Formula One racing and featured team and driver names similar to the real life namesakes. A choice of up to 18 playable vehicles could be used in every mode provided. Six vehicles in the game used Ford engines, displaying American ingenuity during the 1990 Formula One season.[6] The language of the game was English.

Most of the Formula One drivers who participated in the 1990 Formula One season were represented, with slightly altered names (e.g., Satoru Nakajima made an appearance as "S. Inakajima").[7]

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  4. ^ "Japanese title and media information". Review Site. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2008-12-09.
  5. ^ "Basic overview of Fastest 1" (in Japanese). FC2Web. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  6. ^ "List of cars in Fastest 1". Internet Games Car Database. Retrieved 2012-11-13.
  7. ^ "Basic game overview". MobyGames. Archived from the original on 2011-02-08. Retrieved 2010-05-18.