Grand Prix Management Game

Grand Prix is a Formula 1 management game by Hole in the Wall from 1989. You run a racing team, and the goal is to win the constructors' championship. The manual sums up how: get a good driver, build a good car, treat your staff well, watch what the other teams are doing and listen to your chief mechanic and designer.

In the close season you sort out your money. You can take a loan from the bank, or go to the money lenders at 100% interest if you're desperate. Sponsors pay you based on last season's results. Then you set salaries, spend on research and testing, and hire one or two drivers before the sixteen races begin.

It's all text and menus, so it's about planning, not driving. Spend too much and you'll go bankrupt.