| Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing Nigel Mansell's F-1 Challenge |
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| Developer(s) | Gremlin Graphics |
| Publisher(s) | GameTek (North America) Gremlin Graphics Konami Super NES/Super Famicom |
| Platform(s) | Amiga, Amiga CD32, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Game Boy, NES, Sega Genesis, SNES, MSDOS |
| Release date(s) | 1992 (Atari ST) 1992/1993 (Game Boy) 1992 (Amiga) 1993 (NES) 1993 (Super NES/Super Famicom) 1993 (Genesis) 1993 (Amiga CD32) 1995 (PC) |
| Genre(s) | Racing |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Nigel Mansell's World Championship Racing is an arcade-style Formula One racing video game developed by Gremlin Graphics and released for various systems. The game was largely successful on Amiga and DOS, and was ported to other home consoles keeping the same title, however it was released for the Japanese Super Famicom under the title Nigel Mansell's F-1 Challenge.
The player can race a single race, do a season of Formula One, or practice their skills on a particular race track. Either music, sound effects, or both can be shut off on the options menu. The changing of the tires is mandatory on pit road during the middle of each race, and weather can determine whether the player should use hard tires, soft tires, or rain tires. Before the beginning of the race, it is possible to change some aspects of the car, such as spoilers, tires and gearbox.
Being licensed by Nigel Mansell, the game followed the 1992 Formula One season, which he won. The player takes on Mansell's role to try to win the title again, against eleven other drivers. Like Sega's own Super Monaco GP, each of them belongs to their own team (instead of common F1 format of two drivers per constructor), however all are real-life drivers.
The 12 drivers are: